[Notre Dame News]

Coach Weis talked a bit about Army in his press conference yesterday.

Coach Weis Press Conference Transcript (Nov. 14) :: Irish head coach previews this weekend's matchup with Army.

ON BOBBY ROSS: "Army, their head coach, he took the Chargers to the Super Bowl in '94 so he's one of a kind. Head coach in college for at least 15 years and head coach at two different places in the NFL, both with the Chargers and the Lions in the 90s, '92 to '96 with the Chargers and Lions '97 to 2000. His son, Kevin, he's the offensive coordinator. He's a graduate of Naval Academy, and as most Army teams, he's got their offense rushing for four yards a carry and is probably one of the foundations of their offense."

ON THE ARMY DEFENSE: "Defense, their coordinator has been at Army for seven years, been coaching 27 years. What they do is they do a really, really good job on defense on third down getting off the field. Teams are converting only 37 percent of the time on third down. And I think one of the things he's done a good job of is handling his defensive line situation, because they have played about ten different guys on his defensive line. Now, one guy that we probably won't see, Sprague, okay, '99, he got hurt in the Kent State game. So you know, of the ten guys that I've seen in there, the guys that I think that we'll probably see the most is Cameron Craig. Cameron Craig and Brandon Thompson will probably be the end, and Harrington and Fusco will be the tackles.[/quote]

Charlie can say what he wants about the Black Knights, but I still see this being a pretty easy Fighting Irish victory. What do you think about the coach's comments?

[legend]

Weis must have been hard-pressed to find anything positve to say about Army's football skills. But the character and dedication that those players have to their country and football cannot be overstated. Just once, not this year, but just once, I would like to see them somehow win this game.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by legend

Weis must have been hard-pressed to find anything positve to say about Army's football skills. But the character and dedication that those players have to their country and football cannot be overstated. Just once, not this year, but just once, I would like to see them somehow win this game.

Sure would be nice, legend. But I'm afraid the days of this being a meaningful game are long gone. Some of those old Irish-Cadets battles were really classics, though, weren't they? Back in the days of Blanchard and Davis, when both Notre Dame and Army were usually Top 5 teams. These days this "rivalry" feels like its on life support, though.

[VaTechNut]

This should be little more than a scrimmage game for the Irish before they face USC.

Appritiate what Charley had to say about Army, great sportsmanship on his part, real class.