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ACC Did Permanent Damage

bendm said:
Ah yeah. 4 ranked teams versus 2, 7 projected bids versus 3. Average of the 5 power conference leagues as of last week:

SEC. 54.18
Big 12 60.18
ACC 64.05
Big Ten 69.30
Big East 73.00
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The ACC has sucked for a while, and this, the ACC’s best season since 2018 or so, puts the league at 4th best.

You are on to something here.🤣
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The ACC has sucked for a while, and this, the ACC’s best season since 2018 or so, puts the league at 4th best.

You are on to something here.🤣
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The BE has also sucked for awhile outside of UConn. And That ranking shows the ACC in third not fourth... all I said was the The ACC is having a better season than the BE and it’s not debatable, so what are you onto?
 
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mussels said:
In 2023 Big East had three teams in sweet sixteen and two in elite eight.
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That was 4 seasons ago, that’s awhile in my book. Which fanbases outside of UConn have a reason for optimism?
 
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jleves said:
I have some weird fantasy where they leave the ACC and bring UConn along to the Big10. But that's just me 😁.
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I mean that would be the best for the big 10, no? They get a leading football program and a leading basketball program (with a growing football program)

That would also make it 20 teams
 
bendm said:
That was 4 seasons ago, that’s awhile in my book. Which fanbases outside of UConn have a reason for optimism?
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And the year after 2024 everyone knows the Big East got royally screwed. Instead of getting the 5 or 6 bids they should've gotten they only got three bids. All three made the sweet 16 and they had the national champion.
 
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CFP are dumb and has watered down the sport.

The regular season doesn't mean much now and the thing that gets the most attention is a damn 12 seed snub.

During any normal time Indiana beating OSU for the Big Ten championship would've been an all-time moment. Now it doesn't matter because OSU still gets another crack at winning the national title anyways. Not only that, the Heisman race sucks.

College sports has just been in the gutter.
 
HW611 said:
CFP are dumb and has watered down the sport.

The regular season doesn't mean much now and the thing that gets the most attention is a damn 12 seed snub.

During any normal time Indiana beating OSU for the Big Ten championship would've been an all-time moment. Now it doesn't matter because OSU still gets another crack at winning the national title anyways. Not only that, the Heisman race sucks.

College sports has just been in the gutter.
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So you preferred when Auburn went undefeated and missed the BCS Championship because USC and Texas went undefeated as well? Clearly arguing over the 12th team is better than that situation.

ND needs to join a football conference if they don't want this situation. You can't penalize Alabama for making the SEC championship game.

College football is quite a joke don't get me wrong but it has more to do with the transfer portal and NIL than the playoff.
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
Notre Dame not playing in a bowl game shows a total lack of respect for the game of college football.... Booohooo.
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To be fair, they did just get absolutely screwed by the cartel. Alabama not dropping after their last month of poor play and a bad loss in the SEC title game, like every other conference title game loser ever, is ridiculous.
 
EROCK CONN said:
To be fair, they did just get absolutely screwed by the cartel. Alabama not dropping after their last month of poor play and a bad loss in the SEC title game, like every other conference title game loser ever, is ridiculous.
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True, but they still should have manned up.
 
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UCHuskies08 said:
So you preferred when Auburn went undefeated and missed the BCS Championship because USC and Texas went undefeated as well? Clearly arguing over the 12th team is better than that situation.

ND needs to join a football conference if they don't want this situation. You can't penalize Alabama for making the SEC championship game.

College football is quite a joke don't get me wrong but it has more to do with the transfer portal and NIL than the playoff.
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Yes. That was a much better conversation to have than ND throwing a tantrum over the 12th seed. It also made the outside bowl games more meaningful.

Outside bowl games mean absolute squat now. The most they should've extended it to was 8. 4 was fine. 12 is overkill and has made things meaningless.
 
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How Sway?! said:
Wonder what did more permanent damage, the ACC backing up their full time member or Notre Dame throwing a tantrum and claiming bowl games are beneath them...
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I’m not a notre dame fan at all, but you can’t tell me they’re not one of the 12 best teams in the country -probably top six - and I get having one Cinderella or mid major in there but how the heck is James Madison AND Tulane both in the BCS playoff? Who wants to watch Ole Miss smack around Tulane again—- what a joke.
 
