The Notre Dame ship be sinking

The words of Michael Ray Richardson seem to be perfect for Notre Dame right now. Because clearly, the ship be sinking.

While the departure of Sophomore Demetrius Jones was the most widely reported departure from Notre Dame this year, the team has been losing key players by the barrelful.

Yesterday offensive guard Matt Carufel finally made his departure from Notre Dame official, the South Bend Tribune reported on its web site. Carufel, who played in Notre Dame's first six games and started in three of them, left the program last Wednesday after he was dropped behind classmate Eric Olsen on the team's depth chart.

Carufel was the 2005 Gatorade Player of the Year in Minnesota and reportedly has Iowa and Minnesota, two schools in his final five two years ago, high on his list of possible transfer destinations.

Carufel is the fourth sophomore to leave the Irish in the last four months. The others were tight end Konrad Reuland and quarterbacks Zach Fraser and Demetrius Jones.

Four sophomores have left? Man, considering many college players don't even start until their junior or senior year, these guys must smell something that stinks at Notre Dame, and odds are it's Weis. By the way, if this were the NFL, Weis would have already been fired. And who knows, he may still be fired at some point.

Regardless, this just seems like poetic justice for the Irish after they kicked Ty Willingham to the curb a few years back. It also proves what we knew all along - that Weis is an arrogant asshole who used Ty's players to get a 10-year contract extension.

You reap what you sow. And Notre Dame hasn't been sowing anything since Weis showed up.

-WCK

Notre Dame is ranked lower than a former D-III team

Notre Dame may have one win already this year, but they still suck. Of course I'm sure you want to know exactly how bad they suck. You'd like it quantified. Ok then, here you go. The University at Buffalo, which was a D-III school less than 15 years ago before moving up to D-IAA in 1993 and D-1 and the MAC in 1999, is actually ranked ahead of Notre Dame for the first time ever. And if you don't know how bad Buffalo is, well, they're truly awful. Buffalo has won a total of 15 games since 1999, and 3 of those wins have come this year (making this a monster year for the school). Buffalo has consistently been the team everyone just absolutely beats down every year. They are the ultimate cupcake team.

But if that isn't bad enough, look at some of the other teams ranked ahead of Notre Dame. Kent State? San Jose State? Man, you've gotta be kidding me. I think most of the teams on that list have never been ranked ahead of Notre Dame. Keep it up boys.

-WCK

Because losers need nachos

This is one of the weirder things to pop up on the blogoshpere of late, but in the wake of Notre Dame's hideous loss to Michigan (and likely upcoming loss to Michigan St.), supposedly Taco Bell is giving away free nachos this Sunday to help console Fighting Irish fans as their team continues to stink it up. I thought this was just a joke - you know "Nacho Day" is "Not your day" - but Sunday Morning Quarterback apparently was emailed Taco Bell's letter to Weis by an L.A.-based account executive for the global marketing firm Cohn & Wolfe who claimed it was 100% legit. Like SMQ, I'm not sure how much you should trust a PR guy, but hey, if you're in South Bend this Sunday, might as well give it a shot. There are three Taco Bells in the area.

Here's the letter:

September 17, 2007

Mr. Charlie Weis
Head Football Coach
University of Notre Dame
C113 Joyce Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Dear Coach Weis,

We've all had days we'd rather forget. Clearly, the season isn't unfolding the way we all hoped and Saturday was another tough loss. When that happens, we call it NACHO DAY.

Hey, it may sound corny, but sometimes when your chips are down, all it takes is a gesture of support from an unexpected source to help turn things around. At TACO BELL, we always THINK OUTSIDE THE BUN, so we'd like to offer the enclosed NACHO DAY award and an order of Nachos to help lift your spirits.

In fact, we want to lift the spirits of everyone in South Bend. We invite all fans of the Irish to head into any participating South Bend TACO BELL(r) location on Sunday, September 23 from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and we'll give them a free order of regular Nachos.

Please enjoy our offer of free Nachos to help you get through all those crunchy NACHO DAYS. Hopefully, things will turn around and you can just enjoy the food!

- Your friends at Taco Bell

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-WCK