#NotreDame will play #BostonCollege at Fenway Park on Nov. 21, 2015. Love this.
— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) December 20, 2013
It is happening! The new news is this would now supposedly be a Notre Dame home game. That is good in that it means BC won't give up a game at Alumni. The downside is that tickets will be split or Notre Dame fans will have a priority. As an Irish game it will also be on NBC instead of the ESPN/ABC family.
There will be plenty of issues ahead and complaints, but this should be a fun event. Mark your calendar and get on the ticket waiting list now!
Well since this does not nix a BC home game, but adds an "away" game in Boston, i guess it is a good thing.
ReplyDeletewhy would ND give up revenue from a sold out home game to play in Boston at a much smaller stadium? Same TV revenue, but smaller gate.
what is the advantage ND is seeking here?
Stupidest agreement ever. Another stunt by ND to show they are more relevant in Beantown than BC. Wal-Marts all across MASS. will stock up on their ND gear. Athletics blew this one. If they were going this route they should have moved it to NYC. So much for our "friends" at Fenway.
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ReplyDeleteI had heard the rumors of this game being played in Dublin as early as this past Summer. More than rumor actually as it was explained to me that ND's plan was/is to renovate their stadium again so that they would have to relocate their 2015 home games (including this BC game). So that is why ND would agree to this. I am happy for the Fenway Park football experience and the national attention, but am disappointed at the Dublin game falling through. I hope there are still plans in the works for a BC game in Dublin. I think that's very important. Was at BC/Army in '88 as a student. Amazingly great time
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ReplyDeleteThe advantage is they get what they want. Our Lady of Special Deals always does.
The omly good thing for us will be when we beat their A**!
nothing like a Notre Dame game to re-start collective BC low self esteem group therapy
ReplyDeleteThe whole non-baseball event at Fenway thing has been done to death. Hockey, concerts, soccer, football. Enough already. Fenway is not that special.
ReplyDeleteThis is a curious move - Fenway is not good for football. The Fenway Sports Group did a bang up job for us on this one.
ReplyDeleteFoxboro was not available?
Of course Our Lady's being what they are, I'm sure grandstands will be erected along the Green Monster.
How many tickets will BC be allotted as the away team? We'll probably get screwed.
Go BC - beat ND.
Let's have a little faith in Bates and the rest of the higher ups. I am sure there is more to it than we know.
ReplyDeleteTo me, it sounds like a great opportunity to have a nationally televised game in a unique venue.
Plus, its got to be good for recruiting. We were on the front page of ESPN today.
We got two games against Notre Dame in Boston over three years and some people are complaining. BC fans will complain about anything.
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ReplyDeleteND's angle: Bob Costas told NBC Sports he would work for free next season.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, CONCESSIONS. Beer prices will be $10 a pop. Shit will be on that night. Saving my liver up for it starting . . . GULP . . . NOW.
This is cute.
ReplyDeleteI'm ambivalent.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with hsk. So tired of ND and their stupid special arrangements. I'm OK with playing at Fenway in principle, but not as a just another stop on the ND/NBC national barnstorming tour.
ReplyDeleteTop headline on Yahoo Sports: "Notre Dame to Play in Fenway Park in 2015". Yay Irish.
What is the advantage ND is seeking?
With the allotment of tickets they'll have, they'll sell out to all the local "Irish fans" and BC haters, giving the appearance on NBC (true or untrue) that they are more relevant in Beantown than BC. They want an in-your-face, right in your own backyard, "FU" to BC, while catching the attention of what will likely be a greater pool of regional recruitable talent.
On the flip side, all we have to do is win, and all those benefits are ours. Let's do this. GO EAGLES!!
ND at Fenway is a plus for BC. How did Kraft and Foxboro miss out on this? Having a facility in downtown Boston may have been more attractive to the ND alums. NBC can hype up the contest as an event even if the teams aren't compelling. The ACC will win seven bowls. FSU, Clemson, VT, BC, UNC, Maryland and either Pitt or Miami. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI am stunned people are so negative towards this. You get to move an away game to a historic stadium in your home city and it will be in prime time on national television. What is the negative?
