Happy New Year!

I won't be around for a few days.

We're off to sunny Tempe tonight to watch Weis E. Coyote use his Acme Playbook in a futile attempt to keep up with the Buckeyes.

Incidentally, I was thinking about this last night; Notre Dame players touch this famous sign every time they take the field at home.



But they haven't won a National Championship since 1988.

They obviously haven't ever won a conference championship.

They haven't won a bowl championship since the 1994 Cotton Bowl.

Unless you want to count the glorious triumph in the 2002 Kickoff Classic, it has been more than a decade since Notre Dame football has played like a champion.

Just thought that was worth mentioning.