No more BC

[Guest]

ND gets Irish up, will sack BC
By Steve Conroy
Friday, October 28, 2005 - Updated: 03:20 AM EST

BLACKSBURG, Va. – According to a source close to Boston College, Notre Dame has decided not to continue its deal to play BC after the 2010 season because of damage the jubilant Eagles did to the field and locker room at Notre Dame Stadium after their defeat of the Irish in South Bend, Ind., three years ago.

Notre Dame has substituted Rutgers on its schedule after 2010 to fill the BC void, the source said.

BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo would not comment directly on Notre Dame's decision to discontinue its football relationship with BC. The Eagles and Irish were originally scheduled to play through 2013, but Notre Dame informed DeFilippo in the spring it only wanted to go until 2010. The Eagles have beaten Notre Dame three consecutive seasons, including two meetings in South Bend.

``We had an incident that's already been talked about, it's already been played out and it's not nearly as bad as it was made out to be, believe me,'' DeFilippo said of the Eagles' 14-7 victory in 2002. ``Whatever they want to say or whatever reasons they want to give (for dropping BC), I'm certainly not going to comment on that. We think Notre Dame is a great, great institution. We've had a terrific relationship with them through the years. We would love to play Notre Dame every year in football, we'd like to play them in basketball, we'd like to play them in other sports.

``If they choose not to play. . . . I realize that scheduling only happens when it's mutually beneficial and if it's not beneficial to them, then that's up to them and they don't have to play. I really, really doubt that those are the reasons. If so, why are we playing in '07, '08, '09, '10?''

DeFilippo said BC will have no problem filling its schedule.

``There's plenty of other teams that want to play us,'' DeFilippo said. ``We're talking to Texas, we're talking to Syracuse, Georgia's called and they want to play. There are just so many people who've called. Minnesota's called and they want to play. There's plenty of teams for us to play after 2010.

``Personally, I would like to see the Notre Dame series going, but as I've said, if it's not mutually beneficial for them, then we'll just go our way. There are no hard feelings on my part or anybody's part. I'd hate to have innuendos coming out about something that occurred two or three years ago. And believe me, it was not nearly what some people made it out to be.''

 

[Irish Envy]

What a name dropper... like that is going to impress us or something?

 

[Domer95]

What a name dropper... like that is going to impress us or something?

This is a guy (DeFlippy) that when interviewed before the BC / F$U game earlier this year and asked to comment on the what this meant to BC's program, stated "It's right up there with David Gordon's kick in '93 and Flutie's pass in '84.

WOW. Some impressive history. Two games. Good bye and good riddence.

However, it does look a little like sour grapes on ND's part (although I do agree with breaking ties w/ Bahstahd College). I'm glad that we're not doing it until '10, as CDub can have a nice 4 game winning streak to close out the series.

 

[jiggafini19]

This makes the games ND will play in a few years that much more important.

BC has kicked their ass recently and I'm sick of it, quite frankly.

Most important games on the schedule down the line, hands down.

 

[Domer95]

This makes the games ND will play in a few years that much more important.

BC has kicked their ass recently and I'm sick of it, quite frankly.

Most important games on the schedule down the line, hands down.

Jigga,
Maybe 2nd most impt (behind USC), but definitely right up there, maybe 1A. CDub will know this and you think that the Administration recognized this as well, with the re-emergence of the team this year and the projections which only look 'more golden'...why stop the series now, let's get a 4 game winning streak to end our relationship with U BICH (Univ of Boston in Chestnut Hill).

 

[Guest]

They just don't know how to conduct themselves, I'm glad we're ending the series, I felt bad for the ND janitors that had to clean up the feces left behind on the floor by the BC players. Disgusting pigs....

I say F*** them, that game meant a hell of alot more to them, then it did to us anyway. Better of having Rutgers on the schedule, helps us with our NJ recruiting.

 

[irishnd31]

those ass holes need us more than we need them ($$$$$$$$). Do you think we make a whole hell of alot more money by playing these a-holes? HELL NO!! Do they have a nice pay day when they play us? HELL YES!!!! Screw them. They shit in our locker room? Nasty Bastards!!

Hey Bastin Callege, yous guys are are a banch af fackin hags!! ileof:

Win 4 in a row and we'll see who gets the last laugh. (Fackin Hags)

 

[KMac151993]

Hopefully by 2010 after ND beats them 4 times in a row from an outsiders prospective they will think that BC is dropping us cuz they are sick of losing to us.

 

[BGIF]

``We had an incident that's already been talked about, it's already been played out and it's not nearly as bad as it was made out to be, believe me,'' DeFilippo said of the Eagles' 14-7 victory in 2002.

So they trashed the ND visitor's lockerroom. What's a little vandalism right Gene? It's not like they shot the president. Whoops that's FSU line to rationalize misconduct.

Whatever they want to say or whatever reasons they want to give (for dropping BC), I'm certainly not going to comment on that.

ND has issued no news release the story came from BC sources.

I'd hate to have innuendos coming out about something that occurred two or three years ago. And believe me, it was not nearly what some people made it out to be.''

Fillippo claims hates innuendo but HE brings up the incident not once but twice.


