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1. batate said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 6:33 am

   Mexico City would be epic. We have a huge fan base there, and Notre Dame would too because of the catholic population there.

   But I don’t think we’d ever see that happen.

2. HenryJames said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 6:49 am

   Look. We have to make this Mexico City thing happen.

   Trips knows people, man.

3. Bob in Houston said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 6:50 am

   I doubt this will happen, unless it gets done before Kelly actually goes through a season as ND coach.

4. HenryJames said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 6:56 am

   If you’re not with us, you’re against us, Bob.

5. Minnesotahorn said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 6:58 am

   I doubt Muschamp would have a problem with this and if it goes down it’ll be interesting to see what years those games fall. The first openings would seem to be 2012-2013 coinciding with the Ole Miss series. Not terribly daunting when one judges those teams based on their current quality but compared to our previous scheduling pussilanimity? Brass balls.

6. Scipio Tex said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 7:14 am

   Kelly’s recruiting strategy is going to be heavily focused on Texas, California, Ohio, Chicagoland, New Jersey and this Texas series plays heavily in that.

   ND badly wants to re-establish a presence in Texas and California. The South is a tough area for them because so many of the students are woefully unprepared for college (1/2 of all Mississippi high school athletes are non or partial qualifiers) and the SEC holds sway over the rest.

   Unlike playing a LSU or Arkansas, there’s an upside for Texas in that beating even a respectable Notre Dame team would be inordinately rewarded by the media.

   Most importantly, it would be fun.

7. Magnificent Bastard said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 7:16 am

   Who do you think will be coaching at Notre Dame when we play them?

8. mockingbird said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 7:25 am

   I don’t want Kelly tapping in to UT’s Nigerian pipeline. Keep our borders safe. Put some minutemen up near Dallas and Denton.

   The last decent group of players they had from Texas at ND was under the Davie/Willingham transition with Carlyle Holiday, et al. Davie was the only successful recruiter in the Lone Star.

   A game in Jerry World with a return visit to Wrigley or Soldier Field would be cool (as a resident of Chicago would love).

9. HenryJames said:

   December 15th, 2009 at 7:30 am

   Notre Dame hasn’t recruited well in Texas since Greg Mattison left in 2004.

10. Varsity said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Long term, this would be a great replacement series based every year in Dallas after the Okies finally get what they have coveted – switching to a home/home series in Austin and Norman.

11. srr50 said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:33 am

    Charlie Weis’ idea of getting back into Texas was to play Washington State in the Alamodome. I like Kelly’s idea better.

12. HenryJames said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:36 am

    If we play them in Lourdes, they might have a chance.

13. texastough said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    Okie doesn’t want a home & home, they need the DFW pipeline worse than anyone.

14. parlin said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:46 am

    The Mayan city of Chich’en Itzá.

    Charlie Weis, surrounded by cheerleaders from both teams, offered as sacrifice atop the Temple of Kukulkan at halftime.

    Made for television, and an inroad to recruiting the Yucatán Peninsula.

15. HenryJames said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:50 am

    That would be like sacrificing Stretch Armstrong. There would be syrup everywhere.

16. ChicagoTTU said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:08 am

    “A game in Jerry World with a return visit to Wrigley or Soldier Field would be cool (as a resident of Chicago would love).”

    I know the Chicago Cardinals played there, but Wrigley would NEVER happen… places is just too small. Soldier however would be awesome!!! Tailgating on the lake, and the new stadium is an excellent place to see a game… hope something like this would happen…

17. ChicagoTTU said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:09 am

    Sorry, the spaceship Soldier Field still feels new to me… even though it’s like 8 years old…

18. mockingbird said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:11 am

    ChicagoTTU

    Northwestern and Illinois are already trying to set- up games at Wrigley.

    I agree though. Seeing the Longhorns at Soldier Field would be freaking awesome.

19. pleaseplaykindle said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:28 am

    “When you look at the teams that carry the same mission [as Notre Dame], Texas does that obviously”

    Dear god I hope not.

20. Toadvine said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:40 am

    “The Mayan city of Chich’en Itzá.”

    Man, I’m with Parlin. Let’s take this baby to the Yucatan.

21. UT wildcatter said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:43 am

    One question and suggested answer. If we were to play in Mexico City or someplace south of the border?

    Can we make riot punch?

22. Guvnah said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:51 am

    Score settling should be a top priority here.

    If I’m not mistaken, Notre Dame is the ONLY program that Texas has faced at least 10 times and come out with a losing record… The Longhorns are 2-8 against the Fighting Irish.

    This must be remedied.

23. Magnificent Bastard said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:56 am

    Horns are 3-8-1 vs Vandy (ugh)

24. Fried Rice said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:57 am

    whose mission is the following?

