Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[upstater]

You underestimate our ND friends. I could see them looking for games in the middle of the SEC and Big Ten. That would allow them relatively quality wins without bumping up against other CFP teams.

I'm not saying it's happening. I'm just trying to think about how it could happen and be successful for all parties.

Yep. They could say they are reinstituting rivalry games against Michigan St., Illinois, Northwestern, USC, Purdue, Stanford, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska, even PSU. They have played these teams a lot.

In the SEC, they have 10+ games only against LSU and Oklahoma. So that's a bit tougher.

 

[Hondo 77]

Sacramento State has no money. I don’t know why people keep falling for this.

The school is absolutely broke. Every dime they spend on sports comes directly from student fees. They don’t have $5M to pay the fee to upgrade and they definitely do not have another $10M to bribe a conference.

The president is a blithering idiot. The school is having to lay off faculty and admin due to budget deficits and his plan to help reverse that is to make more revenue by going to FBS in football.

Let that sink in. His plan is to pay $5M to the NCAA, $10M to a conference, forgo conference revenue and….make money that way.

In his own words when talking about Sac State’s budget - “The university is a disaster.”

But I guess he has a plan.

Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth. - Mike Tyson

 

[TerryD1957]

I think the SEC is open to it, the Big 10 would be tougher.

If the Big Ten won't do it, the SEC likely will. ND and the SEC have already been scheduling a number of future games (Alabama, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Auburn, etc.)

Sankey does not want anything to push ND into the Big Ten. Sankey and Pete Bevacqua talk all the time and have a good relationship.

If Fox and NBC don't want to make any money from games against ND, the SEC will.

 

[TerryD1957]

Yep. They could say they are reinstituting rivalry games against Michigan St., Illinois, Northwestern, USC, Purdue, Stanford, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska, even PSU. They have played these teams a lot.

In the SEC, they have 10+ games only against LSU and Oklahoma. So that's a bit tougher.

Look for ND to schedule more Big 12 teams as well.

 

[CL82]

Look for ND to schedule more Big 12 teams as well.

Reading between the lines, are you saying that ND is looking to open up options to its current relationship with the ACC?

 

[TerryD1957]

They can't compete on that level. If they played a tougher schedule they would be exposed. They want to preserve the illusion.

ND has scheduled SEC opponents (recently and in the future) like Texas A&M, Alabama, Auburn, Texas, Florida, etc....

You are completely wrong about ND's talent level. ND may be rated #1 in the country going into next season.

Marcus Freeman has transformed ND's talent level.

For instance, ND had the combined #1 recruiting and transfer portal class this year.

ND went a decade without recruiting a 5 star. This year? ND signed five 5 star recruits, plus got four former 5 star recruits in the portal.

 

[TerryD1957]

Reading between the lines, are you saying that ND is looking to open up options to its current relationship with the ACC?

No, except for contingency plans like any other school. I am merely saying that ND is aggressively scheduling going forward.

ND is likely looking for the ability to move its other sports into the Big East and have scheduling agreements with the SEC and./or the Big Ten as an independent in the event the ACC implodes.

(ND could do a 3-4 game scheduling with a P2 conference right now and that would not affect or breach its ACC deal.)

That will be their plan rather than joining the Big Ten in that event.

 

[Fishy]

Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth. - Mike Tyson

These guys do not even have a plan. They have some AI renderings of a stadium and it's gotten them so many headlines.

It's almost comical, but it kinda shows the state of the media these days. A guy like Ross Dellinger will print whatever you tell him. He won't even do a 20 second google search like I did.

 

[ZooCougar]

ND has scheduled SEC opponents (recently and in the future) like Texas A&M, Alabama, Auburn, Texas, Florida, etc....

You are completely wrong about ND's talent level. ND may be rated #1 in the country going into next season.

Marcus Freeman has transformed ND's talent level.

For instance, ND had the combined #1 recruiting and transfer portal class this year.

ND went a decade without recruiting a 5 star. This year? ND signed five 5 star recruits, plus got four former 5 star recruits in the portal.

Clown take. We just look at Notre Dame’s results. The team trades on their name not what they do on the field.

 

[TerryD1957]

ND football gets paid $60 million a year. They also get $20 million from the ACC for their Olympic sports. If anything, they are overpaid.

No one is overpaid or underpaid. In a capitalist society, you are paid what you can extract or attract, what the market will bear.

No more or no less.

 

[ZooCougar]

Reading between the lines, are you saying that ND is looking to open up options to its current relationship with the ACC?

I can’t see another conference that is desperate enough to put up with their BS. And Yormark already blasted them famously.

