Brian Weitz

Another tired, lazy, rinse and repeat article from another CFB writer who did zero homework. This guy even writes, “What’s next, Notre Dame demanding it doesn’t have to play Miami after this season?” Does anyone that covers CFB do any research anymore, or do they just do nothing but vomit their feelings into an article? One of Notre Dame’s biggest beefs is they DON’T play the top schools enough. Notre Dame is LITERALLY trying to get the ACC to put Miami and FSU on the schedule more. That’s why ND said “F it” and did their own 10-year schedule with Clemson. Here’s another lazy, emotional comment from his article: “Great, how about those TV ratings that drive the engine of the sport?” Really? For one, Notre Dame drew more TV viewers than any team in the ACC last season and it wasn’t overly close. A big reason Notre Dame’s numbers are down is because of the ACC. Try taking ND out and see how their numbers go, which is why the ACC wants ND in the first place. Notre Dame was the most watched game for 5 opponents this season and No. 2 for 4 other opponents. That includes three of the 5 ACC opponents. ND vs Purdue also drew more than Purdue vs OSU, Purdue vs Michigan and Purdue vs Indiana Notre Dame vs Pitt had 3.96M viewers. Miami vs Pitt had 2.2M, Florida State vs Pitt had 2.05M, Georgia Tech vs Pitt had 2.03M. In fact, Notre Dame and Miami played 3 common opponents in games on network TV, and Notre Dame did better numbers than Miami in EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. That matters, because Miami had BY FAR the best TV numbers in the ACC last year …. and was still behind ND. ND vs Pitt – 3.96M UM vs Pitt – 2.22M ND vs Cuse – 1.89M UM vs Cuse – 1.20 M ND vs Stanford – 1.52M UM vs Stanford – 1.21M How about a game against a top AAC team? ND vs Navy – 3.19M UM vs USF – 740K Notre Dame vs Arkansas drew over 2M more viewers than every Miami game outside of Miami/FSU and Miami/UF. Notre Dame vs Navy drew more than 9 Miami games. Notre Dame vs Purdue drew more than 9 Miami games. Notre Dame vs Pitt drew more than 9 Miami games. The only game Arkansas played that drew more viewers than ND was Texas. ND vs Purdue drew 1.3M more viewers than Purdue vs Ohio State. Heck, Notre Dame vs Boise State had the same number of views as Miami vs. Pitt, with a playoff spot on the line for Miami. I also loves how he glosses over the 90% vs 23% sellout rate for Notre Dame games in the ACC compared to regular ACC games. Like that’s no big deal. Way to just dismiss a selling point that results in MILLIONS of dollars to ACC schools. In an era where teams are BEGGING for more money, let’s go ahead and be pissed off at the team that all but guarantees we rake in millions more dollars on ticket sales than we would if they weren’t on the schedule. Do some homework, and look at what the ticket prices are for ND vs ACC teams on the road compared to their ticket prices for everyone else. In this NIL era, where teams are desperate for money, playing Notre Dame guarantees MILLIONS more in revenue compared to not having ND on the schedule. But sure, let’s ignore that so that we can write the 5,188th lazy article about how bad ND is. Please, be original for once. The ACC is a dying conference, one that is hurting for revenue. Not one single ACC teams ranks in the Top 10 in athletics revenue last season. Not one. Notre Dame was 3rd. But sure, let’s whine about a program that RAKES in money for those programs. Let’s whine about a program that is the best draw that your league has.

Not sure what would be worse for the state of the program We genuinely went after Steele, Groce, Holtmann, Shrewsberry, and others and couldn’t get a single one to want to coach at Butler Or It was always Nored from the start and no one else was considered

Update on how to pronounce Travis Etienne Jr.’s name moving forward:

There is absolutely no reason to 1- pay taxes 2- tell the truth under oath