A good run of bad (Irish) luck

Oh, Notre Dame, we hardly knew ye.


Three games into the season, our worst fears about this year's ballclub have already been realized & from the looks of things, a chance to grab just 6 wins seems like a long shot.


First of all, the Irish can't score to save their lives. Michigan gave ND the big ol' goose egg back @ the Big House last weekend much to the chagrin of many Irish fans (& much to the delight of the Wolverine fanbase). Then looking at their other abysmal efforts against Georgia Tech & Penn State, we can't help but wonder: where's Brady Quinn when you need him most? But then again, the Irish have had to replace virtually much of their offensive firepower from last season & naturally enough from what we've seen the past three Saturdays, the end results speak on their own terms: only 10 points & no offensive touchdowns...how pitiful. And things aren't going to get any easier as they take on Michigan State, whose defense leaves plenty of reason for concern: Notre Dame's not getting anything done on offense & with a Spartans D which so far has been downright stubborn, the prognosis for weekend 4 is looking rather bleak as far as their game plan goes.

Secondly, the most likely savior to replace Brady Quinn was a flop in his first start against the Yellow Jackets, leaving Jimmy Clausen to pick up the pieces for this season. And where's Mr. Jones now? He's about to take his QB skills over to Northern Illinois...what a shame that he never told anyone over @ Notre Dame about his change in plans until the 11th hour. As for Mr. Clausen...no comment...not yet, anyways.

Third, Charlie Weis is putting himself up there with some good company, that is to say, dudes like Ty Willingham & Bob Davie. And we all know what happened to Bob Davie after not meeting the expectations of his fans & the ADs...Weis, in a sense, is headed on the exact same road as some of his more underachieving predecessors. We were thinking that Weis could be this team's savior, the one coach to lead them on the road to victory. But seeing 3 straight abysmal performances, our misgivings towards such thoughts have already been made clear. And for the assumption that ND could get at least 7 wins this season? Please...not from the dismal sights we've been seeing on the football field.

The luck of the Irish is pretty bad right now & their next opponent, Michigan State, isn't going to help ND's cause one whit. Hopefully their good run of futility will come to a halt sometime in 2007 but the question is when?

I just don't know...& a lot of diehard Notre Dame fans, I feel, are echoing my sentiments.