Idiot Report: Jimmy Clausen

Yep, the fruit on the right is Notre Dame starting QB Jimmy Clausen.

I know, he's hardly recognizable when standing upright. If he were laying on the ground after having gotten flattened by a defensive end he'd be easier to pick out.

There's nothing wrong with doing stupid shit in college. I did plenty.

One problem though, Jimbo's only 20 years old. Technically the photo doesn't show him doing anything illegal. You'd think after already getting busted once for an alcohol-related offense that he'd be smart enough to not get captured in still life pounding cheap, domestic keg beer with a bunch of harlots, butt-sniffers and teammates.

And by the way, there's another photo floating around out there from the same "night" or "event" or whatever you want to call it. This one features the brain trust clearly posing for a picture. Well done morons.

Maybe no one should be surprised that this guy's an idiot. He showed up at the College Football Hall of Fame in a stretch SUV limo to announce he was headed to Notre Dame. Subtle. Classy. These are the attributes of great quarterbacks.

Obviously Fat Charlie Weis is doing just as good a job coaching JC off the field as he is on. And by "good" I mean terrible.

I'm guessing Jimmy will be missing as many games as I will (none) for this latest misstep. Way to keep your people accountable Charlie.

It could be worse I suppose. At least Jimmy's picture didn't show up on some gay dating website. Brady Quinn? Not so lucky.

And speaking of Notre Dame. There are a lot of people talking about how the Irish should be one of the most improved teams of the 2008 season. Hard not to improve when you only win three games and lose to two service academies in one season.

I'm starting to lean toward predicting another losing season for Notre Dame. Why? Because Charlie Weis couldn't coach his way out a paper bag. That is, if you could find a paper bag big enough to fit him and his impressive gunt into.

No doubt the schedule is easier this year for the Irish. However, like Ohio State and other high profile programs, you're always going to get the other team's best shot.

Here's the schedule:

Sept. 6 SAN DIEGO STATE
Sept. 13 MICHIGAN
Sept. 20 at Michigan State
Sept. 27 PURDUE
Oct. 4 STANFORD
Oct. 11 at North Carolina
Oct. 18 Open Date
Oct. 25 at Washington
Nov. 1 PITTSBURGH
Nov. 8 at Boston College
Nov. 15 vs. Navy (at Baltimore, Md.)
Nov. 22 SYRACUSE
Nov. 29 at USC


I'm going to go ahead and give the Irish wins against SDSU, Navy and Syracuse. Everything else on the schedule? Up for grabs.

Yep, even Stanford. Hey, Jim Harbaugh's already done something in one year at Stanford that Fat Charlie hasn't done in four years, beat USC.