Updated throughout the day with quick takes from staff.
Updates: Weis has apologized for comments he says were taken "out of context", the writer involved has apologized for printing comments he was later informed were off the record, and the comments have been removed from the original report.
Fun story, eh?
Original: Charlie Weis couldn't beat Pete Carroll's USC team in any of his five years as Notre Dame's head coach; the combined scores of those five wins, 188-85, show how one-sided the rivalry was at times.
But in making Carroll's off-field extracurricular activities a point of contention in an interview with a Notre Dame website affiliated with Rivals, Weis has made sure both coaches are tossed into a game that neither can win, seemingly for the sake of seeing Carroll lose.
Q: Is it frustrating to you Pete Carroll, for example, portrayed in one way…CW: Let me ask you this question: You guys know about things that go on in different places. Was I living with a grad student in Malibu, or was I living with my wife in my house? You could bet that if I were living with a grad student here in South Bend, it would be national news. He’s doing it in Malibu and it’s not national news. What’s the difference? I don’t understand. Why is it okay for one guy to do things like that, but for me, I’m scrutinized when I swear. I’m sorry for swearing; absolve my sins.
The "Pete Carroll is living with a grad student!" tidbit actually hadn't been in general circulation before, and Carroll is denying it vehemently. “It’s untrue, it’s irresponsible, and it’s incredible he’d be talking about me like that,” Carroll said.
It's hard not to share Carroll's last two sentiments -- this sort of allegation has what to do with Weis, Notre Dame, and his coaching career, exactly? -- but it's impossible not to wonder about the first one. Details about Carroll's personal life probably shouldn't be public knowledge if they don't impact his professional life, but Weis leveling this charge makes it news in and of itself and in the greater scheme of college football.
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No story at all.
Malibu does not have the highest academic standards in the world.
Malibu has no standards of any kind.
by LadyVolsLover on Dec 6, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions
So, Weis leaves the college game getting the same respect he had for it when he came to ND. None.
by RamblinWreck007 on Dec 6, 2009 1:06 PM EST reply actions
There have been lots of internet rumors about Pete Carroll. It goes with the territory when you are highly successful. My personal "favorite" is that P.C. frequents West Hollywood gay bars, wearing Elton John glasses, and trolling for young black men.
If Charlie Weis were to hang out in Malibu with a grad student girlfriend, it would make news. The story would begin, "Beached whale sighted…"
by George_Tirebiter on Dec 6, 2009 1:39 PM EST reply actions
Weis could only sleep with a graduate student from a cooking school.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Dec 6, 2009 1:48 PM EST reply actions
Weis swore on the job with the cameras rolling. Some people were less than impressed with that.
If Carroll sleeps with a grad student on the job with the cameras rolling, it will be an issue, as well.
I am shocked by Weis’ apparent lack of character. If you are a coach looking for a coordinator, don’t you have to worry about the maturity level of this guy?
by kingsfan on Dec 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST reply actions
Carroll cheats both on and off the field.
NCAA will destroy USC
by Lou_Holtz_Weis on Dec 6, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions
What a classy exit from one of the biggest failures in college football history. The irony is that now, besides never being able to get a college coaching job, he’ll never get a pro one with this ridiculously petty accusation. Maybe Charlie The Land Tuna is trying to get a job with TMZ.Cya on the Jenny Craig infomercials winner.
by Hippi-Kat on Dec 6, 2009 2:52 PM EST reply actions
NCAA will destroy USC
When?? I’ve been waiting for yrs…
by steelheadr on Dec 6, 2009 3:05 PM EST reply actions
Oh Charlie, it is time to grow up.Even if what you say is true, you just confirmed in the minds of almost every football fan in the United States what we have long suspected.You are a douchebag.As for Pete Carroll, I think he is married with children, so I hope the accusations aren’t true. But I won’t be stunned if they are.
by Sexy Pete on Dec 6, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions
Fat Charlie never beat Pete. Enough said.
by SailorGabe on Dec 6, 2009 4:34 PM EST reply actions
Whether those comments were said off record or not, he still said them. Weis is nothing more than a child in a fat suit just loking for a donut and will try to crush anybody who stands in his way of said dream. Poor, poor pathetic Charlie. The guy has no business being a human much less a coach.
by bizkit71 on Dec 6, 2009 4:53 PM EST reply actions
Classless to the end…
by BradKT on Dec 6, 2009 4:54 PM EST reply actions
Let’s just state the obvious Chunky Chuckie isn’t going to coaching in the Pac-10 any time soon, and he still wasn’t worth the $millions.
by corona79 on Dec 6, 2009 5:41 PM EST reply actions
"Cheatin Pete" just took on a whole new meaning.
Nice parting shot, fatboy.
by SORT14 on Dec 6, 2009 6:17 PM EST reply actions
Wow. Just wow. Have fun finding a new job Charlie. Maybe if you spent less time worrying about what other coaches are doing, you’d still be employed. Great job.
by GatorRush on Dec 6, 2009 7:08 PM EST reply actions
Weiss sounds more jealous to me . . . who wouldn’t like a girlfriend stashed up in Malibu?
by old__Chuckeye on Dec 6, 2009 11:47 PM EST reply actions
Weis is just angry. He was turned down for the part in, "Star Trek IV" of one of the whales brought back from the past. They said he was too big to be believable. He has been angry at the Ca. scene since then.
by snowhill on Dec 6, 2009 11:58 PM EST reply actions
What a sad parting shot by a person I can not call a man. I said from the beginning that this kid would not do much at ND. Reason, he had a huge ego, can’t tell him anything because he tell you he already knows, and likes to think that the game revolves around him.
How does he expect people to respect after that? Only kids like lou hotz will but then again, your not talking about much when you say that.
by Condor7 on Dec 7, 2009 9:55 AM EST reply actions
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