Happy New Year! In the US, that translates into "Let's watch college football all day."
Earlier today, Oklahoma State played in the meaningless Heart of Dallas Bowl against Purdue. The primary purpose of this game, it seems to be, to have a game in the Cotton Bowl stadium. The Cotton Bowl game, which decided several national championships, has moved to Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
Oklahoma State's most famous alumni is T. Boone Pickens, an oil man. Oklahoma State plays in the Big XII, a good idea which has failed due to the greed of the University of Texas. For a while, it looked as if the University of Notre Dame, one of the nation's best academic and athletic institutions, would ride in like a white knight and make the Big XII important again.
This was never going to happen. Pickens knew this.
So, insulted that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish would not save his precious, dieing Big XII, he claimed that he did not want Notre Dame, since they have "destroyed their brand."
Flash forward one year.
Notre Dame did not join the Big XII; instead, they joined the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Oklahoma State played in a meaningless bowl game. They were never even close to being in the National Championship discussion. Notre Dame, to be fair, is not part of the National Championship discussion. They are playing for the National Championship. The previous two years, they played in the Sun Bowl and the Citrus Bowl. Far more important than the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
So, Boone, care to rephrase your bullshit statement?
This leads to two questions.
First, who will win the National Championship?
Oklahoma State: NO.
Notre Dame: Maybe. We will see.
Second, will they ever win a National Championship?
Oklahoma State: NO
Notre Dame: Yes.
So, Boone, you see, Notre Dame was down for a while. Now they are back up. While I certainly hope Notre Dame defeats Alabama, we are looking at a Notre Dame program that will win nine or more games a year. Notre Dame did not destroy their brand, you must admit that, Boone. We can agree that Oklahoma State will never destroy thier brand, as they have no brand to destroy.
Earlier today, Oklahoma State played in the meaningless Heart of Dallas Bowl against Purdue. The primary purpose of this game, it seems to be, to have a game in the Cotton Bowl stadium. The Cotton Bowl game, which decided several national championships, has moved to Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
Oklahoma State's most famous alumni is T. Boone Pickens, an oil man. Oklahoma State plays in the Big XII, a good idea which has failed due to the greed of the University of Texas. For a while, it looked as if the University of Notre Dame, one of the nation's best academic and athletic institutions, would ride in like a white knight and make the Big XII important again.
This was never going to happen. Pickens knew this.
So, insulted that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish would not save his precious, dieing Big XII, he claimed that he did not want Notre Dame, since they have "destroyed their brand."
Flash forward one year.
Notre Dame did not join the Big XII; instead, they joined the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Oklahoma State played in a meaningless bowl game. They were never even close to being in the National Championship discussion. Notre Dame, to be fair, is not part of the National Championship discussion. They are playing for the National Championship. The previous two years, they played in the Sun Bowl and the Citrus Bowl. Far more important than the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
So, Boone, care to rephrase your bullshit statement?
This leads to two questions.
First, who will win the National Championship?
Oklahoma State: NO.
Notre Dame: Maybe. We will see.
Second, will they ever win a National Championship?
Oklahoma State: NO
Notre Dame: Yes.
So, Boone, you see, Notre Dame was down for a while. Now they are back up. While I certainly hope Notre Dame defeats Alabama, we are looking at a Notre Dame program that will win nine or more games a year. Notre Dame did not destroy their brand, you must admit that, Boone. We can agree that Oklahoma State will never destroy thier brand, as they have no brand to destroy.