Monday, August 8, 2011

Former Notre Dame HFC Charlie Weis on ESPN

Former ND Football Coach Charlie Weis '78 allowed the ESPN cameras and former Gator QB Jesse Palmer into his QB meeting at Florida.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the "media" to talk about Charlie's "success" with Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen -- versus Tom Brady.  Were Quinn & Clausen ready for the pro game coming out of Charlie's program?

Thought ND fans would find this of interest:

LINK:  CHARLIE WEIS "TEACHING"

Forbes Ranks Notre Dame 18th in the Nation

Forbes just published its annual ranking of America's Top Colleges -- and the University of Notre Dame was selected 18th in the country.  The rankings are prepared exclusively for Forbes by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a Washington, D.C. think tank founded by Ohio University economist Richard Vedder.  Their ranking of the top 650 colleges in America (see the methodology below) is quite controversial.  Here's their top 20 and a link to their list of 650:
  1. Williams College
  2. Princeton University
  3. United States Military Academy
  4. Amherst College
  5. Stanford University
  6. Harvard University
  7. Haverford College
  8. University of Chicago
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10. United States Air Force Academy
  11. Northwestern University
  12. Claremont McKenna College
  13. California Institute of Technology
  14. Yale University
  15. Carleton College
  16. Swarthmore College
  17. United States Naval Academy
  18. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
  19. Wellesley College
  20. Colby College

LINK:  THE REST OF THE 630 RANKED COLLEGES

LINK:  METHODOLOGY BEHIND FORBES RANKINGS

ND's 3rd Football Practice Report -- UND.COM


If you're interested in the wide receiver position or what Notre Dame's Defensive Coordinator Bob Diaco is thinking about his squad -- you'll find UND.COM was thinking like you today.  After watching Coach Diaco -- he's still not comfortable with the media -- he'll get better.  Here's the links:

LINK:  COACH DIACO

LINK:  PRACTICE REPORT