Notre Dame to the ACC, but not in football? It’s still a big deal

Not big deal to me. Who cares”

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UConn and Rutgers will step into the Octagon to fight for the final slot in the 16. Consolation prize to the loser is the Big 10.

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I definitely like getting ND but I had the half in. I mean I thought we were all or nothing. I hope there is some kind of stipulation like if we get a 16th school they join all in.

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So this Notre Dame you speak of, they play COLLEGE football? Are you sure?

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” is.”

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This is a great move by the ACC. Notre Dame brings an established football tradition and I believe they will eventually be included in football as well as the other ACC sports. Congrats ACC.

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Good to see ND found a conference weak/dumb enough to accept this Deal!
We’re all in — well, except for the sport that matters.
The ACC look like fools.

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Desperate move by both parties seeking to remain relevant in the CFB world. Ask the Big East how much having Notre Dame in all sports but football worked out for them.

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It is only a matter of a couple of years before they are “full” members, with, as others have already said, UConn being the 16th school member (they are just waiting for Jim Calhoun to disappear so that his slime does not taint the league)…

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I remember reading that Notre Dame used to be good at football. I’m not that old, so can someone confirm that for me??

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Moobs, how is it desperate from either end?

The ACC isn’t the SEC when it comes to football, but they’ve got several teams that are competitive on the national level, as well. Adding Notre Dame is just a bump in profile, not an act of desperation.

And as for Notre Dame, they’re back on the rise. Getting the opportunity to play stronger football programs than an independent schedule would allow with the way the conferences are aligning is a win-win for them, too. Notre Dame is not even remotely “desperate” when it comes to football – they make more revenue off that program alone than many colleges in the nation make cumulatively off all their sports programs combined.

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Another big point about this is that the exit fee in the ACC is now 3 times the average operating budget, which translates to over $50M. It will be much more difficult to poach an ACC school now.

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I haven’t paid attention to Notre Dame football in years. I’m an SEC guy and I tend to only follow the top 25 teams from other conferences. If I’m feeling nostalgic or have just watched Rudy I might turn on a Notre Dame game but otherwise I have very little interest in their program. I can only assume they’re up to their usual ways of losing bowl games and getting pounded by the 2 or 3 good teams that they play every year. Would that be accurate?

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@Benjamin: Take a look at ND’s independent schedule for this year and then tell me how it’s going to be upgraded by taking on five ACC schools? Even if they cherry pick, which ND is smart enough not to do, five ACC schools is a push, and I’m being generous with the push.

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25 years ago, this would have been a big deal. Now, it’s just another 3rd tier program joining a 3rd tier conference. Yawn.

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RUDY…RUDY….RUDY…RUDY

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Who really cares? You join a conference or not. Don’t cherry pick what you are going to be a part of.

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Looks like the ACC just got weaker.

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SimpleDawg…I don’t think it is the level of comeptition that kept them from the Big 10. I never imagined saying it, but I believe the ACC may have actually passed up the Big 10 in football (for the time being). If the Big 10 had offered the same sweetheart deal, ND would have taken it. This deal just reeks of favortism.

The only way I see this working out…and it will be a long, long while…is if the playoff moves to 8 teams with six automtic qualifiers from major conferences. The issues with this are…will it happen, when will it happen, and will the ACC even resember the league that it does now? Add to that, if the ACC wants to further expand, they can’t. You need another two teams to join to give you 16. You can’t consider ND a “15th” team at this point.

Think about it…16 teams in two 8 team divisions. You have 7 division games, two dedicated counter-division games, one traditional rivalry…which leads to two open game dates. Now, if five teams play ND, does that count as a conference game? It can’t. There are just so many obstacles and limitations set for any future expansion with the ACC now. I get a headache even thinking about it. While I don’t know what exactly to expect, I see some significant backlash to this not too far down the road.

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what five schools are they playing? the good ones or the weak ones, step up and play clemson, va tech every year

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The ACC already has Duke, which competes in all sports but football. Why does it need Notre Dame?

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a year ago i said it would be great if ND and PSU joined the ACC, makes it a dominate football conference. However with the problems at PSU, would have been a bad idea.

we need another school, but not uconn/rutgers – get a dominate team.

great to have two divisions – VT, UMd, BC, Syr, Pitt, ND, VA, Other as the north, others as south.

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I love how all of the UGA and SEC fans come on this blog talking trash. They play in a conference of jailbird thugged out low class scum and now that class is joining class they can’t handle it. The realization is that the ACC gets the scholar athletes and the SEC gets the trash. You need to spend less time blogging and more time at the Athens Clarke County jail seeing which dog needs to be bailed out before this weekends game.

