Certainly, Charlie Weis deserves a lot of the credit for Samardzija's touchdown record, right? Check out this article.
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Samardzija's Record Day a Testament to Weis's Offense - UHND.com
Written by: Frank Vitovitch | Posted: Monday, November 6th, 2006 at 8:47 am
While Samardzija’s record breaking career is a testament to his own skill and determination, it’s also a testament to the offense that Charlie Weis has brought to Notre Dame with him.
Prior to Weis’s arrival, the record for single season touchdowns at Notre Dame was 11. In not even two full seasons, three different receivers have accomplished that feat – Samardzija had a record 15 in 2005, Maurice Stovall had 11 in 2005, and already this season Rhema McKnight has 11 with three games remaining. Samardzija himself could also eclipse that mark again this year with eight touchdowns through nine games.
In the 21 games of the Weis Era at Notre Dame, the starting receivers have combined for 45 touchdowns for an average of 2.15 touchdowns per game. Samardzija has account for 23 of those for an average of 1.10 touchdowns a game. At that pace, Samardzija would end his Notre Dame career with 27 touchdowns. How long will that record stand with Weis in town though?
Derrick Mayes owned the only double digit receiving touchdown season in the history of Notre Dame football prior to Weis’s arrival last year. By the end of this season, there should be five such seasons including Mayes’s 1994 season with 11 scores.
With the new high powered offense Weis has installed for the Irish the number of offense records that have been broken are too numerous to mention and they will continue to fall the longer Weis is roaming the Notre Dame sidelines.
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Good points, all. So, how much credit goes to Jeff Samardzija's talent, and how much goes to Weis' offensive schemes?
11-05-2006, 09:56 AM
Samardzija touchdown record (UNHD.com article) 
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