The Chess Mind

And now we wait to see if Weis gets fired.

Egad. Please, do not invite us to a bowl game!

Notre Dame 27, Navy 21!

They dominated, apparently, but went above and beyond the call of duty at the end in a desperate attempt to throw away the victory. In the end, the defense held, and as we all know, it's the "W" that ultimately counts.

Notre Dame is now bowl-eligible, and with a win over Syracuse might get invited to a lower-level bowl game. Go Irish!

OK, time to start making plans for next year.

The victims-to-be: Boston College. Pre-game material here.

I'm not a Cleveland Browns fan, but tonight will be Notre Dame football alum Brady Quinn's first professional start at quarterback. So for one day, and one day only, I'm joining the "Dawg Pound". Go Browns!

Another kick in the gut, in a game Notre Dame should have won several times over. (Up two TDs with the momentum, a Pitt 3-and-out was blown by an idiotic personal foul; up a TD late in regulation, the defense collapsed; and in the first OT a wide open receiver was missed in the end zone, to list the three most colossal blunders.) Rats!!!

Yes, the Ivanchuk-Nakamura match is underway (game 1 was drawn, game 2 is looking like another draw), but chess players are smart: we can multileisure. (Watching chess and football doesn't rise to the level of a "task".)

Pregame show materials are here, to get viewers in the mood to watch Notre Dame drub Pittsburgh.

Bonus info: the Notre Dame basketball team has a pre-season rating of #9 in the nation.