Odds and Ends

Poor recruiting. Contrary to Brent Mussberger's compliment to Tyron Willingham for recruiting Brady Quinn, Willingham is to blame if ND lacks depth this year. Blue Gray Sky pointed out that twelve freshmen played against Georgia Tech. This is more than the eleven combined sophomores and juniors that saw action. It is about time ND hired a coach that is more interested in winning than his golf handicap.

Too many penalties. Charlie Weis says the Irish committed too many penalties against Georgia Tech. According to Weis:

When a guy gets physically beat, somebody beats him because the guy's a good player or the play took too long to develop, that's one thing, but it's another thing when you have double-digit mental mistakes and nine penalties. If we play like that, we're going to be stagnant every week. That's what we're going to work on this week.

Apparantely, Weis disagrees with the opinion of most Notre Dame fans, who felt that many of the penalties were unwarranted. At least, that is what he is telling the press.

Irish overrated? Rick Morrissey claims that ND is overrated, and that it is because the media has over-hyped them. He makes this claim in a newspaper article about Notre Dame. Behold the irony.