the best this coach could get us. Being independent with bowls having conference tie ins it is up to Kelly to not lose two games. It is up to Kelly to avoid humiliating blowouts. A better coach would have us in a better bowl. Get used to it an extension announcement coming soon. 12-0 or 11-1 with this year's schedule was attainable with the right coach and staff.

time.

your Post is spurious.

and my post is spurious?

Though some might argue Temple was ND’s best win

Instead of 4 bowls we have a path into, we only have 2 this year. Within the NY6 we have between 2 and 4 per year depending where the playoff bowls are. Most likely we would have made one this year with a 3rd spot open.

Michigan made it impossible this year. We lost so badly that we stayed behind every other team that had at least one legitimate win. Not only did we get blown out we lost on October 26th. Flip Michigan and UGA and we’d be around 11th right now.

We are really an 0-2 team. We played 2 real
Games and lost both.

The highest tier bowl games. The rankings take into account that we have beaten no one. Losing only 2 games doesn't necessarily mean we should be in a top bowl game.

and they are headed to Orange or Cotton. S'plain that Chico.

With the deal made for the playoff, the G5 rep gets a seat at the table. Memphis is taking our Cotton bowl slot .

If we were full ACC members we'd likely be guaranteed the Orange bowl, and facing Clemson this Saturday.

Due to how the rotations work, we get slotted into a third tier bowl (sorry, but it is).

The non-NY6 bowls played on jan 1 are tier 3
(eg citrus)

NY6 bowls are tier 1.

Quicklane/Belk are Tier 4.

Huh, maybe we are in Tier 4.

If we were full ACC members, we would be lucky to be .500. The ACC is a football powerhouse.

Meaning - ND has to finish ranked high enough to justify a major bowl bid?

If there are more accomplished (higher ranked) at-large teams, they would get the at-large bids (other than the slot held for a Group of 5 team, which I guess you could say is an additional automatic bid).

TV ratings .... down
Sell out streak ...: dead
Bowl game recognition .... snubbed..... .

These are dangerous trend lines.

We’re losing support and being marginalized on a national stage.

And look how valuable that is in his hands. Last year’s and this year’s schedules. Six ACC opponents next year. The Pinstripe, Music City, and Camping World bowls. Ball State, Bowling Green, New Mexico, and Toledo. A two-loss team, which any thinking person recognizes as a paper tiger.

Swarbrick independence is a Bolivian Peso.

through stadium advertising. Also, full ACC membership will (inaccurately) be cited as a playoff necessity.

I hope this stuff never happens, but fear that's where this is heading under his awful stewardship.

Lastly, it still bugs the hell out of me the way he treated, out priced and jettisoned lifelong generational season ticket owners. That's an insane move. Those folks are to be celebrated.

Another doozie is Under Armour. Granted the $ he signed for at the time were the highest. However, he misread the altitude by a ton. Within a year Texas signed a 15 year $250 million Nike deal versus our 10 year $90 million UA deal plus options. Nike shelled out almost $17 million a year to TX. We whiffed....

"I love the way they skewed younger,” Swarbrick said to the New York Times of Under Armour. “Especially with a traditional brand, you want to make sure you don’t become narrowed to an older audience."

The UA relationship has not been a win financially or professionally. They've had some real PR corporate problems.

Just what has saucy done well???

COACH KELLY: Okay, playing a very exciting and prolific offense in Tulsa. Kinne, the quarterback, is -- he reminds me of Brett Favre out there.

He's done nothing well. He's got the Midas Touch - in reverse.

Next stop - Tuesday Night MAC-tion

Seriously - the triple crown you described is the definition of a mid-major program.

Goes with the jock rock, ribbon boards.

And the collars were always more comfortable with a lower profile program.

Monk and his bloated, sanctimonious BOT won.

Kelly and Saucy (and his progeny) too.

Monk and Kevin White are long gone. It was 15 years ago this week that Chandra Johnson shaved her head.

Jenkins and the BOT own everything that has happened since including Swarbrick, Weis, Kelly, ACC, fake turf, Jumbotron, ticket prices, vacated games, scheduling, and all the rest.

And how their mistakes keep bearing rotten fruit. There lies the golden goose, bleeding to death before our eyes, and Swarbrick basically brags about stabbing it.