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I hope this isn’t the same stupid deal they had with the Big East…giving them priority bowl slots even when they stink. Their relevance has been shrinking for years. Whats the point?

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It’s rediculous that Conferences still fall all over themselves for ND. Why should they be able to have special priviledges in College Football that the other schools don’t?

ND has not been relevant in football for years; maybe decades. Make them join for football or they shold be left in the cold.

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“The ACC already has Duke, which competes in all sports but football. Why does it need Notre Dame?” When Franklin leaves, Vandy will again be a non-compete. I also want to know what bowl affiliation ND got.

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hotrod- “Come get some in Athens” ??

Get what? Some bail money, three hots and a cot, a breathalyzer test, a striped jumpsuit??
How many dogs are in the clink for this weeks game??

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I had high hopes for Vandy…then came the Northwestern game. I am a big SEC supporter (Go Dawgs), but I’m pretty sure Vandy would be in the lower half of their division as well. Vandy is at best the 10th best team in the SEC, at worst the 12th. I’d say 7th at best for the ACC.

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FIRST!!!

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Who cares anyway?

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NO IT ISN’T MARK! IF THEY’RE NOT BRINGING FOOTBALL….THEY AREN’T JOINING ANYTHING!

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Regrettable that the NCAA is making exceptions to allow ND to “partially” enter the ACC. It ought to be full-time or nothing. and it probably will be full-time in 3-4 years at most when that NBC contract runs out. In the meantime, it’s a boost for the ACC reputation, which can use it, without seriously altering the football power conference landscape. Eager to know who ND will ;play in football and will it be rotating teams to keep them way from a gimme package that includes only Duke, WF, etc….

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A lot of guys obviously forget that NDame was the Elite of the Elite. Around that same time they obviously do not remember just how bad the SEC was!! I remember the days of Ole Miss and Baylor( which at the time was weakest of the week ) coming to UGA and dominating. So be very careful what you say b/c it can all change in a couple of years. Look at Bama! Sucked for years before Saban!

Coming very soon to College Football is a new ruling on Acedemics. How is that going to effect the SEC? It will effect a lot of schools. Just saying!!

I love that ND has joined the ACC!! Great move for the Conference !! I also remember reading a lot of you saying that the ACC
is dead and would not be a Super Conference! So what now??

Good Luck to all!

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im so sick of the rest of this country kissing NOTRE DAMES ass in football, this is not a good thing for ACC if they dont get the football program. why in the world the acc would agree to this is mind boggling.

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GT 4 Life, you are missing something very big here. In 2016 the NCAA is going to eliminate the academic exceptions. (For the record GT is allotted 4 for the entire roster, ugh is allowed 10 per recruiting class) The result of the elimination of the exceptions is the better schools will now sign the 3 and 4 star recruits and the rest of us will be suiting up 2 star recruits. It will simply be a elimination of most of the 4 and 5 star recruits from the pool.

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This is a big deal and will prove to be even a bigger deal as time moves on. Let it play out before you bash it. Nothing happens in a vacuum and this is a good case in point. It adds interest to a conf that really needs some good news!
Go Dawgs

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Anyone who was at historic Bobby Dodd Stadium on the day when highly ranked Notre Dame came to town and the Jackets beat them rushing the ball on every play, will probably look forward to having them come back to town, because the following year, when GA Tech went up to South Bend, when the Fighting Irish were up, I believe 62-7 with about 5 minutes left in the game, and the Jackets had all of their reserves in the game, they threw a pass for a touchdown rather than trying to run out some clock against us, just to rub our nose in it from the score from the previous season…at 69-7, GA Tech did score another TD, to make it 69-14 (I think), but they made their point.

The National Media had made fun of them the previous year because we beat them without gaining yards through the air; and they ran the score up on us so it would be plastered all over the sports boards the following year, in an effort to embarrass GA Tech.

There was a tremendous rivalry with Notre Dame more than once if I’m not mistaken, including wihen Bobby Dodd was our Head Coach, and then later when these “events” took place. Getting the Fight Irish back on the schedule should be a lot of fun for our fans.

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Thank you Mr. Slive for being the SEC Prez and making the SEC the envy of the NCAA food chain. Only someone like a struggling ACC would allow a new member to enter on THEIR terms with asterisk’s all over the deal.

