Recent content by TerryD

One thing missing in this discussion is that Notre Dame receives a full share of ACC Network profits, just like every other ACC member. ND gets a partial share of the regular, base contract ACC/ESPN money, but the total number is enhanced by the full share ACC Network money. The latest EADA...

Jack Swarbrick was the chairman of the CFP expansion committee who came up with this format. ND is just fine with it. They have zero problems with the new playoff setup. They think it benefits ND greatly. No bye is just seen as part of the cost of doing business as a football independent...

ND was third in the country in revenue last year at $224,191,928 (EADA filings) as a football independent and an ACC member in other sports. Those numbers are before the new NBC deal and the new Under Armour deal kick in to add tens of millions more in revenues. That was also before ND gets...

No, I don't think that makes ND relevant. I think that ND is relevant because it has gone 73-17 recently, earned two playoff berths, and has won more games in this decade, during the past ten years and over the past forty years than all but five or six other schools. I think ND is relevant...

ND knows this and has been very adept at this.

Father Malloy also said this then: "The decision, Father Malloy explained, ultimately hinged on the institutional identity of Notre Dame. “Just as the Universities of Michigan or Wisconsin or Illinois have core identities as the flagship institutions of their states, so Notre Dame has a core...

ND doesn't want to join a football conference, any conference, ever. It is a long story and is tied to ND's particular history. ND wants independence for independence sake. ND thinks it is central to the identity of the school, not just the football program. ND thinks that being a football...

I have been hearing and seeing that for forty years. Those ND old people sure must live forever.

73-13 the past seven years in football, with two playoff berths in a four team playoff system. Only five schools have more wins in the past ten years than ND football. If that is "nowhere", then there are about 125 programs somewhere worse than that.

Todd Helmick's tweet is based upon the hypothetical that the ACC implodes and ND being free to move. See his posts under the tweet. ND isn't going anywhere. It certainly isn't going to join the Big Ten.

Plus a full share of ACC Network profits.

ND was minus Sam Hartman at QB, Audric Estime at RB and minus its four top receivers. ND had 19 players out for the Sun Bowl due to transfers and NFL declarations/opt outs. How many did Oregon State have? ND's offensive coordinator had left for the Troy head coach job and ND had fired its...

You won't ever (and have never) seen any official numbers from ND or NBC since both are private entities and don't give out that info. The inside "word" or the estimates range from a low of $50 million a year to a high of $65 million a year for ND's 7 home games. ND also received $17.4 million...

Most appearances in the Top 50: 8: Alabama, Georgia 6: Colorado, Ohio State, Washington 5: Michigan 4: Florida State, Notre Dame, Tennessee 3: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, USC So, that must mean that the fans of FSU, Tennessee, Florida, Nebraska, Texas, USC, and.....everyone else in...

ND received $17.4 million from the ACC per the 2022 ACC tax forms. (It received $22 million from NBC as well). The NBC deal ends in 2025. They are currently negotiating. ND gets a 1/3 share of the ESPN ACC TV deal and a 100% share of all ACC Network profits. I think that ND's best option...