See, what the hell is this...? ND...

cat's meow · #1 (**permalink**) 09-12-2006, 12:15 AM

...they have not even played in the national championship yet (9-3 is good but not what this book describes)...

...if they tank this year I will laugh my butt off!

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The New Gold Standard: Charlie Weis and Notre Dame's Rise to Glory (Hardcover) by Tim Prister

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
From the most storied school in college football history . . .
The Gold Standard -- abandoned by most of the world in the 1930s -- has been an article of faith in South Bend, Indiana, for almost a century. Mere winning records and second-tier bowl games? Not good enough for Fighting Irish fans. No college football program has produced more national championships, more All-Americans, and more Heisman Trophy winners than Notre Dame. But recently, not so much: no national championship since 1988, only one All-American since 1994, and a combined 11–12 record in the 2003-2004 seasons. So out went Tyrone Willingham, fired just three years into a five-year contract, the first Irish coach ever to be dismissed before the end of his deal. In came Charlie Weis, a forty-nine-year-old Notre Dame grad with no head coaching experience but four Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach. Weis proved, in the space of a single season, to be a football maestro with a hard edge, a brilliant mind, an affinity for detail, and an uncanny sense of how to motivate people. He returned a program mired in the blahs to its rightful (and historic) place among college football’s elite. This book takes you inside a season unlike any other in Fighting Irish history -- and inside Weis’s master plan for restoring the Gold Standard in South Bend.

Roman · #2 (**permalink**) 09-12-2006, 11:09 PM

HHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

That's what I've been talking about for over a year. All that over a 9-3 season in a league where you have a slim chance in hell to play for the champ game with 1 loss let alone 3. Shhhhheeeessssshhhhhhhhhhh!

If they ever did win the champ, they would probably even hype them up to best team ever.

Forza · #3 (**permalink**) 09-13-2006, 01:49 AM

I agree Roman. Notre Dame does have a good team, but when you are playing as an independent you HAVE TO go undefeated to play for a national title.
I have been saying this since the Fiesta Bowl last year: Who did Notre Dame beat last year that was good? I just know it someone is going to say "They beat Michgan." Yes they did. Michigan also had 5 losses last year.
ND's best game was a loss to USC.

cat's meow · #4 (**permalink**) 09-13-2006, 02:20 AM

Two teams went undefeated to make it to the title game this past year...three and four the two years before that but only two got to play for it and Auburn and LSU should have been given a clear shot...undefeated does not assure you of anything...ND is not guaranteed anything in my eyes but the hype people give them...but I would make a nice little royalty check every six months if I wrote a softcover book that talked about any aspect of ND FB being the greatest thing since sliced bread.