Montana transfers, Radio golfs, and Cissoko yells at a cop (LOTD 7.25)

Big news of the day is obviously the transfer of Nate Montana. I don't think the importance is on the loss of the fourth string quarterback, though Montana was heading into the season as third on the depth chart. I think the biggest news is that this is a statement, though indirect, that Joe Montana doesn't really believe in Charlie Weis.

Think about it. Montana's kid, the one that's supposed to be the best in the family and a legitimate prospect, spurns the Irish for a team that didn't win a single game last year. Then his other son, who went to Notre Dame to play football AND go to school. So why would he transfer. Well, it obviously wasn't the academics, since Montana's daughter also went to Notre Dame, and Nate Montana transferred to a JUCO, not Harvard. So why did he transfer? Well, it might have been to get playing time, but don't you think a D1-A team, even if it were a mid-major, would have taken a quarterback with the name Montana and offerred him a chance to start?

I'm obviously speculating here, but you have to ask how much confidence has in Charlie Weis. And this isn't just any Irish alum, this is Joe F. Montana. The guy has some weight with the program. He saw the spring game up close and personal. And he knows football. Something is not right here, that much is obvious.

Moving on to another Irish coach who was fairly inept, Tyrone Willingham. Mike McLaughlin, who played under Coach Radio at Stanford, gives us an update on what "Coach" Willingham is up to:

When I talked to him he was out of town. We are going to get together and play golf. Amazingly, and I heard of this out of his own mouth, he kind of likes doing nothing right now. I told him ‘Coach that is not you,” and he said “yeah but I am getting really used to it.”

So what else is new? Coach Radio is out playing golf, only now he isn't getting paid millions of dollars to do it. He has to live the life of the average person, which is fitting, but must be a change of scenery for someone who once ran the football team for the most prestigious football program in the country.

The best player on the Fighting Irish in the Michigan game last year was none other than Wolverine Boubacar Cissoko. Cissoko was arrested for yelling at a cop, which is always a smart thing to do. Apparently Cissoko was a passenger in a 3-4 minute pursuit, and when the driver pulled over and was handcuffed Cissoko came out yelling, "Leave my boy the (expletive) alone.” Coach Rich Rod said he will handle the matter internally, which means Cissoko will be able to be burned by Golden Tate week 2. Seriously, why would anyone yell at a cop? Must be that Michigan "education".

Finally (and quickly), Florida State is taking legal action against the NCAA to get the 14 forfeits back for Coach Bowden. What FSU still doesn't understand, however, is that they are counting wins Bowden has from his time in D-1AA, so even if he ends up with more wins than Coach Joe Paterno, he won't hold the "all-time victories" crown. Seriously, just shut up Criminoles.

Alright, that's all for now. Go build something this summer.