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Great news for the ACC and for ND as well. As I have said in the past, it really is the only choice for ND what with their emphasis on academics and the wide range of men’s and women’s sports they participate in. With five games a year in football, will provide enhanced interest in the ACC football programs. With the way the playoffs are going, probably only a matter of time before they become a full fledged football member.

Go Jackets!!!

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The big question would appear to be who are the 5 teams ND will play, and how are these games going to be treated? Will they count as conference games or not? Surely ND will not be able to “cherry pick” their opponents as they most likely would opt for the ones they think they could beat….did we hear Duke? Being an SEC fan in football, but an ACC fan in basketball, I cannot see how this benefits the ACC, unless ND becomes a full member down the road. They are a selfish bunch who” wants their cake and eat it too”!

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Bob — You meant, If there is anything people laugh at more than the ACC, it’s ND.

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When is this going to happen? Next year? Years from now?

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I used to think that Notre Dame should join the Big Ten and call it a day. Joining the ACC seems potentially the most damaging to them for football.

The east coast dominates the footprint of Notre Dame’s alumni. They were probably never going to join the Big 10. The ACC made the most sense for them.

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ND fits in the ACC. Student athletes not just athletes occasionally going to class. I suspect the deal evolves into full membership in football in the near future. Now the questions is who is the 16th team. I think a push to get Penn St out of the B10 may be in the works. PSU, the horrible Sandusky cloud notwithstanding, is a great institution that also fits with the ACC model. That is why UCONN (and WVU before they joined the B12) are not being considered. The ACC has the most members of the AAU of any conference. Academics is a big part of the ACC. And a lot of PSU folks wish they had joined the ACC before they went with the B10.

All you SEC homers don’t really understand what is happening here, so keep the silly comments coming.

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Yeah — their are loads of ND alumni strolling up & down Tobacco Rd.

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The big question would appear to be who are the 5 teams ND will play, and how are these games going to be treated?

Reports are that ND has to play every team in the ACC every three years. Hopefully that is true. Also, there is no chance that ND games will count as conference games. That wouldn’t make any sense at all.

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There is some big TV money lurking in the dark somewhere in this deal…….For the ACC benefit, not ND.

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It is sad that when something positive happens to the ACC all the dwags start barking…. scared i presume.

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Major mistake by the ACC! There should be no preferential treatment for any college, and that’s what this is. It’s either in all the way or not at all. ND already is shown favoritism by the TV networks, especially NBC, and this only compounds it. Hope something happens in the very first year to create problems for the ACC, and they will see what a mistake they have made.

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Notre Dame plays 3 current and one future ACC team this year. It’s a joke to take them on if they are going to stay independent in football.

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Why are we scared. Maybe Tech will play them before us and have Tech bloodied and beat up for us maybe ?

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Do they sit on the back row during the league spring meetings?

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Not sure how to italicize…but this is exactly the problem.

What is the problem? Notre Dame in football is a non conference game for whoever plays them. It doesn’t really change much.

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Notre Dame continues the trend of “has been” programs joining the ACC. Congratulations to the Fighting Irish for finding a place to land. Congratulations to the ACC for sticking by its traditions.

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GTBob,

The real question is what 5 games will ND give up?

It will be interesting to see how they approach that. I would guess that USC, Navy, and Michigan are locks. Probably Stanford as well. I have read in a few places that they will give more emphasis to maintaining a west coast presence.

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One thing for GT fans to consider is the scheduling. We are going to a 9 game conference schedule, and we play UGA and we will be playing ND from time to time. Our schedule should be much more fan friendly after that.

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Time for GT fans to pull out the Rudy was offsides shirts.

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AtlantaDude….you flea bag. I suppose Mizzou and A&M are in the South East too! They don’t exactly line up to the geographics of the SEC either!

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Leo will love this……..

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We was considering Notre Dame until we got Clemson stars in our eyes.

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This is the easiest conf. ND could get in and try to win a NC ACC is a whore for being taken adv. of with out a full commitment.

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Tech is still a terrible football team!

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While I see the benefits to the ACC here… I think they sold themselves short. I would be much more impressed with Swofford if he had gotten ND to officially join in football. ND was desparate to get out of what is left of the Big East and for some reason does not want to join the B1G

What would force ND to ever join the ACC in football now? The ACC underplayed their hand for sure, they should have forced the issue and told Notre Dame it was all or nothing….. that would have forced a decision between the B1G and the ACC. It might have taken another year or two, but I suspect they might have gone all-in with the ACC.

Now ND has the best of both worlds. Plenty of teams to schedule with, access to the ACC bowl games and no revenue sharing.

