Don't forget the Cowboys

I love your comment!!!

I wish someone brought that up just to see his reaction lol

lol

Great point!

What ND cares most about is being in the hunt for an NC in football, having a great TV contract, and an outlet for their Olympic sports teams. If they can't get all three, they would consider joining a conference.

Notre Dame isn’t getting in over the 2nd best SEC and Big-10 school based off next year’s resume, just telling you that now

@GoatedAtNFS There are 12 teams. Even if we assume that All conference champions and runner ups are in, that still leaves room for a 3rd SEC or B1G plus ND. In all likelihood, not all conference runner ups will be in, so there will almost always be room #3 of both B1G and SEC plus ND (assuming ND is "good enough" i.e. 9-10 wins). Remember that ND brings fanbase. As much as the committee is supposed to be about selecting the best football teams, there are now few scenarios where ND will not be ranked in the final top 12 with 9-10 wins simply due to business reasons.

@@TrainFloodif they go 9-3 they will be left out no doubt but 12-0 through 10-2 gets them in.

No comments on this 😂😂

They WEREN'T

Folks forgot 😂

They weren’t

they WEREN’T. Alabama OWNED them for 4 DECADES

And got smoked each time 😂😂

@@joehawkins4075 so? They were still good enough to make it those years.

Notre Dame isn’t elite idk what made you think they are😂

@@cunningstunt69 never said they were elite. However they are still a top 10-15 team just about every season for a reason.

​@@cunningstunt69 He never said they were elite. If you actually pay attention no one calls Notre Dame elite. Literally no one says Notre Dame is elite.

They’re so irrelevant that Stephen A is talking about them in FEBRUARY! The only reason they brought this up is because ND sells. It’s ironic that they would call them irrelevant yet still cover them in February.

Ok but what have they won? They aren’t good they’ll lose another 3 or 4 games this season because they are mid

In 2023 they were the 10th most watched team behind teams like Tennessee and just barely ahead of Washington. Notre Dame is irrelevant

@@cunningstunt69 and here you are in the comments talking about them

@@ajm865 yep… that’s the topic of this video soooo?

@@taihalpern7342 Last year, Notre Dame was the 8th most watched team in College Football. Tennessee was not even in the top 10 (they were 12th). Do you realize that the Irish played in games like Navy in Ireland, which had 3.56 million viewer, or Ohio State, which had 9.98 million viewers, or even USC and Duke, which had over 6.4 million viewers each?

And Michigan literally played one good ranked team last year. Psu was a okay ranked team not elite.

“High school teams”😄. I couldn’t have said it better. It’s not just Alabama though, every SEC team plays at least 1-2 FCS schools every year (almost always on the SEC home field) and 1-2 poor FBS teams like Buffalo or Akron. Notre Dame will play ANYONE ANYWHERE ANYTIME. It reflects on their schedule every season. Notre Dame commands respect.

Everyone's talking about Oregon. Don't think they ever won it all. Everyone's talking about Missouri. They never won the natty. Notre Dame is consistently good every year and people care about them. In that case, I don't think Caitlin Clark is relevant. I don't see anyone talking about her when I'm out in public, or anywhere but the internet. Contrary to what ESPN says. It's all ridiculous. Go Irish

@@bglassman08 exactly

And they keeps saying have you seen raining Alabama and ect who cares about them and sec there big colleges and we have good plays

@bglassman08…let’s not forget the cold hard cash fact. The fact that ESPN can’t park their cameras all over ND stadium 4-5 times a year since the NBC contract and cash in. And when was that 1991?? Lots of money they’re not getting makes them bitter towards ND. Bank on that

@@irishron4861 College football is all about money now. Good point

We cool with that. Enjoy being on sideline watching SEC win multiple championships

@@jadariusmcnally4842 lol the sec riding bama and uga coat tails

@@301gobluehailmich1 The SEC has won championships in the past 20 years with different teams😂😂

What championship is first take supposed to win? You want sports show to get an Emmy or something? They have amongst the highest ratings for sports shows

Dumbest take I’ve read.

@@jordan12118bro thought he said something

@@milan.2412😂😂

Did you hear Stephen a Smith first take has been the number one morning show for 12 years has Notre Dame been number one for 12 years I'll wait.

Facts!

That's rite😊

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and hes a SEXY BOY!

People ignore that though, and claim they play the service academies each week (Though those games are mostly out of respect and gratitude to those academies that helped ND in the past). They've had home and homes with georgia and ohio state, have bama in the future i believe

Michigan fans claimed irish stopped playing . It was holtz in his first year that called out them. Navy, purdue, usc and Mich. St have played irish twice as much as wolverines. The games were first games or 2nd on schedule and had 6 7 years of nailbiters with games won by less that a Td. Renewed miami series with them being the only Irish team that just gave up. Jimmy Johnson should his class by throwing the ball with 8 minutes in game up 44 to 7. 88 irish got lucky cause of Miami being cocky. Next year miami beat irish 27-10 in last game. Both won bowl games and miami won Title cause head to head matchup. 2 years later irish beat FSU and then lose to BC next week and both win bowls but FSU wins title, so losing a game late is not good? Look at the guys holtzs had from 87 to 93. 10 nfl backs. Dorsey levens was a 4th string guy. Rocket, Rickey Watters, some guy bettis. Brooks brothers. Zellars, Anthony Johnson, rodney culver. Plus 4 guys in secondary that were pro bowlers. At 8 in 1970 in learned that sports is about coaching and teamwork. Guys have a system and create the same team iver and over. Lose 3 guys on offense next year they slready had a guy in line to replace that position. Football, baseball, basketball it the coaches that created their system that they learned from playing for abmnd coaching for.

