Friday Roundup: The “It’s Time To Stop Tilting” Edition

While the entire college football world, or the ND fanbase (the Google to CFB’s internet), seem focused on how this game matches up on paper, we’ve finally come to the point in the Weis era where it’s time to stop looking at what’s on paper. It doesn’t matter if the paper says that the Irish are finally within arm’s reach of the talent pool at Southern Cal, and it wouldn’t matter if the paper said that the Irish were going to have to play the game with lead weights tied to their ears. It’s been 5 years since Charlie Weis took the head coaching job at Notre Dame. This will be his 5th attempt at beating the Trojans. All the analysis in the world wont change the fact that if anyone tries to do anything five times, they should at least manage to do it once or get out of the way and let another one of the kids in line have a go.

Anymore handshakes between Weis and Carroll had better feature a big grin on Weis’ face.

The Roundup:

• Nice preview of the big game from Rakes today.
• Brian Kelly and Cincinnati doubled up USF despite losing their “Heisman contending QB” and having a defense that was completely rebuilt in the offseason – to the point that former Irish QB Demetrius Jones is a starting linebacker.
• Conquest Chronicles seems to feel very confident in the Trojans’ chances and compiles a list of relevant links both for and against their reasoning.
• Everything you ever wanted Sporting News to ask Robby Parris.
• Just linking to this because I find the UW fanbase’s bitterness towards ND to be hysterical. So much anger! it popped up in my feed reader, I confused it with a UW blog that also uses “Dawg” in the name, and I wasn’t being very careful in checking the source. Oops.
• The seat seems to be getting warm for Mark Richt at Georgia.
• It must be nice for Gruden, what with this economy, to know that no matter what, he’s going to be employed next year. Just don’t ask him where.
• Can’t believe Biscuit hasn’t already hammered RichRod on this. Also, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
• If you’re in Hawaii, first, make sure you have dinner at Mamma’s Fish House in Maui. 2nd, make sure you wear ND gear if you want goodwill from the locals.
• Maybe Rich Rod was thinking his “student athletes” were so great because he was looking at them relative to what FSU churns out. Note to Seminole fans: My toddler just pointed at the word “Apple” and said, “Apple.” Can your linebacker do that?
• The creator of the internet – the real one – would like to apologize.