The Penn State Football Show

As we all know, Charlie "the Chocolate Factory" Weis was axed a few days ago after an uninspiring tenure as Notre Dame's head football coach and adviser to the student group "IFL" (International FUPA League). Although he is now jobless, he received somewhere around $15 million due to his extensive contract that had him coaching until his Adidas wind breaker pants were the only thing he was capable of wearing. He is expected to make his next live appearance on ESPN on July 4, 2010 where he will attempt to dethrone Joey Chestnut and Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. But to get back to the focus of this jab at Notre Dame....they are coachless right now...but they are 6-6. They are bowl eligible. However, if they were going to play in a bowl game, it would either be the Little Ceasar's "I want to shoot myself in the head" Pizza Bowl played in lovely Detroit, or the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, AL (likely against a C-USA opponent). Not great options...but it's a bowl game, and you're team gets money for that. And in Notre Dame's case (since they are independent) they don't have to share that money with anyone. Reports indicate that the team is highly unlikely of accepting a bowl bid, however, and it seems as if their pride has gotten in the way of letting their players compete in another football game.

No, they won't be playing on New Year's Day, and not many people will probably go or watch, but what about those seniors that lost their last home game to Connecticut? Do they not get to play again (some for the rest of their lives) because the school doesn't want to "stoop" to the level of Conference USA? I am just flabbergasted at this possibility, and can't say that I have ever heard of a team saying "no" to a bowl game....except for the ones back in the day where the team got a bowl bid, but they weren't allowed to bring their black players so the team decided not to go...that's fine....but just not going? Where do they get off? This really bothers me because there are kids playing at schools like Temple and Buffalo that worked their tails off to even have the chance of going 6-6 and getting to a bowl. Getting an invite to the Little Ceasar's Pizza Bowl for these schools would be like Notre Dame hiring Jesus as head coach, yet here ND sits. Sometimes you've got to lower your standards and go after a fat chick, because something is better than nothing. Hopefully Notre Dame changes their mind because it isn't fair for their players, and even though I want them to lose every single game they ever play, it's just not right.

Keep an eye out for a new Klondike Bar commercial where the "What would you do for a Klondike Bar" slogan will be sung, and we will then see Charlie Weis decimate a pet store full of puppies with a blow torch.