Um, for all you who are poo pooing the Ty Willingham is the problem concept, you might want to read what almost all sports analysts discussing the issue are saying. It is a fact that Willingham’s recruiting classes were considered to be some of the worst Notre Dame has ever had, and those ratings were made before it was known that Willingham wouldn’t be around to see them through to completion. By comparison, Weiss’ recruiting has been much better. It isn’t Weiss’ fault that he’s having to start relatively untrained players at so many positions; those positions would be being played by seniors and juniors (including red-shirts as needed) had Willingham done anything decent in the recruiting area.
Wasn’t it Willingham’s players that got ND into the Sugar Bowl last year?
I’ve started a new thread over here, since this one was really about a specific game.
The new thread is Schadenfreude for the whole season.
ND fans and bashers, come on down.