(08-08-2020 05:53 PM)Statefan Wrote:  

(08-08-2020 02:53 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(08-08-2020 01:50 PM)Statefan Wrote:  

(08-08-2020 08:28 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(08-07-2020 04:59 PM)Statefan Wrote:  ACC "rules" don't mean **** regarding ND and Navy.

If ND wanted to play Navy in Somalia, the ACC would have said fine.

The game is of minimal value to Navy if there is no attendance.

Navy was ready to play the game at NMCMS, in front of limited capacity (season ticket holders were braced for shock on the expected cost), the Brigade only, or zero.

It sounds like ND asked - even after the SEC backed out making the in-state requirement less significant - and the ACC did NOT say "fine". From our local beat writer:

Quote: After a week of uncertainty, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick told Gladchuk it simply was not possible.

“We talked about all kinds of possibilities, but it became obvious there was no gray area. I spoke with Jack this week and learned there would be no exceptions. I had to face the reality there was no flexibility in the way Notre Dame had to operate,” Gladchuk said.

What's preventing you from going there now?

What do you mean? Now that WMU fell off their schedule?
We have a conference game on 19 September.

ACC should have granted an exception to the "in-state" rule - a contrivance that had been rendered pointless by the SEC - for ND to travel to play one of the three teams safer from COVID than anyone else (we can and do lock down our twenty year olds) and keep intact the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in college football.

Heres the article with more on the process:
https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/na...story.html

Nothing mentioned on the Indianapolis option, but South Bend couldnt get worked out.

And now you have the rest of the story:

"Gladchuk acknowledged he and Swarbrick discussed the idea of Navy going to Indiana to play at Notre Dame Stadium this season but said, “we both agreed that three in a row in South Bend didn’t make sense.”

The guy writing the story seems to spend most of his time covering sailing. It's obvious that Navy had reasons not to go to South Bend and ND certainly had a spot open for Navy in South Bend. The ACC's fiduciary obligation is toward ND, not Navy as much as some folks in the ACC like Navy. Sounds to me like the article is a quickie CYA. But what do I know.

Wags does cover sailing, but job 1 is to be the Navy football / Navy sports beat writer. He's one of the best in the business. And he's able to be that good because our SID is one of the best in the business.
Access and frank quotes from the AD and Coach Niumat. Yeah, there's a little "AD- speak" in there; other than Swarbrick, Gladchuk and maybe a couple others, we'll never really know all of what was explored, offered, or rejected.
Why wouldn't Navy just go to South Bend? Umm, our home game? If there are any fans allowed for the BYU game, it's a couple million bucks. Plus we deliver content for the AAC-ESPN contract.