The Fighting Irish's Failure ( or why ND stinks) | Lowell's 1# Fan's Blog

Notre Dame football has had its worst year in history for many reasons. Number One: too much youth. This ND football team is too young to succeed at this level and it really shows. Number Two: Weiss doesn't know his team. The patriots exoffensive coordinater calls plays like he has Brady or Quinn behind center, in reality Weiss has a young QB who's arm strength isn't at its full potiential. Number Three: pitiful special teams. Not to make excuses for the offense but all except for Zbikowski the returning crew misses blocks consistiently as a result gets called for holding in effort to protect the returner, which gives the offense horrible field position. On other hand ND's kicker has an awfully weak leg and the kicking team gives up way to many big plays. Number Four: mediocre defense. To top off all ND's troubles their d lacks fundamentals and can't keep their team in games. Number Five: weak offensive line. The Irish's inadeaquate line certainly doesn't help the QB problem and gets called for a lot of false starts giving the Domers a lot of third and longs. This is not the season to be an ND fan but the future looks bright.

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November 8, 2007 05:33 PM ET

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November 10, 2007 12:40 PM ET

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November 16, 2007 07:47 AM ET

Being a NE fan and having watched what Weis can do, there is no question that his offense has been restricted with the young QB. Look at the 2-point conversion play against Navy. With the game on the line he runs a dive!?! What would the call be if he had confidence in his QB? His system relies on an intelligent QB that can read and make quick decisions. This team will be alot better next year.