Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[Purple Stein]

Not according to Fishy. He does not understand that most schools fans in the ACC care nothing about football - nothing burger. Look at the the attendance for the ACC championship game this year between Duke and Virginia. Hardly anybody showed up.

That was the consolation game. There were 38,000 at the actual ACC Championship Game in East Hartford.

 

[John]

Just wondering, did ND ever advocate for the ACC to invite UConn, like they did for Stanford and Cal?

Notre Dame advocates for Notre Dame.

 

[SU1968]

Just wondering, did ND ever advocate for the ACC to invite UConn, like they did for Stanford and Cal?

I don't believe that ND has a seat at the football decision table They do for basketball and the Olympic sports.

 

[CL82]

UConn burned that bridge in 2009. It's easier to just beat up on the bcu's of the conference

I do wonder if entering into the 10 year deal with ND would have changed our circumstances at all. To be fair, I wouldn't mind a couple of Rentschler games thrown in there. Maybe something like Notre Dame home, neutral NYC, Rentschler Field, Notre Dame home, neutral Foxborough and then repeat

 

[John]

I do wonder if entering into the 10 year deal with ND would have changed our circumstances at all. To be fair, I wouldn't mind a a couple of Renschler game thrown in there. Maybe something like Notre Dame home, neutral NYC, Renschler field, Notre Dame home neutral Foxborough and then repeat

It feels like that was 60 years ago, had almost completely forgotten about that proposed deal.

 

[CL82]

It feels like that was 60 years ago, had almost completely forgotten about that proposed deal.

I hate when politicians involve themselves in UConn athletics. In this case, they queered a deal that would have, in all likelihood, been very helpful to Connecticut football. Same thing when Chris Murphy chirped up to be critical of Connecticut moving to the big 12. I can't say that it was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back, but it definitely didn't help.

 

[FightOnCT]

I don’t think that would’ve changed much tbh. Even then, it would’ve been easier to digest the series if ND had just thrown us some home games. It was that simple on their end, and while I also hate politicians sticking their noses in situations they have no clue about, the pushback was justified at the time imo.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

Notre Dame advocates for Notre Dame.

And that will never change.

 

[Ha Who]

And that will never change.

Until they are the new Motorola

 

[Fishy]

I do wonder if entering into the 10 year deal with ND would have changed our circumstances at all. To be fair, I wouldn't mind a a couple of Renschler game thrown in there. Maybe something like Notre Dame home, neutral NYC, Renschler field, Notre Dame home neutral Foxborough and then repeat

We have done some stupid crap. First, was letting Blumenthal get his PR rocks off by suing ACC staff and presidents personally. That was fatal. Second was letting look at me types like Jeff Jacobs convince people that we were at a place where we could demand home and homes from Notre Dame.

If you’re less than decade out from upgrading to D1 and ND offers a ten game deal, you accept whether your home games are at the Rent or on Mars. We ended up with absolutely nothing.

 

[huskymedic]

From Sacramento to Amherst and everything in between:




-> The MAC has yet to release its 2026 conference football schedule. The league loses Northern Illinois this coming year and added UMass last year to remain at 12 member schools. The conference also has upcoming negotiations with ESPN for its new television deal.

Under the plan, Sacramento State’s other sports would remain with the Big West — a model, as it turns out, similar to Northern Illinois, which left the MAC to play only football in the Mountain West with most other sports in the Horizon. <-

 

[Fishy]

There are two things I want to happen….

1) I want some conference to blow itself up with a PE deal.
2) I want someone to take on Sac State and watch checks bounce.

 

[Blades]

We have done some stupid crap. First, was letting Blumenthal get his PR rocks off by suing ACC staff and presidents personally. That was fatal. Second was letting look at me types like Jeff Jacobs convince people that we were at a place where we could demand home and homes from Notre Dame.

If you’re less than decade out from upgrading to D1 and ND offers a ten game deal, you accept whether your home games are at the Rent or on Mars. We ended up with absolutely nothing.

Yep...I had an online beef with that has-been Desmond Connor on this very issue. Notre Dame willing to do an annual deal with Uconn, would of been a brand maker for our new FB program. (and could of lead to an ACC invite)

But as always some nobody media types and a few politicians thought otherwise and let a "talent buy" for our resume (aka one of the best brands in CFB) walk, because they got but hurt it was a 3-5-1-1 deal. Gee playin' games in NY or MA doesn't seem to hurt the hoops team, SMH ! (it's called negotiate and didn't we do an Army game in NYC ?)

 

[Fishy]

Yep...I had an online beef with that has-been Desmond Connor on this very issue. Notre Dame willing to do an annual deal with Uconn, would of been a brand maker for our new FB program. (and could of lead to an ACC invite)

But as always some nobody media types and a few politicians thought otherwise and let a "talent buy" for our resume (aka one of the best brands in CFB) walk, because they got but hurt it was a 3-5-1-1 deal. Gee playin' games in NY or MA doesn't seem to hurt the hoops team, SMH ! (it's called negotiate and didn't we do an Army game in NYC ?)

Connor was an imbecile. Jeff Jacobs wasn't, but like sportswriters tend to do, he was very fond of his own opinion.

 

[Kolumbo]

From Sacramento to Amherst and everything in between:




-> The MAC has yet to release its 2026 conference football schedule. The league loses Northern Illinois this coming year and added UMass last year to remain at 12 member schools. The conference also has upcoming negotiations with ESPN for its new television deal.

Under the plan, Sacramento State’s other sports would remain with the Big West — a model, as it turns out, similar to Northern Illinois, which left the MAC to play only football in the Mountain West with most other sports in the Horizon. <-

Rivalry game in the making with Ball State
The Annual Ball-Sac Game. loser is on the receiving end