With the growing possibility of Big Ten and Pac-10 expansion, one of the nation’s most storied athletic programs has started complaining.
Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said Tuesday that the Fighting Irish want to remain independent, but could be forced by expansion to make a change.
“We’re trying like hell to maintain our football independence,” Swarbrick told the Associated Press. “I think it’s good for college football, and it’s good for Notre Dame.”
Really, Jack? Has independence also led to a 21-season national championship drought, 16 seasons without even appearing in the title game, and an NCAA-record nine straight bowl game losses from 1994 to 2006?
Notre Dame’s last “great” moment: a 49-21 win over Hawaii in the 2008 Hawaii Bowl.
Awesome.
Swarbrick said the impending changes “could be relatively small or they could be seismic.” Maybe seismic changes ought to take place, Jack.
Maybe it’s time your elitist holier-than-thou football program showed its worth and proved it deserves a mammoth TV contract with NBC.
Maybe, Jack, Notre Dame isn’t quite as special as you seem to think it is.
It’s time to face the truth: Notre Dame has fallen, and it’s time to make a change.
