Great article on the genius of Weis

[Aufan59 74]

Notre Dame Propelled Into BCS Contention

With a commanding loss to now sixth-ranked Michigan on Saturday, Notre Dame has asserted itself as a front runner for another coveted at-large berth in a BCS bowl.

“As we demonstrated last year, nothing impresses the BCS computers and bowl selection committees like losses to top 10 teams,” pointed out an exuberant Charlie Weis on Sunday. “It is early in the season yet, but we are putting ourselves in an excellent position to control our own destiny.”

Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl bid last year was fueled by a close loss to top-ranked USC as well as a second loss to 5-6 Michigan State. Does Coach Weis believe that a second loss is needed this year as well to secure a top bowl?

“Absolutely,” asserted the coach, “Last year, even with the two losses, some said we didn’t deserve the bid. We have felt from the outset that if we could simply upgrade our two losses to only top-10 teams, we would be shoo-in for the BCS again.”

Fighting Irish faithful already have November 25th circled on their calendar as the best opportunity for a loss to a top team, as Notre Dame will travel to Los Angeles to take on USC to close the regular season.

“You never want to look past any teams,” admitted quarterback Brady Quinn, “But when I look at the way the schedule is playing out, I get goosebumps. If Michigan and USC both simply win out, we could end the season with losses to two top five teams. We don’t want to jinx ourselves, but we are all thinking national championship. If one loss to a highly ranked team qualified us for the Fiesta Bowl last year, we are incredibly excited to see where two top-five losses will take us.”

Some critics have questioned Weis’s strategy for losing big games, pointing out how other successful coaches have won championships by actually winning games. But Weis laughs it off.

“That’s just not my style. Anyone can win the games. But only a program with the stature of Notre Dame can rise in the polls and in the opinions of pundits by losing with the kind of flair and style that we bring. That is my goal and will continue to be as long as I am head coach.”

[PChamp119 96]

I think a team should have to defeat a top 10 team to get into a BCS game. USC will go undefeated and beat Zero. Ohio State will have beaten one or two. Auburn may have as many as four and it still won't matter. Clearly - all you have to do is not schedule easy opponents and ur a sure in, regardless of the rest of your competition. Apparently games of top 10 talent every 3-4 weeks and top 25-35 talent imbetween them with a couple farts is not as impressive as every game in the top 20-50. I mean for real - obviously if you can beat all the top 10 teams and top 25 teams on ur schedule, u'd clearly would struggle with a team like say... Bowling Green

[BoJtrueAUman 4]

If that ain't some s*it I don't know what is. He KNOWS that they are the media darling this season and it totally playing it up. I hope they coaches read that and realize what they are doing when they continue to vote ND ahead of others with this ass hat at the helm. They are truely excited about losing 2 games, holy crap!

[Aufan59 74]

Its a fake article...

but it sums up the Notre Dame situation pretty nicely.