@@Nathann556 when our team sings the alma mater after the game and then does the same for the opponent, it makes me all warm and fuzzy. Then I see Michigan fans applauding their classless coach who egged on his players to plant the flag at Ohio State and I’m happier than ever to be a Notre Dame fan☘️🏈🇮🇪
Dude gives a 20 minute soliloquy about how Notre Dame is a fraud and doesn’t belong, then says it’s going to be 28-28 in the fourth quarter and IU will win because they have a better field goal kicker🤦🏼♂️. Hedge your bets much?😂
...and Rourke's throwing thumb, surgically repaired w/ screws, UNhealed the last 4 games of the season, is now fully healed, the most unobserved fact of any evaluation of IU...beware, and it looks like a dry field is most likely, temp not too bad! IU 42 - ND 17 or 24
Duck fan here. One of my favorite games of all time didn't involve the Ducks. Hey Nuetered Dame fans, care to tell the class what the final score of the 2001 fiesta bowl was? Here's a hint. If you had Notre Dame and 31 1/2 points......you lost. Here's hoping Indiana does the same.
No one cares if not playing for a natty. Coaches use bowl games like NFL uses pre-season games. ND players used to vote NOT to go to bowl games b/c they had finals to study for = more important. Jaylon Smith played in a meaningless Fiesta (2016?) and cost himself a 1st round selection & millions of dollars b/c of that terrible injury. What for? Many players use the Jaylon incident as reason to not play in a meaningless bowl game. I can't say I blame them.
I’m a huge Buckeye fan and I agree it’s time that Notre Dame comes off their high horse and join a conference. They probably won’t join the B1G because they fear B1G teams like Ohio State, Oregon, USC, Indiana and Xichigan
Not fear, it's stupidity to join a conf if you don't have to. Pure stupidity to remain part of Great Britain if you don't have to. Who wants to bend knee & kiss the ring? We fought a war for independence, remember? Penn State bitches about how many years in a row they've had to start their season on the road. Well they gave up their freedom - so stop bitching! What has joining a conf done for West Virginia, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Miami, FSU?
@@jamesmertz9033. My comment was in regard to a Notre Dame comment concerning schedules. Reading my comment you can see that I was highlighting both Indiana and Ohio State having a conference schedule and no losses to a group of five team. That’s clearly referencing Notre Dame. I wasn’t making any comparison between the two B1G teams or their schedules. Obviously Ohio State had the tougher schedule of those two teams and both those teams had a tougher schedule than Notre Dame which was my point. In the only game against a common opponent where there was a different outcome, the Hoosiers were able to beat Michigan.
@@markclifford9151 Indiana didn’t have a tougher schedule. What are you talking about? Notre Dame starts the season off next year with Texes A&M, Miami, Boise St, Arkansas….. Last year they had 4 prime time ranked games 4 weeks in a row including Ohio St and Clemson. Notre Dame would be in the top 4 of your trash BIG10 in their down years.
Does this guy know nothing at all about the history of college football? Or just zero appreciation for it? Notre Dame has the most storied history in the sport, and that includes being an independent and playing teams from all over the country like USC. As for joining a conference, you mean like Cal and Stanford joining the East Coast ACC?? Four West Coast teams joining the Midwestern Big Ten?? How crazy does it have to get before people realize it's just ridiculous.
@@mattrunyon7961 No they wouldn’t. If it were they’re only loss and they beat Ohio St, Indiana would be in. If they beat Ohio St they could have lost to Charlotte and still gotten in.
This guy blows goats… I have proof. But seriously, Notre Dame cocky ? Ever since week two literally have been just keeping our nose in the grindstone and not saying sh!t. Nice try to build a narrative though. And I’m sorry, but no one‘s been Alabama but Alabama the past 15 years… so moot point.
Craig my man, huge 🦆 Fan here. I don't know who got under your skin today, but I absolutely love it!! I don't think I've ever heard you this fiery. I am a newer listener to be fair, since Oregon joined the Big Ten. I have been rooting for you guys all season long, from Eugene! I hope you guys walk into South bend and fold Notre Dame like the pampered paper tigers that they are!! HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS!
Notre Dame has its own TV contract because Notre Dame draws more viewers than any other program. The TV executives who have forked out the big bucks for the last 30 years know what they are doing.
LMFAO 😂😅 how'd that workout for you! IU must be less than special.. tried telling the Over confident trash talking IU fans.. talk about cocky... Thanks for playing 🍀
In its first year, Oregon came in and took Big 10 to the woodshed. Before bad mouthing ND, maybe you should accept the fact that Big 10 is nothing special as Oregon just proved.
@@LockedOnBIG10 Go back and listen? you didn’t name one specific rule that benefits Notre Dame or gives them an unfair advantage. Notre Dame isn’t crying about not being able to get a first round bye. Besides the playoff format and your stupid conference championship game screwed Oregon. Why would ND want to join a conference like the big 10?
