Charlie Weis Wants Jimmy Clausen To Beef Up

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Thursday, November 22 2007

Filed under: Notre Dame Football

Charlie Weis thinks that the time Jimmy Clausen spent on the sidelines after being benched for Evan Sharpley has had a very positive effect on his young quarterback. I'm more of the opinion that Clausen's improvement is just 20 minutes of garbage time against Air Force and a full game against Duke, but whatever, improvement is improvement right?

Still there is something Weis would like to see Clausen do this offseason, and that's hit the weight room so his frail frame can take the punishment that comes with playing behind the Irish offensive line.

"That's critical," Weis said. "Not just to take the hit, it's to be able to shrug off guys. The really good quarterbacks, you'll see they are getting touched a lot but they don't go down a lot."

Weis said he has...
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