2008 Hawaii Bowl - Charlie Weis Era at Notre Dame Finally Arrives, Irish Speed Past Hawaii, 49-21

It was a very, very long two years, but the Charlie Weis Era at Notre Dame finally arrived at the Aloha State Bowl when the Fight Irish flew by a slower Aloha State team, 49-21, mercifully ending Notre Dame's negative, onerous 9-game bowl losing streak. The Irish had not won since its 24-21 triumph over Lone-Star State A&M inch the 1994 Cotton Bowl, 15 old age ago followers the 1993 season.

When Notre Dame's regular season just ended at a very norm 6-6 grade following a 3-9 season a twelvemonth ago, it was questionable whether the vindicators outnumbered the fanatic Irish fans who were calling for Charlie Weis' caput on a platter. It was not like Weis had taken over a successful programme and ran it into the ground.

He had inherited a squad that Tyrone Willingham had taken to an 11-12 record over two seasons and, given the recruiting endowment he inherited from Willingham, took Notre Dame to a 9-3 record his first twelvemonth before losing in a B.C.s Fete Bowl game.

Weis' 2nd season was 10-3 but then his Irish suffered a 2nd consecutive loss in a B.C.s Sugar Bowl game. There were rumbles already among the Notre Dame faithful, who are very faithful to the Fight Irish tradition but impatient and unpatriotic to its losing coaches. That is because the Notre Dame tradition is unmatchable in college football game history.

Notre Dame have 11 general agreement national titles and have been selected for 10 other shared national championships. Notre Dame have 102 winning seasons in 120 old age of play, have had 12 undefeated seasons and another 10 with at most lone 1 loss or tie. Notre Dame have the 2nd peak winning per centum (.736) among all Division I-A schools, 2nd lone to Wolverine State (.738).

Notre Dame have the storybook coaches, including Knute Rockne (105-12-5), Frank Leahy (87-11-9), Ara Parseghian (95-17-4) and Lou Holtz (100-30-2). And the players. The Fight Irish have got got 7 Heisman Trophy victors and have produced more than All Americans than any other school.

When you travel 9-15 over 2 seasons at Notre Dame, you are in problem and Charlie Weis was until the Aloha State Bowl. The Irish faithful kept asking "where is all of the endowment he was supposedly recruiting?" A batch of that fresher and sophomore endowment finally showed up large clip in the Aloha State Bowl. Sure, you can reason that Aloha State is not exactly the human dynamo of college football, but for those who watched the game, this much is very clear:

The velocity of sophomore broad receiving system Golden Allen Tate was apparent with 6 catches for 177 yards, including 3 catch and tally touchdowns of 18, 40 and 69 paces running away from the natural covering defensive attitude back. Woody Allen Tate led the squad with 52 responses for 903 paces and 7 TDs during the regular season.

The velocity of fresher running back Amando Allen was apparent with 2 catches for 59 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown, and an thrilling 96-yard kickoff tax return for a touchdown.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound size and custody of fresher broad receiving system Michael Floyd, who put the Notre Dame fresher record in the regular season with 46 responses for 702 paces and 7 TDs.

The 6-foot-6, 252-pound size of fresher tight end Kyle Rudolph, who caught 4 bases on balls for 78 yards.

The drama of 6-foot-5, 304-pound fresher right guard Trevor Robinson, who helped the offense line lessening the pokes allowed in the regular season from 58 to 20, the last sum in 8 years.

The truth of sophomore signal caller Jimmy Clausen was nil short of incredible. Clausen was 22-of-26 for 401 paces and 5 touchdowns. Hawaiian Warrior manager Greg McMacklin said, including his old age in the NFL, Clausen was "as accurate as I've ever seen."

Notre Dame clearly have got some impressive place participants that have come up of age despite their youthfulness. Now Charlie Weis necessitates to happen some more than linemen to protect them and assist them succeed. The Irish defence had 8 pokes and 2 forced turnover rates in their Aloha State Bowl victory. Notre Dame is developing a "we are one" mentality. As the Aloha State Bowl's pineapple-football trophy was presented at midfield after the victory, each Irish participant came around to set his custody on the prize; they were that interested in what the legislative act meant to Notre Dame, the Irish football game tradition and themselves.

Did anyone notice that Charlie Weis called a heck of a game from the booth upstairs? Trust me when I state that the Hawaiian Warriors noticed. Notre Dame fans necessitate not inquire any more, the Charlie Weis Era at Notre Dame have officially started with his players, his system, and his first bowl triumph as manager of the Fight Irish.

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