Brought to you by awful officiating, still not an excuse for another shitty game since 2005...

Yesterday the Notre Dame Fighting Irish took on the Pittsburgh Panthers. They lost 27-22 with a key chop-block penalty setting up a 3rd and 16 which resulted in the WORST over-turned replay call I've ever seen.

That being said, Weis is still to blame for the loss...

When your team comes out flat every game in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters, coaching is to blame. Why is Weis so cute with game-calling? It's as if he suddenly realizes in the 4th quarter that he has a decisive advantage with a Top 5- QB in Clausen, Top 20 WRs in Tate and Floyd, (Top 5-TE in Rudolph until the Navy game), and Top-30 RB in Allen. So he lets this offense loose by playing no huddle and letting it fly through the air.

And that is why there must be a coaching change. Clearly this team has talent - they've scored 257 points on the season and are exciting to watch when they're not sleepwalking. But, clearly they are poorly coached.

Here's 6 numbers:
39 85 27 99 7 = 257

Unless my math's wrong, that's the per-quarter point totals for the season, and then the season total. This team apparently is good only after 15 mins of not hearing a coach address the whole team. This must be changed.

We've most likely already lost an excellent QB in Clausen. We might lose an excellent WR in Tate. Let's not waste another year of talent - Floyd, Rudolph. Crist, etc. - on a coach that leads his team into settling until they're down in the 4th quarter.

Unleash the talent. Hire a new coach.