@@earnthis1 yes. I’m sure they listened just like me. Name the specific rule that holds ND to a different standard than everyone else when it come to making the playoffs.
You should be glad ND ain't in a conference, cause if they lose the 2 games they are more than likely completely out. Even the conferences are a big mess. They need to get rid of the conferences and do a 16 team playoff.
When the Big 10 brought in my Ducks. We got half shares. I don’t know this for sure but I assumed that they intended to offer Notre Dame full shares? I admit I don’t really understand stand it. I thought it was funny that the team who I figured would be in the top three was getting half shares. Granted our TV market isn’t as big as other places like USC, UCLA and even Washington. Do I have that right? Were they planning on giving Notre Dame full shares? My hunch is yes. I’ve been tired of the Notre Dame treatment for a while now.
You bet your ass they offered ND a full share. ND politely declined, wanting to maintain its 130+ years of tradition & independence, scheduling games all over the country in unique venues for its national (and international) alumni & fanbase... IF ND ever feels the need to join a conf, the SEC or B1G would be happy to have them. The Golden Dome is a mint, virtually prints money, and is 10X richer than those Ritchie Riches known as SMU Ponies.
OH yeah, Big Ten would be so lucky to have you! This is why ND is a silly team. The obvious compensating attitude to feel so important. lolol comedy gold
You guys cheer on the Indiana coach with his brash and boisterous demeanor and how many national championships has Indiana brought home? Hell, how many big 10 championships have they won? “Notre Dame hasn’t done anything in almost 40 years“. Well, at least we’ve done something. To hear Indiana people making this argument is absolutely Ludacris. You guys keep pointing to our loss against Northern Illinois😂. While I’ll agree that it doesn’t look very good, just remembered that when the time runs out on the scoreboard Friday night. ☘️ GO. IRISH 🏈
ND has the 4th or 5th best win-loss record of this present decade, and is tied with OSU this year for beating the most bowl-eligible teams. Remind me again what IU has done?
Actually.... U look old enough to remember. And tried to join the big ten for years as a young college, Michigan cock blocked them for years. Headed by y'all's famous coach. Who ended up being the ad for like 25 years, and discouraged other big 10 teams to not schedule them. So Notre Dame went independent.... Thank the big ten for our independence!!!!
Those other schools you mention don't have their own TV deals b/c they're not what Beano Cook called, "The Holy Grail of College Football," and Beano was no ND fan. There's something to this Catholic fanbase. Admittedly, there's also something to anti-Catholic hatred (we still see it today even like in 1924 when Fielding Yost and other racist schools tried to black-ball that private little Catholic school in Indiana). Those other schools you mention, just cookie-cutter same-look state schools (diff colors) who abandoned all their traditions, who pump out 10,000+ caps & gowns every year. Meh! Conf Championships are bad idea & probably doomed. They were created by SEC as a money grab, and that's all they are - greed incarnate, no good reason. Don't need 'em. Don't even need the committee. Just expand to 16 teams. AP top-ranked 8 teams host home games 1st round, super simple. No byes. Solves everything. Plus maintains traditions. CFB fans keep criticizing CFB for eliminating or ruining traditions, and yet THE ONE FRIGGING SCHOOL that does everything to hang on to tradition, gets criticized for doing what everyone else would do IF THEY COULD... maintain their traditions & independence, not let others dictate which cowpastures they hv to go to each year. It's a national university, alumni all over - they (and subway alumni) love games in unique venues that they can get to, ie, Fenway, Soldier Field, Las Vegas, Lambeau, Yankee Stadium, Alamodome, Ireland, Hard Rock, LA Coliseum, Gillette Stadium in New England, Meadowlands, College Station, Athens, Rocky Top, Saban Field, etc.. Who else does this? Who else can do this? A: NO ONE! As Lou Holtz said, "They hate us because they can't be us," they gave that up when they gave up their independence (for the almighty dollar). And just what has joining a conference done for former indys like West Virginia, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Miami, FSU? FAKE NEWS.
ND’s TV deal came about because a bunch of other teams (Syracuse, West Virginia, Penn State, Miami, FSU, etc) were all chasing conference TV money in the late 80s and ND risked being left in the cold. It had nothing to do with being “special” - it was to make sure their nationwide fanbase (which isn’t concentrated in 1 state like most Big Ten teams’ are) could watch their games. And so they could stay competitive revenue wise. This is just garden variety ND hater nonsense. At least learn something about the sport you claim to cover.
And remind us where those former indy teams you mentioned ended up, and what joining a conf exactly did for Georgia Tech, Syracuse, West Virginia, Miami, FSU... They wanted to be Notre Dame, but they couldn't, so they had to bend the knee, kiss the ring and sign over fealty to their new sovereign, some nerd who develops the conf schedule in a dark closet every year, then listens to all the membership bitch about it.
