I guess it depends
by HTownND (2018-03-08 11:10:10)

In reply to: The home slate isn't bad...  posted by chicagond99

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On what you are comparing it to.

everyone else, yeah, it's fine.

What I grew up with and had grown accustomed to, it sucks.


This is my other beef with the ACC deal. I can't muster much "give a shit about Pitt and Cuse (who we've played many times, well before the ACC deal). Like I said, Ball State may be the lowest "give a shit" game since I started following ND games 34 some odd years ago. Pitt is pretty close. I just can't muster much give a shit about watching us play Pitt again. Michigan is great. FSU is great. Stanford and USC are Stanford and USC (who rotate). That's 3 home games worth a damn this year in Michigan, FSU and Stanford. The rest, I really don't give a shit about. I used to care about all of the home games. That's just not the case anymore.

But I do agree, we're just like everyone else (and not elite) when it comes to scheduling.

I understand your point...
by chicagond99  (2018-03-08 11:43:18)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

...but I think it's been like this for a while now.

In 1988, we played Michigan and Penn State as good games (even though PSU wound up being pretty disappointing that year). But we also had Purdue (which to me has always been a boring game and fake rivalry), Stanford (who was crappy back then), and then Ball State-ish Rice and Air Force games. I think 2018 is more exciting than that.

1998 had Michigan, Purdue, and Stanford again (Purdue was better, but Stanford still stunk), and then a top game in LSU (who also wound up being crappy that year), and awful Baylor (remember, Baylor was horrible back then) and Army games. 2018 is probably more exciting than that as well.

Anyway, I think there's been home games people don't care about for 30+ years now.