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Now look for FSU and Clemson to bail and head to the Big 12.

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look for the acc to use notre dame’s addition to entice the final piece of the conference puzzle.

they will use it to get the best possible 16th member. when that happens look for notre dame to come on board as a full member of the confernence. fb included.

could pave the way for an expansion of tv in the acc to help create an acc network much like the sec and the bit ten have their own tv networks.

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Speaking of jokes, I was one but I would never own up to it. See, it was the wind, the heat, the cold, and the fact that the other teams coaches were better.

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would love for gt to become a permanent rivalry for the domers.

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If ND was to join the ACC in football FSU would probably leave for the Big 12. They probably will anyway of ND does not. They know they would have a very good chance at one of the 4 NC playoff spots with Texas and Oklahoma in that conference. In the ACC it would be hard for them to get consideration.

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Tech is Awesome!

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Who remembers the Reggie Bush Push?

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I do. Who remember’s Push, Push, In the Bush……great song……and porn video.

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“A Notre Dame source said the program “absolutely” would have access to the ACC bowls going forward. That probably includes a shot at the Orange Bowl, even though the ACC champion would be on the other side of that bracket.”There’s no other way to create the bowl position,” a source said. “Whatever games they [ACC] have access to, those are now our options.”
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/20163664/on-the-brink-of-irrelevance-notre-dame-hooks-up-with-acc

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West Virginia to opt out of Big 12 now? And jump ship to ACC….

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“Notre Dame is one of the top 5 names in all of collegiate sports and they have an enormous following.”

LOL @ GTBob. Their NBC ratings have been in the absolute crapper the last few years. Enormous following my arse. You can BS with the best of them GTBob.

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Well to add for TV audience good move, to show the ACC is serious about good football bad move. The Irish have a cult like following, who really dont care if the team is any good, to which it hasnt been since 1988. I do have to say it does boggle the mind how every single Sat if the Irish are playing their on TV. You have to give them credit for that at least. They are a subpar team at best, but their on TV.

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Saying Notre Dame is irrelevant is totally ignorant. Yes, they’ve failed to win big in the last 20 years. I seem to recall that LSU failed to win big for a VERY long time before Saban. Now look at LSU. This is a great move for the ACC….it’s got ya talkin that’s for sure.

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LOL @ GTBob. Their NBC ratings have been in the absolute crapper the last few years. Enormous following my arse. You can BS with the best of them GTBob.

dawgfan, I know you live disagreeing with me but I think you are going to have a hard time convincing people that Notre Dame is a minor addition to the ACC with no fan following.

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“dawgfan, I know you live disagreeing with me but I think you are going to have a hard time convincing people that Notre Dame is a minor addition to the ACC with no fan following.”

I don’t think its going to make the splash that the ACC is hoping for. This blog is already indicative of that. Most view this as a desperate move by a desperate conference. For Notre Dame’s part, they’re looking for someone to mooch off of after NBC gives them the axe in a few years. They’re playing the ACC like a harp.

Thanks.

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ND has been atrocious the last decade plus, but no one can argue their relevancy in the fanbase. I’m a UGA grad, but can’t truly say that Missouri or A&M were powerhouse pickups football-wise, but they made a lot of sense financially for their fan bases and the often-coined footprint for additional regional coverage.

ND would be a huge coup for any conference IF they were all-in. I just get so aggravated with them. They are allowing their lesser sports to have conference affiliation while remaining an Independent for larger than life football. It is a sweetheart deal for ND, but a backhanded compliement to the ACC now. It is a shame really that the ACC couldn’t get the complete buy-in as it would have been a tremendous pick-up.

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That sounds great for the ACC, but they better beware. While the ACC is very capable of competing with ND in all sports, they will never compete with their power. They have their network, and you will be sharing some of it. Texas has it’s network, and the rest of the Big 12 shared some of it. Remember how that turned out? When it comes down to who controls the network money, things can get very sticky. Be careful ACC.

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This would have been a big deal……..in ‘88.

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Certainly, any who watch the conference know the ACC has the worst football officials in the country, the least amount of accountability in that function, and the biggest goldbricker in the world overseeing them. Hopefully, teams playing ND will get neutral officials versus the ACC hacks.

