This was a horiffic game. The Irish played horribly in a 24-23 loss to the 2-8 Syracuse Orangemen, a team that just fired their head coach and has a program that is simply falling apart.
Speaking of head coaches, after this game Charlie Weis' job needs to be hanging on a thread.
Why didn't they throw the ball in the first quarter? That's always been their forte, right? Weis' thought that if he started calling the plays that maybe that would improve something. I DON'T THINK SO! The first half consisted of mostly all runs. However, he decided to throw a 7 yard pass on 2nd and 47! That helped, right? NOPE!
Then, with five seconds left in the game, Weis decides to send Brandon Walker - who had already missed a 26 yarder earlier in the game - out for a 53 yard field goal attempt. It's time for Weis to go back to the Pros. He cannot expect a below average college field goal kicker to make a 53 yarder! He should have thrown a quick 10 to 15 yard pass and attempt a field goal from there. 5 seconds may not have been enough time to get that pass off and still have time for a field goal, but it's worth the try.
Notre Dame football is spiraling down and unless they make some changes, Notre Dame football isn't going to be what it once was for a LONG time. First, Weis needs to go. They fired Ty Willingham after 3 years and he went over .500 all three years. If the Irish finish 6-6 then Weis would've accomplished 2 straight seasons at .500 or worse and that's more deserving of a firing than 3 straight winning seasons.
Now, I want to say some stuff about Charlie Weis. I'm being harsh on him. He is a great guy. He does so much hard work for his mentally handicapped daughter and is so nice to his son who stands on the sidelines with him during the games. He is an ND graduate and always wanted to coach at Notre Dame. I just think he'd be a much better coach in the Pros.
The Irish travel to L. A. to face the hated Trojans of USC in the beautiful weather of Southern California. If the Irish pull off a win there they should definitely get a bowl and possibly not too bad of one.
In Evanston Northwestern beat Illinois by a score of 27-10. This drops the Illini to 5-6 and oficially guarantees that they will not get a bowl. Northwestern finishes 8-3 overall and is looking at a nice bowl spot. It has been a great year for Northwestern and a fairly dissapointing one for the U of I.
Hopefully the Bears can salvage the weekend in sports as they travel to St. Louis to take on the Rams.
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