AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFLATE THE BUBBLE? Notre Dame fires football coach Charlie Weis. The article details the team's continued underachievement, and a televised sports report noted previous coaches who did not live up to Knute Rockne standards. Accompanying articles suggest disinterest on the part of head coaches at other prominent football programs in the job.

Notre Dame has the opportunity to emulate the University of Chicago, and perhaps to induce California-Berkeley and UCLA to get out from some of the financial stresses their football programs are placing on the academic mission.