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catch up to the sec as long as the sec continues to be unscupulous. for that matter all the other conferences will never catch up to the sec either.

and no it is not because the coaches in the sec are so much better. if saban was all that he would have succeeded in the nfl but he was just another average fb coach.
reason being…. he had to follow the same rules as everybody else.

funny how he became the next greatest thing to sliced bread once he went to alabama isnt it? take away the oversigning that the sec does and it falls right back into the pack with the rest of the conferences.

what i do find amazing and actually pretty silly is all the chest thumping that you sec types like to do proclaiming the sec as the best in the land.

that is just like a sprinter getting a 10 yard head start on the rest of the field and winning his race. lmao.

is he the best in the world? no.
is he the fastest man in the world? no.
does he have any real reason to brag? no.

what is really sad is not only does the sec have no real reason to brag but they even sacrifice academics to make this happen.

way to go sec. way to go. the sec is really a laughing stock.

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Who cares? Notre Dame has been second rate for 20 years. I’m sure Pitt and Syracuse will be two of the five and that’s no big change. Probably a ploy by ND to soften the schedule a little more. Everybody knows that when ND has a rankable record they are overrated by five to ten spots. I guess people still tune in to laugh at the Irish getting destroyed every time they undeservingly make it into a big time bowl. Other than that, Yawn….

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What does it say about a conference when one of the country’s most mediocre programs over the last 20 years considers it a step down to join that conference to play football? What does it say about the weakness of a conference if they will admit Notre Dame on those terms?

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last time i looked the dwags havent won anything of consequence since herschel was still only one personality. unless you count the fulmer cup.

lmao. how classy. >>>>>

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.

next!

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a cheat is a cheat is a cheat is a cheat.

may be time to just kick the sec out of the ncaa and let them play each other. that way you can have an sec champion and beat your chest or whatever else you enjoy ‘beating’ to your hearts content.

just dont take a dump on OUR lawn on your way out!

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While I am happy for the ACC, I am also upset….

Why should the ACC accept ND without football? That really does not make sense to me. I would hope that there is some type of time-table in place regarding their football – either they fully join the ACC or they are out!!!

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i definitely hit a nerve with you didnt i? even if you dwags win something this year it will still be of no consequence. lmao.

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shouldnt you be pounding your chests instead of trolling? we be da best cheats. we be da best cheats.

roll cheating tide. roll.

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dawgfan @ 1:30 pm
I don’t think its going to make the splash that the ACC is hoping for. This blog is already indicative of that.
Most view this as a desperate move by a desperate conference.

You really need to get out more if you think this unbias blog is indicative of anything relevant in the world of sports. A bunch of homers howling about UGA and the SEC is not very scientific.

If Notre Dame would have included football every conference, including the SEC, would have sold their mothers to get them so the fact that the ACC let’s them in now in huge. It may be 5 or 10 years down the road but ND will come all in. Year in and year out Notre Dame plays one of the toughest schedules in college football (8th this year) and have a national TV contract so they are still a big time program even if you can’t see it. One other thing, With Pitt and Syracuse and now Notre Dame joining the ACC they are hands down the number one basketball conference.

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Hmmm, interesting. If I’m a Notre Dame fan, I’m concerned about losing a lot of old rivalries. But I’m not a Notre Name fan, so whatever.

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Kerryb — hold your horses on the SEC East being better than the West.
Bama & LSU still run the mighty SEC.

Bob — ratings??!! Did you say ratings??
Who the hell cares about watching a slow ND team play a no talent NC State or Wake Team?
Answer — no one! Not even you.
Fact is this deal helps ND & ND only!!
The ACC got screwed in this deal.
You’re a member of the conference 60% of the time?

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you can think of it this way the acc signed the top free agent on the market. big 10 has had the chance forever and were not able to make the right offer. the acc hit 14 last year and were not ready to hit 16. notre dame sees the writing on the wall. they know sooner or later they are going to have to join a conference for football. they don’t have to right now and the acc is not ready to add more teams into football it is the perfect match both said we are going to make it happen when the time comes. neither needed to make the move yet but put the process in motion.

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I am a little confused.
Notre Dame to ACC except in football?
Not exactly, they are keeping their hockey in the Big East, as ACC only has
one member with hockey.
Keep their lucrative contract with NBC and does not have to share with ACC.
Agree to play 5 ACC teams. They are already playing 4 this year, Pittsburgh,
Miami, Syracuse and BC. Guess they will have to add Duke next year.
Will not participate in ACC playoff, but will eligible for Bowl eligibility under ACC.
Will not have to play Big East in basketball anymore, where they can’t compete.
If I were ACC, I would tell ND to stuff it.

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ND is already playing 4 ACC teams. So maybe they dump BYU for Duke next year and this is news?