JB75 said:
I’m not a notre dame fan at all, but you can’t tell me they’re not one of the 12 best teams in the country -probably top six - and I get having one Cinderella or mid major in there but how the heck is James Madison AND Tulane both in the BCS playoff? Who wants to watch Ole Miss smack around Tulane again—- what a joke.
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Those are the terms they agreed to in order to keep their independence. Additionally, the reason why the 4 team playoff was so reviled was because it was always the same 4-6 teams. Now that we have non traditional schools being involved, we are going to complain little poor ND was left out?
 
Look at the NBA- the best teams might be in the West this year. Right? But that doesn't mean the East is ineligible to make the playoffs. The argument could be made that the 5th best team in the West is better than a 1-2 in the East. Oh well. That’s how sports and regions/divisions/unbalanced schedules work.
 
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I'm a huge Notre Dame Football fan. My grandfather was a huge fan starting around 1915-1920 until his death and I was indoctrinated into the fold before I could speak. I still root for them. They are MY team despite being a UCONN Alum however, Notre Dame has ZERO right to complain. They can't have their cake and eat it too. They are a member of the ACC for all sports except for Football because ND has their own Football network and they didn't think that it makes sense for them to join a conference when they can do their own thing and make hundreds of millions of dollars in doing so. It is their right to make decisions in their own best interest but then they can't go and cry when a School who is a FULL member is promoted to go to the BCS and ND is not. They could join pretty much any conference that they want but they don't because they thought because they are Notre Dame they will just automatically be invited every year because of who they are. It doesn't work that way. I thought Notre Dame had done enough to get in but obviously the decision makers made their decision. Notre Dame is stomping their feet like a petulant child because they didn't get their way. They need to look in the mirror if they want to point the finger at anyone.
 
John said:
The concept of too much travel no longer applies to the major conferences.
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I get what you're saying but this next level travel. The amount of classes missed for these teams would be a lot (I get school prolly doesn't care) but the travel cost would be insane.
 
RJScootin said:
I get what you're saying but this next level travel. The amount of classes missed for these teams would be a lot (I get school prolly doesn't care) but the travel cost would be insane.
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so would the payout and access.
 
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RJScootin said:
I get what you're saying but this next level travel. The amount of classes missed for these teams would be a lot (I get school prolly doesn't care) but the travel cost would be insane.
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The tv money helps secure charter flights to everything - which takes a lot of that issue away. Bus picks you up at Gampel, drives you right onto the tarmac, you hop off the bus and onto a comfortable plane, and another bus picks you up on the other tarmac. All those airport hassles are eliminated and cuts travel time in half.
 
RJScootin said:
I get what you're saying but this next level travel. The amount of classes missed for these teams would be a lot (I get school prolly doesn't care) but the travel cost would be insane.
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Do you realize how many classes are held virtually now? The teams also have dedicated helpers and tutors. If the kids want to take a class virtually, it’s their call in many cases.

When was the last time you heard of any student athlete at any school being academically ineligible?
 
Methalius said:
I'm a huge Notre Dame Football fan. My grandfather was a huge fan starting around 1915-1920 until his death and I was indoctrinated into the fold before I could speak. I still root for them. They are MY team despite being a UCONN Alum however, Notre Dame has ZERO right to complain. They can't have their cake and eat it too. They are a member of the ACC for all sports except for Football because ND has their own Football network and they didn't think that it makes sense for them to join a conference when they can do their own thing and make hundreds of millions of dollars in doing so. It is their right to make decisions in their own best interest but then they can't go and cry when a School who is a FULL member is promoted to go to the BCS and ND is not. They could join pretty much any conference that they want but they don't because they thought because they are Notre Dame they will just automatically be invited every year because of who they are. It doesn't work that way. I thought Notre Dame had done enough to get in but obviously the decision makers made their decision. Notre Dame is stomping their feet like a petulant child because they didn't get their way. They need to look in the mirror if they want to point the finger at anyone.
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For years, ND skipped bowl games outright unless the game had, or at least close to had championship potential.
 
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