First off, the coach previously known as the genius of college football and the previously most, uh, heavily paid – Charlie Weis – could hear those chants again: “Over-weighted, over-weighted”. The Irish scheduled three good teams this year (Michigan, USC and LSU) and lost to all three by the combined scores of 132-59. The next time Notre Dame wins a big game will be the first time for Charlie’s Chosen. Remember when we had to fear the “give Charlie a month to prepare” threat? Well, he has been blown out of consecutive bowl games now so write off that piece of mystical tripe. In fact, he didn’t do much with the 20 minutes he had at halftime against LSU: NoD was out-gained 330 to 30 in the second half! The excuse thus far for the Frightening Irish? (In addition to the fact that Notre Dame just isn’t very good…). Just wait, they say, until Charlie gets his own players there in South Bend. Yeah, guys like Brady Quinn and Darius Walker and Jeff Samardzija were really slowing down the Chunky One. He will lose Brady and Jeff and 13 other seniors that started in the Sugar Bowl. And we will see how well he fares with the “next Ron Powlus” (Jimmy Clausen) at the controls. Prediction? He will continue to lose every game against good teams next year and win almost every game against non-service academy teams.
Others are starting new drum beats in the Irish jungle. It has been noted: the New England Patriots are still humming along, but ND has appeared to be slipping under the tutelage of Large Charley. And are the past ND coaching alum cutting him any slack? From an article in the Chicago Trib, Bob Davie blurted out, “When you lose to Michigan, you lose to USC and you lose to LSU in a bowl game by a significant score, there will be ramifications from that for Charlie Weis. I think the shine is off, to be quite honest," he said of Weis. "I know going around the country talking to football coaches, particularly head coaches, I think a little bit of the mystique is definitely off."