Archive for January, 2008

Let’s Clear One Thing Up Real Quickly…

Chicago Tribune’s own Notre Dame beat writer, Brian Hamilton, doesn’t know much about the Notre Dame Football Program.
In covering the news about Tenuta joining the Irish, he said (and I urge you not to click on that link)…

What, exactly, does “assistant head coach/defense” mean — especially for Irish defensive coordinator Corwin Brown, whom Weis lauded [...]

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Jon Tenuta is Irish!

Ok, now that it’s official…

January 31, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Notre Dame Hires Jon Tenuta as Assistant Head Coach/Defense; Bill Lewis to Join Athletics Community Relations Staff
NOTRE DAME, Ind. ­ University of Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis announced today that 44-year coaching veteran Bill Lewis, Irish assistant head coach/defense the last three seasons, will leave [...]

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Irish Illustrated Strikes Again

As you’ve no doubt heard, Irish Illustrated is reporting that Jon Tenuta is joining the ND Football coaching staff. I’m not going to link to them. They’ve really ticked me off. This is just another example of Irish Illustrated being unable to act with any sense of responsibility to the program that [...]

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(Again) Michael Floyd is a Stud

And his mom is pretty cool too.
Free story from Irish Eyes.

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Ignore This!

Pete Carroll met with the Washington Redskins about a job on Monday, but he’d rather not talk about it.

USC Coach Pete Carroll on Monday declined to address reports that he met with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder about becoming the NFL team’s coach.
The NFL Network and the Associated Press said that Carroll met with Snyder [...]

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Michigan Math

WVU sued Richie Rich Rod for $4M to settle the buyout clause of his contract.   You know, the contract he signed in August, where he agreed in writing to pay WVU $4M if he left before the contract term was completed?
Roddy Rod says I’ll give you $1.5M, we’re even, right?
Fuzzy math?  Nope, just Michigan math.

Rod [...]

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Rest in Peace Easter Heathman

Mr. Heathman, long-time caretaker of the Rockne Memorial at the site of the plane crash, passed away yesterday at the age of 90.
Easter Heathman, who at age 14 was one of the first people to arrive at the crash site near Bazaar, has given hundreds of people the opportunity to visit a stone memorial that [...]

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The Few, The Proud…

The Notre Dame Seniors in the Senior Bowl.

What did you think I was going to say?
The Irish had 4 senior representatives invited to this year’s NFL Senior Bowl, but only three were able to play:  Trevor Laws, Tommy Z and John Sullivan all had pretty solid performances.  Stud TE John Carlson unfortunately contracted some kind [...]

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