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TerryD

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What it thinks "it gains" has to do with more than football


ND sees its football program simply as the marketing arm of the university.

ND sees itself, its identity, its core, its "brand" as "The National Catholic University".

Father Edmund "Monk" Malloy called ND's core as "private, Catholic, independent" when it turned down the Big Ten's membership offer in 1999.

It tries to play a national schedule because it recruits nationally and its fans are spread out all over the country, sure.

But..It uses the program's notoriety to attract students from all over the country, and uses football to schedule games all over for that (and other) reasons.

Playing an 8 or 9 game conference schedule handcuffs that goal.

So, non-football goals and "gains" factor in here, maybe more so than lots of other schools.



[Post edited by TerryD at 05/11/2017 1:40PM]

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Posted: 05/11/2017 at 1:40PM


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  ACC, ND announce future football Irish-ACC matchups (link) -- Will Stewart  05/11/2017 10:12AM
  Re: ACC, ND announce future football Irish-ACC matchups (link) -- Millpoint 05/12/2017 09:53AM
  Sure, but why is this a surprise? -- TerryD 05/12/2017 10:32AM
  Re: Sure, but why is this a surprise? -- Millpoint 05/12/2017 12:33PM
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  How relevant will Notre Dame be in 20 years? -- Tailgate Guru 05/11/2017 12:33PM
  How relevant will VT be? -- Mr. Touchdown 05/11/2017 8:14PM
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  I can live with that -- TerryD 05/11/2017 1:03PM
  I think it goes back to your post about the ND mentality. -- HOO86 05/11/2017 1:28PM
  What it thinks "it gains" has to do with more than football -- TerryD 05/11/2017 1:40PM
  I think ND would still have that if they pushed the ACC to add Navy. -- HOO86 05/11/2017 2:06PM
  That is not good enough for ND -- TerryD 05/11/2017 2:09PM
  I don't see any concessions at all. -- HOO86 05/11/2017 2:14PM
  Missed my point, I think -- TerryD 05/11/2017 2:29PM
  Ah. Ok. -- HOO86 05/11/2017 3:00PM
  But taking Navy to help entice Notre Dame is foolish -- Tailgate Guru 05/11/2017 3:10PM
  Respect your view . . . but what's the argument . . . -- Tailgate Guru 05/11/2017 1:10PM
  Not saying there is any argument -- TerryD 05/11/2017 1:15PM
  Re: How relevant will Notre Dame be in 20 years? -- Old Line Hokie 05/11/2017 12:47PM
  Georgia Tech would dream of crowds like Atlanta United. -- HOO86 05/11/2017 1:00PM
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  From 1953-64, ND sucked very badly -- TerryD 05/11/2017 1:09PM
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  Actually they are hedging on both sides. -- HOO86 05/11/2017 11:32AM

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