The importance of Notre Dame Football’s independence has been something which has been talked about, argued about, and reported about for decades. While it’s sometimes hard to imagine the complete college football narrative during the pre-internet world, Irish independence wasn’t remotely as hot of a subject back then as it is now.
It did, however, really start heating up when Notre Dame made its historical television deal with NBC.
But this story doesn’t need such a deep preamble — not for those that really care. We’re here to talk about Jack Swarbrick and how he took the derogatory moniker of “Savvy Jack” and made it honorable.