Former Notre Dame and current Ball State defensive linemen, Brandon Newman, did an interview with the Fort Wayne based News-Sentinel. In it, he gave his perspective on the Notre Dame battle at quarterback. While it is always great and refreshing to get an inside perspective, Newman went a bit too far and made some comments he shouldn't have. First, he starts off with a conversation that former Irish and current Kansas QB, Dayne Crist, had with Tommy Rees: “Dayne was telling Tommy that even ...
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Friday Roundup: The “Can’t Unsee” Edition
For today's Roundup, it's time to dig back into my manager days for another story. This one happened while I was on a locker room shift. Usually, I'd abide by the "what happens in here stays here" rule, but it's far too funny not to. If there was one thing I loved about Weis, it was that he demanded that his players respected everyone, managers included. The day prior, the locker room was apparently quite a mess. Now, we usually have to clean up a few towels on the floor and some tape in the ...
Friday Roundup: The “Best Trick Play Ever” Edition
So since we seem to be recalling some of our favorite memories of the Weis era the past couple of weeks, I figured that now would be a good time to cash in my promise of letting everyone in on stories from my time as a manager. This week, we dive into the art of the trick play. Weis made a point to have at least one trick play up his sleeve every week. Some were simple and were just more complex versions of a play-fake that you'd likely see and not think it was actually a trick play. ...
BREAKING: Biscuit Okay, Not Thrilled with Weis’ Return
LOS ANGELES- Her Loyal Sons investigative reporters have recently learned that HLS correspondent "Biscuit" is "pretty much resigned, and sort of okay with" Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis returning to coach the team in 2009. The first indication that Biscuit would eventually support the decision of Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick to retain Weis was on December 1, 2008, when an irate Biscuit, fed up with rumors swirling about Weis' possible dismissal, wrote, "If your ...