How I happened to stumble upon my own personal Hell on earth and UNC"s Roy Williams was in the center of it! With Picture!

Reche Caldwell's collapse in the AFC Championship game reminded me of another slippery handed wide receiver, Clifford Franklin.

Bob Davie said some pretty interesting things about the direction of ND's program. And although Wies has a better record than he or Willingam, Davie's comments are justified by Wies' Big game record.

To pararphrase Mercury News writer John Wilner, Ty Willingham got fired not for his record (21-15), but because his team didn't perform in big games. Willingham's Irish lost five games by 31 points or more during his tenure, and it cost him his job.

Fast forward to the Charlie Weis era at Notre Dame and what's changed? The Irish have gotten drilled in big games since Weis arrived at South Bend.

In the past 366 days, Notre Dame has been beaten like a dog on national television no less than four times:

Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 20 - Fiesta Bowl (1-2-2006)

Michigan 47, Notre Dame 21- at home (9-23-2006)

USC 44, Notre Dame 24 - at USC (11-25-2006)

LSU 41, Notre Dame 14 - Sugar Bowl (1-3-2007)

And the worst part of those four awful losses is that Notre Dame never was really competitive in any of those games.

Colt Brennan has decided to return to the Univ. of Hawaii for his senior season a move that likely makes him the Hiesman favorite if he has a season similar to his junior campaign.*

*I know some people will say Darren McFadden is the Hiesman frontrunner but we all know its a QB award :)

NC State football will begin 2007 in Carter-Finley against former Georgia Tech Coach and Permanent resume padder, George O'Leary's UCF Black Knights. Wolfpack will go to UCF in 2010.

USF freshman RB Keeley Dorsey suffered a heart attack during a team-conditioning workout and died after being taken to a local hospital.

New Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio knows what Spartan fans are waiting for: the Michigan game. Dantonio has installed a clock in the Spartans training room which will count every second until kickoff of the UM game.

There are two schools of thought here:

(A) Eat, sleep, and breathe your rivalry game.

(B) You've lost five straight to UM - don't make your season about one game.