Maybe now the wild rumors of Chucky going to Notre Dame in February can be put to rest.

Joe told you last year. He also told you today.

Now, Notre Dame is telling you, and the Fighting Irish are fighting mad.

“There’s no way in Touchdown Jesus that Chucky is coming to Notre Dame in February,” or in so many words.

John Taylor of CollegeFootballTalk.com, sister site of ProFootballTalk.com, contacted Notre Dame for a response to reports coach Charlie Weis was to be fired just after signing day Feb. 4 and be replaced by Chucky.

Let’s just say the Domers aren’t very happy about the rumor.

“It’s ridiculous that this rumor has even gained the traction it has over the past few days,” Notre Dame director of of football media relations Brian Hardin told the website. “I hesitate to respond to it at all because by dignifying this ‘report,’ I set myself up to be forced to set the record straight on future rumors. But it’s obvious that some people out there are trying to sabotage our recruiting efforts and it’s unfortunate that their agenda has been published and reproduced in recent days.”

Anyone with an ounce of knowledge about college football would recognize how bogus of a rumor that was. But there were/are enough gullible people in the fourth estate to run with it like someone just caught James W. McCord, Jr. snooping around a hotel in Washington where he shouldn’t have been.