Wilkie, though I really don't like Notre Dame, I do believe there is quite a wonderlust throughout the country for them.

But you are talking crazy talk if you say the BCS needs Notre Dame. That is nonesense!

army56mike Wrote:Wilkie, though I really don't like Notre Dame, I do believe there is quite a wonderlust throughout the country for them.

But you are talking crazy talk if you say the BCS needs Notre Dame. That is nonesense!

It's more of a love-hate relationship than a wonderlust. They do have a lot of non-catholic fans, which is basically those who have to be part of the popular crowd. Many of them have no opinion of their own, chosing instead to take whatever opinion comes out of the TV. And we all know how the broadcast industry loves Notre Dame. They get all their games televised, whether it means anything or not. Its because there will always be an audience to watch it. I'm not crazy about Notre Dame, but I know how to recognize the reality of the situation. There is no gravity, Earth sucks!!!

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ESPN Sports Poll: Notre Dame Reigns As Most Popular Football Program
Irish head list of fans' choice of college football's most popular teams.

Sept. 3, 2004

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asked college sports fans aged 12 and over from January through December 2003 to name their favorite college football team. As the start of the NCAA Football season commences, following are the top 20 favorite college teams of respondents of the U.S., as well as from four different regions of the country. For the second year, Notre Dame was the only school to finish in the top ten among all regions (ESPN Sports Poll).

FAVORITE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS
RK TEAM %
1) Notre Dame 6.1%
2) Ohio State 5.3%
3) Penn State 3.9%
4) Michigan 3.8%
5) Miami (Florida) 3.1%
6) Texas 2.9%
7) Nebraska 2.7%
8) Wisconsin 2.5%
9) Florida State 2.5%
10) Tennessee 2.5%
11) Florida 2.5%
12) Oklahoma 2.4%
13) Georgia 2.0%
14) UCLA 1.9%
15) USC 1.9%
16) North Carolina 1.6%
17) Alabama 1.4%
18) LSU 1.4%
19) Texas A&M 1.2%
*No selection 12.5%

REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY
NORTHEAST
RK TEAM %
1) Penn State 20.7%
2) Notre Dame 11.5%
3) Syracuse 6.2%
4) Boston College 4.1%
5) Miami (Florida) 3.7%
6) Pittsburgh 3.4%
7) Michigan 2.8%
8) Ohio State 2.4%
9) North Carolina 1.6%
*No selection 19.4%

NORTH CENTRAL
RK TEAM %
1) Ohio State 17.3%
2) Wisconsin 9.1%
3) Michigan 9.1%
4) Notre Dame7.3%
5) Nebraska 6.5%
6) Minnesota 3.6%
7) Michigan State 3.4%
8) Iowa 3.1%
9) Missouri 3.1%
*No selection 9.6%

SOUTH
RK TEAM %
1) Texas 6.3%
2) Tennessee 5.2%
3) Georgia 4.8%
4) Florida 4.7%
5) Florida State 4.5%
6) Miami (Florida) 4.2%
7) Oklahoma 4.0%
8) Notre Dame 3.5%
9) Alabama 3.2%
*No selection 11.0%

WEST
RK TEAM %
1) UCLA 8.5%
2) USC 8.2%
3) Notre Dame 5.9%
4) Washington 5.3%
5) Oregon 4.2%
6) Colorado 3.7%
7) Oregon State 3.1%
8) Nebraska 2.8%
9) Michigan 2.7%
*No selection 13.5%

so 6.1% like them and 93.9% do not! That the other way to look at it!

omnicarrier Wrote:And from where you were prior to the last BCS contract you are probably correct except of course the exclusion of the media which has always been a key player in the process dating back to the CFA prior to the BCS.

But with the last contract, it in effect did become broader but the realities of it hasn't been tested yet. Keep in mind that if the BCS goes back to its old ways, the other conferences still have the ability to go back to the courts and Congress to get fairer treatment (which is different than equal treatment - which they will never obtain).

But you keep yucking it up and as you do, precisely how are you any different than those Syracuse fans who are taking a beating in another thread or the Kentucky fans that Wilkie likes to dismiss for their 'superior' acting?

Cheers,
Neil?

Omni, the non-BCS conferences were just tossed a few peanuts

The BCS needs ND, but I don't think that major college football needs the BCS. The BCS needs major college football. Nothing more, nothing less.