Will Notre Dame Get a Win?

Michigan had an ineligible player the first three games they played this season and it appears that they may have to forfeit those games which include wins over Notre Dame and Penn State. The player in question is freshman Artis Chambers who made five tackles for the Wolverines over that time span. The Big Ten will take up to three weeks to make a ruling which means if they take all of that time Notre Dame will still be winless because they are not about to win anytime soon on the field. It would be great if the Irish were awarded their first win seven games into the season. It would be great.

This indiscretion in Ann Arbor has given me an opportunity to broach another topic. Michigan's mascot is the Wolverine but there are none in the state today and there never were any to begin with. They did not make up an mascot but this is the next worst thing. It can not be good to be going into meetings as an institution trying to show that there was no malice involved in playing an ineligible freshman while trying to pass off the Wolverine as a native species. You can not rewrite history Lloyd Carr.

Game of the Week

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Michigan Wolverines
3:30 pm ABC

In a somewhat odd choice, this is not a match up of undefeateds rather this is match up of defeateds. After today, one of these teams will be 0-3 and if it is Lloyd Carr his job is officially in jeopardy. The quietest 110,000 person crowd you will ever hear will have something to cheer for as Notre Dame's offense has been nothing less than impotent this season against their first two opponents. In those games against Penn State and Georgia Tech the Irish are yet to score a touchdown. Both teams will be starting true freshmen quarterbacks in the Irish's Jimmy Clausen and Michigan's Ryan Mallet.

Both were highly prized recruits coming out of high school in California and Texas respectively. They also been thrown into action earlier than expected, taking their lumps. We have Michigan winning though due to a better offensive line and running back at his disposal. That running back Mike Hart will run over the the Irish defense in rout to a 24-6 win.

It will be the third straight game in which the Irish do not score a touchdown under offensive genius Charlie Weiss. It will also get more people asking about why there is no talk of Weiss' impending departure as there was with Tyronne Willingham three years ago. Lloyd Carr will live to play another week though his seat will remain the hottest in college football.