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Clusters: Now that you have revealed that you are a Clemson alum
or attended that school, we all understand why you use the ” we Clusters”
and other grammatical language in your posts. Its understandable. Go Braves, Chipper and Fredi!

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ND plays the toughest this year, which is a far cry from their schedule during the Weiss years.
I’ll give Brian Kelly credit for their schedule this year.
Their still going to lose 4 or 5 games.
This Generation knows nothing of the great Knute Rockne or Paul Hornung winning the Heisman instead of Jim Brown — one of the great injustices of college football history!!
They only know ND as the Team USC practices against once a year!

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Millions of ND followers!!??
Are you kidding me?
Put the sauce down Bob, you’re embarrassing yourself!!
I can’t believe you’re gonna let Swofferd get away with this!!

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Reality needs a heaping dose of his/her own screen name if they believe Georgia “struggled” to beat [a solid] Missouri team on the road.

Scoreboard says the Bulldogs won by three touchdowns, without four starters, including arguably their best two defensive players.

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Benjamin: I am a huge dawgs fan, but we objectively did struggle to beat Mizzou. If the fake punt had gone in their favor, they may have won. If Jarvis did not get that INT, that receiver was going to go a long, long way.

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If ga has 2 defensive players better than Jarvis Jones, their awfully good at hiding it!!

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We can count the ifs all day long, but again, with the amount of defensive talent we had out of the game, going to Columbia, Mo in that amped environment and winning at all is a feat. I was legitimately concerned Georgia would lose Saturday.

Winning by three touchdowns? Let’s just say that I’ll take it…

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Maybe today it’s not better but we all know these conference runs go in waves. I think the acc will win a couple of nc over the next 5 years.

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Hypothetical Thought?
Say Clemson and Florida State go undefeated in regular season.
Notre Dame whips up on Pittsburgh, Duke, BC, Syracuse, Miami and one other ACC powerhouse.
Say either Clemson or FSU loses in conference playoff, finish with one loss.
Notre Dame finsihes undefeated or with no or one loss.
Got two teams undefeated and one with one loss.
Would both undefeated ACC teams qualify for BCS championship?

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Well, this is seems like a nose snub. ND will join the conference, except for football. I know the reason is money, but it still seems snobbish. But, GTBob thinks it’s a good idea, and he knows everything, so I guess it will be good. Kinda like dating a girl thats going to sleep with others, lol

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This is pretty laughable. ND will just camp out on the ACC like they did the Big East. Its essentially another basketball move, just like Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Big 12 must be grinning from ear to ear cause they know FSU and others will come calling soon.

2014 Big 12 after ACC football schools wise up and leave:

North: OU, OSU, K St, Kansas, Iowa St., WVU, Va Tech
South: Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, FSU, Clemson, Ga Tech

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That’s pretty big for the ACC. But it’s probably not so good a move for Notre Dame. Wonder why they didn’t go the Big 10 route? In other sports now they’ll be flying to the Southeast all the time instead of the Midwest. And if they ever do go to a full conference football schedule, you’d have to be scratching your head why they’d let go of rivalry games with Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue.

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NBC’s contract with Notre Dame runs out in 2015 and all indications are that it will not be renewed. The only reason Notre Dame is keeping its football independent is because right now Notre Dame alone gets the money for that NBC contract.

UConn is more likely going to be the 16th and final team added to the ACC. That will put 8 teams in a northern bracket and 8 teams in a southern bracket.

The truly interesting fact is that all four North Carolina based teams can be in the southern bracket. Here is how it would look:

Southern Bracket: Miami, FSU, Georgia Tech, Clemson, UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, NC State

Northern Bracket: Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Boston College

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i bet if nd goes 5-0 in acc games, they will wish they were in the conference to play in a champ game and possibly a nc. when that happens, that’s when they will say ok, let’s join.

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I’m an ND fan, I’ll admit I’m biased. However, college football is about money – it’s a business and ND generates money. It has die hard fans that will stick with them through thick and thin. Just look at the 40,000 fans that flocked to Dublin, Ireland for the game. That event gave the Irish economy a $100M kick. Not many schools can motivate fans like that – even when they aren’t a top contender. The ACC has a financial interest and ND brings that in. I’m glad that they may be closer and I won’t have to go all the way to South Bend to see them play.

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The world does not revolve around the SEC but every conference in America would like to have its football revenue sharing.

You do know that the SEC is not the top conference in TV revenue don’t you?

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I guess Notre Dame grew tired of playing their usual rigorous schedule.

