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Adult Swim

My dad was a Notre Dame graduate, and before he spent 12 straight years paying ND tuition for my brother, sister and me and got a little burned out on the practice, he went to plenty of ND football games. He’d head eastbound on Friday nights or Saturday mornings. Sometimes he’d return in the evenings,…

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More Heavyweights

NBC’s Notre Dame contract includes seven Irish home games and one prime-time neutral site game annually through 2015. “You could do [a series with Miami] … plus do one home and home.” A quote from a post on Rock’s House or Cartier Field? Nope. It’s a quote from Notre Dame Athletics Director Jack Swarbrick. Yesterday’s…

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Memo to Jack: Fix It

For those who do not frequent the NDNation message boards, this was posted by a former Notre Dame player as a commentary on the current state of the program. I don’t post to NDNATION often, but read it daily. Before anyone dismisses this as another “internet wacko” post, know this… I am a proud member…

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Set the Tone

I decided to drag out a Mike Brey-ism for this one. I realize things both on this blog and on Rock’s House and Cartier Field have trended very negative, especially since the Syracuse debacle and everything that’s happened since. I’ve contributed to it, both here and there, and have decided to take a mini sabbatical…

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Show Me The (Idiots Who Wasted My) Money

Charlie Weis’ buyout number is getting to be like the Loch Ness monster … the more ridiculous the claims, the more you wonder if it exists at all. The latest report comes from WNDU: a figure on the wrong side of $20 million. Although no one knows for sure, that number would be consistent with…

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