That makes no sense. How is Baylor relevant to college football fans? I know they had Mike Singletary, and they have a good QB this year, but that's about it. I don't even sure what Baylor's mascot is. The Bears?
FWIW, I thought it was common knowledge that Baylor is a Baptist school--perhaps not as strongly as the way people know ND is a Catholic school, but fairly common knowledge, nonetheless.
False. You implied he was would go to Notre Dame because he is a Devout Catholic. Thats probably the last reason Nick would choose a school. An ego doesnt have a religious preference.
The ego thing plays right into Nick going to ND, even just from the Catholic angle. What could be greater than a great Catholic coach going to the great Catholic football program as it's Savior? And the Catholic angle is just one angle that could be used to stroke Nick's ego. Add the fact that ND is the most popular and the richest college football program in the United States, add the fact that it is the only college football team in the US that has a contract with a major network to have all their home games shown on broadcast TV, add ND's unbelievable football tradition and history, etc.
That's the same reason why there are so many Cowboy, Steeler, Dolphin and, yes, Yankee fans. It's called Bandwagon jumping.
To me, the biggest argument that Saban would not go to ND, is that Bama gave Saban a great deal of power over their football program, and I don't know if ND is willing to do that like Bama was. I've read this before: Unlike the other programs on our list [of most valuable college football programs], Notre Dame's athletic department operates under the umbrella of the university and is not run as its own distinct entity. As a result, a much higher share of profits are retained by university for academic use. http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/20/notre-dame-fooball-biz-sports-cx_ps_1120collegeball.html Also, back when Holtz retired as ND coach at age 59, I remember something about how it had to do with disputes with the school's adminstration regarding the way he wanted to run things. After retiring from ND, Holtz did go to a public school in the SEC, South Carolina, where was coach from 1999-2004.
