When your a team that has a recent tradition of having a great offense and terrible defense, and then in the first three games of the season your defense actually scores more points than your offense. . . well, that’s when you know things are getting rough. Shortly after Notre Dame’s 38-0 beat-down at the hands of Michigan, Demetrius Jones, who started against Georgia Tech in the season opener, has announced he’s transferring.

Jones said he was stung by coach Charlie Weis’ comments that freshman Jimmy Clausen had been the team’s top quarterback but was not named the opening game starter as he was recovering from surgery to remove a bone spur from his throwing elbow.

“When I heard Jimmy was the No. 1 all the way through spring and that the only thing that was keeping him out of the lineup was his surgery, well that’s not what I was led to believe going into the summer,” Jones told the South Bend Tribune for a story Monday. “I thought I was getting a chance because coach Weis believed in me. Then I didn’t know what to believe anymore.”

In Charlie’s defense, Demetrius did look pretty terrible against Georgia Tech. In Demetrius’s defense, Jimmy Clausen hasn’t looked much better. I look forward to Notre Dame’s first offensive touchdown, which should be followed by an immediate BCS invitation.