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Let’s Play Jeopardy!

Posted by srr50 on November 10th, 2008 under Football


Alex: “Good Evening, and welcome to a special edition of Jeopardy. Tonight our single competitior is Charlie from South Bend, Indiana. Welcome Charlie.”

Charlie: “Yeah, whatever, can you hurry this up, I have to get to a signing for my “No Excuses” Book Tour.


Alex: “Certainly, Charlie, select a catagory from the board.”


Charlie: “I’ll take College Football for $400 Alex.”


Alex: “College Football for $400. The answer is — “October 28, 2006.”


Charlie: “Ooh, Ooh, I know this one. “When is the last time Notre Dame beat a team with a winning record?”

Notre Dame beat Navy 38-14 on Oct. 28, 2006 and since then they are 0-15 against teams with winning records. The average score in those 15 losses is 34-15.

With their 17-0 loss to Boston College, Notre Dame falls to 5-4 this year. The five teams they have beaten – San Diego State, Michigan, Purdue, Stanford and Washington are a combined 12-37 for a 24% winning percentage. The shutout was the 3rd in the last 20 games for the Fighting Irish.

They get their best chance this season at beating a team with a winning record comes this Saturday when they once again play Navy. The midshipman are 6-3, but have lost to Duke and Ball State. Notre Dame still has Syracuse and USC on the schedule as well, so at worst they should finish 6-6.

The Notre Dame NBC contract has been extended to match the other BCS network contracts, which means it is in effect through 2014. While the Fighting Irish have been mired in mediocrity for some time, the pact is still a profitable one for both sides. If this slide continues, however, NBC will be as happy with the ratings and the bottom line of Notre Dame football as they are with “Friday Night Lights.”

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  1. TaylorTRoom said:

    November 10th, 2008 at 9:06 am

    It’s crazy, because ND has been recruiting very well. It’s looking like Weis just isn’t very good.

  2. Hippie Killer said:

    November 10th, 2008 at 9:55 am

    So, UT is #2 in all-time wins?

  3. I asked a Jesuit Preist friend of mine at ND a question about Charlie Weis. His amswer was “Yes, he is fatter when you meet him in person.”

  4. Longhorn in Canada said:

    November 10th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    “Its looking like Weis just isn’t very good”
    It’s looked like that to me for quite some time. Here’s a thought that you won’t find in the mainstream media. Fat Charlie earned his reputation as a genius while serving as offensive coordinator for the Patriots. It seemed as if he knew what the defense was going to do. Turns out, it didn’t take such a genius to know what the Patriots’ opponents were going to do on defense.

    Charlie may mot be a genius, but he was smart enough to get out of New England before they got caught, while he still had the great reputation. At some point Notre Dame is going to wake up and realize what they got.

  5. You can tell the talent on the field is getting better but the coaching and winning is not.

  6. You think the talent on the field is getting better? I am not sure I see that. Clausen has a stud arm, but he doesn’t appear to see the field all too well. The rest of the crew looks like a lesser version than that of the 2005-2006 groups. Maybe they need some time to mature. They certainly have some younger guys playing.

    I don’t think the talent is garbage by any stretch, but I don’t think it’s competitive to the top 20 programs right now. Next year will be an interesting time for the haters of Notre Dame, of which I am one. The schedule is about as milquetoast as it comes, by all appearances at the present.

    2009 Notre Dame Schedule

    Nevada (Mediocrity Incarnate)
    @ Michigan (they’ll be better, but they won’t be good)
    Michigan State
    @ Purdue (a program circling the drain)
    Washington (I don’t care who they hire, they’re going to suck in 2009)
    USC
    Boston College
    Washington State (this game is in San Antonio – wow. Will there be more than 30,000 in the stands?)
    Navy
    @ Pittsburgh
    Connecticut
    @ Stanford

    I really don’t think there are more than 4 losses on that schedule, without doing much research. If things go well, they could be a 1 loss team, dramatically overrated in every conceivable way. If they go to a BCS bowl and play a big boy, like someone like Texas or UF, they will be mopping the floor with their asses and it will be delicious to watch.

  7. South Bend, Ind. where 5star recruits go to die. As to the 2009 schedule I see losses to Mich St.,USC, BC, Navy and Pitt.

  8. An NFL Scout on ESPN Radio the other day said he was by the Notre Dame sideline a couple weeks ago & said the talent is nothing special. Notre Dame, like USC signs most of these guys before they’re rated and it appears that the 1-2 star bump for signing with ND is still in place.

    Oh yeah, Charlie Weis is a fat douche. Just can’t be said enough. Ties Ron Prince for the Inexplicably Huge Ego award.

  9. ” As to the 2009 schedule I see losses to Mich St.,USC, BC, Navy and Pitt.” Don’t forget Stanford. Harbaugh is getting that team in shape. They may beat ND next year.

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