    The University seeks to cultivate in its students not only an appreciation for the great achievements of human beings, but also a disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice, and oppression that burden the lives of so many. The aim is to create a sense of human solidarity and concern for the common good that will bear fruit as learning becomes service to justice.

    what about this?

    The mission of… is to achieve excellence in the interrelated areas of undergraduate education, graduate education, research and public service.

    are they the same?

25. Guvnah said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Good catch on Vandy… I had forgotten about that.

    Of course, considering that the last time we played them was 1928, I’m not going to worry too much.

26. Magnificent Bastard said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Drop the required history to 5 games and we’ve got scores to settle with Southern Cal (1-4-0) and Penn State (2-3-0). In fact, cleaning up the historical records against opponents wouldn’t be a bad way to schedule moving forward.

27. CloseToJumping said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Do you guys know how expensive kidnapping insurance would be for the staff, players, and support personnel? I am not sure our poor little school could afford it.

    I am in favor of playing Notre Dame as often as possible. They’re nowhere near making the changes they’d need to make to sustain a high level of success.

28. magnusbleuveigner said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:15 am

    i’ll take that 1-4 record with USC. That one just doesn’t seem to bother me.

    I think we should move some victories over Rice into the Vandy category. Let’s get creative here.

29. il_Cativo said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:35 am

    “Do you guys know how expensive kidnapping insurance would be for the staff, players, and support personnel? I am not sure our poor little school could afford it. ”

    Come on! I go to Chicago all the time. It isn’t that bad.

30. BEHorn said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:36 am

    The thought of a Mexico City game leads inexorably to the image of stocky, glowering Mestizo women leading endless pack-trains of donkeys into the Zocalo, the beasts loaded with obsidian chess pieces, Chiclets and gender-indeterminate tweens to be sold at the game.

    And that’s just for HenryJames.

31. eloy said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:41 am

    i think New Orleans would be a good place for this game, get all those fat catholic girls from up north to compromise their morals….even it means me taking a chubby, i will suck it up

32. texastough said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    “all those fat catholic girls from up north to compromise their morals”

    What morals? Haven’t you seen Kentucky Fried Movie?

    “even it means me taking a chubby, i will suck it up”

    Isn’t this the ag yell leader’s line?

33. Mikecrabtree said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 10:27 am

    I love arrested development references. I’m thinking Scipio probably looks just like Tobias too.

34. Toadvine said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    BE — +1

35. Minnesotahorn said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Scipio Tex: Analrapist.

36. BevoDan said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Jerry World sucks! Rather have home and home. Tradition rules!

37. Sugarpants said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 11:31 am

    We’re going to schedule the game only to find out that just before gametime Kelly will have scheduled USC instead.

38. Sugarpants said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 11:31 am

    But yes, this would be allsome.

39. houstonearler said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 11:54 am

    We owe Notre Dame a favor for taking that albatross Mike Haywood off our hands. To think that Weiss hired him thinking Haywood could recruit Texas.

    He singlehandedly cost us our HISD pipeline in the 2005 class. Of course, several of those targets didn’t do much in college. So maybe it wasn’t a bad thing. But he was just awful as a recruiter.

40. BatesHorn said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    I can’t believe I get to be the first to post this fond memory:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNQ4WfP-wE

41. Blueshorn said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    “We owe Notre Dame a favor for taking that albatross Mike Haywood off our hands.”

    While we’re settling scores, we could play Miami (Ohio) and get even with Haywood AND Carl Reese.

42. BatesHorn said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    If it’s in New Orleans, I’d pay money just to follow Trips around for a couple of nights.

43. Jackanape said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Bail money.

44. spider said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    I suggest Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Turkey.

45. java said:

    December 15th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    I know Carl Reese wasn’t the greatest defensive coordinator, but I have fond memories of meeting him the year we recruited Cole Pittman. Lael Moore (maiden name), a childhood friend, was Mackovic’s assistant and remained as Mack’s assistant for his first year or two. One Saturday she arranged for PhxHorn, SLXpress, Jacque, and I to tour M-N pregame.

    Our tour was the day of Cole Pittman’s official visit. He and Mark went into Mack’s office as Lael was showing us around the offices. At the time, future UT coed in tow, it was pretty exciting stuff. As we were leaving, we saw Reese. PhxHorn and SL casually struck up a conversation with Reese, stood in the halls of M-N, and shot the breeze with him until it was time to go to the game. Good times. Certainly an exciting time to be a Longhorn.

    Hook ‘em!

46. The General said:

    December 16th, 2009 at 3:36 am

    I hate Notre Dame. Let’s bounce a patsy and put them on the schedule next year.

47. CurrentLonghornStudent said:

    December 17th, 2009 at 5:03 am

    Forget UL-Monroe or LaFayette. Beating ND is national television and brand promotion.

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