Seriously, isn't it time to pull Notre Dame's TV contracts?

[Anonymous]

Year after year ND is becoming a standard joke in Division I football. Did you watch their performance against South Florida last night? Totally pathetic. Even weather delays and evacuating the South Bend stands TWICE due to lightening wasn't able to break South Florida's momentum. I figured once they got rid of Fatboy Weis that ND would start to rebuild their program. I had high hopes for Brian Kelly. But if last nights game was any indication of what to look forward to in 2011 ND is on the way to another .500 season or worse.

My question is how does ND manage to hold onto those nationally syndicated TV contracts? Are all the decision makers in the TV industry catholic? ND hasn't had a decent football team in over 10 years. It would seem that with all the sponsorship and TV revenue that pours into their athletic program the could at least win more games than they lose in a season. Once those TV contracts go bye-bye ND's athletic revenue will fall off the edge of a cliff. The administration must be worried sick about it. But who wants to watch a loser team every Saturday afternoon on a network channel? There are other teams much more deserving of such a contract.

ND has already gone through 5 or 6 loser coaches in the past 12 years. So this problem runs MUCH deeper than just in the coaching staff. It's the administration that chooses these losers.

I wonder if they gave Kelly a 10-year contract like they did to Weis? Is the university going to have to buy him out too in order to make him go away?

 

[libluvsbukkake]

Year after year ND is becoming a standard joke in Division I football. Did you watch their performance against South Florida last night? Totally pathetic. Even weather delays and evacuating the South Bend stands TWICE due to lightening wasn't able to break South Florida's momentum. I figured once they got rid of Fatboy Weis that ND would start to rebuild their program. I had high hopes for Brian Kelly. But if last nights game was any indication of what to look forward to in 2011 ND is on the way to another .500 season or worse.

My question is how does ND manage to hold onto those nationally syndicated TV contracts? Are all the decision makers in the TV industry catholic? ND hasn't had a decent football team in over 10 years. It would seem that with all the sponsorship and TV revenue that pours into their athletic program the could at least win more games than they lose in a season. Once those TV contracts go bye-bye ND's athletic revenue will fall off the edge of a cliff. The administration must be worried sick about it. But who wants to watch a loser team every Saturday afternoon on a network channel? There are other teams much more deserving of such a contract.

ND has already gone through 5 or 6 loser coaches in the past 12 years. So this problem runs MUCH deeper than just in the coaching staff. It's the administration that chooses these losers.

I wonder if they gave Kelly a 10-year contract like they did to Weis? Is the university going to have to buy him out too in order to make him go away?

ND is tough school to get into academically. Allegedly, Kelly has had great classes the past two years. He has won everywhere he's been.

 

[Anonymous]

ND is tough school to get into academically. Allegedly, Kelly has had great classes the past two years. He has won everywhere he's been.

If there was an all-state 6'2, 235 pound running back who could run the 40 in 4.2 secs. do you think being stupid or academically challenged would prevent him from going to any university of his choice in America?

Did you watch the ND game last night? I personally have not seen a college team make so many boneheaded mistakes in one game as ND did against South Florida.

Let's face it. You don't have to be a small-particle nuclear physicist to play college football. I blame those mistakes of poor preparation and that is a coaching error. It reflects DIRECTLY on the head coach and his assistants - not the players.

Kelly has some decent talent on the ND team this year. If he can't manage it effectively and efficiently - ND needs to drop him like a hot potato and bring in another stumblebum.

 

[libluvsbukkake]

If there was an all-state 6'2, 235 pound running back who could run the 40 in 4.2 secs. do you think being stupid or academically challenged would prevent him from going to any university of his choice in America?

Did you watch the ND game last night? I personally have not seen a college team make so many boneheaded mistakes in one game as ND did against South Florida.

Let's face it. You don't have to be a small-particle nuclear physicist to play college football. I blame those mistakes of poor preparation and that is a coaching error. It reflects DIRECTLY on the head coach and his assistants - not the players.

Kelly has some decent talent on the ND team this year. If he can't manage it effectively and efficiently - ND needs to drop him like a hot potato and bring in another stumblebum.

Not an ND fan here. I just hope that they play that shitty against Michigan State in two weeks. I WOULD like to see them go into AA and beat Mighty Michigan next week.

 

[Anonymous]

Not an ND fan here. I just hope that they play that shitty against Michigan State in two weeks. I WOULD like to see them go into AA and beat Mighty Michigan next week.

ND doesn't have an easy schedule this year: Mich, Mich State, Air Force, Navy, Stanford, USC, Boston College, Purdue, Pitt..........

Those teams aren't pushovers.

It was a farce that ND was ranked #16 preseason. For the last 10 years they have been ranked pre-season far ahead of their actual ability. There must be a massive Catholic lobby that buys them the votes.

Michigan has a fairly strong team in 2011. There is a possibility they could wind up in the top 20. I think Kelly has to start Tommy Reese next week after that God awful 1st half performance by his starting QB. Reese is a mediocre QB. I think Michigan tears him up.

The ND Booster Club must be fit to be tied. The ND tradition is getting flushed.

 

[Anonymous]

Brian Kelley will have ND in a major bowl this season. One og the best coaches around. Yesterday was a fluke.

 

[BAMABOY]

Brian Kelley will have ND in a major bowl this season. One og the best coaches around. Yesterday was a fluke.

I agree that Kelly is a good coach. I don't think Notre Dame will be in a BCS Bowl Game this year. It is going to to take Kelly another couple years to turn things around at Notre Dame. I actually would like to see Notre Dame make a come back (crazy comments from a Bama fan) since they have sucked for so long.

 

[Fucktard]

Go Bulls!!! FYI - USF is no pushover cupcake team either.

 

[Anonymous]

Brian Kelley will have ND in a major bowl this season. One og the best coaches around. Yesterday was a fluke.

Did you watch the game yesterday? It was laughable. All those errors were a result of POOR PREPARATION which means POOR COACHING. ND was simply not prepared to take the field. So Brian Kelly is not one of the best coaches around. If he was his team would have been prepared. They've had a whole year to work out the kinks.

ND has the bucks and the name to attract talent. Don't blame the players. Blame the coaches.

Notre Dame does not deserve a syndicated television contract. ND is the only team in the nation that gets it's game televised on a network channel for nationwide viewing. That's total BS. There are many other teams that could draw bigger audiences than ND. They get the hardcore catholics watching them. That's about it.