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College football | Coach Charlie Weis indicates he wouldn't blame Notre Dame for firing him

Charlie Weis indicated he wouldn't blame Notre Dame for firing him. "If they decide to make a change, I'd have to say I'd have a tough time...

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Charlie Weis indicated he wouldn't blame Notre Dame for firing him.

"If they decide to make a change, I'd have to say I'd have a tough time arguing with that. If they decide to make a change, I'd have a tough time arguing that because 6-5 is not good enough," the Fighting Irish coach said Sunday. "Especially when you've lost five games by a touchdown or less and several three-point games that went right down to the wire."

Weis added, "My intent is to be here."

Notre Dame lost its third in a row and fell to 6-5 on Saturday with a 33-30 home loss in double overtime to Connecticut.

Weis' 35-26 record gives him a .573 winning percentage. That is worse than the .583 winning percentage that got Notre Dame's two previous coaches, Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie, fired. Willingham's next job was coaching Washington.

Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said he will decide on Weis' future after Saturday's game at Stanford.

Weis, under contract through 2015, was asked if he would resign. "No, that's not happening," he replied.

Note

• The top seven teams in the Bowl Championship Series standings released Sunday were unchanged from last week. Barring major upsets over the next two weeks, the winner of the Florida-Alabama Southeastern Conference title game will face Texas in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif.

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I'm so glad to see this over sized piece of lard have to eat his words. This guys way to big for his britches, if that's humanly... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM by Houston Dawg. Jump to comment

Sucks for Randy Hart though. That's for certain. Posted on November 22, 2009 at 10:23 PM by FG. Jump to comment

ND should fire him already...so he can spend ALL his time at the Old Country Buffet... Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:01 AM by DinoForGov. Jump to comment

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