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, ND already plays 6 home games every year. This is an additional game that helps them further the ND brand, play in big cities, get on primetime national tv, and the tickets will be a premium price point.
this is a no brainer
I guess they want to do it for recruiting. I can't understand why you'd want to go out to that cow pasture when u could be in the Hub of the universe.
ReplyDeletei agree that the negative comments to this are sort of bizarre. great exposure for the program, and an extra home game.
ReplyDeletethe reality of tickets these days is most are bought and sold on the secondary market. who cares about ND's allotment versus BC's - if you want to go to the game, you can go on stubhub and get a ticket. i surely will do that, as will many BC fans i know. if fans want to show up and make this a home game, all you have to do is pony up and buy a ticket.
can't wait for the DUDES to whoop these ND posers on national TV! GO EAGLES!
Okay - I'm in.
ReplyDeleteI hope this gives us a chance to pin them with a loss.
I was aghast because it's not a great football venue, but otherwise I'm fine with it and it's a great publicity deal.
I'm trying to remember pictures from games played there just how the field was laid out.
Visitor's dugout to bullpen doesn't leave much room past the endzones.
I seem to remember that it might have been at the angle from home plate to center field - I may be wrong. Does anyone know?
Went to many a Pats game at Fenway,field runs from bleachers to 3rd base dugout. Bleachers set up against the left field wall.
ReplyDeleteFor recruiting? Yeah, let's keep that awesome Mass talent in state. Give me a break.
ReplyDeleteThe hub of the universe? Where is that?
There are about 20 guys on the BC roster from Mass. How many of those contribute? About three. Yeah, let's keep it up.
ReplyDeleteThe Fenway game is a gimmick. Who cares? You really think it ups BC's profile in the area? ND doesn't do it for recruiting, if they did they're stupider under Kelly than I thought. They do it because they can.
How is this better exposure than a normal NBC game for a ND home game? I'm guessing all it will do is expose Boston as an awful college football town when ND outsells us. Yes, go buy a ticket. It won't matter.
Not against it, but the whole 'this is great publicity' thing is overblown.
There is not a single credible negative thing about this.
ReplyDeleteTo the people (with no justification) griping about how "this will make nd look better than bc in boston": could that not have happened every time they play in alumni? Is it really because tickets to bc football games are that hard to get that they've previously been kept away?
Is a whole squadron of nd fans going to descend on boston for this game b/c it's in fenway rather than our stadium?
Our fanbase (at least based on twitter/fb) is clearly excited about this. This is a good thing.
The issue is why do they get to play by different rules than everyone else. Even if in this instance it might not be bad for us. I don't want to enable this. The old ball coach weighed on this recently when he was quoted as wondering why they can't be like everyone else.
ReplyDeleteLike it or not there are a fw things in play here.1) It is the Fenway Sorts Group which has lots of power and skill at putting together events. 2) it is Fenway Park which means a lot to many people across the country especially just after the Red Sox Miracle year3) like it or nor , whether they deserve it or nor, ND has national pull on the purse strings. This is all about money. Not recruiting.
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The negative comments are really bizarre. I don't see any downside. My sisters live in Boston, so my wife and I will be bringing the kids out to Boston for the whole week, and we'll do Thanksgiving there.
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As I said on ATL's first post, I'm all on in this,and see no downside. The negative folks appear to be those who have a stick in their behind/Fredo complex about ND. I couldn't care less about ND, aside from every time we beat them (which has been often in my time) it makes us look better on the national stage. I see our peers as Gtown, Duke, Northwestern - not ND. The only kids that went to ND from my (catholic) high school were the "holier than thou when sober - creepy when drunk" kids.
ReplyDeleteEither way, its a fun event that's a 20 minute walk from my front door. Lets fill the Cask early, get loud, and beat those creep-shows.
As long as this counts as a ND home game, this is great. I'd hate to give up an on campus home game to play down the road, but this is practically an EXTRA home game for BC. If you're trying to attract the non-alumnus fan, why not have a game in a location everyone knows, one that's surrounded by bars and is used to handling large crowds?
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