This was the goal

Turn college football into the NFL. Extract every dollar and strip everything that made college football unique.

Mission accomplished - and Notre Dame went along with it all.

Remember the poster 'Jackssmirkingrevenge'? Well, this is actually Jack's smirking revenge. He set this all in motion.

Notre Dame could have taken the lead here and been a force for good. But we folded and ushered it all in, with Pete Bevaqua cheering on the 24 team playoff.