If they can cram a Spurs vs. Celtics game in there it will be a Eclipse of Suck

Football at new Yankee Stadium? Irish interested
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The old Yankee Stadium hosted some of college football's greatest moments. The new Yankee Stadium might also host college football -- and the Fighting Irish are interested in writing the first chapter in its gridiron history, the school's athletic director said, according to The New York Times.

While stressing that no dates have been discussed, Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick said the Yankees are open to college football at the new stadium. The school has been in touch with the Yankees to express its interest in being one of the first two teams to play there, according to the report.

"We've been in contact with Yankee Stadium and asked and inquired," Swarbrick said, according to the Times. "We will be discussing games with them, but we haven't entered into any substantive discussions."

Ideally, Swarbrick said, Notre Dame would love to play Army at the stadium in 2013 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1913 game, according to the report. In that landmark game, the Irish utilized the forward pass to great success to beat the Black Knights, popularizing what had been, up to that point, a little-used strategy. The results influenced other teams to adopt the forward pass, in effect changing the game.

If there's football at the new stadium before 2013, Notre Dame would still like to be involved, Swarbrick said. But playing the 100th anniversary of the 1913 game in New York would have great meaning for the Irish, he added, according to the report.

"It would be of great historical significance for us if it would be Army," Swarbrick said, according to the report. "We would love that. Some of the most significant games in the history of college football involve those two schools and Yankee Stadium."

The Yankees and Army did not immediately return calls seeking comment, the Times reported.

Notre Dame is looking to take its show on the road to a neutral site (in San Antonio this year) so this story didn't suprise me at all. I do think its significant that the most hated institution in the country will be playing in the home of the second most hated institution. Plus I hate the Irish and the Yankees so its fitting. If ND had any fortitude they'd play the Huskers in New York and Nebraska would turn Yankee Stadium into the Sea of Red just like they did at Notre Dame Stadium a few years back.