2025 WATCH PARTY: NOTRE DAME IS INDEPENDENT, CRY MORE

[GATTACA!]

No Fn way the pop tarts bowl outdrew the ND USC game or the ND A&M game. Someone is full of shit.

I assumed they were talking about TV ratings.

 

[BeatSC]

I assumed they were talking about TV ratings.

I don’t accept they outdrew ND for TV rankings either. Not enough Mormons out there.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Wake beat Mississippi State, so the SEC fail fest in the postseason continues.

But on top of that, Miss State lost their starting QB Kamario Taylor to a gruesome leg injury. He's probably going to miss a large chunk of next season.

So to all the morons giving ND crap about skipping on a meaningless bowl game, here is another major reason why. If we played the Pop-Tarts Bowl and Carr got his leg messed up and he missed the next 9-12 months, 2026 would officially be lost.

 

[IrishinSyria]

What am I missing here?? Nd stadium seats over 80k and is at least half full always!! Correct?
The 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl, played on December 27, 2025, at Camping World Stadium, had an attendance of 34,126 fans, with the game featuring BYU vs. Georgia Tech. The attendance was noted to be lower than previous years, despite featuring two ranked teams, filling roughly half the stadium's 65,000 capacity.

I think you’re missing the invention of the television in this analysis.

 

[pumpdog20]

I don’t accept they outdrew ND for TV rankings either. Not enough Mormons out there.

ND was not as big of a tv draw this year.

 

[Irishdawg]

I think you’re missing the invention of the television in this analysis.

Ahhh, got it now. I was thinking attendance from “outdrew” in the quote. Thanks for the clarification

 

[IrishinSyria]

ND was not as big of a tv draw this year.

Not reason 1a to break up with the ACC but there’s no question that it’s feeding us a bunch of scrub games that act as a drag on ratings.