And yet they are coveted by every conference and can pretty much lay out any terms they want for membership. They are a small Catholic college that has carved out a niche athletically and academically. By any reasonable measure they have been successful.
Haha I was thinking the same things looking at the color of the New England states. To be honest I had completely forgotten about Boston College and I was trying to figure out how Syracuse was closer to New Hampshire and Maine than Connecticut. I would feel embarrassed about that, except that pretty much the rest of the country has forgotten about Boston College as well.
I just thought that was because they were the team of a lot of old people who are quickly dying off taking much of ND's mass appeal/fandom with them.
73-13 the past seven years in football, with two playoff berths in a four team playoff system.
I have been hearing and seeing that for forty years. Those ND old people sure must live forever.
And I expect the next 1000 to be just as bittersweet.
Why risk ruining our perfect record of beating Notre Dame at home in football? v^_^vThey could go back to the Big East and have a scheduling agreement with UConn for football.
I dunno I wasn't alive forty years ago, so I'll defer to your expertise on that one, but my anecdotal evidence being in the NYC area is that everyone my age has their own college that they went to and root for, and maybe way back when not as many went to college so they just latched on to whatever team got pushed through the media due to lack of other options.
For most of the schools in the conference any association with the most prominent Catholic university in the nation would be welcomed. Notre Dame isn’t coming… but if they were willing, they’d be added.
1988
From 1994 to 2011, Notre Dame went 114-79 which is solid, but not outstanding. Brian Kelly turned around the program and the jury is out on Marcus Freeman. Since 1994 (30 years), Notre Dame has had 4 top 10 finishes in the coaches poll (Cincinnati has had 3) which is decent but not outstanding. And, Notre Dame plays about an average schedule (ranked 49 on average over the past 5 years). Against an SEC schedule, Notre Dame might struggle. With the resources and notoriety Notre Dame receives, they have kind of underperformed
Ummm. . . 2/1.5. They won in 2023 and the AP in 1997. They also didn’t need a 5th down to remain undefeated like Nebraska did that year.
Nebraska didn’t have the fifth down, Colorado did. You’re thinking of the flea kicker.
Oh crap, you are right. That’s the illegal kick game. I’ve been celebrating the 4th a little early. The point still stands, though.
