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Thirteen for Thirteen: Giving Jack a Hand

It’s not often that one is challenged by an athletic director, much less one as erudite as Notre Dame’s own Jack “Jack” Swarbrick, but challenge us he did, loyal readers, in remarks made at the College Football Playoff spring meetings. As reported by Heather Dinich at ESPN, among othrs, Swarbrick said “You wouldn’t believe the number of letters I get from fans with proposals on how to get a 13th game.” “It’s just crazy. All of them have one common feature about them: There’s not a chance in hell the other school or conference would be willing to do it.