I hate Notre Dame and am not a fan of Charlie Weis, but my hats off to him for opening his post-game conference yesterday with the truth: "'They deserve their just due,' Irish coach Charlie Weis said. 'I think it's important to understand that team just came and whupped us pretty good.'" No excuses, no blaming the refs or turnovers or anything, they just got whupped. Thanks Charlie!

On a totally different line, and I may be totally wrong here, but today I went into Express to look for some pants. I had found a coupon that expired almost two weeks ago, but I thought maybe they'd still honor it, maybe I should have known better, but I thought I'd give it a shot. So I go up to this clerk working the men's section and ask her if they'd still honor that coupon. She laughed at me, "No, I don't think we could do that!" if a very sarcastic tone. My response should have been, "Well, then I don't think I could shop here." Now, I know it was expired, I knew I had about a 1% chance of being allowed to use it, but I did expect more respect from a saleslady. A little, "I'm sorry sir, our store policy says...could I help you with something else..." anything other than a laugh in the face and sarcastic comment. I've never had good experience with their clothes anyway.