acf domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/elkabong/dev.ndnation.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131I stopped caring when it became clear that University policy was to aspire to mediocrity. That was about the time Malloy forced Holtz out.
]]>I, too, remember when RVs would be parked outside of Notre Dame Stadium for days prior to a game. My hunch as to the reason that no longer exists is that with Notre Dame being a Catholic institution of higher learning, perhaps those in charge decided that open drunkenness on campus should be limited to game days as opposed to throughout an entire week.
I also remember that at the beginning of the NBC contract it was agreed that all games would start at 1 p.m. or 1:30 p.m., if memory serves me correctly. Now start times are set at 3:30 p.m. or later for a primetime matchup once a year. I’m not a tailgater, so I have no problem with this at all, and I’d rather have those start times and the NBC deal, than no NBC at ND.
]]>Understood, just wanted to verify. Always fun debating with you!
]]>Well said Peter. These have been my exact thoughts for the past few years.
]]>Good points, I’d forgotten about that. Kowtowing to the almighty dollar (read: 3:30pm starts for TV purposes) claims yet another unique aspect of college football.
]]>Yes, I have. I know plenty about “what goes on out there in this game”.
“Tweaks” are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. I do not, for example, care all that much about the conversion to artificial turf. I do, on the other hand, care a lot about the unseemliness of selling the old turf.
]]>Today people need to park so far away from the stadium buses are needed to shuttle you to the stadium. Parking passes only for “preferred” donors, or for people who want to pony up $100 for the priviledge of parking within sight of the stadium. Games ending at 7:30 at night, which means, with traffic, you don’t get to Chicago until 10:30 at night. No one allowed to stay on campus after a certain time of day.
And then they wonder why people are opting to have their game day experience else where or why the ambience in the football stadium is moribund.
]]>I agree with you, i think college football is reaching its end. There will be a tipping point where people quit caring. Once the players are paid perhaps? No one is watching minor league baseball. There may be a market for minor league football, however it will be a small fraction of the market for college football.
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