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It's Media Day for Notre Dame! You can watch the press conferences here: Charlie Weis press conference: Watch, Brady Quinn press conference: Watch.

Q. "Can you tell me what sets Notre Dame apart, makes it so unique like from any place you've ever coached at before in football?"

COACH WEIS: "Well, I think that we were talking about that independent nature of Notre Dame before. I think that good or bad, we are judged because we're independent, like we almost have an attitude, like we are holier than thou, which we certainly are not. But because we're independent, sometimes we're labeled that way.

I think the bottom line is when you're isolated and you stand by yourself, you then can get put on a pedestal where people can either support you or take shots at you. I try to use the analogy, and people may agree or disagree, growing up a Yankee fan, I always found the National League no matter where you went, people had an opinion on the Yankees. They either liked them or disliked them. I think that's very similar in its own way to what we have to deal with.

We just try to do things right. I would like to think that people would respect us for the way we run the program, whether you like us or not is really not that relevant. You know, we are just looking for respect, not to be liked or disliked."

Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman J.D. Quinn were dismissed from the team for violating NCAA rules by taking "payment over an extended period of time in excess of time actually worked." "Both parties were aware that their actions were in violation of NCAA rules. They did it over a long and extended period of time," Stoops said. "That's conduct that we won't tolerate here at the University of Oklahoma."

"In the end, again if somebody understands the rules and knowingly breaks them, then everybody suffers the consequences of it and they do for sure. In the end, players need to be accountable.

"We can't spend every minute with them, our compliance staff cannot spend every minute with them. When are they held accountable?" Sports Illustrated has the story here.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2006 was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5. Congratulations, Troy Aikman, John Madden, Reggie White, Harry Carson, Warren Moon, and Rayfield Right, you are the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2006!



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