My thoughts by Paul M. Dugan

I am doing well this days while I am unemployed but I am looking for job. Here is some info on the new UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME coach Brian Kelly . I hope everyones holidays are going well this days. Pretty cool that GOLDEN TATE won some new awards since he is leaving NOTRE DAME to goto the nfl to. More NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL info from usa today: Brian Kelly takes over a Notre Dame that's not so special anymore ; Notre Dame confirms that Brian Kelly will be its new coach ; Brian Kelly takes over a Notre Dame that's not so special anymore ; 'Like a dream:' Kelly ready to tackle challenges at Notre Dame ; This weekend I have being watching HARRY POTTER & the Sorceror's Stone and HARRY POTTER & the Chamber of Secrets on blu-rays. Both movies very well done in this format to. take care.

I hope everyone has being gearing up for the holidays (Christmas & New Year's, etc to). here are some tech articles from usa today: Apple confirms purchase of music site Lala.com ; Google launches real-time search ; Conde Nast, Time, and other magazine giants sign digital deal ; EPA's carbon dioxide emissions ruling could raise energy costs ; Green on display at Copenhagen summit ; take care.. More sports links I am reading: bcs shakeout leaves us to ponder 15 storylines ; Minority coaches gaining traction in college football ; Recent Irish QBs not passing nfl muster ; Swag watch: It pays - gift-wise - to be a bowl player ; Tebow, McCoy among five finalists for Heisman Trophy ; Clausen, Tate leaving Notre Dame for nfl draft ; Jimmy Clausen Named Manning Award Finalist ; Jimmy Clausen/Golden Tate Press Conference Transcript - Irish junior standouts declare for the 2010 nfl Draft. ; Golden Tate Named To 2009 AFCA Coaches' All-America Team - Junior wid

More college football postseason news before the bowls get started: The bcs bowl bids are official ; 2009-10 Bowl schedule (all times Eastern) ; bcs Presidential Group expands How do teams qualify for bcs games? ; bcs promotes Bill Hancock to Executive Director ; bcs launches official facebook page ; Tweets give fans news, highlights and insights into the bcs ; Just a reminder I am on facebook & twitter to. Take care. Let me know if you like to join me in a college football pick'em game pool this winter holiday.

here is the final bcs poll for the post season happens in college football 2009-2010 game. Take Care. BCS Standings - Updated: December 6, 2009 RK Team W-L Harris Coaches CPU % BCS RK Points % RK Points % Prev Avg 1 Alabama 13-0 1 2841 .9968 1 1470 .9966 1.0000 2 .998 2 Texas 13-0 2 2721 .9547 2 1409 .9553 .9200 3 .943 3 Cincinnati 12-0 4 2467 .8656 4 1280 .8678 .9300 5 .888 4 TCU 12-0 3 2579 .9049 3 1336 .9058 .8400 4 .884 5 Florida 12-1 5 2395 .8404 5 1240 .8407 .9100 1 .864 6 Boise State 13-0 6 2358 .8274 6 1216 .8244 .7800 6 .811 7 Oregon 10-2 7 2130 .7474 7 1096 .7431 .7800 7 .757 8 Ohio State 10-2 8 2081 .7302 8 1077 .7302 .5100 8 .657 9 Georgia Tech 11-2 10 1787 .6270 10 921 .6244 .6900 10 .649 10 Iowa 10-2 11 1772 .6218 11 918 .6224 .6100 9 .618 11 Virginia Tech 9-3 12 1569 .5505 12 829 .5620 .5900 12 .568 12 LSU 9-3 13 1384 .4856 13 718 .4868 .6400 13 .537 13 Penn State 10-2 9 1800 .6316 9 950 .6441 .3200 11 .532 14 Brigham Young 10-2 14 1349 .4733 14 702 .4759 .4100 14 .453

AP Top 25 for college football on Dec. 6th, 2009 RK Team W-L Points Prev Next Last 1 Florida (46) 12-1 1483 1 L13-32 at Alabama 2 Alabama (7) 13-0 1416 2 W32-13 Florida 3 Texas (7) 13-0 1414 3 W13-12 at Nebraska 4 TCU 12-0 1316 4 W51-10 New Mexico 5 Cincinnati 12-0 1249 5 W45-44 at Pittsburgh 6 Boise State 13-0 1216 6 W42-7 New Mexico State 7 Oregon 10-2 1104 10 Ohio State W37-33 Oregon State 8 Ohio State 10-2 1103 9 Oregon W21-10 at Michigan 9 Iowa 10-2 920 13 W12-0 Minnesota 10 Penn State 10-2 897 12 W42-14 at Michigan State 11 Virginia Tech 9-3 860 14 W42-13 at Virginia 12 Georgia Tech 11-2 820 7 W39-34 at Clemson 13 Oregon State 8-4 719 16 L33-37 at Oregon 14 Pittsburgh 9-3 642 8 L44-45 Cincinnati 15 LSU 9-3 614 17 W33-30 Arkansas 16 Brigham Young 10-2 610 18 W26-23 Utah 17 Miami (FL) 9-3 572 19 W31-10 at South Florida 18 Houston 10-3 400 25 L32-38 at East Carolina 19 California 8-4 398 21 L10-42 at Washington 20 USC 8-4 365 24 L17-21 Arizona 21 Nebraska 9-4 2

