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'Ornery' Weis keeps Irish focused

By Adam Rittenberg
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis, a man rumored to have scored 1600 on the SAT and been admitted to Harvard, has already contributed to the college coaching lexicon. Throughout the season Weis has used the word ornery -- defined by Webster's dictionary as "having an irritable disposition" -- to describe his mood. Though Weis stuck to tradition and credited the Bills (Parcells and Belichick) for teaching him the approach, his choice of language is novel. And with the success Notre Dame is having, ...

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