Talk:1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game

	College football portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject College football, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of college football on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.College footballWikipedia:WikiProject College footballTemplate:WikiProject College footballcollege football articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

United States: Notre Dame Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Indiana portal This article is supported by WikiProject Indiana - Notre Dame.

Scope[edit]

As the term was invented in 1988, "Catholics vs. Convicts" only applies to the games from 1988-1990 when both teams were at the top of college football -- KelleyCook

Actually, if you want to get technical, the term applies ONLY to the 1988 game. If this were an article only about the 1988 game, you'd have a point. But it's not. It's an article on the rivalry between the two schools during the 80s, and an understanding of its origins is necessary to understanding the intensity of latter games.-66.254.235.231 17:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the third paragraph of the "Notre Dame Dominates" section, unless the author is talking about the Lindsay Nelson Sunday highlight show, Notre Dame was not on national TV every week during the 70's. In fact the NCAA had a rule at the time which only allowed a school to be on national TV for one regular season game per season. In the case of ND this was usually the USC game.

Coverage[edit]

This article is pretty ridiculous. Catholics vs. Convicts refers to one particular game in the Miami-Notre Dame rivalry, that being the 1988 game.[1][2][3][4]. I'm reining this thing in to a proper scope.-PassionoftheDamon 16:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citation needed.[edit]

After reviewing the CFD as suggested, I found no reference to "Greatest College Football Games of All Time", and only a few references to college, none of which had anything to do with football.

Therefore, rather than get in some revert war for no benefit, I will add a simple citation needed to the tail end of the comment. If anyone can provide a third party reference to that game as something more than just a big game for that year, I will not consider this a non-encyclopedic exaggeration of the game's importance. Notre Dame fans saying it was the best game of all time does not equate to the general public saying the same thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CodeCarpenter (talk • contribs) 22:25, 24 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I found a good general list (USA Today, not Newsweek, but sufficient for third party needs. I added the citation and removed the cn. CodeCarpenter 22:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of citations...the first citation is incorrect. The Notre Dame Observer doesn't say that Gary was down. They say he appeared to be down, but the referees disagreed and called the play in question a fumble. It's obvious a Miami fan wrote the article based on how it was presented before. I fixed it so that it is unbiased. The5thHorseman 18:30,16 February 2007 (UTC).

Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Boise State–Nevada rivalry which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 16:32, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Context[edit]

Anyone with a working knowledge of college football will understand the implication of the "convicts" appellation directed at Miami, given the reputation of the Miami teams fielded during this time period. However, given that not every potential reader certainly knows about Miami's history, I feel like providing some context in the way of specific incidents (instances of particularly rough play, off-field legal problems) would be helpful and would only make the article better. AndrewPF1992 (talk) 18:42, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]