Clausen Punched by Fan, Nobody Seems Upset

ESPN's Joe Schad is reporting that Fighting Irish QB, Jimmy Clausen, was punched outside a South Bend restaurant last night by a pissed off fan. Apparently, Jimmy was out to dinner with his parents and a female "accquaintance" (Schad's way of saying, 'dude, he's totally hittin that chick') which makes the situation even more awkward. Clausen gets decked on a regular basis and that's WITH five 300-pound meat popsicles trying to protect him, so imagine when the only defense he has are the 'rents and unnamed hot chick!

The Chicago Tribune said that the incident occured at CJ's Bar after the ND/UConn, the Irish's final home game of the season. Clausen was out with the folks afterward to celebrate senior day and his stellar mediocrity when he was "sucker punched" by a fan. Somehow I dont think they fan just walked up to him and went all Biff-in-the-cafeteria on him. Knowing the type of guy Jimmy is, I imagine some pompous arrogance being traded back and forth with the fan. Jimmy loves to run his mouth and act like an asshole - i.e. freshman hummer limo, Hawaii crowd taunting, etc. Actually I guess you don't "act like" and asshole if you are one, it's just who you are.

The good news is that the "injury" is not expected to keep Jimmy from playing. This could be bad news for fans of Notre Dame who want to win games. Clausen ego is expected to make a full recovery in time for the next Irish loss. Here is the ESPN story.