Well it only took 6 weeks but Notre Dame finally got their first win over a hapless UCLA team at the Rose Bowl last night. After knocking a second string quarterback out UCLA had to go with a walk on who had never thrown a pass at the college level. It was all over but the crying at that point. Notre Dame got 4 picks and still only managed 20 points with their abysmal offense but UCLA was worse allowing the Irish 20-6 victory. What makes this more comical is the way Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen celebrated at the end as if they had just won some sort of bowl game. All they really won was the relief of knowing they won't go winless this season cause they're going to lose next week.
I wonder if Charlie Weis pulled a page out of the movies and did the classic Revenge of the Nerds John Goodman speech to pump his team up. I can only imagine Notre Dame players looking disheveled in their locker room after practice this week and Weis encouraging them to go beat up some nerds. Who hasn't wanted to run through a freshman dorm and hold a geeky kid out the window by the leg while yelling NERDS. Not to mention drinking beer out of a trophy. Anyway, no matter what Weis said or did his team finally got off the goose egg and put up a W. What would be more impressive is if they can do it again and again over the remaining weeks of the season against a team whose quarterback has played since high school.
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