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Kirk Herbstreit tears into Notre Dame for ‘embarrassment’ of a schedule

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Kirk Herbstreit criticized Notre Dame’s college football schedule on ESPN’s “Get Up,” calling it an embarrassment due to a lack of challenging opponents. He pointed out that Notre Dame is only scheduled to face two tough teams this season: BYU and Miami, both at home. Herbstreit advocated for a national scheduling office to ensure competitive non-conference matchups, emphasizing the need for better preparation for playoff contention.

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Kirk Herbstreit criticized Notre Dame's college football schedule on ESPN’s “Get Up” show, calling it an "embarrassment" due to the lack of challenging opponents. Herbstreit pointed out that Notre Dame has only two games where they will face tough competition: against BYU and at home against Miami. He emphasized that playing strong schedules is crucial for teams aiming for the College Football Playoff, especially with reports suggesting the NCAA might expand the playoff to include 24 teams next season. "Your ass better be playing real games against real teams," Herbstreit said, stressing the need for exciting matchups to keep fans engaged. He proposed an independent scheduling office to ensure fair competition across conferences.

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Kirk Herbstreit did not hold back on critiquing Notre Dame’s college football schedule this season. asserted

Herbstreit → hold → schedule

During an appearance on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Friday, Herbstreit tore into Norte Dame’s lack of tough opponents this year, calling the program’s schedule an “embarrassment.” asserted

Herbstreit → get → schedule

“Notre Dame plays two games where they’re going to be challenged. asserted

they → play → games

This one (against BYU on Saturday), where they’re favored, and Miami at home,” Herbstreit said. asserted

Herbstreit → favor → home

“Think about what Alabama and Georgia and Ohio State and these teams with what they’re dealing with. asserted

they → think → what

That cannot continue. asserted

That → continue → ?

That’s an embarrassment and incredibly unfair.” asserted

That → ’ → ?

Herbstreit’s comments came as the group on “Get Up” was discussing reports of the NCAA expanding to a 24-team College Football Playoff next season, adding that Notre Dame needs to be “playing real games” if they want to be in the postseason. “Your ass better be playing real games against real teams to give fans and players games to get excited about,” Herbstreit said. asserted

Herbstreit → come → games

“The idea of going the Indiana way or some of these teams that play nobody in the non-conference has got to be over.” asserted

that → go → conference

As a solution, Herbstreit suggested an independent scheduling office examining each conference’s scheduling, along with ensuring competitive non-conference matchups. uncertain

Herbstreit → suggest → matchups

“Instead of each conference doing the scheduling, I think we need a national scheduling office that is in charge of getting games set,” Herbstreit added. asserted

Herbstreit → do → charge

“So we have not only somebody that’s looking at each conference, but looking at the totality of the conference scheduling, and we gotta have better non-conference games asserted

we → have → games

Despite singling out the Fighting Irish during his rant, Herbstreit clarified that scheduling needed to improve for “a lot of teams.” asserted

scheduling → single → teams

Notre Dame, who doesn’t belong to a college football conference, was infamously left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff last season, and the program struck back by declining to play in a non-playoff bowl game. asserted

program → belong → game

For the remainder of their schedule, the Fighting Irish play just three teams currently ranked in the top 25: No. 8-ranked BYU, No. 3-ranked Miami, and No. 24-ranked SMU. asserted

Irish → play → top

Kirk Herbstreit tears into Notre Dame for ‘embarrassment’ of a schedule

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