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re: Notre Dame Athletics Director: "We want to play SEC schools"
Posted on 12/21/13 at 4:05 pm to TheDude321
Posted on 12/21/13 at 4:05 pm to TheDude321
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They used to have a small thing going with LSU (played like every 3 years for 30 years...which is a LOT considering how they are generally tough to schedule--heck, they even just dropped long-time rival Michigan from their schedule, ending decades of tradition). Otherwise, other than maybe Tennessee, they usually won't play SEC teams (well, other than in bowl games, but they can't control who they draw in those).
We make the most geographic sense for them in terms of travel. We're ~2hrs closer to South Bend than we are Mizzou. LSU vs. ND might've been a Catholic thing -- would be interesting to know.
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Posted on 12/21/13 at 5:38 pm to Prof
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LSU vs. ND might've been a Catholic thing -- would be interesting to know.
It actually spawned from the 1969 season. LSU had maybe its best team under Cholly Mac and ND basically stole a Cotton Bowl bid from the Tigers.
Scheduled a home/home in early 70's ( ND won first game 3-0 but Tigers basically ruined Joe THeismans Heisman chances shutting him down, Tigers destroyed ND 28-8 in TS behind Bert Jones)
After that both schools realized they had some things in common, deep catholic roots being one and played 6 more regular season games in the 80's and 90's. 2 bowl matchups on top of those eight. It's a good series, would like to see a couple games every ten yrs or so
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