Texas and Notre Dame to play 2028 & 2029

[BigOrange1 6422]

 

[GreenspointTexas 9567]

Awesome. One of 11 fbs schools Texas has a losing record against

 

Time to even the score

[MirrOlure 14627]

Best part of this is that is relatively soon, and I am not quite to the point where I have to start doing the math and wondering if I’ll be around*



*….God willing and the creek don’t rise

[BigOrange1 6422]

4 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Best part of this is that is relatively soon, and I am not quite to the point where I have to start doing the math and wondering if I’ll be around*



*….God willing and the creek don’t rise

ha, no shit.  usually these announcements are a decade+ down the road.

[The Ace of Aces 5106]

That probably fills out those OOC schedules (I assume the SEC will be at 9 league games by then). Would be sandwiched between these games unless the do a week zero think (which I am pretty sure won't happen as Sark has said on record he hates that idea)

2028
09/02 - Louisiana Tech
09/16 - UTSA

2029
09/01 - ULM
09/15 - UTEP

[satyanash 14281]

I guess this confirms we won't be doing a Big Ten/SEC cross-conference scheduling agreement.

[TOR 5374]

[Pimphand 5597]

40 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

I sure hope we fare better in South Bend than we did in 1995 and 2015.   In 1995 the highlight of the game for me was sitting in front of Coral Noonan's parents and chatting them up after halftime.  In 2015 the ONLY and I mean only thing worth a shit was riding my motorcycle and parking in front of the Linebacker Lounge sign for the pregame festivities.  I got my ass kicked by mother nature (rain) on the way to the game and then wound up leaving at halftime because I had to ride back to Naperville (was keeping my MC at a good friend's house) so I could fly back to Houston the next day to pack for the Singapore/Bali/Malaysia trip.

Still pissed about losing at home my freshman year and it's wild to think that Charlie f'n Strong has delivered the only win over the MF Irish since I've been alive.

[BlueGreySky 1000]

[BlueGreySky 1000]

Jesus Christ, I just realized this could be my son's freshman year.  I don't think he'll end up at ND.  Right now he's interested in sports journalism (Indiana would be great) as well as math and engineering (Purdue would be great).  Either way, that's sobering as fuck.  

Last time I was going to host a tailgate but had to bail and sell my tickets to Deej because my brother had his first game as a HC that Saturday years ago and I wanted to be there for him.  I'll plan to host one again, if all things work out.

[Davis Lane 5553]

32 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Best part of this is that is relatively soon, and I am not quite to the point where I have to start doing the math and wondering if I’ll be around*



*….God willing and the creek don’t rise

Dibs on your tickets when you're watching from the beyond.

[Valmy77 13094]

Still mad about 1996. A humiliating self inflicted loss.

I was born shortly before the 1977 season, so Texas is 1-4 on my lifetime with Charlie Strong delivering our only win.

Amazing.

[Dewey 3280]

15 minutes ago, TOR said:

Someone pass them the Coppertone 75! 

[DanTheHorn 4901]

21 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

That probably fills out those OOC schedules (I assume the SEC will be at 9 league games by then). Would be sandwiched between these games unless the do a week zero think (which I am pretty sure won't happen as Sark has said on record he hates that idea)

2028
09/02 - Louisiana Tech
09/16 - UTSA

2029
09/01 - ULM
09/15 - UTEP

The talk by some "respected" SEC insider in Florida is that the SEC wants to stay at 8 games and they want the B1G to go to 8 games. Then they want to sell B1G vs SEC challenge as a separate package. This guy is convinced it will stay at 8 since he said there is 9 to 10 schools that want to keep it at 8.

[mdmost 42865]

[elfenix 34171]

[Hagbard Celine 10763]

if they stay at 8 games then we play domer in the november fcs slot

[hornian 5205]

Nice. I didn’t make it there in 2015 due to my wife being 9 months pregnant at the time (and in retrospect that was a good call), and now I can take the *checks math* 13 or 14 year old there to see a game. 

[jetsfan76 701]

Can we replace A&M with these games?

[Hank_Hill 18494]

8 hours ago, BlueGreySky said:

Jesus Christ, I just realized this could be my son's freshman year.  I don't think he'll end up at ND.  Right now he's interested in sports journalism (Indiana would be great) as well as math and engineering (Purdue would be great).  