Dec. 6, 2009 Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week 1. Alabama (54) 13-0 1,470 3 2. Texas (4) 13-0 1,409 2 3. TCU 12-0 1,336 4 4. Cincinnati (1) 12-0 1,280 5 5. Florida 12-1 1,240 1 6. Boise State 13-0 1,216 6

more stories about NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Notre Dame fires coach Weis ; With failing record, Weis did the unthinkable: He became likeable ; Notre Dame job is death trap ;

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME has this to say today: Charlie Weis Will Not Be Retained As Notre Dame Football Coach - Announcement made Monday afternoon by University director of athletics Jack Swarbrick. , Weis firing the latest chapter in Notre Dame football mediocrity ; Notre Dame alumni and boosters respond to firing of Weis ; Notre Dame confirms it has not retained Charlie Weis ; ND fires Weis ; Charlie Weis era a disaster but NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH fixable ; NOTRE DAME timeline: From '88 title to now ; Onus is on Notre Dame brass to finally luck out in coaching search ; Notre Dame fires Weis, begins coaching search ; Weis fired as Notre Dame coach after 6-6 season ; Why Weis didn't work at Notre Dame ; Notre Dame fires Weis, begins search for coach ; Inside the Irish blog ; Notre Dame fires Weis after another dismal season ; Now what for Notre Dame? ; Notre Dame fires coach Charlie Weis ; Jack Swarbrick expects 'drought' to end

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The foods I had for " THANKSGIVING " holiday this year? Don't aspect to be told a recipe at this time. 1. Turkey (10 to 20 lbs) (depends on the size of the family to) 2. bread stuffing (stuffed in the Turkey before cooking - secret ingredients added) 3. cranberries (?) 4. corn (?) 5. potato stuffing (secret family recipe) 6. squash (?) 7. green beans with cream of mushroom soup mixed together 8. biscuits (we could have not had this with all of this food) 9. desserts A. large pumpkin pie B. medium pumpkin pie C. medium cherry & blueberry pie a crumb topping on top of it (crust was homemade to) D. 2 packs of sugar cookies from Safeway HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BCS Standings - Updated: November 29, 2009 RK Team W-L Harris Coaches CPU % BCS RK Points % RK Points % Prev Avg 1 Florida 12-0 1 2783 .9851 1 1468 .9953 .9800 1 .987 2 Alabama 12-0 3 2651 .9384 3 1380 .9356 .9800 2 .951 3 Texas 12-0 2 2682 .9494 2 1394 .9451 .8900 3 .928 4 TCU 12-0 4 2473 .8754 4 1285 .8712 .8600 4 .869 5 Cincinnati 11-0 5 2343 .8294 5 1231 .8346 .9000 5 .855 6 Boise State 12-0 6 2309 .8173 6 1197 .8115 .8000 6 .810 7 Oregon 9-2 8 2044 .7235 8 1061 .7193 .7600 8 .734 8 Ohio State 10-2 7 2108 .7462 7 1104 .7485 .5700 10 .688 9 Iowa 10-2 10 1711 .6057 10 889 .6027 .6000 11 .603 10 Georgia Tech 10-2 11 1543 .5462 12 774 .5247 .6700 7 .580 11 Penn State 10-2 9 1804 .6386 9 975 .6610 .3500 13 .550 12 Virginia Tech 9-3 12 1524 .5395 11 831 .5634 .5100 14 .538 13 LSU 9-3 14 1256 .4446 14 674 .4569 .6400 15 .514 14 Brigham Young 10-2 13 1263 .4471 13 680 .4610 .4100 19 .439 15 Pittsburgh 9-2 15 1250 .4425 15 631 .4278 .3600 9 .410 16 Oregon State 8-3 16 1100 .3894 16 607 .411

AP Top 25 on 11/29/2009 RK Team W-L Points Prev Next Last 1 Florida (46) 12-0 1483 1 Alabama W37-10 Florida State 2 Alabama (7) 12-0 1416 2 Florida W26-21 at Auburn 3 Texas (7) 12-0 1414 3 Nebraska W49-39 at Texas A&M 4 TCU 12-0 1316 4 W51-10 New Mexico 5 Cincinnati 11-0 1249 5 Pittsburgh W49-36 Illinois 6 Boise State 12-0 1216 6 New Mexico State W44-33 Nevada 7 Oregon 9-2 1104 10 Oregon State W44-41 at Arizona 8 Ohio State 10-2 1103 9 W21-10 at Michigan 9 Iowa 10-2 920 13 W12-0 Minnesota 10 Penn State 10-2 897 12 W42-14 at Michigan State 11 Virginia Tech 9-3 860 14 W42-13 at Virginia 12 Georgia Tech 10-2 820 7 Clemson L24-30 Georgia 13 Oregon State 8-3 719 16 Oregon W42-10 at Washington State 14 Pittsburgh 9-2 642 8 Cincinnati L16-19 at West Virginia 15 LSU 9-3 614 17 W33-30 Arkansas 16 Brigham Young 10-2 610 18 W26-23 Utah 17 Miami (FL) 9-3 572 19 W31-10 at South Florida 18 Houston 10-2 400 25 W73-14 Rice 19 California 8-3 398 21 Washington W34-28 at Stanford 20 USC 8

