Clausen in a pickle, again

Maybe it's just Jimmy Being Jimmy, but underage drinking is no way to establish street cred at Notre Dame.
The latest on the former Oaks Christian quarterback's off-the-field activities came more to mainstream light in today's Chicago Tribune (linked here), following up on a blog item on The Big Lead (linked here) that shows Jimmy Clausen and a couple of teammates competing in the "Beer Olympics."
Coach Charlie Weis is supposed to look into it. The assumption is this is a violation of some school code of ethics.
At the very least.
Sure, we drank beer when we were in college. Maybe someone took some pictures. We weren't 21 yet. The big difference: None of us were the school's starting quarterback. And the Internet was only a gleam in Al Gore's eye.
This is a story that will have some shelf life, based on Clausen having some alcohol-related stuff before. And it made for some talk fodder on today's Dan Patrick syndicated radio show, likely to snowball more.
The Big Lead also has a followup today (linked here) from a columnist in the South Bend Tribune (linked here) that basically says, at least they were fully clothed, not barfing, and, compared to the stuff going on at Penn State, what's the story?