With Notre Dame losing to the University of Connecticut at home on senior day this weekend, many speculate the loss just sealed the fate of head coach Charlie Weis. Even Weis knows that a 6-5 record in his 5th year as the head coach of the Fighting Irish is not what the school expected when he was hired. Weis was supposed to be the savior of the football program, it was his job to get them back into BCS contention but that has not panned out so far.

When Weis left the New England Patriots for Notre Dame he took over a team that was filled with seniors who were not happy that Tyrone Willingham was fired after a 6-5 season in which the team experienced a lot of injuries that doomed their season. Although Willingham was given no choice to comeback the next year, it seems Weis may have in option. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said he will determine Weis future after the Fighting Irish take on Stanford this weekend, however Swarbrick did say that the players opinion will play a huge role in the decision.

Even though the Fighting Irish have lost 5 games this season including the last three none of the defeats came in a blowout fashion. All five loses have been to quality teams such as USC, Navy, Michigan, Pittsburgh, and Connecticut by a combined total of 21 points. In every game they have a had a chance to either tie or win the game but came up short and in the eyes of the Notre Dame Alumni and boosters that just not good enough.

It may not seem as though the Irish have gotten any better since the arrival of Weis, but one thing is for certain his recruits have. Two of his current recruits quarterback Jimmy Clausen and wide receiver Golden Tate are two of the top players in the country, and both credit Weis for helping them increase their production on the field and helping them become a better person off the field.

If Weis is let go after the end of the season he will have no problem finding a head coaching job or maybe even an offensive or defensive coordinator position in either college or back in the NFL in no time. The same can be said for Notre Dame also, if they choose to release Weis from his current that was scheduled to run until 2015. Notre Dame is a marquee school with a lot of tradition; it's a school where coaches have no problem finding recruits and constantly plays in nationally televised games.