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09-02-2009, 08:30 AM
Billboard takes shot at Weis
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- A new billboard facing the Notre Dame campus offers a not-so-subtle reminder to coach Charlie Weis that the past two seasons have not been up to the standards of the storied Fighting Irish football program.
It reads: "Best wishes to Charlie Weis in the fifth year of his college coaching internship." Weis said Tuesday he had not yet seen the billboard, about a half mile from his office, but had been told about it.
"Everything was great until the last word," he said, laughing. "So tell them thanks a lot for wishing me best wishes."
Weis is well aware that Notre Dame fans have high expectations after the Irish went 3-9 and 7-6 the past two seasons -- the most losses in a two-year span in the 120-year history of Irish football. Those 15 losses are three more than Knute Rockne had in 13 seasons as coach, four more than Frank Leahy had in 11 years and two fewer than Ara Parseghian had in 11 seasons.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/09/02/weis.ap/index.html#ixzz0PxmsG7Ew
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- A new billboard facing the Notre Dame campus offers a not-so-subtle reminder to coach Charlie Weis that the past two seasons have not been up to the standards of the storied Fighting Irish football program.
It reads: "Best wishes to Charlie Weis in the fifth year of his college coaching internship." Weis said Tuesday he had not yet seen the billboard, about a half mile from his office, but had been told about it.
"Everything was great until the last word," he said, laughing. "So tell them thanks a lot for wishing me best wishes."
Weis is well aware that Notre Dame fans have high expectations after the Irish went 3-9 and 7-6 the past two seasons -- the most losses in a two-year span in the 120-year history of Irish football. Those 15 losses are three more than Knute Rockne had in 13 seasons as coach, four more than Frank Leahy had in 11 years and two fewer than Ara Parseghian had in 11 seasons.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/09/02/weis.ap/index.html#ixzz0PxmsG7Ew