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Just a note for all the UGA fans coming on here trashing Tech, Notre Dame, and the ACC. If it wasn’t for Tech tying then #1 Notre Dame 3 – 3 in 1980, you wouldn’t have had a chance at your beloved and long, long gone by Natl. Championship. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

For the rest of you being respectful, thank you for showing your other fans how a sports fan should act.

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I am soooo looking forward to the day the arrogance of Notre Dame bites them in their backside when they are left out of the playoff equation due to their independence. They aren’t relevant, haven’t been relevant in 2+ decades and their only chance of becoming relevant again is to get over their overblown ego’s and align with a conference. They don’t have the balls to join the SEC, never will.

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Notre Dame football broadcasts is a great fast acting remedy for sleep deprivation.

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This is why I hate Notre Dame. The most overrated football program in the last 30 years.

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Slive would never have made this deal without a 100% commitment from ND football.

Slive has more leverage then Swofford does and the overall goals of the SEC are not the same as the ACC. Not accepting Notre Dame without football wouldn’t even make sense for the SEC. It does make sense for the ACC.

You’re we’re right about that Bob, the Falcons never should have made that trade.

I have always said that Julio would be a great receiver but the trade was a horrible trade. I still stand by that.

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Those who don’t think having Notre Dame coming to the ACC as a “full” member isn’t a great deal doesn’t understand the financial side of the equation…

There can now be another renegotiation with ESPN, etc over broadcasting rights now that Notre Dame will be joining the Conference, which will increase all of the member’s shares. Remember, they will be playing virtually every other sport that’s broadcasted, like men’s and women’s basketball, but also, there will be an opportunity to broadcast all of the Notre Dame/ACC games that aren’t played on their campus (not on NBC). This is a HUGE draw for ESPN and ABC, especially if they’re playing teams like FSU, Clemson, Miami, VA Tech, and even GA Tech with our offense and past history with them.

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“I did not know that South Bend, Indiana was on the Atlantic Coast? This makes no sense to me.”
Kinda like College Station, Texas being the southeast?

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Who cares? Just another set of arrogant fans like UGA. They both suck.

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looks like notre dame was calling the shots; the commish should have said all or nothing; none of this evereything but football bs

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Anybody that does not understand why ND and the ACC both benefit, either don’t want to or can’t.

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GTBob – you are correct – Notre Dame will play all ACC schools in a 3 year rotation. I stand corrected.

And GTBOB – regarding strength of schedule – Notre Dame has made a living on only playing a few powerhouses each year – and filling their schedule of midlevel teams so it appears they are accomplishing something.

Notre Dames main rivals over the years are Navy, So Cal, Purdue, Pitt, Mich. State, Army/Air Force rotate, Northwestern, – and have picked up Stanford and Boston College as regulars the last couple of decades. They do play Michigan on and off. Not exactly chopped liver – but not as tough as everyone gives them credit either.

Interestingly, Georgia Tech has played Notre Dame 34 times (5 less times than Michigan) and I welcome the renewal of these two great academic schools squaring off.

Not disputing Notre Dames rightful place in college football history – they are tradition rich but unfortunately have been in a lull for decades. They deserve respect for their academics and what they have accomplished.

I DO NOT not like the independent deal that favors them over other independents like BYU or Army and the automatic payout they get – even if they are not bowl eligible. That’s major Bull Shoot right there. Rules should apply to all in terms of bowl eligibility and qualifications to play in BCS or furture playoff system. ……. just saying.

Anyway – thank you for correcting my mistake.

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LOL, dawfan just took the nerds to school.

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@IL Jacket

September 12th, 2012
3:41 pm

GTBob, God bless you. You have more patience than I do bringing the truth to the box of rocks on this blog
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Why dont you educate the box of rocks and explain to us why we should stop laughing at this deal.

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No Easy Schedule

Navy (Dublin)
Purdue
Mich. St. (away)
Michigan
Miami (Chicago)
Stanford
BYU
Oklahoma (away)
Boston College (away)
Wake Forest
USC (away)

Notice:
No FCS patsy
No Florida whoever-Lafitte FBS patsy

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Glad to see Bradley does NOT think the A She She has become a better conference than the SEC. Adding Notre Dame to the record of the A She She in the BCS bowl games would be a laugher. Well at least ND has won a bowl game lately (just broke a losing streak) so they are better off than the trade school.

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Delbert:

The whole little 10 is a patsy….as well as those A She She powerhouses of BC, Weak Forest and The U (beatdown by Kansas State, Really??). They do get points for playing USC (which is overrated by the way).

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Oh, yeah; forgot Pitt.

