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How is there a controversy? It's got to be Sharpley. This would have been a game if he played all 60 minutes. It also should have been 27-21. That holding was bullcrap.

I agree with IrisR#1 - there is no controversy. Sharpley is the guy.

Wait, this is the NFL Truth and Rumor section, why is this even here?

BC Rules, Crying Irish Drools....

Shut your fat mouth Bob, you know if we wouldve played sharpley for 4 quarters, we would have won that game, the holding was BS and so are your Eagles

SC is going down. We will make it to a bowl game if we start Sharpley for the rest of the year.

Clausen may be in Irishvana in three years, but Weis may not, so best he start sharpley now if he hopes to be there when/if claussen has some success.

We will make it to a bowl game if we start Sharpley for the rest of the year.

IrishR#1 |......
I do not think so. I believe the NCAA requires you to have a winning record to appear in a Bowl game, and that is just not going to happen this year..

I love how Notre Dame fans focus on the one questionable call that went against them and not the 15 that were for them. That was possibly the worst officiated college football game of the season and mostly in favor of Notre Dame

Stop crying. Start whichever QB you want, BC is on to much bigger and better things. Sometimes little brother beats down big brother and when it happens five straight times, you realize who controls the dinner table.

Notre Dame is pitiful.

START SHARPLEY ALREADY WEIS...I am TIRED OF SEEING MY IRISH GO DOWN LIKE THIS...GIVE CLAUSEN TIME TO DEVELOP...and i hope this wasn't just a lucky game for sharpley...HOLDING CALL MY A**

Name one call that was crappy and went Notre Dame's way, BK. Name one.

Weis was yelling at the refs that "every call went their way." Final stats: BC penalized 15 times for 131 yards, 7 for 64. What a whining punk. Worst thing about all this is not that Notre Dame is losing games; they have lost all self-respect. You fans are turning into a freaking cult; faith in Weis no matter what, whining about how it's everyone else's fault you lose rather than just recognizing that the team is plain bad. It is pathetic.

As for Sharpley, yeah, he is better. But starting the upperclassmen just to get the win means that the younger guys get no experience. And that is precisely why you suck this year: Weis simply was not smart enough to work in the underclassmen and develop them. And now, in a lost season, you want him to continue. Boy, you are stupid.

Those 15 penalties were all just, and there were many more that the refs didn't call. USC-ND next week. If Clausen starts, USC 24-7. If Sharpley starts, ND 24-21.

i haven't seen a more delusional fan than IrishR#1

who cares
they're moving to the sub-division next year anyway

It should be Sharpley, but once again Charlie is going to name Clausen as this week's starter. I think Charlie knows that this season is over so why not stick with the freshman and get him ready for next year.

IrishR, Touchdown Jesus could be quarterbacking the Irish and 'SC will still win. I know they lost to Stanford, and looked pretty average against Arizona (hell 'SC has looked average all year) but the Trojans beat this Irish team no matter who Charlie picks.

for all of those who are bashing notre dame here, let's not forget how miserable of a football team this was before the ucla game. They had no chance of winning a single game right? Then they come out and play extremely competitively against the "number 4" team in the country. You can't have it both ways. I know the Irish aren't a good team, but to say they suck when they almost beat boston college in a game they had no business even showing up for, then I know you are blinded by your hatred for notre dame and can't offer a legitimate opinion, not that any of you bashers have offered a legit opinion on this board so far.
I was at the game, every roughing the passer, every false start, every hold was a no-doubt call. They hit late out of bounds and paid for it. Notre Dame got called for penalties that they should've gotten called for, so it was fair.
Hey THF, it's called being a fan. Let me apologize that whatever team you root for (feeling particularly bitter this morning, are you an LSU or Cal fan?) doesn't have fans that are as passionate and love their football team as notre dame fans. Why would we say our team sucks? That's no way to support your team. Notre Dame doesn't boo their team. If you've ever been to a game, which I bet you haven't because I bet you're one of those people that hates Notre Dame because someone told you that you should, you would know that the football team gets a standing ovation from the student section after every single game. No matter the result. Call us losers? That's fine. It's actually called dedication and support. It's quite pathetic how you hate on these fans, but I bet you're the same way with your favorite team.

Jimmy "Ron Pawlus" Clausen is third string at BEST...he is as OVERRATED as WEISS....wait....I take that back....BEING more OVERRATED than WEISS is NOT possible....HE is stealing money from Notre Dame..but hey...they deserve it..

Weiss is an "OFFENSIVE GENIUS" right?...well hmmmm he lost Quinn last year..(who by the way was a Willinham recruit) and now he has HIS own QBs and he has produced 2 count them "2" offensive TDs this year...the UCLA game they took advantage of turnovers...no long sustained drives...the DEFENSE at NDame is a JOKE...if the whistle had not blown in thier last 2 bowl games..those teams would still be scoring points....The REAL issue IS that there is NO IMPROVEMENT with the look of his recruits....Florida and OU(on probation in 90s) and other schools new coaches take over programs and with 1 or 2 years compete on WIN National Championships....WEISS recruits and his program are moving the other way..they are getting WORSE each year...Nobody has to bash NDame the facts speak for themselves....

Batman Sooner you make no sense. Spell the names right. C L A U S E N is not overrated, he's inexperienced. Just like Brady Quinn his freshman year. What? You thought Brady Quinn was a heisman candidate when he was a freshman? W E I S (that's right, one S) has the number one recruiting class in the nation, just updated this week. I won't go any further arguing that point against you, I'd love to hear what you have to say about that considering "recruits and his program are moving the other way." Awesome.