IF ND decided to cancel this past Spring over the BC vandalism of 3 years ago the timing is curious. I don't see it being Weis's influence considering his New England connection, the prospect of recruiting in the N.E. and his attitude of will play anybody. If ND AD White was infuriated why wait 3 years instead of canceling immediately. If this was a unilateral ND decision I'd lean toward Father Jenkins the new ND President. He lead the charge for the coaching change. It's his program now.

That could explain why the series wasn't cancelled 3 years ago, Monk was in charge then. But at this point why keep playing through 2010. Why not drop it immediately? Probably contracts in place through '10 and options to play in succeeding years.

I'll submit ND probably does not care for the lack of sportsmanship (thuggery) exhibited by BC players nor by their fans over a number of years but more so that the BC administration tolerates it.

I suspect Fillippo is ducking a significant issue, BC's shabby abandonment of the Big East. ND has a long standing relationship with the Big East - basketball, baseball, Olympic sports, Gator Bowl tie-in. The ND/BC series was an extension of that relationship. Last Spring ND did announce some future scheduling objectives one of which was more games with Big East teams. PITT's a perennial ND opponent and SYR is in the second year of a home and home. Rutgers at the Meadowlands is a logical choice. I've been to a number of ND games there. It's as close to a home game as you can find for ND - off campus.

 

[Aerosmith777]

They've already run a story about this on PTI today. Of course, the only conclusion the two nit-wits could come up w/ is that ND is ducking BC since they've lost to them several times in a row.

I think the true reason is probly two-fold. While I don't think Weis or anyone else in the adminstration is "afraid" of BC, I think there is a concerted effort to tone down the schedule a bit. That means dropping a game or two here and there against good teams and replacing them w/ the likes of Rutgers. When you look at the mid-to-upper teams on ND's schedule, you can't drop Michigan, Purdue, or USC b/c they're historical rivalry games. You want to leave at least one spot, and maybe two, a year open to top level non-traditional opponent [Tennessee & Pitt(supposedly) this year]. So who does that leave as the odd man out? Yep, you guessed it, BC. That game doesn't do a hell of a lot for recruiting since pracitcally no 4 and 5 star prospects come out of the northeast. Its one of those games that you can lose b/c its a dangerous team, but when you win it doesn't look all that great b/c a lot of people will just go "Well.....its just BC..." Not like a Michigan or a Tennessee (most years, this year not included). Basically high risk, low reward year in and year out (the kind of game that has killed ND scheduling for years now).

The other reason I think really does have something to do w/ the Big East. Notice the replacement on the schedule is a Big East opponent? Don't forget, ND is still Big East in basketball and most other sports, so the administration had every bit as much of a reason to be pissed at BC for leaving as the administrations of Rutgers, UConn, Pitt, etc. If they want a little payback on BC in the sport that they have a clear fiscal advantage over Boston College, I say God bless 'em. The way BC, Miami, etc walked out on the Big East left a bad taste in my mouth to begin with.

 

[Aerosmith777]

B.C. rivalry disappearing
Irish not slated to play Eagles after '10

By Avani Patel
Tribune staff reporter

October 29, 2005


Notre Dame has four games against Boston College in the next five seasons, but after that, the last two Catholic schools still playing Division I-A football will cease--at least for the near-term future--playing each other.

But the cancellation of three additional games (2011-2013) that had been penciled onto the schedule is not, contrary to published reports, due to any bad blood between the two programs, said Notre Dame senior associate athletics director John Heisler.


According to an Oct. 28 story in the Boston Herald, an unnamed source "close to Boston College" said Notre Dame had decided to end the series early because of alleged damage the Eagles did to the visitors' locker room at Notre Dame Stadium after beating the Irish 14-7 in 2002.

"That's crazy," Heisler said. "That has nothing to do with it. This is one aspect of our long-term scheduling that we've been working on for several years."

The scheduling difficulties took root because of recent conference shakeups, Heisler said.

In the last two years, Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College left the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference. With the Big East considerably weakened, conference Commissioner Mike Tranghese asked Notre Dame, which competes in the Big East in most sports but is an independent in football, to commit to playing three games against Big East opponents every year.

"We essentially agreed with what he asked us to do starting in 2011," Heisler said.

In total, Notre Dame is committed to annual home-and-home series with eight teams--three from the Big East, their three traditional Big Ten rivals (Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue) and Stanford and USC of the Pac-10. Plus, the Irish play Navy every year, alternating between Notre Dame Stadium and a neutral site.

Although the NCAA has decided to allow teams to permanently add a 12th game to the schedule starting in 2006, that didn't make keeping Boston College on the schedule any easier, Heisler said.

"I think the presumption is if Boston College is still in the Big East, they'd be one of those three (Big East teams) we'd play," Heisler said. "There's nothing sinister here by any stretch."

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apatel@tribune.com


well, there you have it. As most of us said, its not a ducking BC thing, its a Big East thing. If they wanted to play ND, they should have stayed where they belonged.

 

[Vince Young]

Yet another example of BC's lack of class. They took a story that should've been about the consequences of BC's conference-jump and twisted and distorted it into "Notre Dame is a bunch of whiny brats!"

Although quite frankly, this makes me want to play them all the more and beat 'em 10 times in a row, just so they can no longer tear up our turf and trash our locker room. But ah well.

 

[jiggafini19]

I hate Boston College very passionately. They'd better beat them when they come around again.

I'm sick of ND losing to them perennially.