Notre Dame was always progressive about integration, unlike Alabama and the rest of the SEC. But, the team is not comprised of hard working Catholics. Stop.

You’re right about that. My grandmother (Italian immigrant with ZERO connection to the school) urged me to apply to ND- I had no intention of attending when I applied. She’d been watching ND her entire life without having a connection to the school. I got into my #1 choice, and ND, but ended up attending ND because they gave me scholarship. I think it’s a unique team in that there are so many fans who have no connection to the school. Name another team really like that… It’s hard to.

​@@randallmadison9910College football was dominated by Eastern University's in teens. Wasps. Notre Dame had Italians, Jewish, catholics that were first generation americans. So when nobody wanted to take them seriously they were able to play in chicago to attract teams. When irish won then they still were not able to attract the powers until rockne said we will come to you. Then they had to play. New York, Philadelphia was places the average lower middle class people could see a italian guy from brooklyn play at yankee stadium vs a powerhouse and the small jesuit school from them farmlands of the midwest win. It only cost the subway fare to get there. Thats the subway alumni. Rockne took his wife to California to meet Pop Warner and the other 2 west coast coaches. His wife knew he wasnt on vacation but put up with it. She met the wife of USC coach and they hit it off. On way home she mentioned to him that the two of them should convince the 2 coaches to play a game in la one year and in South vend the next. That started in 28? Only a couple years during WW2 has the best intrasectional rivals not played. 85 years. In early 60s John Mckay became USC coach and threatened to stop the game that was played as boths last game. Playing in Midwest in late November was very hard at times for west cosst team. So ara parsighian? Agrred to play in LA last game and a oct game in South Bend. Still is only game that has only Ohio st vs mich. Or alabama vs auburn in intensity. Georgia vs Florida has been played in nuetral site which is taking away the fun. Oklahoma vs Nebraska and Oklahoma vs Texas has lost its luster. 12 team playoffs are stupid. Last year had 3 on beaten 4 1 loss and oregan at 8 with only lost to washington by less that td in both. 1 vs 8, 2vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. Thats it. Lose a game against the citedal going to Alabama, or any of those 1AA sacrafical lambs and make it a 16 team playoff. Tatings would be great.

ND isn’t relevant to black folks let’s be real here. ND will always be relevant to Catholics.

@lmadison9910 '...But, the team is not comprised of hard working Catholics. Stop."... Being 'comprimised of working class Catholics' is not what I said, my next sentence clarified in terms of popularity it was the team of working-class Catholics. 🤷🏻‍♂

Tennessee is a top 10 most watched team. They're actually ahead of ND. Oregon is up there too. Colorado was like #4 this year.

Colorado was only up because of Deon. When Deon leaves no one will watch. Oregon doesn't have the following either of the schools I mention. @@heartbreak25

@@heartbreak25 Oregon isn't even close to a following when they aren't competitive .

@@heartbreak25Colorado when Deion leaves will be nothing. Alabama will still be Alabama without Nick Saban

@@christophernash1846 Oregon is mostly relevant because of Nike (frequent uniform designs)

Wow, that must pain you as a Michigan fan to say that lol. You’re a better man than I

😂😂😂. I'm sorry sis, but ND isn't relevant for 36 years. They will never win championship unless they join the conference or get first round bye as long they independent. Haven't u noticed by now how they getting smoked by bowl games since then?😂

LSU

Notre Dame brings in more money than any other college in the world

They just haven’t won a natty. A lot of teams haven’t won a natty in 36 years and are still relevant

ND feelings aside, still can’t believe we’re being mentioned in the same tier as Bama

They will never have a first round bye until they join a conference. They belonged in the big 10 for decades. They choose not to join. They had an opportunity to join the ACC in the past few years. If they were smart they would ask to join the big 12 and be a dominant team in that conference.

richest history huh? still living in the 80s and 70s? win a championship. GO to a championship at that. penn state has the similar stats are always mid with 2-3 losses every year because they can never get over the hump, now both penn state and ND will get in by default of the 12 team playoff and get bounced everytime

ND is a joke of program and majority people know that not the minority! They haven’t won a championship in 36 years this isn’t Rudy

@@Frosty_Peachwhy would you join a conference and become more regional? ND is a global brand. Played in a sold out stadium in Ireland less than 6 months ago…

​@Sppsknights33 if we weren't relevant, than why would Ireland choose us to go there and play in a once in a lifetime experience? ESPN is a joke.

Vandy is academic school and is ranked in 5 different sports and top 5 in baseball, stop it yourself

@@GoatedAtNFS ND is ranked every year you DUFUS I’m talking about winning Championships & you said Vandy out of all schools lmao no you stop it 🤣

@@GoatedAtNFS Vandy is not even in the same stratosphere as Notre Dame when it comes to athletics.

