Kelly lead the TV sports news on Alabama TV last night. They mentioned the the $5,000 donation but the focus was the quote about beating an SEC team. They showed him mentioning how difficult it was to schedule with ND's regular opponents and league schedules.
Of course they didn't mention that ND and Alabama had a home and home contract for '05 & '06 that Alabama asked to be let of after their last NCAA sanctions. Bama AD, Mal Moore, who was an assistant coach at ND under Holtz, contacted White to cancel the agreement and White complied. Bama fan's and writer's (as well as those of the SEC) never mention that Bama backed out of the series.
Bama replaced ND on their schedules with Utah St and Florida International