NOTRE DAME More is expected from team, Weis proclaims

The Irish have a week off before facing No. 23 Tennessee.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- A record six touchdown passes weren't enough to keep Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis happy.
Neither were an 83-yard interception return or an offensive line that allowed just one sack on 41 pass attempts.
After watching films of the game, Weis wants the Fighting Irish to spend the off week working on eliminating mistakes heading into the Nov. 5 game against No. 23 Tennessee.
Weis said the ninth-ranked Irish (5-2) were just too sloppy in a 49-23 victory Saturday over Brigham Young.
"There's plenty of opportunity for constructive criticism," Weis said Monday. "It will give us an opportunity to clear up a lot of the things that went wrong."
Upset over penalties
Weis was most upset about penalties, especially along the lines of scrimmage, and the way the Irish carried the football.
The Irish were called for 11 penalties for 77 yards, including seven on offense. Four were called on the offensive line and two were called against defensive tackle Derek Landri for being offside.
"That's something we're really going to need to work on," Weis said. "That's just too sloppy."
The Irish also had two fumbles on offense -- one by receiver Maurice Stovall on the Irish 11 that went out of bounds and one by tight end Anthony Fasano on the BYU 6 -- his second in the red zone in as many weeks -- that cost the Irish a scoring opportunity.
"There were a couple of other times where receivers were holding the ball loosely," Weis said.
"We're really going to have to make that a point of emphasis this week."
He also was irritated that cornerback Mike Richardson fumbled an interception when he wasn't touched and with the way safety Tom Zbikowski carried the ball on his 83-yard interception return for a touchdown.
More care needed
"I'm not the biggest fan when guys get 30 yards from the end zone and now we're holding the ball out like a loaf of bread," Weis said. "That doesn't fire me up too much."
He also wasn't happy that the Irish defense missed a number of tackles.
"They had too many yards after they were first touched, both in the running game and some of the swing passes they were throwing," he said. "It was across the board. It wasn't like any one person. So we're going to have to go ahead and emphasize fundamentals on tackling because we thought we gave them a little too much."
Just enough to give Weis something to focus on for the off week, which is the way he likes it.