Fun to watch this...ND will get in a conference when they need to. It makes less sense than ever because your precious little concept of conference will be dead in 5 years anyway....then what will you cry about?
Why the negativity? Oregon has never won a national title in over 100 years of football. So your point would also be Ohio State has one natty the last 20 years? and 2 in the last 50? Penn state hasn't won won in the last 35 years? does that make them all irrelevant?
ND fans seem to think theyll run for 250, but i can guarantee one thing. IU has 2 big senior DTs with Kamara and Fisher &;Walker at LB. Theyre going to stack the box and put ND in some 3rd/7s. Now if they burn IU on play action or Love busts thru the blitz for 75 then we lose badly, but that only happened once all year vs Maryland. Key to the game will be IUs pass protection and atleast breaking even turnover margin. Leonard can run but hes also from Alabama . Whats he know about throwing in 20 degree weather?
We are treated special because we demand to and have the leverage to be. Yes we are more attractive to random fan because we aren’t associated with a particular state. Why would someone from Iowa who didn’t go to a state school like OSU or some other school? But, he can follow ND, particularly if he or his family happens to be Catholic. Go Irish! We honestly should be auto guaranteed a CFP seed if bowl eligible.
Thank you Craig for doing this episode! Notre Dame is mid. It is not special. As a lifelong Buckeye fan, it is very hard to deal with ND swearing that they're you when they haven't won anything since 1988. Notre Dame is 0-2 in playoff and haven't won a New Year's Six bowl either. If Northern Illinois can beat Notre Dame at home, Indiana is more than capable of beating them. Go Hoosiers!
No ND fan is ever saying, "we're Ohio State." That would be like saying, "We're poo poo shit, pumping out 10,000 caps & gowns every year, and we don't even make our FB players go to class! OSU players take tests on-line, so no one even knows who is taking their tests. No ND fan would ever be proud of that. OH state legislature is trying to figure out how to pump even more public funds into OSU football. Not to other Ohio schools' educations budgets, just more public dollars to OSU football = ONE SERIOUSLY MESSED UP STATE.
IU's swarming and disruptive D will be key, confusing and conflicting the 2-3 'spied' on ND offensive threats - very limited # of weapons - QB, RBs Love and Price. Think 2024 Nebraska vs IU results except Love will get a couple TDs. IU will play free, confident and attack, attack, attack, on O and D. ND will resort to spec team trickery several times as the game goes on but IU and Cig remain 'locked on' to those likely desperation efforts.
God you guys cry so much about Notre Dame. You guys make Notre Dame special. You never stop crying about us. Always complaining about Notre Dame. Always saying how we haven't won anything or we haven't done anything. Except we fill those TV executives pockets full of money. That's what Notre Dame does. Not Georgia and not Michigan not Ohio State. Notre Dame. That's why Notre Dame gets special rules. Cuz they are special. Indiana don't get special rules. Ohio state don't get special rules. But Notre Dame does. Cuz we're special. We make people lots of money. The big 10 has what 16 teams. Notre Dame still has more fans. All over the world. Okay I'll leave you alone losers Go Irish 🍀
Ya Notre Dame annually plays a weak schedule full of military schools, stanfords, Boston college and Virginia types. Still i think they deserve to be in and are seeded right where they should be. I do hope Indiana wins
I have been a Notre Dame fan for over 40 years and it is time for Notre Dame to join a conference. This whole Independence idea really needs to go away. The only reason I believe that Notre Dame gets a contract with NBC is because the Head of Sports Programming for NBC is a Notre Dame graduate.
There is no good reason for Notre Dame to join a conference. That would be so boring. Conferences are for schools that could not otherwise fill a schedule, such as Indiana.
Why would you not want Notre Dame to get more money? The traditional way college football was ran is dead and gone. If Notre Dame joined the BIG 10 it would be great not only for Notre Dame but the entire region. Notre Dame could then play a very tough nonconference schedule against the best teams out of their region.
I doubt it - b/c you don't seem to know anything about ND. ND would be stupid to join a conf if they don't need to. What has joining a conf done for West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Penn State, Miami, FSU...? ND doesn't need the money = already 10X richer than SMU. Give up independence, then no more games in unique venues, with resulting pissed off national alumni & fanbase. It's not a regional school - it's a national university = no reason to be forced to play in the same boring cow pastures every year.
I have been a Notre Dame fan for 40 years and the only reason NBC gives Notre Dame that contract is because the head of sports programming is a Notre Dame Alumn. Those other schools mean nothing in this conversation. I am thinking about what is best for the future of Notre Dame Football. If Notre Dame is so confident about themselves then why did the last AD allow Notre Dame to not get a first round bye in the NCAA Playoffs this year?
