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I am watching the Toledo game and I’ve noticed that the announcers haven’t really talked about opt outs. They have said a bunch of guys have opted out but they are not saying who or their impact for either team. I wonder if ESPN is asking teams and commentators to downplay the opt outs in to not...

That was me of the knocks on Candle from the Toledo fans - teams were very undisciplined and lost games due to really dumb penalties. Definitely seeing that with Toledo today.

Do we have any idea of approximately when the guys who announced they are portal bound - or anyone else for that matter will confirm that they will be either playing or sitting out?

Exactly, but Notre Dame’s arrogance hasn’t changed.

But they also declined bowls more recently. In 1996, they were 8-3 and declined a bowl and then again in 2009 when they finished 6-6 (and lost to UConn)… And like you said, the bowl system still survived.

No. If JMU loses, we already know the winner of N Texas / Tulane is getting one of the 2 remaining auto bids - 5 auto bids go to the 5 highest ranked conference champions. But if Duke and Troy both win, who gets the last?? Duke is ranked pretty low but yeah, I gotta assume they get it.

Announcers made an interesting comment about what happens if both Troy and Duke win. Who gets the 5th auto bid? Does Duke get in? UNLV/Boise? I mean, not sure I saw any discussion on that scenario…

That is incorrect. The autobids go to the 5 highest ranked conference champions. Since there are 4 power conference, the implication is that there will be 4 P4 conference champions and 1 G6. But with Duke going to the ACC championship game, if they win and JMU wins the Sun Belt, there is a...

I think both of you are correct. More knowledge hoops only fans know that the Big East is slowly circling the drain and we need to get out of there and to one of the power conferences to stay competitive. I do not think all of them thought that 5 years ago, but they can see that now. On the...

Yeah, I get that we don't want anything out before the deal is done, but the question is why are we not getting the deal done??

But aren't guys with jobs that are still coaching committing to their new gigs right now? USF (who lost their coach after we lost ours) just hired the Ohio State OC who is still coaching in the playoffs.

This is correct. It is the 5 highest ranked conference champions. Since there are 4 power conference, the implication is that there will be 4 P4 conference champions and 1 G6. But with Duke going to the ACC championship game, if they win and JMU wins the Sun Belt, there is a chance that JMU AND...

This ^^ I am surprised people do not realize that we have no chance in our current situation - even going 12-0. With no conference we can only get in if we are ranked in the top 7 of the remaining non conference champion teams. As @Rich notes, there will be several P4 teams that would be ranked...

Right now we have no path to be in consideration for the playoffs - even going 12-0. With no conference championship the only way we get in is as an at large, meaning we would have to be ranked in the top 7 of the remaining non conference champions. Do you really think a 12-0 UConn with our...

Because people think just because we have great basketball here, it automatically translates to our football “brand”. It does not. It never has and it’s the reason we keep getting left out in conf realignment in spite of our amazing basketball. The new PAC is going to be a darn good football...