No, I am not going to try to make the cut for the Seals to replace Chris Kyle.
I am thinking about the Naval Academy football program. Even before Maryland whored itself to the Bloated Ten, I went on record saying that it might take the ACC adding Navy for football to get Notre Dame as a full football member.
For those who may not know, ND has played Navy more than any other school. Because Navy placed WW2 programs at ND, which kept the college open, ND will always play Navy every year as long as Navy wants to play ND. Quite simply, Navy as a league game will make it much easier for ND to play an 8 game ACC schedule. It means going from 6 to 8.
The opposition to adding Navy was 2-fold: 1) we already had Maryland and did not need another school in a smaller state, and 2) Navy football could never compete in any Power conference.
Objection #1 died when Maryland left. Adding Navy would plant the ACC right back in the Baltimore TV market, with a team that has at least 2 and maybe 4 or 5 times more national TV drawing power than Maryland. All college football fans across the country know Navy - nobody gives a rat's behind about Maryland.
Objection #2 should have no more legs. Navy is handicapped playing Major College Football, but so are Wake and Dook and BC. And Navy now sits ranked ahead of UNC in the CFB playoff rankings.
Navy could compete in ACC football. The Middies might go 20 years and never finish higher than 6th one time, but they could compete most years and be bowl eligible half the time, maybe more. It is possible that Navy in the ACC would be able to attract some high character football players who now go to Northwestern or Vandy or Stanford, etc., as well as taking some top players who otherwise would go to Army or Air Force, thereby building more depth than it has had since the dawn of 2 platoon football.
I am thinking about the Naval Academy football program. Even before Maryland whored itself to the Bloated Ten, I went on record saying that it might take the ACC adding Navy for football to get Notre Dame as a full football member.
For those who may not know, ND has played Navy more than any other school. Because Navy placed WW2 programs at ND, which kept the college open, ND will always play Navy every year as long as Navy wants to play ND. Quite simply, Navy as a league game will make it much easier for ND to play an 8 game ACC schedule. It means going from 6 to 8.
The opposition to adding Navy was 2-fold: 1) we already had Maryland and did not need another school in a smaller state, and 2) Navy football could never compete in any Power conference.
Objection #1 died when Maryland left. Adding Navy would plant the ACC right back in the Baltimore TV market, with a team that has at least 2 and maybe 4 or 5 times more national TV drawing power than Maryland. All college football fans across the country know Navy - nobody gives a rat's behind about Maryland.
Objection #2 should have no more legs. Navy is handicapped playing Major College Football, but so are Wake and Dook and BC. And Navy now sits ranked ahead of UNC in the CFB playoff rankings.
Navy could compete in ACC football. The Middies might go 20 years and never finish higher than 6th one time, but they could compete most years and be bowl eligible half the time, maybe more. It is possible that Navy in the ACC would be able to attract some high character football players who now go to Northwestern or Vandy or Stanford, etc., as well as taking some top players who otherwise would go to Army or Air Force, thereby building more depth than it has had since the dawn of 2 platoon football.
