Details Emerging On Clausen Fight

While neither Jimmy Clausen or Charlie Weis have said anything publicly about the fight Clausen was in early Sunday morning that resulted in him getting a black eye, some details are starting to emerge about what happened at C.J.'s Pub in South Bend.

Clausen was at the bar with his family, some teammates and a date and apparently they were there without any incident the whole time.  That is, until Clausen's date left her purse inside the bar.  According to a report from WSBT2 in South Bend, it was after Clausen and his date went back into the bar to retrieve her purse that the trouble started.

The 22-year-old junior from Westlake Village left the restaurant/bar without incident initially, the source said. But Clausen's date forgot her purse inside. The two went back into get it about 2 a.m., and as they were leaving, Clausen's date was pushed by a man outside the bar.


Words were exchanged between Clausen and the man, the source said. Clausen pushed the man away, with his hand landing in the man's neck area. The man then punched Clausen in the eye, and the two wrestled on the ground for a few seconds before the fight was broken up.


Police were called to the scene, in part because of that incident, in part because of some other skirmishes going on at the establishment. No arrests were made.

Other skirmishes?  How many purses were left in that damn bar?

I have to admit, it does make me wonder what other skirmishes were going on in the bar considering Clausen wasn't the only Notre Dame football player that was in there.  Still, whether or not it was the players causing trouble or the locals, it's hard to blame either side for being angry.

As for what all of this means for Notre Dame's impending loss against Stanford on Saturday, Clausen will be starting on Saturday and is participating in practice today.