IU is going to win easily. Better coach and more experienced, best run defense in the nation, #2 overall, #1 in pass efficiency and IU has four very good receivers and a TE that get open. We shut down their run game run that will force ND to pass which they aren’t great at. IU 35, ND 10
This dude wasted everyone's time against a 11-1 team shouldn't be in the CFB PLAYOFFS but Ohio State loss 2 games and 4 years straight to Michigan so save us Notre Dame fans the illiterate song about conference championship games that we just heard head coaches and others said they don't want to play? 🤡🤡🙄☘️☘️ FIND A NEW POLITICAL SOAP BOX AND LESS WHITE PRIVILEGE TALK .. NOTRE DAME IS BIG MONEY 💵💵 FOR TV NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD 🌍 OVER EVERY TEAM IN THE BIG 10 CONFERENCE
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Notre Dame fans are actually the best I have been around. Im an NIU fan and I found ND fans were classier than any Big 10 school I have been to
@@Nathann556 when our team sings the alma mater after the game and then does the same for the opponent, it makes me all warm and fuzzy. Then I see Michigan fans applauding their classless coach who egged on his players to plant the flag at Ohio State and I’m happier than ever to be a Notre Dame fan☘️🏈🇮🇪
The only reason to be in a conference is because you are unable to go it alone.
No you're wrong. Notre Dame kicked their ass. It should have been 10 times worse. Notre Dame got bored at the end.😂. Go Irish 🍀.
you're gonna be very upset friday night hahahahaha
correct
Looks like the Big10 will give a podcast to just about anyone 😂
And when was IU’s Natty amongst those 714 losses, excuse me…715.
This aged very poorly great job losers 🎉
Dude gives a 20 minute soliloquy about how Notre Dame is a fraud and doesn’t belong, then says it’s going to be 28-28 in the fourth quarter and IU will win because they have a better field goal kicker🤦🏼♂️. Hedge your bets much?😂
lol I know! No way it'll be that close.
I won't hedge. Iu 42 ND 24
@@tobyorcutt8500 & the verdict is🤔😂😅🤣
I forget. When was Indiana’s last cfb championship?
@tobyorcutt8500 how you feel about ND NOW
The rest aren’t special Craig you said it.
One of Rourke’s interceptions was a Hail Mary right before half with a broken finger. He should be steady. They really need to stop that QB run.
...and Rourke's throwing thumb, surgically repaired w/ screws, UNhealed the last 4 games of the season, is now fully healed, the most unobserved fact of any evaluation of IU...beware, and it looks like a dry field is most likely, temp not too bad!
IU 42 - ND 17 or 24
Sorry Craig Indiana gonna feel the pain.
All those Irish football accomplishments in post season history says so! 😂
Conference champion games are gonna go.
Big 10 is over rated.
Get rid of all the conferences
This guy 😅 i feel like I'm watching CNN or Fox News.
The takes are so out of touch with reality… casual speaker and casual audience buying this crap
@@gagenewcomer31 well your here watching it so I guess your also a casual by that logic
Duck fan here. One of my favorite games of all time didn't involve the Ducks. Hey Nuetered Dame fans, care to tell the class what the final score of the 2001 fiesta bowl was? Here's a hint. If you had Notre Dame and 31 1/2 points......you lost. Here's hoping Indiana does the same.
No one cares if not playing for a natty. Coaches use bowl games like NFL uses pre-season games. ND players used to vote NOT to go to bowl games b/c they had finals to study for = more important. Jaylon Smith played in a meaningless Fiesta (2016?) and cost himself a 1st round selection & millions of dollars b/c of that terrible injury. What for? Many players use the Jaylon incident as reason to not play in a meaningless bowl game. I can't say I blame them.
2001?
It wasn't your championship-less Ducks...0-Life...all those uniforms and no Championships
How did that game turn out? Crow for breakfast can't be all too good
I’m a huge Buckeye fan and I agree it’s time that Notre Dame comes off their high horse and join a conference. They probably won’t join the B1G because they fear B1G teams like Ohio State, Oregon, USC, Indiana and Xichigan
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We beat with a blow out two years in a row didn't they beat Michigan this year and we about to beat the brakes off of Indiana what are scared of 😂
I forgot to put in USC name 😅
Not fear, it's stupidity to join a conf if you don't have to. Pure stupidity to remain part of Great Britain if you don't have to. Who wants to bend knee & kiss the ring? We fought a war for independence, remember? Penn State bitches about how many years in a row they've had to start their season on the road. Well they gave up their freedom - so stop bitching! What has joining a conf done for West Virginia, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Miami, FSU?
They should fear PSU because if they get by Indiana and Georgia then PSU gonna destroy them!
ND wont have much problem with Indiana , but I do think Georgia is a problem for Notre Dame
Don’t forget to mention Ace Baldwin at Penn State. He is an All American quality guard!
Different set of rules? What is one special rule in favor of Notre Dame?
