I was watching the big Notre Dame vs. Cincinnatti Big East battle last night in college hoops when, at the end of the game, the fans started chanting “Brian Kelly, Brian Kelly, Brian Kelly” to which I wanted to respond: “Really”. The reality is that two of the least relevent sports programs in the country are college hoops and college football at Notre Dame. The last time they were relevent was right before Rudy came out and Lou Holtz and Digger Phelps were roaming the sideline and courtside respectively.
This is an open letter to all Notre Dame fans:
YOU DON”T MATTER
Stop acting like you are this elite program who is better than anyone just becuase you have the clover, touchdown Jesus and the Golden Domes on your side. Brian Kelly? With all due respect, you fans have been high on every coach that’s sat at a press conference stating “7-5 just isn’t good enough here at Notre Dame” and where has that landed you?
Here are the cold hard facts…you just lost to a horrid Rutgers Basketball team and you haven’t won a big football game since George Bush was in office (I ain’t talking dubbya). It stuns me that you have the audacity to taunt any opponent.
Do you think that Cincinnatti really cares about the fact that they lost a college basketball game to Notre Dame last night or that they lost Brian Kelly? The answer is no with the reason being, they realize who they are…a middle of the pack college sports program. The irony lies in the fact that you don’t seem to realize who you are Notre Dame…a middle of the pack college sports program.
Will you ever realize that with your elitist standards, 7-5 is good enough. That’s as far as you are going to go in this day and age. Accept who you are which, at best, is a 7-9 win football team and a 15-18 win basketball team year in and year out.
I apologize to Lou, Digger, Montana, Tim Brown, “The Rocket”, Ryan Grant, the kid from the Goonies etc…but, Notre Dame is not a top tier program anymore and, will never be again. You are not the Yankees, Lakers, Patriots, Steelers, Red Wings. You aren’t even the Twins, Suns, Chargers or Philadelphia Eagles. At best you are that 8-8 NFL team that backdoors your way into a wild card spot in a down year.
That being said…beautiful campus folks.
Sincerely,
Tim Rescigno (Realist)
Filed under: Basketball, College Football, College Hoops, Uncategorized | Tagged: Big East, Brian Kelly, Digger Phelps, Joe Montana, Lou Holtz, notre dame, Ryan Grant, The Rocket, Tim Brown
Tim,
Not one wasted word. A perfect flamethrower that is irrefutable.
My uncle played baseball at Notre Dame and used to be a ND apologist. Now, he even admits the football program is a dead dog.
Too many white guys. Academic requirements are too high and they obviously don’t pay players under the table. The one thing I will say on a positive is that if Claussen returns next year with Malcolm Floyd…look out.
Claussen already entered the draft…Notre Dame also doesn’t recruit Juco players and just began allowing red shirting.
I’m not saying that I disagree with their academic standards but, let’s cut the BS with them always being on NBC and let’s stop acting like they’re this top tier program.
They’re Chic-Fil-A Bowl at best…Kelly will be gone in 3-4 years.
Tim,
I think Urban Meyer is the only coach that can restore that program to relevance. I actually think he should have taken the job. At Florida, there is only one way to go, and that is down. At ND, anything he would have done would have been an improvement. Look at the recruiting in the SEC this year (or every year for that matter). Florida might be #2 in the country, but Auburn is #4, Alabama is #5, LSU is #7, and Tennessee is #8. Tough sledding.