KU football coach Charlie Weis thrilled for former Notre Dame players on brink of national title

Although Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis has had three different jobs since being fired as Notre Dame's head football coach following the 2009 season, people still ask him about the Fighting Irish all the time. It happened again on Monday morning's Big 12 coaches conference call, and Weis, who coached and recruited many current Notre Dame players, said he was thrilled that his former school and alma mater finished the season 12-0 and would play for the national title. By Matt Tait

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• By Matt Tait
• November 26, 2012 10:46 a.m.

Charlie Weis: I'm paying

KU coach will foot bill for any student who wants to attend Saturday's home finale

Kansas University announced Thursday night that Weis would pay for any KU students without tickets who are interested in attending Saturday’s 6 p.m. Senior Night game. By Matt Tait

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• November 16, 2012 12:04 a.m.

Coachspeak: League peers sound off on Charlie Weis

The connections are few and far between, but the ones that exist are meaningful. Only four of the Big 12 Conference’s nine other football coaches knew Kansas University coach Charlie Weis prior to his being hired by the Jayhawks, and earlier this week at Big 12 media days in Dallas, those four shared their memories with the Journal-World.

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• By Matt Tait
• July 27, 2012 midnight

Media darling: Charlie Weis witty, pointed at gathering

After spending the offseason cobbling together a roster he believes can compete in the Big 12, first-year Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis is looking for more.

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• By Matt Tait
• July 25, 2012 midnight