Notre Dame's off ramp is now, and will be for the foreseeable future, full membership in the B1G, or the B1G division of the NCAA Football Super Conference. Honestly, if that's the worst case scenario, it's not terrible.
Every revolution starts with little acts of defiance. Refusing an insulting bowl bid. Cutting the cord. Stepping out of the line and asking "Why? Why are we doing this?"
It's so on.
Understand this. While the attacks Sunday and yesterday regarding Notre Dame declining the bowl bid are focussed on Notre Dame on the surface, the larger, more subtle message is to the rest of college football. The ESPN message is clear "Miss the playoffs and decline one of our lesser bowl...
Exactly. It was only a few short years ago these same talking heads were going off on a few players opting out of meaningless bowl games to focus on getting ready for the NFL draft. It was whittling away at ESPN's product value because the best players weren't playing.
Now that it's entire...
Since the disintegration of the NCAA's authority, college football has been rudderless. ESPN has stepped in to fill the void. And yesterday (along with 2023 FSU screw job) demonstrated that college football is being led by an organization that puts its own self-interest ahead of the game...
The current coaching carousel is like an odd game of musical chairs where there are more chairs (program openings) than contestants (quality coaches). The contestants can't lose, but some chairs sure will.