Regardless of your position on Notre Dame, this storied program still has a strong bite and will always have a national presence even coming off of sub-par performances this past decade. As Charlie Weis was dismissed from Notre Dame, Universities and ADs throughout the nation were scrambling to prevent their big time coaches from being lured by the aura of Notre Dame. Most recently, #4 TCU just locked in coach Gary Patterson to a new contract through the 2016...
At least two coaches fell victim this Black Sunday. UVA’s Al Groh parted ways with the Cavaliers and Marshall’s Mark Snyder, who resigned, will forever be a Herd but just not the head coach. Groh’s firing shouldn’t come to any surprise. His job has been in jeopardy since the season kicked-off. The team suffered an embarrassing 3-9 record in 2009 and lost 8 of their last nine games. The team hit an all time low when it lost to in-state...
For the Irish faithful waiting for the latest on Charlie Weis’ future at ND, you will have to wait at least another week. AD Jack Swarbrick will not decide on Charlie Weis’ fate until after this week’s game against Stanford. In the meantime, Weis stated he would not resign, but said he understands if the school decides to part ways after his disappointing 6-5 record and double OT loss to Connecticut this past Saturday. During Weis’ tenure, he has...
It’s not getting any easier for Notre Dame as TE Kyle Rudolph is reported to be out for the Irish’s final three games as a result of suffering a shoulder injury during the loss to Navy. This is a big hit for the offense because of Rudolph’s pass protection ability and his great hands. He is Clausen’s go-to guy and it shows as Rudolph is the second leading receiver on the team with 33 receptions and 3 TDs. The Irish are...
In an ongoing effort to continue the exploitation of today’s college athletes, Charlies Weis is ready to suit up Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd after suffering a broken collarbone. If you don’t recall, earlier in the season, Floyd suffered from a broken left collarbone when landing awkwardly in the end-zone against the Spartans. Apparently, his September 20th surgery was more successful than anticipated as the team is ready to suit up Floyd for this week’s practices. If things go well for Floyd, Weis is confident we will...
Star Notre Dame wideout Michael Floyd will more than likely miss the rest of the 2009 football season with a broken collarbone. No solid timetable has been set for his return as of now but it would be highly optimistic to say that he will even make it back in time should Notre Dame get invited to a bowl game. Floyd underwent surgery early this morning in South Bend to repair his collarbone which was broken in Saturday’s win...
The Matador just learned that the Big Ten conference is suspending Michigan’s Jonas Mouton for the punch that never occurred. Mouton allegedly punched the chin of lineman Eric Olson after the end of a play during the second quarter of the Michigan/Notre Dame game. The punishment, which is completely unwarranted, is for one game. Fortunately, this suspension will not really hurt the Wolverines as they face the perennial powerhouse Eastern Michigan Eagles this Saturday. This tells me that the...
The Matador is a bit perplexed why the media is all over the Michigan punch. If you haven’t seen the video yet, please watch. I’m positive you will not see any punch at first glance. The media is trying to hype this up as the second coming of the Blount Punch. The Matador is trying to cool it down. Rodriguez’s comment on Jonas Mouton’s alleged punch was quite simple, basically he didn’t see LB Mouton punch ND’s Eric Olsen. In...
