Remember when Charlie Weiss was adamant that despite a new QB, a new defensive scheme, a new WR corp, a new tailback--- 2007 was not a rebuilding year? He even went so far as to claim that The Almighty should strike him down if he mumbled the words.
Well, lightening hasn't struck South Bend just yet--maybe because God talked with his attorneys and was advised to wait for the actual verbatim statement from Wiess on rebuilding was uttered-- but the actions say that it's close to being so.
Weiss sheltered the program's 3 headed QB beast by not announcing a starter until the day of the Georgia Tech game. A strategic masterpiece as the Irish didn't score a touchdown for the first time since Charlie came to Notre Dame. He played all 3 QB's and all 3 looked pretty bad.
Now, Weiss has announced the Jimmy Clause will start the Penn State game. Clausen is now ruled battlefield ready from an elbow surgery that was kept under wraps over the spring and summer and gets his chance as starter this Saturday against JoePa's boys. Sadly, this screams 'give up'--for the obvious reason. With a blue chip QB already committed for next year, Weiss needs to know if Clausen's the real deal. And no coach invests the future of a program in seniors if they know that the present won't be very good. Take you lumps with youngsters and see if they can play and build for the future instead of getting walloped with upperclassmen that won't be here in 2 years.
Irish faithful are looking at trips to State College and Ann Arbor, then seeing a home game with Michigan State, followed by trips to Purdue and UCLA, chased by a visit from USC. There is a realistic chance that Notre Dame starts the season 0-7.
If that's the case, it's better to build for the future instead of letting some seniors beat up on the Service Academies, Duke and Stanford.
Jimmy, your audition starts now.
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