The Pete Bevacqua Thread

RDU Irish · Dec 10, 2025

bumpdaddy said:
Somebody's sphincter is puckering...

Ignoring half the field that has no chance of winning - JMU, Tulane, Alabama, OU, Ole Miss all have no chance of winning. Three of those are at large bids and two are not. Looked up current odds to win it all - JMU +80000, Tulane +60000, Oklahoma +5000, Bama/Ole Piss/Miami +2500. I'll agree to disagree with Miami even though I doubt their ability to put 4 games together without Beck throwing a pile of INTs and super Mario from making boneheaded calls to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

First round spreads of +17.5 and +21.5 indicate its not a matter of having too many, its a matter of having the WRONG teams.

I would give BYU better odds than OU or Bama but not Miami if I am ranking this stuff. ND/BYU would massively upgrade this field over Bama/OU which just shows that 10 is closer to the right answer than 16.

SoIll · Dec 10, 2025

Sampson is my number 1 most hated beat guy.

pumpdog20 · Dec 10, 2025

I'll still go Horka Tha Dorka

thekid33 · Dec 10, 2025

IrishTusker said:
I want to be loved as much as anyone

They didn't actually love us. The sheer amount of awesomeness, vibes, rizz and whatever other nonsense the kids say that radiates from MF just temporarily reduced their hate.

Besides, it's better to be feared than loved. And I guarantee that after last year's playoff run they all fear us again.

MPClinton22 · Dec 10, 2025

pumpdog20 said:
I'll still go Horka Tha Dorka

At least he stayed out of the fray on this nonsense. Feather in his cap

ACamp1900 · Dec 10, 2025

IrishTusker said:
I want to be loved as much as anyone, but what exactly was the value of this goodwill for ND and MF in the past month? I didn't sense the value of the goodwill when the broadcasters were trashing ND during the ND/Stanford game at 1:30am. And definitely didn't sense it when we got screwed out of a CFP spot. The team that gets screwed out of a spot will always be criticized if they complain.

We are talking about different things,… I’m referencing our handling of the decision and how in terms of public perception it blew up in our faces,… but sure. I will say it’s immensely infuriating unlike anything I think I’ve experienced in sports to see bama be everything ND is unfairly attacked for and no one even blinks at it. Too many are saying ‘we can’t change the perception’ yes we can, win a natty, we had legit shot this time and it was stolen in favor of bitch ass bama

SoIll · Dec 10, 2025

pumpdog20 said:
I'll still go Horka Tha Dorka

Hes irrelevant.

greyhammer90 · Dec 10, 2025

I'm taking a stand!

BleedBlueGold · Dec 10, 2025

IrishLax said:
I'm also not going to criticize Pete right now but this is where "Savvy Jack" never even let shit get to this point. He was always 2-3 moves ahead of some of these other conference commissioners and was extremely political. No way to know right now whether Pete is overpalying or underplaying is hand but if all the conferences decide to collude to be like "fuck Notre Dame" it only takes four of them to pull it off. And it's what ESPN would prefer, and ESPN runs two of the conferences.

I missed this post. Too many threads talking about the same stuff. Anyways, the bolded is what I brought up yesterday (IIRC). There is a part of me that sees the wagons circling. Perhaps the B1G is sitting back, licking their chops. If ND tips their hand and loses leverage, they run the risk of get screwed. I'm not naive enough to believe ND would get frozen out, but I'm also not trusting enough to assume that ND is some beloved golden goose that everyone in the CFB world is anxiously awaiting their time to bend the knee to ND. There are massive amounts of people who loathe ND and I'm afraid of ND being pushed to a position of "Fall in line, or else," and ND admin chooses the "or else" route. I'm old enough to remember the days of ND admin choosing Ivy League prestige over attempting both sports and academics. We all saw how that turned out. I cannot, will not, survive another 30 years of ND mediocrity if they somehow, some way find themselves on the outside looking in when it comes to the ESPN ran CFP. Play this the wrong way, and watch Freeman leave for the NFL and this entire thing crumbles.

