Although Evan Sharpley had seemed to play his way into the starting job at Notre Dame a few weeks ago, it was only on Tuesday that Irish head coach Charlie Weis gave him the nod.
During his weekly news conference, Weis told reporters, ""I think Evan this week gives us the best chance of winning," implying that Sharpley had wrestled the job away from high school phenom Jimmy Clausen. However, it is what he did not say that is more telling.
According to Clausen's high school teammate and USC running back Marc Tyler, the reason Jimmy won't be playing has nothing to do with his sucktitude and the Irish's 1-6 record--Clausen is injured: ""I wish he were starting," Tyler said. "He said his hip bothered him."
So Saint Charlie foold the Domer Nation and the press! What a genius!!!
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10-18-2007 @ 12:50PM
Andy said...
Great reporting. You would have had to read all the way to the first question of Tuesday's press conference (the one where Weis announced Sharpley at QB) to see that Clausen's injury WAS part of the reason Weis said Sharpley would play.
Q. The obvious question is the quarterback situation. What played into that or what led to the decision?
COACH WEIS: Just like I said the other day when we were talking, I said that I was going to talk to the medical people and talk to the coaching staff about where we were. I think there's a lot of people with bumps and bruises. That's not the sole reason why we're doing this. But I think Evan this week gives us the best chance of winning. And it's the exact same thing I told both quarterbacks, just so you know. I met with them yesterday and I told them exactly what I just said to you.
http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101607aaa.html
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10-18-2007 @ 12:55PM
Scott Olin Schmidt said...
Thanks, I think...because I don't see anywhere in your Weis quote that says Clausen had a hip injury.
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10-18-2007 @ 4:23PM
Andy said...
Well, Weis isn't going to comment on the specifics of any injured player, but you made it sound like he was trying to hide the injury from "the Domer Nation and the press" which I don't believe is true. He said Clausen was banged up, but that that wasn't the full reason Sharpley was playing. Not everything Weis does is some kind of intricate conspiracy.
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10-19-2007 @ 10:01AM
Bobby Dodd said...
So, it has nothing to do with Clausen sucking??
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