Charlie Weis is obviously smarter than the rest of us. That’s the only way to explain the bone-headed decision he made at the end of the fourth quarter in the Navy-Notre Dame game.
With 52 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the scored tied 28-28, Weis and the Irish faced a 4th and 8 at Navy’s 24-yard line. So, with the probability of making a first down in that situation being very low, Weis obviously attempted the field goal right? Wrong. Instead, Weis decides to go for it and his quarterback Evan Sharpley is sacked by Ram Vella (what a name by the way) for a seven-yard loss. Vella made a hell of a play by leaping over a blocker and sacking Sharpley in midair, but the bottom line is that Weis had no business going for it in that position. Even if ND misses the field goal, it’s highly unlikely Navy scores and the game would have went to overtime.
Navy eventually won 46-44 in triple OT, and snapped a 43-game losing streak against the Irish. Good call Weis – what, were you trying to cover the spread?
Charlie or his assistants should be fired just like Tyrone was but just as fairly because they deserve it!
This is beyond embrarassing. It’s just funny. The guy is a complete moron.
Charlie is so full of himself and his “genius” strategies that he forgets the basics.
Good coaches make sure their special teams can knock in 40-yard field goals. His own stupidity led to their first loss against Navy since the year JFK was assasinated!
Interesting that you bring this up. Every TV, radio blurb I heard about this game neglected to point out one of the all-time coaching screw ups ever.
This guy’s record is worse than Ty Willingham’s and it won’t be long before Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are seen in South Bend.
Let’s give a tip of the hat to Navy. Outmanned, outmuscled, outrecruited, but……not outsmarted. Word is ND now wants to replace Navy on the schedule with the Coast Guard Academy. Nice job Charlie!!!!!!!!
I’ll take the Coasties by a touchdown.
Ya think it was a wise move now for Notre Dame to give this dude a 10 year extension after he went what ? after a 4-0 start during his first season ? What was the hurry for the extension ? Stupid.
The ” Coasties ” …………. excellent call Jeff.
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