I have hated Notre Dame for most of my life. In fact, I can’t even remember a conscious Notre Dame-related football moment that wasn’t soaked in hatred. So it was safe to say that I enjoyed the first bit of the post-Brady Quinn downward spiral that the team took at the beginning of the season. And I enjoyed the prospect that they wouldn’t get their first win at least until November (that didn’t work out but the thought was exciting) but the laughing stock that Notre Dame football, under Charlie Weis and his purported genius, has become isn’t even fun to talk anymore.

I do think that it’s 2,000 percent deserved. As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. After the abhorrent treatment and firing of Tyrone Willingham, the Golden Domers were quick to bask in short-lived glory and give their coach a 10-year-extension. Now it appears Weis may be no better, and could still certainly be a worse, coach than Willingham was and now Notre Dame is stuck with him.

What I’m left to wonder is, after how many bad years, will the rest of the BCS say to Notre Dame, “Look, you’re terrible. We don’t care about Joe Montana, Joe Thiesman, Tim Brown or Jerome Bettis, or your deal with NBC. Join a conference or get out.”

Also a note to ESPN: Do not, under any circumstance, talk about Notre Dame losing on College Gameday Final for 15 minutes ever, ever again. No one cares, not even those of us who hate Notre Dame.

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