Jon Wilner takes a look at the past and present Notre Dame football coaches. He begins:
In my estimation, Weis’ numbers are no better than Willingham’s and quite possibly worse.
He has that 34-31 loss to USC on his resume. (Has any coach ever gotten more mileage out of a loss?) But Willingham did better against Michigan and significantly better against ranked opponents.
Elsewhere Pat Forde doubts the unbeatens.
Start with the Perfect Five, noting that they are perfect in record only. The Dash has to ask: Is this the worst collection of unbeaten teams ever?
None has a victory over a team currently in the BCS standings. None plays in what Jeff Sagarin’s computer ranks as one of the top two conferences (SEC and Big East). And none has even played what Sagarin says is a top-three team in its own conference.
In other words: You’re on borrowed time, gents.