Post columnist and ESPN talking head Michael Wilbon went onto Tony Kornheiser’s radio show earlier today, claiming that “on pretty good authority” he knew that two head coaches from prominent programs–Rich Rodriguez of Michigan and Charlie Weis of Notre Dame–would not be returning for 2010.
We pretty much wrote this post a week ago so the only thing we can add would involve the money element: Rodriguez has only been in Ann Arbor for two years and still has four years left on the deal he signed in early 2008. Weis is in a similar situation with the 10-year extension he signed in 2005. Each coach has a buyout clause in his respective deal worth enough to revitalize an African country of his choosing: $4 million for RichRod, and Weis is owed a whopping $18 million.
Candidates’ names are swirling through the media, but they will not include Jim Harbaugh, whose second straight defeat of Southern Cal earned him an extension. But one has to wonder: if those schools could have done so much better at hiring just a few short years ago…why didn’t they?
Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz (you know, as opposed to Sacremento-based performance artist Lou Holtz) is fielding a team of Notre Dame alumni to play against the Japanese national team in football. That’s American football, not this futbol shit that some emo soccer player feels obligated to explain every time he hears a conversation not about the World Cup.
Holtz said that over 100 former Notre Dame players volunteered to make the trip, so he and his coaching staff will hold tryouts to narrow the team down for the trip. The final roster will be announced in April. Holtz listed several players who were sure to make the team, including quarterback Tony Rice, running back Travis Thomas and center Tim Ruddy.
Wow, I’m blinded by the gleam coming off those names. How did they get Travis Thomas on such short notice? Did “Nothing” grant him a leave of absence? Anyway, the Notre Dame Japan Bowl will be played at Tokyo Dome July 25th, after which Holtz’s squad will morph into the “South Bend Golden Foreskins” franchise of the UFL. See a spethial methage from Coach Holtz after the jump.
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“Tommy [Brady] gave me some advice from firsthand experience,” Weis said. “He told me, for about a week, you’ll be struggling. After that, it gets better.”
Ummm… Brady’s knee injury was just a week ago, yes? Maybe he’s not quite the expert here. And I don’t quite see the comparison between Brady’s knee and Weis’s. Weis’s knees are under a helluva lot of duress every day. They’re the Atlas of hinge joints. Probably looking for any excuse for a break from holding up that planet of an ass.
On the same weekend that former Brady Quinn receiver (hee hee! -Ed.) Jeff Samardzija made his debut at Wrigley, Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis led the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" — only Cubs fans didn't seem to get the lyrics quite right. They replaced the first couple of lines with robust booing.
This marks the first time in recorded history that Cubs fans have done something cool.
Legendary quarterback Joe Montana is suing his ex-wife for auctioning off love letters and various thingamajigs from his college days at Notre Dame. From The Smoking Gun:
Montana, 51, claims that the sale of the assorted items–which were auctioned last weekend by a Dallas, Texas firm–violated his copyright and privacy rights. In a U.S. District Court complaint, Montana names Kim Moses, his first wife, and Heritage Auction as defendants. As seen on the following pages, the collectibles offered for sale (which apparently were consigned by Moses, the athlete's hometown sweetheart) included Montana's freshman I.D. card; the Moses-Montana 1974 marriage certificate; a letter to Moses penned on a Ziggy card; an "I Love You" note; and a letter Montana wrote to Moses's parents describing his first year on the Notre Dame football squad.
In what is probably just the sweetest thing ever, the Ziggy card has Ziggy sitting by himself on a teeter-totter, and Joe (aka "JoJo" in the love note) made sure that Ziggy had a thought bubble that says, "I miss you!" Poor Ziggy. Always so lonely. Someone oughta take him to the strip club. Nothing cheers up friendless losers like a lap dance.
Notre Dame's Wade Korpi took a line drive off his dome during his start last weekend against Rutgers, leaving him on the ground for about five minutes before he walked off the field under his own power. When asked to comment on the play, he said, "Butterfly jelly banana good hammer."
