And this season will finally provide the answer...

by BPH, San Diego, Monday, February 23, 2009, 09:24 (6077 days ago) @ Savage

as to whether sustained excellence, which is I agree should be the goal, is possible under Weis. We could begin to see why it made sense for Swarbrick, despite howlings from alumni (myself included), to give Weis one more shot, even though his 2007-08 performance warranted termination. The players and schedule are in place to go at least 10-2 in the regular season, and hopefully we could earn a favorable BCS matchup out of that. Then, unlike 2006, Weis would go into the next season not with a roster bereft of upperclass talent, but perhaps the most stacked roster at ND since the early 1990s. The 2009 season would have translated into a monster recruiting class, which only increases the talent in the pipeline. The program would turn into the self-sustaining cycle that all powerhouses enjoy, of field victories turning into recruiting victories turning into more and bigger field victories.

Of course, I should add that this all assumes that Weis knows what the hell he's doing.