The state of Notre Dame football.

[Gregatron]

Awesome link Dudd!

This was especially awesome:
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FORMER NOTRE DAME COACH WILLINGHAM DECLARED RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL WARMING

SOUTH BEND, IN - NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Scientists at the University of Notre Dame announced that they will publish a groundbreaking report on global warming by the end of November. The report, titled "Not Just a Bad Coach - a Bad Person" is said to categorically prove not only that global warming exists, but that former Notre Dame Head Coach Ty Willingham is the person primarily responsible for global warming.

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[shemp]

Thanks Dudd.

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Based on the climate change models used by the ND scientists, O'McCullen stated that Coach Weis' carbon footprint is negative and that ND fans and earth's inhabitants should expect that he will have global warming reversed by the beginning of the 2008 season.

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Although, I think Weis should get until 2009 to fix global warming.

[Bigdaddydvo]

Hard not to get some gallows chuckles from The Onion's sardonic take on this (even being an Army grad):

U.S. Military Wasting All Its Victories On Notre Dame
November 15, 2007 | Onion Sports



Sponsored by WASHINGTON, DC—As combined American forces celebrate two consecutive football wins against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish while simultaneously marking the loss of the 3,150th soldier to hostile action in Iraq, many are left wondering if the United States military is in fact focusing its energies on the correct opponent.

"There is no doubt that Navy's recent 46-44 defeat of a motivated, entrenched Notre Dame team after a long drawn-out battle was a masterpiece of leadership, strategy, tactics, and bravery in the finest tradition of the service," said Grant Hughson, an editor at Jane's Sporting News. "And the total Air Force 41-24 domination of the Irish, accomplished by bringing to bear the sort of overwhelming force against which no opponent can retaliate, was a textbook execution of the doctrines of that particular branch of the American armed forces. Meanwhile, however, they seem to be making little or no headway in Iraq."

As the troop surge in Iraq draws to a close, sectarian and insurgent activity seems to have slowed to a near-standstill. However, with the 2007 death toll exceeding 850, more U.S. troops have been lost this year than in any other since major combat operations began, throwing the military's first victory over Notre Dame since 1963 into stark contrast.

"Strange how history repeats itself," Navy historian and football commentator John Feinstein said after the Air Force victory was reported alongside the news that the U.S. was preparing to reduce their commitment in Iraq by at least one battalion. "I don't think anyone who saw it will deny that Roger Staubach's '63 victory over the Golden Domers was inspiring, but I'd bet any money that at the time the Pentagon would've traded it for a victory in Vietnam."

Reactions to the armed forces' lopsided record of domestic and overseas success has been mixed, with many fans of the military pointing out that, while both football and war can be brutal, bloody, and final, the outcomes of combat may take decades to become clear.

"It's important to realize that our young men have been fighting pitched battles against religious fanatics who have been brainwashed into a culture that seeks to destroy all other ways of life," Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun said Monday. "That's just the way Notre Dame football is, the way it's always been. You can't reason with people like that. You destroy them as completely, remorselessly, and quickly as you can."

"Naturally, the young men of our service academy will find the situation infinitely more complex when they're deployed to Iraq," Navy head coach Paul Johnson added. "Compare football to war all you want, but unlike when you go into South Bend, winning in Baghdad means winning the hearts and minds of the people, not pursuing some sort of scorched-earth policy."

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and architect of the military's much-criticized current counterinsurgency strategy, offered no comment on whether or not the U.S. was any closer to following up its victories against Notre Dame with one or more much-needed victories in Iraq. However, the West Point graduate did express his disgust with the recent "friendly fire" incident in which the Air Force Falcons shelled the Army Black Knights 30-10 and voiced his support for installing some variation of the option in order to increase the Army's offensive capabilities.

[Troll_Inc]

ND is so bad, I almost feel bad making fun. Almost.

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Q: What do you call 63 people sitting around a TV watching a BCS Bowl?
A: The Fighting Irish

Q: How do you keep The Fighting Irish out of your yard?
A: Put up goal posts.

Q: Where do you go in South Bend in case of a tornado?
A: Notre Dame Stadium - they never have a touchdown there.

Q: What do you call a Fighting Irish with a BCS Bowl ring?
A: A thief.

Q: Why doesn't Fort Wayne have a Division 1 football team?
A: Because then South Bend would want one.

Q: What's the difference between the Fighting Irish & a dollar bill?
A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill.

Q: What do Fighting Irish and possums have in common?
A: Both play dead at home and get killed on the road!

Q: How many Fighting Irish does it take to win a BCS Bowl?
A: Nobody knows and we may never find out.

And my favorite:

Q: What do the Fighting Irish and Billy Graham have in common?
A: They both can make 80,000 people stand up and yell "Jesus Christ!!!".

[BigPoppa]

Can anyone seriously argue that the "bad" recruits Weiss has to work with aren't still far more talented than the players at Navy, Air Force, Michigan State, Purdue, and Georgia Tech?

Part of being a coach is working with what you have and getting the best out of your players. Weiss clearing fails to do that. In fact, he appears to get the worst out of them instead. I don't ever think I've seen a top level team just flat out quit the way ND has this year. They put out less effort than any other team in the country week after week, and that's all on the head coach.

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Can anyone seriously argue that the "bad" recruits Weiss has to work with aren't still far more talented than the players at Navy, Air Force, Michigan State, Purdue, and Georgia Tech?

Part of being a coach is working with what you have and getting the best out of your players. Weiss clearing fails to do that. In fact, he appears to get the worst out of them instead. I don't ever think I've seen a top level team just flat out quit the way ND has this year. They put out less effort than any other team in the country week after week, and that's all on the head coach.

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[EvilSteve]

I'm hardly even a college football fan. I live in Michigan and can't get interested in the Ohio State - Michigan game at all. Yet Notre Dame - Duke comes on and I'm riveted, I love the fact that Notre Dame is still in the spotlight with every game nationally televised when they're this terrible, and I can't wait to watch them lose again.

[MacGuyV]

I'm probably the only non ND fan who doesn't hate them. But Lol @ this game on nat'l TV.

[vhawk01]

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I'm probably the only non ND fan who doesn't hate them. But Lol @ this game on nat'l TV.

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Well, its not like NBC said "Hey this seems like a good game lets air this one."

[EvilSteve]

Unfortunately Duke has absolutely no offense. The only way Notre Dame loses is if it goes scoreless to overtime, Duke makes their field goal, and Notre Dame misses theirs. Which could happen. But only if Duke gets a stop at the end of the half...