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Paul Wadlington made an interesting observation on his latest EGAT podcast. (He apparently wrote an article about it on IT if you have a subscription). His point was that not only was Notre Dame not in the top 10 programs of viewership for their games (where Texas was #2) but of the top 50 rated games this year, Notre Dame played in of them. Even their game against Pitt where Gameday went to the Pitt campus didn’t crack the top 50, and neither did their traditional blue blood game against USC. 
 

If the Big 10 and SEC stop scheduling them, what value do they bring to networks and at what point does NBC cancel/fail to renew that exclusive contract?

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16 hours ago, notre dame joe said:

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How about the ACC?

Why should the ACC do a thing for ND when ND does nothing for them other than try to fuck over a direct member?

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23 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

Hear hear. I've always kind of rolled my eyes at ND because of the special treatment they get, but this behavior has just pushed me into full fuck that program forever mode and they can get fucked and be excluded every year as far as I'm concerned until they decide to play by the same rules as everyone else.

i’ve hated Notre Dame since 1966 when that punk ass Ara Parseghian ran out the clock and kicked a field goal to tie Michigan State, and claim a national championship.

My dad explained the arrogance and hypocritical mindset that was Notre Dame, demanding to be treated special.  They were special, in a way.  Nobody else had an army of Catholic priests telling high school recruits that they had to go to Notre Dame and support their religion.  

Notre Dame intentionally playing for a tie sums up the essence of Notre Dame football.

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36 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

iNotre Dame intentionally playing for a tie sums up the essence of Notre Dame football.

One of my office-mates in grad school was a guy named Claude Something, a Notre Dame graduate. Claude admitted he knew only two things abut Notre Dame football: (1) Notre Dame always had the best team in the country, which was only denied by anti-catholic enviers; (2) Notre Dame players were the only football players who had to take a pay cut when they went Pro.

It seems plausible that some of his family post on Surly Horns.

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5 hours ago, Duane Moore said:

Paul Wadlington made an interesting observation on his latest EGAT podcast. (He apparently wrote an article about it on IT if you have a subscription). His point was that not only was Notre Dame not in the top 10 programs of viewership for their games (where Texas was #2) but of the top 50 rated games this year, Notre Dame played in 2 of them. Even their game against Pitt where Gameday went to the Pitt campus didn’t crack the top 50, and neither did their traditional blue blood game against USC. 
 

If the Big 10 and SEC stop scheduling them, what value do they bring to networks and at what point does NBC cancel/fail to renew that exclusive contract?

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22 hours ago, ITHorn said:

Notre Dame screwed Notre Dame by scheduling the way you do and not being in a conference. The lack of responsibility from ND fans is hilarious. Nobody forced ND to avoid joining a conference or scheduling well. If you had something to point to other than random metrics (like actual decent wins) you would have a point of consternation. Until you put skins on the wall, don't complain. 

 

4 hours ago, 'stache said:

I’m sure it’s just regular rotation that their ACC schedule every year features Syracuse, Wake Forest, and/or Boston College.

ND supplies the dates and the ACC supplies the teams.  We only know that everyone wants to play Notre Dame so they get roughly the same access.  I don't know when Cal and SMU jump in

 

The ACC signed a contract with Notre Dame, making us business partners.  The terms of this partnership inter alia, Notre Dame signed a grant of rights for All sports except football, Notre Dame agreed to five games a year against ACC teams in football. (Upping that to eight or nine ACC teams a year would on average be a weaker schedule).  

 

4 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

i’ve hated Notre Dame since 1966 when that punk ass Ara Parseghian ran out the clock and kicked a field goal to tie Michigan State, and claim a national championship.

My dad explained the arrogance and hypocritical mindset that was Notre Dame, demanding to be treated special.  They were special, in a way.  Nobody else had an army of Catholic priests telling high school recruits that they had to go to Notre Dame and support their religion.  

Notre Dame intentionally playing for a tie sums up the essence of Notre Dame football.

And have you ever heard anyone, in over 50 years, complaining about how Duffy Daugherty played for the tie at home?  There's a long established tradition of people complaining that Notre Dame gets 'preferential treatment' while those who know the history roll their eyes.

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Question for the You didn't beat anyone crowd.  Why is Oregon in the playoff?  They beat Southern Cal (same as ND) and did not play an SEC team (unlike ND).  The Ducks spent their OOC on Montana (1-11), Oregon St  (2-10), OKST (1-11). The Ducks 2nd best win was 8-4 Iowa on a last minute fg.
 

@Vic Mackey  Massey rates our offense at #1.

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6 hours ago, notre dame joe said:

Question for the You didn't beat anyone crowd.  Why is Oregon in the playoff?  They beat Southern Cal (same as ND) and did not play an SEC team (unlike ND).  The Ducks spent their OOC on Montana (1-11), Oregon St  (2-10), OKST (1-11). The Ducks 2nd best win was 8-4 Iowa on a last minute fg.
 

@Vic Mackey  Massey rates our offense at #1.

You got fucked over by a flawed system. So have many other teams over the years. The difference is they didn’t rage quit their bowl game and make an under the table deal to be exempted from the flawed system.

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3 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

They only had one loss to the #1 team and play in a real conference. Next.

Oregon played one very good team and lost at home, one pretty good team (USC) and won at home. If the Ducks spent one OOC slot on an SEC team then it's 50:50 they go 10-2 and are in the scrum.

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49 minutes ago, notre dame joe said:

Oregon played one very good team and lost at home, one pretty good team (USC) and won at home. If the Ducks spent one OOC slot on an SEC team then it's 50:50 they go 10-2 and are in the scrum.

If  you had one loss you’d be in

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Question for the You didn't beat anyone crowd.  Why is Oregon in the playoff?  They beat Southern Cal (same as ND) and did not play an SEC team (unlike ND).  The Ducks spent their OOC on Montana (1-11), Oregon St  (2-10), OKST (1-11). The Ducks 2nd best win was 8-4 Iowa on a last minute fg.
 
[mention=381]Vic Mackey[/mention]  Massey rates our offense at #1.
I think your beef should be that Tulane and JMU got in. At the very least, only one of those should have made it. Miami deserved it over ND because of head to head. ND would be in if any one of those 2 teams were left out.

But ND lost its 2 best games and when ran the table on a very below average schedule.

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