For college football nuts: who will be the starting QB this fall at Notre Dame?

Prediction: don't look for it to be freshman phenom Jimmy Clausen. Ever since his big, glitzy announcement in spring 2006 that he was coming to ND (and the negative reaction it received), Clausen's looked uncomfortable. This summer, he had to have some surgery on his elbow. And now, those of us who live in South Bend today woke up to this news: a little while ago he had a minor scrape with the law involving alcohol possession. He was cited for it and had to pay a fine. With all these distractions, I don't think there's any way he'll start. The starter instead might turn out to be Evan Sharpley, the only returning signal-caller with any experience.