[NU Sports] Notre Dame

[Trey McAdams]

Interesting Stat.

How many Division 1 football teams have finished the
season in the Top 10 since Notre Dame last finished in
the Top 10...






40.  And I think that NU is in this list.  It will be
43 if Boise State, Utah, and Louisville finish this
season in the Top 10.
--- John Labbe <johnl at mac.com> wrote:

> >
> > I have no doubt that at one time it WAS the
> premier job ... but I 
> > really
> > doubt it is anymore. Would Pete Carroll or Bob
> Stoops even return a 
> > call
> > from the Domers? Would Jim Tressel or Lloyd Carr
> swap spots? Bobby 
> > Bowden
> > and Philip Fulmer probably won't even notice that
> the position's been
> > vacated.
> 
> I'm not sure what the answer to this is, but if ND
> is not the top job, 
> then what is?  I don't think your analysis above is
> correct.  Fifteen 
> years ago, Joe Paterno wouldn't have been interested
> in a job at ND 
> either.  In other words, the best job for a coach
> who is already at one 
> of the top dozen or so programs and has already
> established a winning 
> record is probably where he already is.  The right
> question is what is 
> the number one school where coaches hope to coach
> among coaches who are 
> aren't already at top programs.  I think ND would
> still be up there.
> 
> >
> > And the Irish's biggest edge used to be that they
> had a TV network -- 
> > but
> > that's not as big anymore either. We were on TV as
> much as the Irish 
> > this
> > past season ... ditto for Michigan, Florida, Texas
> and other schools.
> >
> I've heard you say this before, but no one else has
> nearly as many 
> games nationally televised on a broadcast network as
> Notre Dame.  By 
> nationally televised, I mean televised everywhere in
> the nation.  By 
> broadcast network, I mean one you can get on the
> rabbit ears.  Every 
> single home game and at least some of their road
> games (including last 
> weekend's) fall into this category.
> 
> Like it or not, the Notre Dame football program is a
> national 
> phenomenon like no other.  Two other points on this
> topic:  1) Sports 
> Center spent the first 20 minutes on this subject
> tonight (it's very 
> unusual for Sports Center to spend that much time on
> any topic); 2) 
> We're talking about this on this list.
> 
> On the main subject at hand, yes, it was crazy for
> them to fire 
> Willingham, but it makes for interesting news.
> 
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