{"id":6538,"date":"2006-08-13T08:51:32","date_gmt":"2006-08-13T08:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/the-soul-of-notre-dame.html"},"modified":"2006-08-13T08:51:32","modified_gmt":"2006-08-13T08:51:32","slug":"the-soul-of-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/the-soul-of-notre-dame.html","title":{"rendered":"The soul of Notre Dame.."},"content":{"rendered":"

…no not the theology department or campus ministry…athletics. Get Religion has a post on a series in the South Bend paper that has a lot of people talking…and some not.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m talking about a religion ghost in the ongoing saga between the Notre Dame traditionalists who believe the school is losing its soul as it attempts to compete against modern-day collegiate athletic programs and those who believe it\u2019s a competitive athletic program that is essential to maintaining the traditional Catholic school\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n

South Bend Tribune<\/em> staff writers Jeff Carroll and Bob Wieneke, in a four-part series<\/span><\/a>, laid out the issues so forcefully that the school\u2019s football coach Charlie Weis refused<\/span><\/a> to talk to them for a couple of days. Carroll and Wieneke raised tough questions dealing with the ethics<\/span><\/a> of the school\u2019s new recruiting practices. They gave a voice to those questioning the school\u2019s drive to return to the success it lost over the last decade.<\/p>\n

The series focused on the recruitment of Jimmy Clausen, who irked more than a few people by showing up<\/span><\/a> at South Bend\u2019s College Football Hall of Fame in a white stretch Hummer limo and saying he would try to win the school four national championships. Something was not right about this scene for Notre Dame traditionalists<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’ll just say that I have passing inside information on the venerable Clausens (brothers Casey and Rick went ot UT, of course), and let’s just say that what I heard indicated that at UT, even though the school naturally tried to recruit Jimmy (who will just be a senior in high school, by the way, although he’s also a year older than everyone else, being held back in middle school), there were some relieved (not the coaching staff, I’m sure, though) that the boy went elsewhere – for various reasons,  including the jerk factor. Jimmy may be the best of the lot (is that saying much?) but the Clausen entourage – a mixed blessing for the institution that gets it by this point. <\/p>\n

The reaction to the series was not positive among fans, of course…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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