Quick hits

*There is a nice piece up on CSTV.com by Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune on Charlie Weis. The highlight of the feature is a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how Weis coped with getting passed over for an NFL gig and sat down with Bill Belichick to draw up a plan to land a big-time college job.

*Speaking of Charlie Weis, if you are anywhere but in front of your television on Saturday afternoon without a valid excuse and don't watch USC-Notre Dame, you basically get your right to call yourself a sports fan permanently revoked. As a famous guy says about 174 times per column, "I will not argue this."

*Congrats to one of the really good guys in the sportswriting biz, Craig Ball, and his wife. The couple had their first child on Oct. 13, a girl named Stefanie Dawn.

*OK, so I'm a little late to the party here, but I feel like I can still make LCS predictions since both series are tied at 1. The Angels will play the Astros in the World Series. Why? They just will, OK?