Notre Dame to the ACC, but not in football? It’s still a big deal
ACC commish John Swofford: The man is earning his money, you'd have to say. (AP photo)
Well, it’s official. The ACC is bigger than the SEC.
OK, only by a margin of one. But you’d have to admit: In college football, Notre Dame is a pretty big one.
OK, so there’s an asterisk, and a pretty big one to boot: Notre Dame is joining the ACC in every conference sport except football. But the Irish have committed to playing five football games every season against ACC opposition, and that can’t help but heighten the profile of a league that, at least in football, could stand some heightening.
And you’ve have to think that Notre Dame agreeing to play five games against the ACC only clears the path for the Irish to commit to playing a full conference slate someday soon. (There are press conferences scheduled for later in the day, so maybe we’ll know more then.) As they say in England, and perhaps in Ireland: In for a penny, in for a pound.
Back in a bit with more. And before you get all a-dither: No, I do NOT think this means the ACC has become a better football league than the SEC. But I do think this is another good step by John Swofford and his crew, and it wasn’t so long ago that we wondered if Swofford’s league had any credibility left.
(Here, as threatened, is the longer take on Notre Dame and the ACC.)
By Mark Bradley
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ylojkt
September 12th, 2012
4:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwNLDMzCP2M
hey i think...
September 12th, 2012
4:51 pm
you do know that your former star player with the gun was headed to the gt campus to do some mischief dont you?
most of the robberies on our campus are done by ugag athletes.
Delbert D.
September 12th, 2012
4:52 pm
“Michael Adams, UGA President:
There was urination, there was defecation, there were 70 tons of trash. Buildings like the Law School or the library, we’ve had to close because when we left them open the destruction was too significant.
“Augusta Chronicle – (UGA) has to close the library on game days because … “people were peeing in the stacks, vomiting in the stairwell and getting into fights in the lobby that the people who worked (there) got fed up with all the abuse.”
I really hated to cut and paste all of that, but the first order of business for an army in the field must be to dig a sufficient trench latrine. I think that probably applies to football fans and their ceremonies, as well.
hey i think...
September 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
like i said… you can trash talk an make up stuff all you want to but the facts remain….
1. the city of st simon asked the uga fan base to tailgate elswhere and ….
Michael Adams, UGA President:
There was urination, there was defecation, there were 70 tons of trash. Buildings like the Law School or the library, we’ve had to close because when we left them open the destruction was too significant.
Augusta Chronicle – (UGA) has to close the library on game days because … “people were peeing in the stacks, vomiting in the stairwell and getting into fights in the lobby that the people who worked (there) got fed up with all the abuse.”
Delbert D.
September 12th, 2012
4:54 pm
Big Crimson –
“Delbert — negative.
O’Leary was hired by ND – fact.”
That’s what I meant. The indecent exposure of resume occurred after he left the Institute. It’s not like the Institute let him back in.
hey i think...
September 12th, 2012
4:55 pm
no amount of uga trash talk can over come that a city asked your fans to not tailgate there and this…..
Michael Adams, UGA President:
There was urination, there was defecation, there were 70 tons of trash. Buildings like the Law School or the library, we’ve had to close because when we left them open the destruction was too significant.
Augusta Chronicle – (UGA) has to close the library on game days because … “people were peeing in the stacks, vomiting in the stairwell and getting into fights in the lobby that the people who worked (there) got fed up with all the abuse.”
this isnt trash talk as most trash talk is bs. the above are true facts.
how classless are the dwags.
Big Crimson 75
September 12th, 2012
4:56 pm
Sec chokes or box of rocks(whomever you hide as) — no, the b1g never cheats.
Especially Ohio St or Michigan.
The recent scandal at Ohio St apparently didn’t happen.
I suppose Joe Ferguson only became a degenerate gambler after he left college.
Speaking of up-standing B1G QBs, how’s Rick Leach doing these days?
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Box of Rocks
September 12th, 2012
5:04 pm
N̶D̶ ̶f̶o̶o̶t̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶m̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶N̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶e̶l̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶-̶t̶r̶a̶c̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶O̶�̶�̶�̶L̶e̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶�̶�̶�̶ ̶f̶a̶c̶t̶.̶
NON-FACT
Do you even know what a fact is?
Big Crimson 75
September 12th, 2012
5:05 pm
Delbert — I don’t think GT was at fault over resume-gate.
ND made GT & O’Leary look foolish as a result of it.
Big Crimson 75
September 12th, 2012
5:07 pm
Box — I know enough about football to know George O’Leary is a better coach than Ty Willingham, Charlie Weiss or Brian Kelly.