Will Notre Dame prove that they are over rated? It would not surprise me at all!
What should they be rated ?
First listen of today! Good show ❤
Thank you for listening!
Indiana ohio st didn't play for a conference championship what the difference 😅
They played in a conference so they both played a tougher schedule. Neither of them lost to a group of five team.
@@markclifford9151 Indiana did not have a tougher schedule. I think they only played two teams with a winning record all year
@@jamesmertz9033. My comment was in regard to a Notre Dame comment concerning schedules. Reading my comment you can see that I was highlighting both Indiana and Ohio State having a conference schedule and no losses to a group of five team. That’s clearly referencing Notre Dame. I wasn’t making any comparison between the two B1G teams or their schedules. Obviously Ohio State had the tougher schedule of those two teams and both those teams had a tougher schedule than Notre Dame which was my point. In the only game against a common opponent where there was a different outcome, the Hoosiers were able to beat Michigan.
@@markclifford9151 Indiana didn’t have a tougher schedule. What are you talking about? Notre Dame starts the season off next year with Texes A&M, Miami, Boise St, Arkansas….. Last year they had 4 prime time ranked games 4 weeks in a row including Ohio St and Clemson. Notre Dame would be in the top 4 of your trash BIG10 in their down years.
@@markclifford9151🤣🤣🤣
Does this guy know nothing at all about the history of college football? Or just zero appreciation for it? Notre Dame has the most storied history in the sport, and that includes being an independent and playing teams from all over the country like USC. As for joining a conference, you mean like Cal and Stanford joining the East Coast ACC?? Four West Coast teams joining the Midwestern Big Ten?? How crazy does it have to get before people realize it's just ridiculous.
That was a absolutely terrible loss but to knock them out for that ? No .
If Indiana lost to a MAC school...they would be out of the playoff without a second thought. As Craig said, strength of schedule is even.
@ yep , would agree on that one being a fan of an underdog school !
@@mattrunyon7961 No they wouldn’t. If it were they’re only loss and they beat Ohio St, Indiana would be in. If they beat Ohio St they could have lost to Charlotte and still gotten in.
This guy blows goats… I have proof.
But seriously, Notre Dame cocky ? Ever since week two literally have been just keeping our nose in the grindstone and not saying sh!t.
Nice try to build a narrative though.
And I’m sorry, but no one‘s been Alabama but Alabama the past 15 years… so moot point.
ND played four teams ranked when ND beat them. Plus G Tech who would be the second best team Indiana played. ND played 4 teams better than that.
just checking back in..... how'd IU do?
HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴
HOOSIER Daddy ND is lol
@ no!
If its 28-28 with 4 min left, ND will get the win by virtue of a bad call in those 4 min. I have seen that scenario repeated for 40 years!
This man is big mad ND is the most storied program in college football. Mr. Sheman is special ed.
You want to know of an example of rules being changed to favor a team? Look at Ohio St in the covid year.
Craig my man, huge 🦆 Fan here. I don't know who got under your skin today, but I absolutely love it!! I don't think I've ever heard you this fiery. I am a newer listener to be fair, since Oregon joined the Big Ten. I have been rooting for you guys all season long, from Eugene! I hope you guys walk into South bend and fold Notre Dame like the pampered paper tigers that they are!! HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS!
lol! Thanks for being apart of our podcast. And go Ducks!
@@Gmsup788 How did that turn out hater ?
Notre Dame has its own TV contract because Notre Dame draws more viewers than any other program. The TV executives who have forked out the big bucks for the last 30 years know what they are doing.
Nah, Catholics worship the golden calf, and are shekel grabbers from new testament
LMFAO 😂😅 how'd that workout for you! IU must be less than special.. tried telling the Over confident trash talking IU fans.. talk about cocky... Thanks for playing 🍀
In its first year, Oregon came in and took Big 10 to the woodshed. Before bad mouthing ND, maybe you should accept the fact that Big 10 is nothing special as Oregon just proved.
what are u talking about different rules?
Did you listen? lol
Maybe go back and listen again.
@@LockedOnBIG10 Go back and listen? you didn’t name one specific rule that benefits Notre Dame or gives them an unfair advantage. Notre Dame isn’t crying about not being able to get a first round bye. Besides the playoff format and your stupid conference championship game screwed Oregon. Why would ND want to join a conference like the big 10?
@@earnthis1 yes. I’m sure they listened just like me. Name the specific rule that holds ND to a different standard than everyone else when it come to making the playoffs.
Indiana 27 Notre Dame 24
ND won’t be able to run against IU. They might score ten points.
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@@buckshotjones9731 what happened
Settle down Craig. Northern Illinois was ranked 25 the next week.
NIU always brings it. They are like an honorary Big 10 team
You should be glad ND ain't in a conference, cause if they lose the 2 games they are more than likely completely out.
