Coyne's Clippings

And the Notre Dame mess continues... As today's Boston Glove reports, The President of ND, who apparently is stepping down at the end of the year, said "In my 18 years there has been only two days that I've been embarrassed to be president of Notre Dame... Tuesday and Wednesday of last week."

And for anyone who missed it, one of Bob Ryan's finest columns, following Syracuse's biggest win in years. Undoubtly the resignation of current SU AD Jake Carathoumel help Pasquoli stay on (you can't get fired if you don't have a boss to do it) but I think it was this win that really did it for him. Of course Pasquolini is on the hot seat again from next year's opener and just one bad loss will have people calling for his head again. Here's two of the best lines, including the opener...

There may have been gloomier, more depressing, and costlier days for a Boston College athletic team in the past 40 years, but I can't think of one.

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The Orange outplayed BC in every way imaginable in what some familiar with the program were saying was their best performance in two or three years.

GOOD TIMES INDEED! PS - I'm trying to start the Ty Willingham to Providence College rumors on the account he will keep our undefeated and untied football team going strong (50 years and counting, every football saturday since WWII!).