Let the ND Hate Begin!

As would be expected, Notre Dame is taking heat from everyone (even though Jason Whitlock would have you believe that he is only one). As a program that is CLEARLY not performing up to expectations, Weis and the Irish are worthy targets for criticism. And God knows (seriously, He does; He is a season-ticket holder) there are plenty of viable angles to take when criticizing ND. But why, then, am I seeing so many pointless approaches?? Here's a common one from the Boston Globe.

...unless BC wins the next two games and the Atlantic Coast Conference title (with the automatic bid to the Orange Bowl), the Eagles will go to a less prestigious, lower-paying bowl than Notre Dame.

[The "Bowl games should be like arbitration hearings" argument. Let the LOGIC FAIL begin!]

We all know the bowl business is not so much about how many games are won and lost, but how many people see those wins and losses.

[Oh, OK. So we're on the same page? Cool. That was easy.]

BC - fairly or not - is regarded as one of the "have-nots."

[Ugh. There is no element of "fairness" in play here. Ticket sales = All Bowl games care about. Convince 25,000 BC fans in their hideous yellow shirts to fly to Florida for New Year's. If not, stop whining.]

[Last season,] BC went to Orlando and the Champs Sports Bowl.... "We did have a great time and we brought about 6,000 people," said BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo.

[FYI: The Champs Sports Bowl is played at the Citrus Bowl, which seats around 70,000. Six-thousand is a good start, though.]

And even if tickets are an issue... an SEC team with a large and vocal fan base such as South Carolina or Mississippi could fill the void.

[Citing the underlying issue of ticket sales, and then admitting your team can't sell tickets? Yep, you guessed it, it's LOGIC FAIL time.]

The point here is simple: Enough catering to Notre Dame.

[I get it. You are pissed that ND gets more national attention than YOUR Catholic boys. But, c'mon. Trying to make a profit = catering to Notre Dame?? Wrong. And pointless. If you want to be in the "more prestigious" meaningless bowl games, then bring more than 6,000 fans.]