The Echoes Were Awakened (Part III of V)
August 16th, 2012. It was a day when a certain award-winning sportswriter for ESPN wanted to make a statement regarding one of college football's most iconic programs. Rick Reilly, Notre Dame's ultimate critic. Sports fans, college football fans, and especially Notre Dame fans read the column written by Rick Reilly on www.espn.com regarding Notre Dame football and its recent struggles. Reilly did not hold back on his sentiments that Notre Dame should be "demoted". He even went as far as to say that the Irish would have been halfway down the Mountain West Conference after their string of failed expectations over the years. But one certain list that Reilly wrote turned every domer's face beat-red. "From now on: • Notre Dame no longer gets its own television deal with NBC. • Notre Dame no longer gets to be the only school in the country with an inexplicable seat at the BCS decisions-making table. • Notre Dame no longer gets its yearly undeserved h...