(08-06-2020 11:13 AM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(08-06-2020 09:48 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  And the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in college football ends.

https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/na...story.html

Can you really call it a rivalry anymore when one team wins 42 consecutive mathchups and 79 out of 93 total? Are the Washington Generals the rivals of the Harlem Globtrotters?

You just shut your whore mouth!

Navy ND extended to 2032.

I think this gives ND a prime example of why they don't want to join a conference.

I'll copypasta what I said on the stupid board:

The details of what options were explored or offered or rejected may never be known for sure by those of us (i.e. EVERYONE on these or other message boards) NOT in the room where it happened.
My preference would obviously have been NMCMS. That would have required a THIRD party to approve, beyond the schools, so it is what it is.
A Navy "home" game in Indianapolis would have been okay - much like any other Navy home game in an NFL stadium, AND would have delivered valuable content to the AAC-ESPN contract. There are any number of reasons that could have just been too hard - maybe even if both institutions wanted that.
2020 game in South Bend would have made me queasy - whether pretending Navy was the home team or juggling a couple years of the rotation. But as a fan, I probably still would have preferred that to ending the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in college football.
My initial reaction was to call ND cowards or fools or both, but I guess Ive stepped back from that. Maybe I'll pull it out at some later date.
BYU is a meh+ consolation prize.
Extension to 2032 may mean more to me than the addition of BYU home and home does.

I guess I'll say "yes" if the ticket office offers me a shot at the Labor Day game. Heck novelty of a night game is a thing, I guess.

Still disappointed overall.

Good read on how things developed.
As of now, blaming the ACC instead of calling the Domers cowards and fools.

https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/na...story.html

(08-08-2020 08:34 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  Good read on how things developed.
As of now, blaming the ACC instead of calling the Domers cowards and fools.

https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/na...story.html

Whatever.

It is only reasonable to expect that:
1) Had Notre Dame said that they intended to honor the pre-existing contract with Navy...come hell-or-high water...the ACC would have granted an exception, especially BECAUSE the Midshipmen are already quarantined and the Academy can actually ENFORCE that quarantine.

2) Had Notre Dame really WANTED the Navy game, they could have thrown some sort of really juicy package together to compensate the Naval Academy for playing at Notre Dame Stadium. I mean, really here...Notre Dame has the ability and resources to offer a package "you can't say "no" to."

3) Notre Dame DIDN'T do these things, instead, falling back onto honoring the Western Michigan game...which is now in jeopardy regardless.

Notre Dame gets to blame the ACC. The ACC will say, "Well, it was Notre Dame's call..." None of that helps Navy or the fans.

And Navy remains Notre Dame's lackey. You'll sit and drool until you get to go to South Bend next season...and wherever else Notre Dame wants you the year after that. Western Michigan got more respect from Notre Dame than Navy did. <<<gag!>>>

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