Kids never change their mind in 4 years

[ztejas 43266]

9 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Awesome. One of 11 fbs schools Texas has a losing record against

 

Time to even the score

Gonna take more than these 2 unfortunately. 

34 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

if they stay at 8 games then we play domer in the november fcs slot

lol wut

[AbeFroman 2114]

9 hours ago, TOR said:

The brought that middle chick in directly from Killarney.

[TOR 5374]

30 minutes ago, AbeFroman said:

The brought that middle chick in directly from Killarney.

3 out of 5 male cheerleaders are regretting their choice.

[TKthunder2 4981]

9 hours ago, DanTheHorn said:

The talk by some "respected" SEC insider in Florida is that the SEC wants to stay at 8 games and they want the B1G to go to 8 games. Then they want to sell B1G vs SEC challenge as a separate package. This guy is convinced it will stay at 8 since he said there is 9 to 10 schools that want to keep it at 8.

Reportedly Alabama voted against because Saban didn’t want their annual rivals to be TN, Aub, and LSU (thought it was too tough and wanted Mississippi State). Tennessee voted along with them because they were concerned that going to 9 might take that game away from them as Auburn and LSU have been far more valuable to the league than Bama/TN. That issue has since been resolved and Alabama is on board and publicly has agreed to play all three annually.

If all this is true, the move to 9 conference games should pass 9-7. This is why before Texas/OU joined they agreed to playing the reverse schedule in 2025 as a peace offering to those who voted against and to give them enough time to sort out OOC games while still negotiating with ESPN for more money.

 

 

[Lidig8r 1856]

So, 1995, the maid of honor to my first wife was living in Chicago.  I flew up for the game and stayed at her place. (No, no pics and nothing happened since I had not yet morphed into a full blown scumbag yet).

She had a relative who worked in the Notre Dame alum office and was involved with tickets.  I was dressed in a burnt orange shirt of course. We ended up in the Notre Dame alumni section at the 50 yard line.  As the game was about to start, I heard a very familiar voice right behind me ... "TEXAS FANS BABEEE... IT'S GONNA BE A LONG DAY BABEEE!"

Yup.. Dick Vitale, one row behind me. And he was throwing out some great lines.  As I started to respond in a halfway intelligent manner, we talked a bit about Notre Dame and UT of course.  His daughter was on the volleyball team at ND at the time.

As ND started pulling away in the second half, I remember Dickie V saying, "Look out for Rickie. He has the look of a Heisman winner.  I just looked at him and said something inane like, "Time will tell." Well, game over, he shook my hand saying thanks for being a good sport.

My friend and I walked through the parking lot, accepting beers from ND alums, teaching some ND coeds how to 2 steps.  

A fabulous atmosphere in the fall.  By all means, go if you can.

[TOR 5374]

25 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:

blah blah No, no pics blah blah

What in the effing what.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2630]

10 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

That probably fills out those OOC schedules (I assume the SEC will be at 9 league games by then). Would be sandwiched between these games unless the do a week zero think (which I am pretty sure won't happen as Sark has said on record he hates that idea)

2028
09/02 - Louisiana Tech
09/16 - UTSA

2029
09/01 - ULM
09/15 - UTEP

what's the downside to week zero? Figured coaches would like the extra bye week 

[Steel Shank 9415]

Rooster Andrews stood behind us in '95. He couldn't see too well, so we replayed each game to him. James Street was in front of us. Justin McLemore (fine Waxahachie athlete) couldn't catch shit that day.

[Ignatius 4002]

10 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

That probably fills out those OOC schedules (I assume the SEC will be at 9 league games by then). Would be sandwiched between these games unless the do a week zero think (which I am pretty sure won't happen as Sark has said on record he hates that idea)

2028
09/02 - Louisiana Tech
09/16 - UTSA

2029
09/01 - ULM
09/15 - UTEP

Id be down with two Week 0 games in a row in Dublin…

[billfromlaketravis 11363]

I wonder if they still don’t have the votes for a 9 game SEC schedule, and CDC is making his own luck. 
 

Dellenger wrote a long piece on Texas before the Georgia game. Basically, big time home games are still their big moneymaker.