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sec chokes not too up to date on the gamecocks…..they beat those might suckeyes before. not sure where this clown has been hiding……UF won 2 out of last 6 MNC’s so not sure what he thinks they are doing…..btw they also beat down the suckeyes…..sec chokes is just green with envy

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dwagfan – I think you meant losing to Central Florida. Oh wait, you were talking about Notre Dame and not UGA.

LOL – O’leary owns you dwags!

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Btw, Rick James & dawgfan — I assure you both & any other regular on these blogs, I do not in any way concede to bob this is a good deal!!
Sometimes, as y’all know, you have to throw a dog a bone!!
The ACC & Swofford in particular got played. Bob & the rest of their minions are celebrating a deal, that really isn’t a deal!!

We all know who ND is, excuse me WAS.
For Swofford to accept these terms is hilarious.
No one cares about ND football anymore.
Their dinosaurs.
Anyone remember how the NBC contract was going to make it un-fair for the rest of college football?
How’d that turn out for the Irish?
Simply put, ND has 3 years to test the strength of the ACC.
Once they see what everyone in the South already knows,
They’ll bounce outta Dixie quicker than Reconstruction!!

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Beating UGA does not make them more than a patsy….come on Delbert. The little 10 got beat down last week when they played out of conference……and Michigan was shown the door in a hurry against Bammer.

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What a prestigious move for the ACC, or BCS Ivy as they are calling themselves. There will be some very exciting games, with high TV pricetags. GT vs Notre Dame, FSU vs ND, Miami vs ND, Clemson vs Notre Dame, VT vs Notre Dame, etc..

You have to give it to the ACC, they are making big moves in expansion palooza.

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@Honeycomb – I agree. Georgia would make the BCS championship game for sure with ND’s schedule. Nobody on the order of a South Carolina on that list.

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dwagfan you sure know a lot about “irrelevant” “irrelevant to my life” stuff.

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Not a decent substitute for Ga. Southern, though on the ND schedule that Georgia would play to get to the BCSCG. Although, Miami played a bit like an FCS team last week.

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see my team playing in a toned down honeycomb helmet that actually has a connection to your nicname

over the dwags playing and losing while dressed in ninja turtle power rangers uniforms.

than again we are talking about a fan base that is not welcomed to tail gate in st simons because of 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.”

SORRY DWAGS THERE NOTHING THAT YOU DWAGS CAN DO TO TRASH TALK YOUR WAY OUT OF THE EMBARRASSMENTS.ABOVE AND YOUR YEARLY CONTENTION FOR THE FULMER CUP.

NOTHING!

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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.”

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asks the dwags to tailgate elsewhere.

how embarrassing.

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Wait, the O’Leary debacle happened after he left. In that way, like the ongoing Donnan debacle which, is a bit embarrassing, to say the least. Who would hire a person with those moral standards? Yeah, “Innocent until proven blah-blah..” That thinking is for jurors. If the cops and prosecutors had to think that way, they couldn’t ever arrest anybody.

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75 doesn’t ever let facts get in his way. A newspaper writing a feature article on O’Leary discovered the
inaccuracies after Notre Dame hired O’Leary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/15/sports/notre-dame-coach-resigns-after-5-days-and-a-few-lies.html?pagewanted=all

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@Honeycomb – Pres-be-y-terian (as Jeff Foxworthy called them) achieved something this year that had never been done by them in their history. They scored on Georgia Tech, ending the two half-centuries drought.

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Delbert — negative.
O’Leary was hired by ND – fact.
Many in the media questioned the hiring – fact.
ND backed out of the hiring following pressure from alum – fact.
O’Leary took the fall -fact.
ND football would not have lost their place among the Nations elite had they not back-tracked on O’Leary – fact.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwNLDMzCP2M

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“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.

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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.

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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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Delbert — I don’t think GT was at fault over resume-gate.
ND made GT & O’Leary look foolish as a result of it.

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The guy won. Do I care that he inflated his resume? I bet even 75 can figure that one out!

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Could be worse for all of you commenting today ………… you could be an Auburn fan!

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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.

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must be comments about no fan coming to games cause we in the projects…..get four dogs and four cokes you come to game

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My mistake bag of puss…..overestimated your ability.

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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.

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Good job, bag of puss….you continue to impress.

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We all deserve a break and letting our hair down and some point, Delbert. Enjoy your freedom and expansion.

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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

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liberal interpretation on Al’s line from Caddyshack………

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nope no ban here!

not sure how a person gets banned for telling the truth about the classless dwags.

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