Not long after the NBC deal began, Notre Dame football began its descent into mediocrity. From 1994 to 2009, the Fighting Irish had twice as many losing seasons (four) as double-digit victory seasons.
The Fighting Irish lived up to their name. Notre Dame on Thursday trailed early but came back to beat Penn State 27-24 in the Orange Bowl, sealing its spot in the National Championship contest.
Dan and Joe Glennon grew up in a Norte Dame football household, but then one of them wound up becoming a Penn State fan NBC Universal, Inc. Penn State and Notre Dame have two of the most iconic ...
But the bond between faith and football, while not as strong as it was in the first half of the 20th century, and really into the 1980s, still runs deep enough that Notre Dame has its own network deal ...
The next year, Notre Dame signed a $75 million (over $177 million today) exclusive TV contract with NBC to broadcast its football games. No conservative evangelical better understood the power of ...