Even the conferences are a big mess. They need to get rid of the conferences and do a 16 team playoff.
Any 8 year old isn't gonna understand college football rules. Don't hold your breath on a ND beat down.
OSU, Texas, and Alabama will go Independent before ND joins a conference.
in these crazy money grab times, I can see it. Oregon could do it too. Then, schedule a bunch of cupcakes.
This guy definitely runs his neighborhoods HOA
Hmmm right. Maybe you should take this video down. Oh how did the smack down feel on Friday? Still trying to stand back up?
You were saying?
ND earned there spot this year but in the future if it is close they will be left out.
Either love us or hate us us go Irish
Ahhhhh, you sound hurt.
Go Irish.🍀
When the Big 10 brought in my Ducks. We got half shares. I don’t know this for sure but I assumed that they intended to offer Notre Dame full shares? I admit I don’t really understand stand it. I thought it was funny that the team who I figured would be in the top three was getting half shares. Granted our TV market isn’t as big as other places like USC, UCLA and even Washington. Do I have that right? Were they planning on giving Notre Dame full shares? My hunch is yes. I’ve been tired of the Notre Dame treatment for a while now.
You bet your ass they offered ND a full share. ND politely declined, wanting to maintain its 130+ years of tradition & independence, scheduling games all over the country in unique venues for its national (and international) alumni & fanbase... IF ND ever feels the need to join a conf, the SEC or B1G would be happy to have them. The Golden Dome is a mint, virtually prints money, and is 10X richer than those Ritchie Riches known as SMU Ponies.
The big ten rejected Notre Dame from joining their conference multiple times so…..
@ I missed that part.
Is he in his feelings because Notre Dame won’t join the Big 10
OH yeah, Big Ten would be so lucky to have you! This is why ND is a silly team. The obvious compensating attitude to feel so important. lolol comedy gold
@@earnthis1 So why does everyone care so much about the fact ND isn’t in a conference?
@@earnthis1 nahhh comedy lame
😂 wow the disrespect of the IU fans, coaches, and players!! 😅 clowns 🤡!!! Go Irish ☘️ see you in south bend ☘️
GO Indiana! ND just join a flipping conference already!
why? That's like telling the United States, just unite with Great Britain, you don't need to be independent. huh?
Go independent
Exactly
36-16 IRISH ☘️
name me a special team, it isn't OHIO ST. OR ALABAMA OR USC.
You guys cheer on the Indiana coach with his brash and boisterous demeanor and how many national championships has Indiana brought home? Hell, how many big 10 championships have they won?
“Notre Dame hasn’t done anything in almost 40 years“. Well, at least we’ve done something. To hear Indiana people making this argument is absolutely Ludacris.
You guys keep pointing to our loss against Northern Illinois😂.
While I’ll agree that it doesn’t look very good, just remembered that when the time runs out on the scoreboard Friday night. ☘️ GO. IRISH 🏈
Lmao, how many titles yall got since Holtz turned unto a fuckin potato? Good bye mackerel snapper
ND has the 4th or 5th best win-loss record of this present decade, and is tied with OSU this year for beating the most bowl-eligible teams. Remind me again what IU has done?
Actually.... U look old enough to remember. And tried to join the big ten for years as a young college, Michigan cock blocked them for years. Headed by y'all's famous coach. Who ended up being the ad for like 25 years, and discouraged other big 10 teams to not schedule them. So Notre Dame went independent.... Thank the big ten for our independence!!!!
hurt feelings, clearly...
This guy is a fraud. GO IRISH ☘️
Indiana will be my 2nd favorite team when they play Notre Dame.
Those other schools you mention don't have their own TV deals b/c they're not what Beano Cook called, "The Holy Grail of College Football," and Beano was no ND fan. There's something to this Catholic fanbase. Admittedly, there's also something to anti-Catholic hatred (we still see it today even like in 1924 when Fielding Yost and other racist schools tried to black-ball that private little Catholic school in Indiana). Those other schools you mention, just cookie-cutter same-look state schools (diff colors) who abandoned all their traditions, who pump out 10,000+ caps & gowns every year. Meh! Conf Championships are bad idea & probably doomed. They were created by SEC as a money grab, and that's all they are - greed incarnate, no good reason. Don't need 'em. Don't even need the committee. Just expand to 16 teams. AP top-ranked 8 teams host home games 1st round, super simple. No byes. Solves everything. Plus maintains traditions. CFB fans keep criticizing CFB for eliminating or ruining traditions, and yet THE ONE FRIGGING SCHOOL that does everything to hang on to tradition, gets criticized for doing what everyone else would do IF THEY COULD... maintain their traditions & independence, not let others dictate which cowpastures they hv to go to each year. It's a national university, alumni all over - they (and subway alumni) love games in unique venues that they can get to, ie, Fenway, Soldier Field, Las Vegas, Lambeau, Yankee Stadium, Alamodome, Ireland, Hard Rock, LA Coliseum, Gillette Stadium in New England, Meadowlands, College Station, Athens, Rocky Top, Saban Field, etc.. Who else does this? Who else can do this? A: NO ONE! As Lou Holtz said, "They hate us because they can't be us," they gave that up when they gave up their independence (for the almighty dollar). And just what has joining a conference done for former indys like West Virginia, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Miami, FSU? FAKE NEWS.