I agree with a previous poster....someone talk me off this ledge. I need to get outside and touch grass (snow).

TracyGraham · Dec 10, 2025

SoIll said:
Everyone do yourself a favor and research how he voted ND in the the AP poll in '93 before you get pissed at ND for cancelling...

Cant like this comment enough. To have voted us #6 was malicious.

Rasputin · Dec 10, 2025

BleedBlueGold said:
I missed this post. Too many threads talking about the same stuff. Anyways, the bolded is what I brought up yesterday (IIRC). There is a part of me that sees the wagons circling. Perhaps the B1G is sitting back, licking their chops. If ND tips their hand and loses leverage, they run the risk of get screwed. I'm not naive enough to believe ND would get frozen out, but I'm also not trusting enough to assume that ND is some beloved golden goose that everyone in the CFB world is anxiously awaiting their time to bend the knee to ND. There are massive amounts of people who loathe ND and I'm afraid of ND being pushed to a position of "Fall in line, or else," and ND admin chooses the "or else" route. I'm old enough to remember the days of ND admin choosing Ivy League prestige over attempting both sports and academics. We all saw how that turned out. I cannot, will not, survive another 30 years of ND mediocrity if they somehow, some way find themselves on the outside looking in when it comes to the ESPN ran CFP. Play this the wrong way, and watch Freeman leave for the NFL and this entire thing crumbles.

I agree with a previous poster....someone talk me off this ledge. I need to get outside and touch grass (snow).

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.

BleedBlueGold · Dec 10, 2025

Rasputin said:
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.

In the last 48 hours I've done a complete 180. I love and support ND's independence, but there is a feeling in me now that perhaps it's run it's course and it's time to join the B1G as a full member. Or at least have the groundwork in place for it to happen at some point in the near future as a safeguard against a freezeout.

thekid33 · Dec 10, 2025

BleedBlueGold said:
In the last 48 hours I've done a complete 180. I love and support ND's independence, but there is a feeling in me now that perhaps it's run it's course and it's time to join the B1G as a full member. Or at least have the groundwork in place for it to happen at some point in the near future as a safeguard against a freezeout.

Once people finally rationalize that the ACC deal means we aren't truly independent anymore it becomes much easier to then accept the inevitable move to full B1G membership. Happened for me about 3 years ago.

ACamp1900 · Dec 10, 2025

Why is it so hard to just build a schedule without a part time alliance???

Usc
Stanford
Navy
Michigan St
BC
Pitt
Purdue

There’s more than half a schedule with just rivals you can find five more games year to year.

Free Manera · Dec 10, 2025

SoIll said:
Sampson is my number 1 most hated beat guy.

He did say on the Locked on Irish pod today that Freeman is not going anywhere. So he’s got that going for him which is nice.

Fbolt · Dec 10, 2025

I disagree-as Pete stated, it cements the University's independent status (thought he said that). If ND gets F'd again, I can see a full scorched-earth approach to make changes before the possibility of joining a league event enters their mind.

thekid33 · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
Why is it so hard to just build a schedule without a part time alliance???

Usc
Stanford
Navy
Michigan St
BC
Pitt

There’s half a schedule with just rivals you can find six more year to year

Because, while the teams that would want to schedule us in a vacuum is probably a mile long, the number of teams that want to schedule us anytime in the season is incredibly small. Almost all of them want to play us in September before the conference seasons get going.

Bane · Dec 10, 2025

IRISHbluehen said:
Im so incredibly tired of having beat reporters that simply do not like the team they are covering. Hell even Prister the guy that graduated from ND wrote an entire summary about why UM deserved to be above ND. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Same as having hostile color analysts on our own broadcasts. Fuck your journalistic integrity, nobody gives a shit nerd.

Yeah, a good portion of the beat either don't like ND or take themselves too seriously and worry about being "objective." Like Prister, buddy, you write for a publication called Irish Illustrated, no one views you as objective.

BleedBlueGold · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
Why is it so hard to just build a schedule without a part time alliance???

