Lots of talk going on all over about the hire. I'm not sold but this post isn't concerned one way or the other with whether or not this is a good hire. Just providing some information that I've gathered quickly this morning, use this as a place to fact check a few of the claims that are being made about his tenure at Notre Dame. If there is anything that is missing, throw it in the comments and I'll see what if I can find.

(edit: Weis was at Notre Dame for the 2005-2009 seasons)

First up, recruit rankings for each class from scout.com from 2003 to 2012. That puts us a few years before Weis and a few years post-Weis. Thought that might help in determining his impact on the program. The table also includes the rankings for KU during the same time, just to give an idea for the different level of talents.

Weis had some very good classes during his 5 years at Notre Dame. The school also had some good classes before he got there and have had some very good classes after his firing. Either way, we can be pretty confident that our numbers will look better in a short period of time.

Moving on, Sagarin, FEI, S+P, and S+P+ offensive ranks for the years available.

Notre Dame's schedule has seem to come into play here as an excuse for why the program stumbled in his 3rd, 4th, and 5th years at the school. Here is the yearly breakdown of their schedule rank according to Sagarin and FEI.

Not a cupcake schedule but also not a murderer's row according to this information.