ND’s TV deal came about because a bunch of other teams (Syracuse, West Virginia, Penn State, Miami, FSU, etc) were all chasing conference TV money in the late 80s and ND risked being left in the cold.
It had nothing to do with being “special” - it was to make sure their nationwide fanbase (which isn’t concentrated in 1 state like most Big Ten teams’ are) could watch their games. And so they could stay competitive revenue wise.
This is just garden variety ND hater nonsense. At least learn something about the sport you claim to cover.
And remind us where those former indy teams you mentioned ended up, and what joining a conf exactly did for Georgia Tech, Syracuse, West Virginia, Miami, FSU... They wanted to be Notre Dame, but they couldn't, so they had to bend the knee, kiss the ring and sign over fealty to their new sovereign, some nerd who develops the conf schedule in a dark closet every year, then listens to all the membership bitch about it.
Fun to watch this...ND will get in a conference when they need to. It makes less sense than ever because your precious little concept of conference will be dead in 5 years anyway....then what will you cry about?
Indiana has one good year in the history of their program and this guy loses his mind. 😂
IU is #1 or #2 in almost every significant category. Get wise.
Who lost their mind? lolol So dramatic. Emotional fans abound!
Dude you realize Notre draw tv audiences
I’ll b back Friday night😊
Never join a conference the law suits come
Indy beats n.d
Why the negativity? Oregon has never won a national title in over 100 years of football. So your point would also be Ohio State has one natty the last 20 years? and 2 in the last 50? Penn state hasn't won won in the last 35 years? does that make them all irrelevant?
how many play off games has notre dame won in last 30 years, they would finish 5 or 6th in the big
@@robert5755 the playoffs recently just started ! Go Irish ☘️
ND fans seem to think theyll run for 250, but i can guarantee one thing. IU has 2 big senior DTs with Kamara and Fisher &;Walker at LB. Theyre going to stack the box and put ND in some 3rd/7s. Now if they burn IU on play action or Love busts thru the blitz for 75 then we lose badly, but that only happened once all year vs Maryland. Key to the game will be IUs pass protection and atleast breaking even turnover margin.
Leonard can run but hes also from Alabama . Whats he know about throwing in 20 degree weather?
@@donaldshotts4429 what a genius you are
@@Whatspoppin5 😅😂🤣
We are treated special because we demand to and have the leverage to be. Yes we are more attractive to random fan because we aren’t associated with a particular state. Why would someone from Iowa who didn’t go to a state school like OSU or some other school? But, he can follow ND, particularly if he or his family happens to be Catholic. Go Irish! We honestly should be auto guaranteed a CFP seed if bowl eligible.
Your diatribe about ND speaks volumes of why they are special. You are clueless and hopeless. 😢
God these gambling ads are rampant these days
SAY WHO? I U!!
hey so what happened looks like IU got out played out classes out hustle ans got man handled,
I love Indiana basketball, but come on, really,
31-21 Hoosiers. Notre dame overrated in my opinion
What do you think they should be rated?
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They just sent IU home for the winter.
@@carlosmayfield2519 exactly! Go ☘️
@ got to tip your cap to nd. Played inspired. Will need to up their game even more to beat Georgia
Thank you Craig for doing this episode! Notre Dame is mid. It is not special. As a lifelong Buckeye fan, it is very hard to deal with ND swearing that they're you when they haven't won anything since 1988. Notre Dame is 0-2 in playoff and haven't won a New Year's Six bowl either. If Northern Illinois can beat Notre Dame at home, Indiana is more than capable of beating them. Go Hoosiers!
Worry about what UT is about to do to y'all. Welcome to Neyland North!!
No ND fan is ever saying, "we're Ohio State." That would be like saying, "We're poo poo shit, pumping out 10,000 caps & gowns every year, and we don't even make our FB players go to class! OSU players take tests on-line, so no one even knows who is taking their tests. No ND fan would ever be proud of that. OH state legislature is trying to figure out how to pump even more public funds into OSU football. Not to other Ohio schools' educations budgets, just more public dollars to OSU football = ONE SERIOUSLY MESSED UP STATE.
@@CarlaJenkinsTV you lame and jealous for some odd reason but uhhhh but what you can do is get back to eating your crayons son ! 😄
@@CarlaJenkinsTV go on ahead & eat it!!! It's called Crow, love it!!
What just happened!!??
Much more appealing than Indiana! Go do some standup at the comedy club.