Nov. 29, 2009 Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week 1. Florida (53) 12-0 1,468 1 2. Texas (3) 12-0 1,394 2 3. Alabama (3) 12-0 1,380 3 4. TCU 12-0 1,285 4 5. Cincinnati 11-0 1,231 5 6. Boise State 12-0 1,197 6

GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Articles about the NDFB game & what's going on with the team, coaches at season's end: IRISH edged by stanford ; gerhart runs, throws stanford past Notre Dame 45-38 ; stanford beats Notre Dame in Weis' possible finale ; Notre Dame football: Credit Irish for never bailing ; Notre Dame football: Final blow of a wearying year ; Notre Dame football: Swarbrick denies that search has begun ; Charlie Weis radio interview: stanford game 'microcosm of our season' ; stanford beats Notre Dame 45-38 - Offensive fireworks galore as neither team can stop a score ; Notre Dame should go after oklahoma coach bob stoops ; GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very close game again & people tell us we have bad defense. ND tried to win this game but I don't think allot people of believed in the team this season on them doing lots come backs & near misses on winning this games to. I bet you that none of this coaches from t he other teams that ND Football could come back versus all this different teams this season. GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/11/notre-dames-charlie-weis-wont-resign-but-would-have-tough-time-arguing-with-firing.html What do you think about University of Notre Dame Football results almost at season's end? Check my blog on this email for info on what I think of it to. In my yahoo college football pick's em pool that I am in & manage to. I stand at second place at this moment behind by 2 points and I hope to do better before season's end. let me know if you want to join my yahoo college football bowl pick's em pool coming this holiday season. The games I went @NOTRE DAME in this season were versus nevada (W), washington (W), spoiled children (L) & navy (L). All eleven (11) of the NOTRE DAME games this season were all winnable games at certain points in the game. The last game for NDFB season @stanford is do or die on better bowl prospects and against a tough rank team on the road to. Take Care & GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL IN THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry I do not sending regular mail or email of "Thanksgiving" card this year. I just have too many people (friends & family) to thank in my life that I email and that look at my blog to. Here are some interesting article about the state of college football season: With finish near, unbeatens fight for poll position from usa today ; Ten of the most thrilling college football games of the decade ; Coming up empty: acc can't fill bowl slots ; Waiting On Weis at Notre Dame from nytimes ; NOTRE DAME AD Swarbrick Welcomes Spotlight's Glare ; michigan, Notre Dame must re-evaluate their places in football ; Irish A.D. says Weis will travel with team, forgo recruiting after stanford ; Hiring florida's meyer to replace WEIS would be good for NOTRE DAME ; NOTRE DAME no better off now than when Charlie Weis was hired ; Why the bcs doesn't need facebook, twitter or ari fleischer ; required read

Here is more info on 2011 men final four sites: NCAA Releases 2011 Final Four Logo And Website I still put stuff on here, facebook & twitter. I do try to keep in touch with family & friends all over the world on the net and by sending emails rather then waste money talking on the phone but I still want to hear from you by hearing you from in real life or letters to if you want to send any. take care this days. Miss you all long time.

BCS Standings - Updated: November 22, 2009 RK Team W-L Harris Coaches CPU % BCS RK Points % RK Points % Prev Avg 1 Florida 11-0 1 2793 .9800 1 1459 .9892 .9300 1 .966 2 Alabama 11-0 3 2688 .9432 3 1388 .9410 1.0000 2 .961 3 Texas 11-0 2 2711 .9512 2 1398 .9478 .8800 3 .926 4 TCU 11-0 4 2487 .8726 4 1279 .8671 .8700 4 .870 5 Cincinnati 10-0 5 2358 .8274 5 1224 .8298 .9200 5 .859 6 Boise State 11-0 6 2307 .8095 6 1181 .8007 .7400 6 .783 7 Georgia Tech 10-1 7 2178 .7642 7 1125 .7627 .8000 7 .776 8 Oregon 9-2 10 1822 .6393 10 941 .6380 .7400 11 .672 9 Pittsburgh 9-1 9 1907 .6691 9 1021 .6922 .6300 9 .664 10 Ohio State 10-2 8 1989 .6979 8 1031 .6990 .5600 10 .652 11 Iowa 10-2 13 1423 .4993 13 714 .4841 .5900 13 .524 12 Oklahoma State 9-2 12 1561 .5477 12 815 .5525 .4400 12 .513 13 Penn State 10-2 11 1613 .5660 11 843 .5715 .3600 14 .499 14 Virginia Tech 8-3 14 1196 .4196 14 656 .4447 .5600 15 .475 15 LSU 8-3 16 915 .3211 17 463 .3139 .4600 8 .365 16 Oregon State 8-3 18 789 .2768 18 450 .305