Notre Dame Keeps Messing With Demetrius Jones

As if the Irish haven't done enough to Demetrius Jones already...

First, after telling Jones he was the starter, now Charlie Weis is saying Jimmy Clausen would have been the starter all along had he been healthy. This came as a shock to Jones and was the biggest reason he left Notre Dame for Northern Illinois last weekend.

Well, now the Irish have answered back. Jones can go to Northern Illinois if he wants to. But he'll have to pay his own way.

Demetrius Jones will have to pay his own way to Northern Illinois this year.

The former Notre Dame quarterback will not be released from his scholarship, the school decided Tuesday.

“We don’t believe that Demetrius’ departure was handled appropriately,” Notre Dame athletics director Kevin White said.

What the hell?

It's obvious that the team doesn't want him, and he doesn't want to be there, so just let the kid go already.

I know it's not exactly cool to just walk out on your team when the season's already started, but I don't think it's Jones' fault. Had Weis been honest with him about Clausen, Jones probably would have transferred before the season started. Now the school is responding to its own mistake by acting like a third-grader.

I haven't turned on Weis or his ability to coach this team just yet, at least not to the degree Panger's gone, but with every day that passes comes a new story like this that really makes me wonder how naive I'm being.