Demetrius Jones Doesn't Like Charlie Weis Either

When Demetrius Jones left Notre Dame for Northern Illinois over the weekend, it came as a surprise, but it wasn't exactly shocking either. After all, it's become rather obvious that Jimmy Clausen is Charlie Weis' quarterback.

When Jones struggled against Georgia Tech, he was pulled. When Evan Sharpley struggled against Georgia Tech, he was pulled. When Clausen struggled against Georgia Tech, he got the starting job and hasn't been pulled yet.

Weis even said as much after the game when he told the media that Clausen would have been his starter all along had he not undergone surgery on his elbow.

That's something Jones didn't appreciate hearing, and it was the final straw as it caused him to leave.

"When I heard Jimmy was No. 1 all the way through spring and that the only thing keeping him out of the lineup was his surgery, well, that's not what I was led to believe going into the summer," Jones said in a South Bend Tribune story published Monday. "I thought I was getting a chance because coach Weis believed in me. Then I didn't know what to believe anymore."

However it all came about, Jones going to Northern Illinois is the smart move for him. He wasn't going to play at Notre Dame again barring a rash of injuries, and at Northern he can probably grab the starting job next season.

Not to mention the Huskies offensive line can actually get in somebody's way once in a while.