(12:45 p.m. update: Not so fast!)Â
Chilly this morning? This might get your blood up to a boil.
In football terms, basically, Notre Dame has driven the length of the field. It is now fourth and one at the one-yard line and all they have to do is punch it in and Notre Dame is coming to the Sun Bowl.
“When we went into the arrangement with the Big East, we did it solely so we’d have an opportunity for Notre Dame. Period,” Folmer said.
He said he is working out a deal with the Big East that should send Notre Dame here, as long as the Irish lose to 29-point favorite USC on Saturday.
“Based on all the rules and the way the NCAA changes are and the things in the handbook, we’re gonna have Notre Dame,” Folmer said.
I have no idea what to think about this seeing as if the Big East confirmed yesterday a NCAA rule keeps such a thing from happening. The Big East is “dealing with” this story as it develops.
Is Notre Dame above the law? Maybe. I think there’s more to this, too. The hunch is there’s a simultaneous move attached to this one that locks WVU into the Car Care Bowl. It may not make sense, but it’ll make cents.
If this is the arrangement, the Big East maximizes its top two non-BCS bowls –Â Notre Dame will draw to El Paso better than WVU, WVU will draw better in Charlotte than Pitt or Rutgers or any eligible team.Â
You have permission to be outraged.