Box of Rocks
September 12th, 2012
5:08 pm
The guy won. Do I care that he inflated his resume? I bet even 75 can figure that one out!
hey i think....(Starbury)
September 12th, 2012
5:11 pm
Why can’t we get nuff fans to watch our games and produce some trash? Four dogs, four cokes should make one big mess…..maybe all da fans be scared to come down to the ‘hood.
Tide Pride
September 12th, 2012
5:12 pm
Could be worse for all of you commenting today ………… you could be an Auburn fan!
hey i think....(Starbury)
September 12th, 2012
5:12 pm
look like i be banned
Delbert D.
September 12th, 2012
5:13 pm
Big Crimson – Their are a lot of strange stories out there. Google “Joe Don Looney” and “The Best Player who Never Lived.” I saw him play on the B&W TV those many decades ago. One of the strangest guys in history, never mind college football and the NFL. I recall the SI article on him years later, when he was cleaning elephant stalls in a Buddhist monastery.
Box of Rocks
September 12th, 2012
5:13 pm
Sorry HoneyPuss, it was not me.
hey i think....(Starbury)
September 12th, 2012
5:13 pm
must be comments about no fan coming to games cause we in the projects…..get four dogs and four cokes you come to game
Honeycomb Uniform
September 12th, 2012
5:15 pm
Delbert what are you talking about……you need some meds from super
Honeycomb Uniform
September 12th, 2012
5:16 pm
My mistake bag of puss…..overestimated your ability.
Box of Rocks
September 12th, 2012
5:18 pm
I’m a UGA graduate and I’m on the unemployment line with nottin betta to do…so I feel like I should comment on this bcause it relates to football and thats ALL we do at UGA…Go dawgs!!!
Delbert D.
September 12th, 2012
5:21 pm
Honeycomb – I’m in one of my rare moods today. A coupla times a year, my mind seems to expand and I can hardly tell what’s rolling around in there.
octavian
September 12th, 2012
5:27 pm
One desperate action by two desperate institutions.
Honeycomb Uniform
September 12th, 2012
5:33 pm
Good job, bag of puss….you continue to impress.
Big Crimson 75
September 12th, 2012
5:35 pm
Delbert — sounds like a character!!
Never heard of him before.
I’m glad you gave me the name.
I especially like the — “if you Want a messenger boy, call Western Union” comment!!
Honeycomb Uniform
September 12th, 2012
5:46 pm
We all deserve a break and letting our hair down and some point, Delbert. Enjoy your freedom and expansion.
WTFredi???
September 12th, 2012
5:48 pm
When Notre Dame decides to fully join a conference, it will not be the ACC, but the Big Ten. This is just leverage. The Big Ten makes more sense geographically, has as much football and basketball revenue generating power with less teams to share the spoils. They also will not want the influence of the basketball crazy schools on Tobacco Road impacting their football program. Look for ND to use this alliance to strengthen their basketball and baseball stature then jump ship to the Big Ten with Syracuse if and when the “Cuse gets their football back on track.
Honeycomb Uniform
September 12th, 2012
5:49 pm
Did not look at the link Box but it’s amazing what qualifies as “entertainment” these days. “No wonder Tigers eat their young” – Al Czervik
WTFredi???
September 12th, 2012
5:51 pm
I see the blog comments devolved into another trash talking session between UGA and Tech “fans”. Not really surprised. Get a life, idiots.
Honeycomb Uniform
September 12th, 2012
5:53 pm
liberal interpretation on Al’s line from Caddyshack………
Delbert D.
September 12th, 2012
5:56 pm
Football is my life. If not for football, I would not be a football (fan) today.
–Shamelessly misappropriated and modified to suit the situation. Copyright (Who was that guy??)
hey i think...
September 12th, 2012
6:42 pm
nope no ban here!
not sure how a person gets banned for telling the truth about the classless dwags.
hey WTFredi
September 12th, 2012
6:45 pm
I see the blog comments devolved into another trash talking session between UGA and Tech “fans”. Not really surprised. Get a life, idiots.
last time i looked we didnt invite the dwags onto this blog for any reason. if they wanted to come here and post trash that was there choice.
comprende?
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Dawg in Griffin
September 13th, 2012
2:17 pm
There is no way that ND can play the other 14 ACC schools at least once every 3 years that will allow those schools AND the Irish to maintain home and home scheduling balance. Someone didn’t think this through completely.
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September 16th, 2012
3:53 am
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