Notre Dame's Charlie Weis doesn't need Pete Carroll's ire

YahooSports! columnist Dan Wetzel sums up Charlie Weis' situation at Notre Dame, which isn't any prettier than he looks on the sideline.

The headline: Could Weis be cooked?

Wetzel also repeats the old story about Pete Carroll's motivation against Weis:

"Looming in the season finale is Pete Carroll and the mighty USC Trojans. It was once reported that Weis, upon first meeting his Irish team four seasons ago, told them they’d never lose to USC again. True or not, Carroll believes it so. He’s 3-0 against the Irish, winning the last two by a combined score of 82-24.

"Now Carroll has the chance to do to Weis what Jimmy Johnson once did to Gerry Faust, lay a beat down so severe it sends Notre Dame into a regime change.''

Take this for what it's worth: SI.com's Truth & Rumors section reports Weis is doomed at Notre Dame. But no sources are quoted, and the author doesn't sign his or her name.

Meantime, the anti-Weis sentiment is evident among Chicago Tribune readers. Of 1,276 who have responded to the unscientific online poll, 55.3% say Weis should go and 44.7% say he should stay.

-- Randy Harvey

Photo: USC Coach Pete Carroll, left, and Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis after the Trojans' 34-31 win over the Irish in South Bend, Ind., on Oct. 15, 2005. Credit: Tom Strattman / Associated Press