Notre Dame: Why not hire Switzer?
If Notre Dame wants an Oklahoma football coach they can get, why not Barry Switzer? The Fighting Irish, should they fire Charlie Weis, is not likely to entice Bob Stoops (or Urban Meyer) to South Bend.
The Chicago Sun-Times report that Stoops has told confidants he would like to talk to Notre Dame is “people making stuff up,” Stoops said.
Not the first time someone has made up stuff about a Sooner coach and Notre Dame. In fact, it was fiction-writing at the very core.
In July 1998, the HBO comedy series “Arli$$,” about a sports agent, had a plotline that included the announcement that Notre Dame had hired Switzer. “Nuns and priests fainted,” Switzer laughed this week.
Switzer is an old hand at acting. “Coach,” “Saving Grace,” “Possums,” “Varsity Blues,” “Any Given Sunday.” Switzer has been all over both the small and large screens.
In real life, Switzer had little chance of drawing Notre Dame’s interest. The Irish are not in the habit of hiring rogues. But he would always listen.
“Tell them to call me,” said Switzer, 72 years old and 12 years out of football. “Tell them I can beat Navy.”
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