Nothing Can Be Learned Here

As news leaks from the Coaching Clinic and the practice open to the media from this weekend, remember one thing: You aren't going to glean anything about the results of the 2009 season from these stories.

The "Irish Eyes" drill - which, from now on, this blog will call the "Oklahoma drill" because that's what it is and it doesn't remind us of a particularly poor implementation of a night club - wont tell you anything. If 100 of you watch it, 100 of you will disagree about who got the better of whom. I don't think either side "dominated." I think a lot of guys did a nice job of being physical, but a lot of guys broke the rules of the drill as well. I don't think the coaches did much to enforce the rules because there were scenarios, for example, where the RB made a 5 yard gain, but because of a "nice hit," the defensive side would celebrate. Hey, nice hit guy! Way to give up a touchdown! PS, OL, that thar was enough holding to make a B11 official weep tears of joy.

Anyway, back to the original point: Spring will teach us nothing. In the B&G game last year, Irish hearts were set aflame when Mike Haywood ran an entire offensive series with nothing but running plays and the offense scored a TD. "Great, good, gregarious Gumby," we all thought, "Weis is finally committed to having a real running game."

Just remember that.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying the material. Hell, we're hoping to get fed some ourselves, but remember it's about as rich with real information as an episode of CSI.