GRUDEN TO SOUTH BEND?

Once the Bucs crashed and burned and missed the playoffs, we suggested that Notre Dame ultimately could choose to dump coach Charlie Weis and hire Tampa coach Jon Gruden. Gruden is now available, and CFT’s John Taylor floated the possibility of Gruden and the Golden Dome on Friday night. There’s a published report in a “real” newspaper that puts some meat on this bone, hinting that Weis could get the heave-ho after he signs his recruiting class. If it happens, maybe Gruden would ask to change the “F” word in the team’s “Fighting Irish” nickname.