Stephen A Smith is angry that another black man, CMF, doesn’t comport himself like a loudmouth like he and Deion sanders does. But hey, whatever works for their respective fan bases

10th most watched team while being independent is impressive son

😂😂

Duh, check the ratings of the games this year. ND is doing just fine....and NO they weren't behind the lackluster Vols and out of a decent time zone Huskies. You know not what you speak.

@@Roadrunner0077 Being independent has nothing to do with it, they had games against Clemson, USC, and Ohio State, all major fan base programs who would bring Notre Dame more eyes than a typical ACC or Big 12 conference would. Notre Dame’s “game of the decade” against Ohio State was beat in viewership by the Oregon Colorado game that preceded it. Notre Dame’s game against USC in the “greatest rivalry in college football” was topped by Oregon and Washington in the earlier time slot. Notre Dame’s game against Clemson was the least viewed ND Clemson matchup in a decade. Notre Dame is irrelevant

@@taihalpern7342 k

I mean dude they did finish 10-0 before Bama beat them. And by a lesser margin than A&M lost to them. In any case a chance at redemption/revenge or whatever you wish to call it awaits August 31st

Why?

Cuz they're not Notre Dame's daddy. Nobody tells Notre Dame what to do.

@@michaelmorris6406 everybody is NDs daddy....1988 lol i was born

@@301gobluehailmich1 let's think about that. We have our own TV deal. We get to go to the playoffs. Get to stay independent. Any conference will take us anytime we want to go. Everybody talks about us bad or good. ESPN and all the other news outlets make tons of money off Notre Dame. Everybody wants to play us. No I think where college football's Daddy.😂🍀😂🍀😂💪💪💪💪💪

Well said !!!

I agree the big 12 would be a good fit. They would be in the running to win that conference every year.

I wanted Notre Dame in the big 10 back in the 90s.

notre dame has zero reason to join the big 12. the pollsters will still vote them in with a good season. and they dont have to split any revenue with conf members from their tv contracts.

Michigan and their anti Catholicism bigoted selves boycotted the big 10 from allowing ND to join and petitioned for all other teams in the Big 10 to not join them

Is that suppose to be why someone is a fan? With that logic someone shouldn't be a fan of, lets say the Cowboys, because they will never be able to be a part of the organization.

99% of NFL fans weren’t good enough to make the NFL. What’s your point?

I’m conflicted. I want to 👍 but “go blue”…

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@mikem825…and I’m glad swarbrick and Jenkins are gone, almost as much as happy as I was to see big mouth Kelly pack his bags. I hope the new hierarchy isn’t so stubborn to join a conference. Preferably the big 20 seeing how USC is there now. I miss those yearly big 10 matchups and Penn St games. These ACC games (minus Clemson and FSU) does nothing to pump me up and does less for their midwestern brand and history. The time for a change just might be the spark they need to get going in the big winning direction

their fault for not joining a conference, they play week 0 every year it’s their fault for choosing to keep the money to themselves but have to be in a conference in every other sport, and they suck in basketball this year btw

@@GoatedAtNFS can you read I said they get a bye during championship weekend when everyone else has to play

? My man, recruits don’t come to ND for the tv deals. We have a coach that isn’t an old white dude who kids actually want to play for. It’s a very different program than it was a few years ago. They wouldn’t be coming to ND unless they thought we actually have a shot at being a winning team as well. Our recruiting classes have been at the top of the rankings and are projected to be for upcoming years. At least you’re right about that

They have a Texas video in the same timeframe as this video… 1.5k views lol. Clearly not the same as Texas.

@nd4life…yep, never gotten over that kick to the crotch of their pocketbook. That’s also why when they have them on their coverage I DVR the game so I can time it with the SIRIUS XM radio team so I don’t have to listen to their anti-ND garbage all game.

Preach.. Freeman is going to make them hate more as he builds this program .. deal with it haters 😂

@michaelmorris6406…I like you dude. You are a true believer and are all over this nonsense. You’re a good dude.

In all of CFB history. No way is ND overrated. Early 90s and before ND was a force to be reckoned with. Only a small part of CFB history have they not won a natty. CFB goes back to the 1800s my dude

Yet here u are taking about them u twit

They are a national brand like the NY Yankees, Boston Celtics, Dallas Coyboys. They are hated or loved.

yeah living in the past. the Canadians, Steelers, Packers, Bulls, and Cardinals are there too

Michigan won big ten three years in row shut up and beat Ohio state three years in row something Ohio state can't do

@@tycesumerall8718 Was that before or after they started cheating? Or did you forget the part where their coach was suspended twice, barely got by Alabama, and was caught stealing signs?

When you call sign stealing cheating I know dealing with dummie nice way change subject 🤣

@@tycesumerall8718 I did not change the subject. I am asking seriously, did Michigan start winning the Big 10 before or after they were supposed to have started cheating? Because that cheating for me, tarnished it National champion.

Yea but every other team gets a bye whenever their fcs paid win rolls around.