Navy will not play ND this year
First time since 1927 this game will not be played. ND elected to play WMU instead of Navy.
Just another reason for "to hell with Notre Dame".
If there is football this season, they should schedule a game after the ACC championship, when ND will no longer be an ACC member.
Notre Dame sucks.
What's the benefit to these non-conference games? Is there any benefit to playing Liberty or VMI? Miami lost their mind and scheduled a game they could lose with UAB. I would rather have an extra bye week or play another conference game against a real conference member.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:00 AM ^
Money is the key motivator. The Navy game was to be played in Annapolis. Instead, Notre Dame cancels, adds another home game with WMU and laughs all the way to the bank. Shameless money grab to be sure.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:09 AM ^
An extra home game with max 25% capacity isn’t going to provide them more money. The operating expenses may even exceed that.
They are just being bitches.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
I live not too far from Notre Dame and I’ve been to a few games in the past. Almost all the game day workers including, parking attendants, ushers, ticket takers, and concessions are all volunteers. So while they won’t be making the same money as having 80,000 attend the game, they’re still making money, and lots of it.
I agree, they’re definitely little bitches.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:13 AM ^
Go Blazers!!
August 6th, 2020 at 10:09 AM ^
ESPN: Because the ACC is requiring all nonconference games to be played in the respective teams' home states, Notre Dame simply could not travel to play Navy to make the game happen.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:38 AM ^
Ahhh.. Shameless money grab on the ACC as a whole then. That essentially added a home game for every team in the ACC. Shameless but smart.
August 6th, 2020 at 12:09 PM ^
Disagree about it being a money grab.
Kentucky/Louisville, Clemson/South Carolina, FSU/Florida, Georgia Tech/Georgia all play each other yearly, so having 1 "in-state" non-conference game was to allow those teams to play.
But then the SEC went strict in-conference matchups only, so the ACC schools are kind of left scrambling.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:47 AM ^
No, but they could have worked with Navy to change the home/away rotation and play in Annapolis a different year.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:52 AM ^
If ND said "We're still going to Annapolis to play Navy." the ACC would've said "ok".
The ACC is making too much money off ND to even try to pretend they could somehow stop ND from playing an ooc game if they really wanted to.
This is ND being a bitch and punking out, plain and simple.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:27 AM ^
If ND wants more $, they should play Navy on the deck of an aircraft carrier
August 6th, 2020 at 10:29 AM ^
That does suck. Damn. It's going to be a strange season for sure
August 6th, 2020 at 10:40 AM ^
Rocco will be disappointed.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:54 AM ^
Ziegler too.
August 6th, 2020 at 11:34 AM ^
On a scale of Lavender to Violet, how upset?
August 6th, 2020 at 10:45 AM ^
This is wasnt ND’s decision.
ND tried to play Navy & the plus 1 model was proposed by ND so they could play Navy.
The ACC mandated the game had to be played in the ACC’s home state, so Navy would have had to play in SB.
ND offered to host this year in SB then play back to backs at Navy, but it was not accepted.
But don’t let facts get in the way of anything. Carry on with posting the first thing that pops in your minds. That’s why the recruiting talks on here are so wrong most of the time. People are all emotion and no knowledge.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:55 AM ^
Lol...okay, whatever you say, ND PR flack...
August 6th, 2020 at 12:06 PM ^
The spin coming out of South Bend puts Moscow's to shame, Mr. Putin.
August 6th, 2020 at 11:00 AM ^
This is good context, thanks for posting. I'll further risk the ire of mgoblog by crediting them another way: they play the academies every year, so have to prep for that awful option offense forever and ever. That takes practice time away from them every year on a consistent basis. I wonder if that hurts them.
We hate playing Army or Air Force every couple of years, and with good reason. I'll even stretch it this far: the Wisconsin ass-kicking last year was in part due to playing Army. The game was the 3rd of the season for both teams, and both had byes before the game. But I think Wisconsin's staff spent the entire offseason focusing on Michigan's defense and how to beat it, as did their players. Michigan spent the entire offseason focusing on Army. Is that the entire reason Michigan lost? Of course not, they had a fullback playing DT, had poor LB play (McGrone was inserted into this game), lost the turnover battle 0-4, the entire team played poorly, and they were outcoached. They were going to lose that game to a better team. Did it play a part in that game turning into a blowout? Yes. Will I ask myself another question? No.
August 6th, 2020 at 11:16 AM ^
Ahhh, that’s why they got clobbered at Michigan last year 45-14, it’s because of the service academies. Now I feel bad.
August 6th, 2020 at 11:14 AM ^
Thanks,
I’ll continue to post whatever pops in mind just because you said so. Intelligence not included.
August 6th, 2020 at 11:26 AM ^
How quickly they forgot how navy saved ND football.
I mean, it’s been over 70 years. Thing is, college football is swimming in money so (assuming we have a season) there was no practical reason to stop. If they wanted to continue honoring the tradition there was no interest — not the ACC, not the NCAA — that could or even would stop them.
It would be silly to assume ND-Navy would continue forever, but it looks like ND is ditching all their traditional games for. . . reasons?
August 6th, 2020 at 12:43 PM ^
So no Michigan, Navy, nor USC for Notre Dame?
What whores.
Bill Wagner, from The Capitol, who covers Navy football, just reported that multiple sources from the ACC and Navy have informed him the ACC was the reason the game was cancelled because of scheduling constraints.
ND then extended the contract with Navy through 2032.
Makes me proud to be a Marine and not a ND alum. I hope them tucking tail gets rubbed in their faces forever.
yea; they're pussies for sure.
they even exchanged their home and home series' with Va Tech and UCLA for Arkansas State and some other tomato can
what kind of bitch ass program does that