Usc
Stanford
Navy
Michigan St
BC
Pitt
Purdue

There’s more than half a schedule with just rivals you can find five more games year to year.

My understanding is 1) Bigger schools are beginning to pull back on the idea of scheduling difficult OOC games. and 2) Conference teams are not willing to schedule ND in the heart of their conference schedules. So finding games in Oct/Nov may prove difficult.

ACamp1900 · Dec 10, 2025

thekid33 said:
Because, while the teams that would want to schedule us in a vacuum is probably a mile long, the number of teams that want to schedule us anytime in the season is incredibly small. Almost all of them want to play us in September before the conference seasons get going.

I get that but it’s not impossible especially if it’s their only option. I mean shit, we already play SC/Stanford, and navy later,… but whatever.

Bane · Dec 10, 2025

greyhammer90 said:
I'm taking a stand!

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Eh, he looks too much like he would own a hipster taco joint and care too much about IPAs for him to really be my vibe.

ACamp1900 · Dec 10, 2025

Anyway, does anyone feel really good about how Bevacqua has handled this? If so why? Talk me off the ledge

thekid33 · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
I get that but it’s not impossible especially if it’s their only option. I mean shit, we already play SC/Stanford, and navy later,… but whatever.

USC is currently throwing a hissy fit due to the fact that they play us that late.

It might be possible, but you'd end up with the 4 most difficult games in September and then cupcakes the rest of the way (even worse than it was this year). Lose 2 of the 4 September games and we'd be toast because nobody would give us credit for beating up Navy, Tulane, Boise, etc. down the stretch.

BleedBlueGold · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
I get that but it’s not impossible especially if it’s their only option. I mean shit, we already play SC/Stanford, and navy later,… but whatever.

USC is actively trying to get out of playing ND, aren't they? The teams you listed as "alliances" to build a schedule upon would tank ND's SOS and practically disqualify them from the CFP on that data point alone.

thekid33 · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
Anyway, does anyone feel really good about how Bevacqua has handled this? If so why? Talk me off the ledge

You could talk me into thinking that he's a Jedi master and is playing chess when everyone else is playing checkers and you could also talk me into he's just complaining without any concrete plan in place to deal with the consequences of the complaining.

Dale · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
Anyway, does anyone feel really good about how Bevacqua has handled this? If so why? Talk me off the ledge

I think the what amounts to a handful of media appearances is like 10% of the work he’s likely doing and people are entirely too hung up on some quotes.

FDNYIrish1 · Dec 10, 2025

ACamp1900 said:
Anyway, does anyone feel really good about how Bevacqua has handled this? If so why? Talk me off the ledge

I think the message has been received by the ACC for sure. He’s out in front taking accountability for opting out of the bowl game and taking all the arrows for the program. His nerdy appearance covers up an assassin. Or at least I hope.

tirishman505 · Dec 10, 2025

Dale said:
I think the what amounts to a handful of media appearances is like 10% of the work he’s likely doing and people are entirely too hung up on some quotes.

Maybe I've missed it but up until this point he's been in the background. i can only remember 1, maybe 2 press conferences before this. In comparison, it does feel a bit over the top. Probably because i felt like the media tour was leading up to a more impactful press conference, when it just turned out to be more of the same.

tirishman505 · Dec 10, 2025

thekid33 said:
You could talk me into thinking that he's a Jedi master and is playing chess when everyone else is playing checkers and you could also talk me into he's just complaining without any concrete plan in place to deal with the consequences of the complaining.

In my experience, whenever a "chess vs checkers" line needs to be pulled out, it turns out to be a nothingburger. So that's what I expect now.

Dale · Dec 10, 2025

tirishman505 said:
Maybe I've missed it but up until this point he's been in the background. i can only remember 1, maybe 2 press conferences before this. In comparison, it does feel a bit over the top. Probably because i felt like the media tour was leading up to a more impactful press conference, when it just turned out to be more of the same.

He did an end of year press conference last year as well.

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