Charlie Weis' Fighting Irish will likely go to the Sun Bowl. AP

The Chicag Sun-Times' Rick Telander doesn't think Notre Dame is in good shape with Charlie Weis.

"This is a bad team," Telander said.

Telander said this comes down to the boosters, who made a ridiculous decision to give him a big contract in the first place.

"Notre Dame just has to figure itself out," Telander said. He says Notre Dame doesn't know what it wants to be.

Telander said that unlike what you read from some young writers, Notre Dame's tradition is to hang out to coaches and let coaches stay through their contract. Telander says George O'Leary mess screwed up the program in a big way.

Telander thinks the school isn't sure what kind of program it wants. Notre Dame has very high academic standards. But it still can recruit nationally because of the connection to Catholic high schools.