Saturday, November 14, 2009

Notre Dame falls short again

Is Charlie Weis going to be able survive another disappointing season? This team was suppose to compete for a BCS bowl. Now they are 6-4 with 2 games remaining against UCONN and Stanford and 6-6 is staring the Fighting Irish in the face. The game against UCONN on paper looks like a win for the Irish, but with there balanced offense which has averaged 30 points pre game this year it will be anything but a cake walk. To end the season the Irish will take on the out of no where powerhouse Stanford Cardinals. Stanford has beaten two top 10 teams (Oregon and USC) the past two weeks by a combined score 106-63. I believe that if the Irish do not win both of these games that Weis is a goner. Whats so ironic about all of this is that when Weis came in I thought he would struggle to recruit and excel at coaching...honestly it's been the exact opposite. He has been able to get top recruits to come to South Bend, but has made some very questionable coaching mistakes. He's seems to be trying to play it safe these days. Remember his first season as the head coach...going for it on 4th down all the time and having an arrogance about him that just made you root against him. Now he looks confused about what to do on 3rd downs let alone on 4th down and that arrogance is long gone. Now you almost feel sorry for him, well at least I do. So as Notre Dame enters the final stretch, possible the final two games of the Weis era, will they be able to somehow salvage the season with what would be an amazing 2-0 finish??

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