[yvonne]

Maybe adding the University of South Bend as the final game was a kind of slippery slope to what we have next year.

I think the South Bend contract was negotiated under Ted although Bowlsby may have extended it. Stanford's football program was in a weaker position at the time, and USB was in a much stronger one.  Stanford needed the attractive game to sell tickets, and was willing to agree to ND's terms. Now, the football program is selling out most games. The ND game was at most, the fourth biggest game last year. That contract needs to be renegotiated or even terminated. That game should not stand as an impediment to keeping our rivalry game intact. We should walk from anything other than a simple home and home agreement.

Notre Dame is in the habit of bullying smaller schools into favorable schedules. It has a "home and home" with Connecticut in which Connecticut's "home" games are played in East Rutherford, NJ. Let ND become the randomly scheduled game, and the problems with the Big Game will be greatly reduced.

[yvonne]

Maybe adding the University of South Bend as the final game was a kind of slippery slope to what we have next year.

I think the South Bend contract was negotiated under Ted although Bowlsby may have extended it. Stanford's football program was in a weaker position at the time, and USB was in a much stronger one.  Stanford needed the attractive game to sell tickets, and was willing to agree to ND's terms. Now, the football program is selling out most games. The ND game was at most, the fourth biggest game last year. That contract needs to be renegotiated or even terminated. That game should not stand as an impediment to keeping our rivalry game intact. We should walk from anything other than a simple home and home agreement.

Notre Dame is in the habit of bullying smaller schools into favorable schedules. It has a "home and home" with Connecticut in which Connecticut's "home" games are played in East Rutherford, NJ. Let ND become the randomly scheduled game, and the problems with the Big Game will be greatly reduced.