Yesterday's announcement that not 1, not 2, but 3 men are in the race for the starting quarterback of the 2007 edition of the Notre Dame Football Team came as a bit of a shock to a lot of people. And when a lot of people don't understand something, they tend to come up with wild, speculative ideas on why that something occurred. Take a look at the Kennedy assassination, global warming, or trans-fats to see what I mean.
But a long time ago a guy named Occam came up with a wild idea himself that applies to, well, just about everything.
All things being equal, the simplest solution [/explanation] tends to be the best one.
This idea is known as "Occam's Razor." To see how well this idea applies, let's take a look at some common situations in life and see how Occam would explain them away.
| The Situation | Occam's Explanation |
| "Girls don't like me." | You are ugly. |
| Santa never gave me any presents for Christmas. | You're a Jewish orphan raised by wolves. |
| Lindsay Lohan | Alien |
| 3 Quarterbacks rather than 2 have a shot to start for Notre Dame this year. | Charlie Weis has decided to let the race playout b/c pairing down the race due to some arbitrary deadline isn't smart, and Charlie Weis tends to do things that are smart. |
As you can see, most everything that really matters in life is explained pretty well by this principle.
By NDcivil03 June 1, 2007 - 12:24 am
i take it you’re not a supporter of a time table in iraq? maybe we should implement a surge of quarterbacks right now.
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By domer.mq June 1, 2007 - 9:21 am
If Charlie would have announced he was having open try-outs for the QB position this weekend, I’d be both happy and in South Bend.
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By The Biscuit June 1, 2007 - 10:06 am
why would we need a timetable in iraq? g-dub announced an end to major combat like 5 years ago. the war is over right?
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By gwzimm June 1, 2007 - 10:50 am
Actually, victory was declared in Iraq 1,494 days ago. Makes you proud, doesn’t it?
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By domer.mq June 1, 2007 - 10:53 am
Fellas, can we stay on topic with what really matters? We still don’t know if Weis will implement the spread offense!
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By Ryan June 1, 2007 - 2:32 pm
The rumors of Weis consulting Rich Rodriquez about his spread option attach are very intriguing. If we ran our base offense with Clausen as the QB most of the game, but sprinkled in a series or two with Double D in the shotgun with Armando Allen next to him ala Steve Slaton and Patrick White we could really put some pressure on the defense. Not to mention the additional practice time opposing defenses would have to take to prepare for it. Charlie Weis knows the pro offense inside and out, but I think he’s still learning the college game and working on tweaking and adapting his offense to college football.
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