Notre Dame fans just can’t take it anymore. I get it…but some people are taking their angry feelings too far. While out at a bar on Sunday morning, quarterback Jimmy Clausen was sucker punched by a fan who was apparently not happy with his performance this past weekend. Says athletic director Jack Swarbrick,
“He was not engaged in a fight. He didn’t throw any punches. He didn’t directly engage the individual. He just got coldcocked by somebody, and we’re very disturbed by that.”
Clausen was reportedly out with his family and girlfriend after the team’s double-overtime loss to Connecticut earlier that day. …read more

I haven’t been exactly nice when talking about Jimmy Clausen in the past. I don’t think he’s a horrible player, but I do think that he’s arrogant for no reason. Jimmy Clausen’s biggest fan is Jimmy Clausen.
I’m not the only one who recognizes the douche-baggery going on with Notre Dame’s quarterback. Apparently, before teh Boston College game, he was talking trash and even pushed another player. Now this is all according to BC player Rich Gunnell, so you have to take the report for what it is.
After the incident and the game, though, Gunnell says that Clausen put on another …read more

When Michigan plays Notre Dame, it’s usually not a bigger deal than any other game of the year. It’s not like they’re bff, but Michigan’s primary hatred is centered on Ohio State, and Notre Dame had much bigger rivalries with USC, Purdue, and Boston College. Historically, Michigan and Notre Dame are rivals, but not to extent that they are with other teams. This year, though, both team marked this game on their schedule. Not only was it about school pride – it was about settling a score.
You see, both Notre Dame’s quarterback Jimmy Clausen and Michigan’s quarterback come from strong …read more

Every year, Notre Dame’s schedule comes under scrutiny, since they’re an Independent. Their 2009 schedule looks like this:

9/5 – Nevada
9/12 – Michigan
9/19 – Michigan State
9/26 – Purdue
10/3 – Washington
10/17 – USC
10/24 – Boston College
10/31 – Washington State
11/7 – Navy
11/14 – Pittsburgh
11/21 – Connecticut
11/28 – Standford

Granted, this schedule isn’t terrible, but it isn’t a walk in the park either. In fact, I think it’s a pretty solid schedule with some easy teams and some not-so-easy teams. Of course, people are already saying that “this could be Notre Dame’s year.” That happens a lot every summer. It always seems like it’s going …read more

In the spring of 2007, everyone in college football was buzzing about the do-no-wrong kid from Oaks Christian High School. Jimmy Clausen pulled up to his press conference in a Hummer looking like a porcupine on crack. When he announced that he’s be going to Notre Dame in the fall, everyone patted Coach Weis on the back. It was a great recruit.
And then…well…he sucked.
Ok, ok, Clausen can’t be completely blamed for the horrible season Notre Dame played in 2007. Their offensive lined lacked the cohesion the freshman quarterback needed to really show his stuff, and sack after sack, the team …read more

Just when I think the upsets and almost-upsets couldn’t get any worse, I read the Notre Dame-UCLA score. Are you kidding me? Notre Dame won 20-6 in a game full of UCLA blunders and injuries. Yes, you read that correctly. The Fighting Irish won.
In the beginning of the season, all of us sports writers thought it was weird that ND wasn’t playing well enough to be ranked. They usually are, even if they are young. Now that I’ve finally gotten used to the team blowing every week, they turn around a win one. Weird, weird, weird. And against UCLA, …read more

Notre Dame sucks.
There’s no two ways around that. You can be the biggest fan of all time (next to Regis, of course), but at the end of the day, you have to admit it. Your team sucks this year.
But beyond the blow job of a team, this season teaches us something else about college football. It’s extremely unfair.
ESPN and other sources are reporting that ND’s former QB, Demetrius Jones, won’t be released from his scholarship to play for Northern Illinois. That means that if he wants to play, he has to pay the full tuition, which, if you’ve seen the …read more