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If there's one thing in my life that has had a drastic change over the years it has to be the Notre Dame football program. When I was younger I wanted nothing more be a part of the Fighting Irish with all their football pageantry, tradition and prestige. But over the years as I watched Notre Dame self-destruct season after season, going through overrated quarterbacks like it was a requirement of their program, I began to feel turned off by the Irish and what now is seen as their arrogance, pompousness and downright stupidity. The big wigs in South Bend continue to act like Notre Dame is the holy mecca of college football, but they actually need to realize it's about time for change.
Let's get one thing straight before we continue, Notre Dame will never win another National Championship until they lower their academic standards. It's a negative realization, however it's true. If they want to keep their prestige and championship prowess they must lessen their rigorous academic requirements or simply accept the fact that they'll be no better than a Top 15-20 team for the rest of their existence. Duke suffers from it. Boston College suffers from it. Stanford has found a way around it and so has Michigan. But really what pisses me off is that they continue to stomp their feet at the BCS round table like their wearing a nice pair of sweet Nikes. Though, they're actually rocking a pair of sketchers and getting laughed at by the SEC and Pac-12. I thought they were going to let their guard down and move into the ACC, but once again ND scoffed at the idea of playing in a conference.
Cool that you're moving every other sport that you have into the ACC. But no one really gives a crap about Notre Dame basketball, baseball, lacrosse or freaking soccer. This school is run by football in the most absolute sense, but they still believe they're running the college game. I just don't get it, why the hell do you say you're "joining a conference," schedule five games against that conference annually and then turn around and say "but in every sport but football." I'm sorry what? Last time I checked conference teams schedule games annually. But in classic Notre Dame fashion, they simply turned a good move into their own self-promoting show. It's like "Hey, Atlantic Coast Conference! We really like your style, but unfortunately we have commitment issues because we're too badass to date you." You know what we call this in America? An absolute joke.
So what do I want them to do? Just please swallow your pride and join the ACC. Please just realize that you're no longer the leader of college football so just join the pack. I know you and NBC are attached at the hip, but please just make it the ACC's national network. Your "independent" status has become more of a burden than a sign of their prestige. If they want to even sniff BCS glory then need to surrender their individual seat at the BCS round table and accept sharing the ACC's seat. The Atlantic Coast Conference really only has one dominate team at this point, FSU, with Clemson as a close second. With that being said, it's a conference they could easily win. I understand they've got all these ridiculous rivalries with every team in the midwest and USC, but they need to bypass some tradition and give up some of those games to make themselves a relevant entity once again. Plus, how do you have like seven rivalries? Isn't a rivalry game supposed to be a "big" game? You can't have seven big games in one season, unless your the SEC of course.
Funny thing about this whole situation is that it really doesn't matter. No matter what Notre Dame does, the SEC (and even the Pac-12) will always be ahead of them, of course unless they enact an academic ineptitude standard like every other good program has done. Simply put, if the culture of Notre Dame football becomes a little bit less arrogant, and a little more "with the times" than maybe, just maybe they can return to the promise land. But for now, we can just laugh and scoff right back at them when their team flames out in three weeks.
On a more positive note, enjoy my favorite Fighting Irish player, Tim Brown.
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