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NBC cancels remainder of 2007 Notre Dame football season

NEW YORK, NY — Following last Saturday’s loss to the Air Force Academy, NBC head Jeffrey Zucker has decided to cancel the remaining portion of Notre Dame’s football season.

“The Irish just aren’t a good fit for our programming lineup right now,” Zucker told reporters. “The network has taken a severe hit with the writer’s strike, and we can’t afford to bleed any longer.”

The Irish have long been a big draw for NBC, but the team’s 1-9 start this year has been a ratings disaster for the peacock network. Concern is now growing within Notre Dame’s athletic department that without the lucrative TV contract, the school will be unable to afford the extensive costs of running a Division I program.

While it is unknown what NBC will air in place of the Irish, inside sources reveal the children’s cartoon Dora the Explorer to be a frontrunner. Other potential Saturday programming includes reruns of Law & Order SVU and a rebroadcast of the previous Friday’s Today Show.

“My players have worked too hard to just cancel the season,” Notre Dame Head Coach Charlie Weiss told SSNN. “These kids come here with the expectation to go to a BCS game whether they deserve to or not. It’s an intrinsic right for all Notre Dame. To take that away from them is a travesty.”

Labels: Air Force Academy, BCS, BCS Bowl, Charlie Weiss, Dora the Explorer, Jeffrey Zucker, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, NBC, NCAA, NCAA football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Today Show, TV contract

Posted on November 13th, 2007

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have jeff zucker meet with notre dame president john jenkins c s c and put it to this new president,with former president theodore hesburgh c s c that notre dame has a choice -just like notre dame has a choice for next years revenue - fire weis at the end of the serason ,and litigate ,negoiate ,or pay weis out– if not nbc will cancel out the remainder of the nbc notre dame football contract– like a fill in of sc,lsu, or a new team- fire this fat ,foul mouthed fraud ,december 1 2007- 0r keep him and n b c cancels notre dame

Comment by james dougherty on November 13, 2007
In a related development, my BA in Philosophy from Notre Dame (’69)has been recalled by the College of Liberal Arts for warranty work.

When I graduated, my degree was allegedly equipped to supply of all the necessary mental components a concerned alumni would ever need to remain “philosophical” about Notre Dame’s losses in football.

No one then anticipated the debacle of the 2007 season, but even with 2 games remaining, the University has recognized that upgrades must be installed for an alumni to have even a marginal chance of remaining philosophical during the remainder of Charlie Weis’ tenure as coach.

Comment by Neal Deesit on November 14, 2007

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