from the South Bend Tribune:

A little less than four years ago, Charlie Weis arrived at Notre Dame waving Super Bowl rings and boasting about the "decided schematic advantage" he was going to hold over other college coaches.

It was easy to dislike that, easy to root against him. On the other hand, coming out of the emotionless Tyrone Willingham years, it also felt like something this program very much needed at the time. As long, of course, as he could deliver.

He can't. 

Unlike losses against Michigan State, North Carolina and Boston College, quality if not beatable opponents, this loss to Syracuse was not acceptable on any level. Notre Dame had everything going for it. For one thing, the Irish held an enormous talent advantage, the myth about Notre Dame being unable to recruit talent to snowy South Bend long since debunked.

The rankings of Notre Dame's last four recruiting classes, as judged by Rivals.com: 40th, 8th, 8th, 2nd. Syracuse's over the same time period: 56th, 51st, 48th, 48th.That notion may seem difficult to swallow, because there is also a strong case to be made that this is karma taking its natural course.

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