Clausen? Damn Near Killed Him.

Jimmy Clausen involved in altercation outside a South Bend, Ind., bar
Source says Notre Dame QB suffered a black eye
By Brian Hamilton/Tribune reporter

As a tumultuous season draws to a bitter close, Notre Dame and the faces of the football program continue to take hit after hit. And, apparently, in all too literal a sense.

Starting quarterback and team captain Jimmy Clausen was involved in an altercation outside a South Bend, Ind., bar in the hours after a double-overtime loss to Connecticut on Saturday, taking a punch to the face in the incident, sources told the Tribune.

Clausen suffered at least one black eye as a result of the punch, according to a source.

A South Bend police spokesman said Monday no police reports were filed over the weekend that involved Clausen.

The particulars of the confrontation are unclear, though a person answering the phone at CJ's Pub, the bar in question, said the incident "absolutely did not take place inside the bar."

WGN-AM 720's David Kaplan reported that it occurred at 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

The CJ's employee, who identified himself as a bartender, said Clausen and family members were at the bar after the Connecticut loss -- along with other Irish upperclassmen apparently gathering after their final home game at Notre Dame Stadium.

I don't have any real interesting tidbits to add to the Clausen Smackdown story but I figured it deserved a post. Apparently this had something to do with a girl, some douche at a bar (not Jimmy) and Jimmy's talentless waste of space brother Casey. If you added Eddie George with his shirt off that would sound like the hot tub at Phil Fulmer's house. Too bad for Notre Dame it has to end this way. Can someone drive to Houston and pull the gun out of Pornstar's mouth?