It will be funny if ND loses!
@@earnthis1 if if if 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Indiana has not played a good team yet
IU's swarming and disruptive D will be key, confusing and conflicting the 2-3 'spied' on ND offensive threats - very limited # of weapons - QB, RBs Love and Price. Think 2024 Nebraska vs IU results except Love will get a couple TDs. IU will play free, confident and attack, attack, attack, on O and D. ND will resort to spec team trickery several times as the game goes on but IU and Cig remain 'locked on' to those likely desperation efforts.
@@dgim8016 what a great coaching job by you my guy but uhhhhhh try again next year
just idiotic tirade
Go IU!
@@nancyengland4018 yeah Go Home 🤣
Jealousy is a hell of a drug.
lol maybe you are just jealous of these brilliant insights?
@@earnthis1 lame asf
God you guys cry so much about Notre Dame. You guys make Notre Dame special. You never stop crying about us. Always complaining about Notre Dame. Always saying how we haven't won anything or we haven't done anything. Except we fill those TV executives pockets full of money. That's what Notre Dame does. Not Georgia and not Michigan not Ohio State. Notre Dame. That's why Notre Dame gets special rules. Cuz they are special. Indiana don't get special rules. Ohio state don't get special rules. But Notre Dame does. Cuz we're special. We make people lots of money. The big 10 has what 16 teams. Notre Dame still has more fans. All over the world. Okay I'll leave you alone losers Go Irish 🍀
Delusional Big Ten Homer
If Notre Dame loses, OH BOY!!! lololol Embarrassing!
Because losing to a meh school like IU?
Ya Notre Dame annually plays a weak schedule full of military schools, stanfords, Boston college and Virginia types. Still i think they deserve to be in and are seeded right where they should be. I do hope Indiana wins
I have been a Notre Dame fan for over 40 years and it is time for Notre Dame to join a conference. This whole Independence idea really needs to go away. The only reason I believe that Notre Dame gets a contract with NBC is because the Head of Sports Programming for NBC is a Notre Dame graduate.
No shit
There is no good reason for Notre Dame to join a conference. That would be so boring. Conferences are for schools that could not otherwise fill a schedule, such as Indiana.
Why would you not want Notre Dame to get more money? The traditional way college football was ran is dead and gone. If Notre Dame joined the BIG 10 it would be great not only for Notre Dame but the entire region. Notre Dame could then play a very tough nonconference schedule against the best teams out of their region.
I doubt it - b/c you don't seem to know anything about ND. ND would be stupid to join a conf if they don't need to. What has joining a conf done for West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Penn State, Miami, FSU...? ND doesn't need the money = already 10X richer than SMU. Give up independence, then no more games in unique venues, with resulting pissed off national alumni & fanbase. It's not a regional school - it's a national university = no reason to be forced to play in the same boring cow pastures every year.
I have been a Notre Dame fan for 40 years and the only reason NBC gives Notre Dame that contract is because the head of sports programming is a Notre Dame Alumn. Those other schools mean nothing in this conversation. I am thinking about what is best for the future of Notre Dame Football. If Notre Dame is so confident about themselves then why did the last AD allow Notre Dame to not get a first round bye in the NCAA Playoffs this year?
Talk about Arrogant
your ignorance is obvious, maybe u could point out more big ten facts, 14 of the 18 teams in the Big ten are not impressive.
None of the Notre Pedo games were impressive. Yall played glorified high school teams
IU is going to win easily. Better coach and more experienced, best run defense in the nation, #2 overall, #1 in pass efficiency and IU has four very good receivers and a TE that get open. We shut down their run game run that will force ND to pass which they aren’t great at.
IU 35, ND 10
Better Coach ? 🤔
Army was pretty gd good at the run .. how did that work out against Navy?
24 hours later
This hot take aged like milk. You should learn the game of football.you are a hack😅😅😅😅
LOL
Who won?
Wow are you smug. ND by a million
Iu will have to play it's ass off.,and make 0 mistakes to even have a chance at a victory! ND has a hell of a boost with home games
IT'S THEIR HOUSE!
Nonsense! IU will stop the run from the RB's. So, the ND QB will have to put the team on his back. IU wins by double digits!
100% agree on Notre Dame not being special!
This dude wasted everyone's time against a 11-1 team shouldn't be in the CFB PLAYOFFS but Ohio State loss 2 games and 4 years straight to Michigan so save us Notre Dame fans the illiterate song about conference championship games that we just heard head coaches and others said they don't want to play? 🤡🤡🙄☘️☘️ FIND A NEW POLITICAL SOAP BOX AND LESS WHITE PRIVILEGE TALK .. NOTRE DAME IS BIG MONEY 💵💵 FOR TV NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD 🌍 OVER EVERY TEAM IN THE BIG 10 CONFERENCE
This guy such a hater lol