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"The Boneyard" might take on a whole new meaning in 18 years. LolACC Media Days - Day 1
Dr. Saturday @YahooDrSaturday 4m 4 minutes ago
John Swofford: If ND joins a conference between now and 2036, it will be the ACC. (He also said he doesn’t anticipate it happening)
Bryan Fischer@BryanDFischer 8m 8 minutes ago
Swofford brings up that if Notre Dame decides to join a conference, it will be the ACC between now and 2035-36 (18 years from now).
"The Boneyard" might take on a whole new meaning in 18 years. Lol
I get the point. But uneven pods doesn't sound manageable, particularly if nested inside the concept of divisions. It's too clever by half.
ACC Media Days - Day 1
Dr. Saturday @YahooDrSaturday 4m 4 minutes ago
John Swofford: If ND joins a conference between now and 2036, it will be the ACC. (He also said he doesn’t anticipate it happening)
Bryan Fischer@BryanDFischer 8m 8 minutes ago
Swofford brings up that if Notre Dame decides to join a conference, it will be the ACC between now and 2035-36 (18 years from now).
The lack of a 13th game doesn't hurt ND, the fact that they aren't on the same level as the big boys (not many teams are) is probably the bigger issue. The gap between where the big boys are and where ND is was on display a few years ago when they played Alabama and it looked like a pro team playing a high school team.
So ridiculous. The fact that we get a statement like "our 12 game schedule is comparable to everyone else's 13 game schedule" demonstrates how effed up BCS football is. The beauty contest continues.
Well, many times that thirteenth game for other schools might be an FCS team, for instance....
Well, many times that thirteenth game for other schools might be an FCS team, for instance....
Sure, or it could be a conference championship game against a highly ranked opponent. Pretty silly for anybody, ND included, to believe somehow less is more. I don't care who you are playing, you assume both risk of losing and risk of injury every time you take the field. Teams willing to assume that risk should be given greater consideration. If you are not willing to play in a conference, and compete for its championship, then schedule @ Hawaii every season so you have 13 games to compare to everyone else in the playoff discsussion.
Penn State lost two games...that was the killer for them.
Hard to make the play off with two losses if other teams are riding zero or one loss.
But...a 12-1 resume will trump a Notre Dame 11-1 resume, I think. Particularly if the 12-1 teams are also conference champs.
An undefeated Notre Dame might get in...
It's hard to have 2 losses and get into the 4 team CFP. The P5 teams that you hypothesize will have 13 total games.[QUOTE="Unless ND goes undefeated or finishes 11-1 with a major resume of wins over ranked teams they have no shot of bumping a 12-0 or 11-1 B1G, SEC, PAC or ACC Champ. They won't bump UT or OU either.
Could they bump a 12-1 PAC Team? Hypothetically anything is possible as a committee of people pick the finalists. However I find it highly unlikely that a group of people with representatives from both B1G and PAC Programs are going to pass over a 12-1 PAC School for an 11-1 ND Team. That ND Team would have to put together a pretty stout resume to even dream of that happening. JMO but ND needs to go 12-0 or multiple P5 League representatives need to schit the bed.