Monday, September 17, 2007

Irish Fighting to End Skid?

When South Bend is brought to attention, many people would think of athletic and academic excellence, but now, all it revives are stinging memories of a once great football team embarrassing themselves on the national stage. Last year, 10 wins and a BCS bowl berth. This year, nothing of the sort. After losing their worst home opening game in history to the Yellow Jackets from Atlanta, head coach Charlie Weis opted to start Jimmy Clausen, undefeated in high school, to start in Happy Valley against the then 14th ranked Nittany Lions, where they could not score an offensive touchdown. Finally, against storied and also struggling Michigan, they fell mightily 38-0, and Clausen was benched in humiliation. After the game, Weis stated that they would start over, with all positions up for grabs. Now the question is, can the team with the worst overall offense in NCAA football actually win a game anytime soon? Their schedule says, not this month guys. With teams like UCLA, Boston College, USC, and other big name schools, they are set to see nothing but L's on the schedule for quite some time. Hello world, lets get ready to lose again! Seemingly, the Irish of Notre Dame can only fight that mentality, far from actually winning a game.

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