 

[Fishy]

No one should be worrying about Notre Dame. They’re not worried about themselves, so stop wishcasting scenarios where they’re forced to do something they don’t want to do - it never happens.

 

[Fishy]

It is time for Notre Dame to leave the football kids’ table

Irish football needs to be bold in their decision regarding the ACC.

www.ndsmcobserver.com

It's not going to happen.

First, can we all stop buying into the myth that somehow the SEC or Big Ten are actually special once you get past the top two or three teams? Beating Iowa or Purdue or Missouri or whoever is the same as beating whatever scrapple you're beating in the ACC.

Second, why would they? Hey, let's upheave our entire athletic program for no particular reason or benefit! It'll be fun!

Third, you are absolutely crazy if you think there's a school out there that is gonna look at the Big East and think, yeah, I wanna do that instead of the ACC.

 

[Purple Stein]

ND has scheduled SEC opponents (recently and in the future) like Texas A&M, Alabama, Auburn, Texas, Florida, etc....

You are completely wrong about ND's talent level. ND may be rated #1 in the country going into next season.

Marcus Freeman has transformed ND's talent level.

For instance, ND had the combined #1 recruiting and transfer portal class this year.

ND went a decade without recruiting a 5 star. This year? ND signed five 5 star recruits, plus got four former 5 star recruits in the portal.

It is more likely the Notre Dame ends next season ranked 13th again than it is that they start the season ranked first.

 

[BigTenFan]

One team in Indiana won the National Championship this year.. and it wasn't ND

 

[JwittersPAC]

It's not going to happen.

First, can we all stop buying into the myth that somehow the SEC or Big Ten are actually special once you get past the top two or three teams? Beating Iowa or Purdue or Missouri or whoever is the same as beating whatever scrapple you're beating in the ACC.

Second, why would they? Hey, let's upheave our entire athletic program for no particular reason or benefit! It'll be fun!

Third, you are absolutely crazy if you think there's a school out there that is gonna look at the Big East and think, yeah, I wanna do that instead of the ACC.

You think there is only 2 or 3 top teams in the SEC and BIG 10? lol. 9 schools in the SEC and 9 schools in the BIG 10 have won the national championship in football. In addition football game attendance runs much higher in both the SEC and the BIG10 compared to the ACC.

 

[UConnJim]

After the UConn/Butler game, I switched to watch the end of the Syracuse/Cal game. Dome was empty. Then the BC/Stanford game came on. Conte Forum is empty. The downside of conference realignment.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

After the UConn/Butler game, I switched to watch the end of the Syracuse/Cal game. Dome was empty. Then the BC/Stanford game came on. Conte Forum is empty. The downside of conference realignment.

They should try winning lol

 

[TerryD1957]

Clown take. We just look at Notre Dame’s results. The team trades on their name not what they do on the field.

You mean like its 24-4 record the last two years, with 3 playoff wins and a national title game appearance in 2024?

Or do you mean its 54-13 record over the last five years or its 102-29 record over the last ten years?

 

[TerryD1957]

It is more likely the Notre Dame ends next season ranked 13th again than it is that they start the season ranked first.

Bookmark it.

 

[Purple Stein]

You think there is only 2 or 3 top teams in the SEC and BIG 10? lol. 9 schools in the SEC and 9 schools in the BIG 10 have won the national championship in football. In addition football game attendance runs much higher in both the SEC and the BIG10 compared to the ACC.

In the CFP, the only wins the SEC managed were against themselves and Tulane.

Don't do them the kindness of sustaining their narrative.

 

[Fishy]

You think there is only 2 or 3 top teams in the SEC and BIG 10? lol. 9 schools in the SEC and 9 schools in the BIG 10 have won the national championship in football. In addition football game attendance runs much higher in both the SEC and the BIG10 compared to the ACC.

Neither one of those statements changes the facts as they are now.

Imagine being so dim as to think that Illinois or Iowa claiming fake titles a hundred years ago is some kinda power move.

 

[John]

Neither one of those statements changes the facts as they are now.

Imagine being so dim as to think that Illinois or Iowa claiming fake titles a hundred years ago is some kinda power move.

The Helms Football Trophy

 

[ZooCougar]

You mean like its 24-4 record the last two years, with 3 playoff wins and a national title game appearance in 2024?

Or do you mean its 54-13 record over the last five years or its 102-29 record over the last ten years?

Ahh yes and they make their own schedule and get routinely ranked 10 spots higher than they deserve since forever.

 

[Fishy]

The Helms Football Trophy

That and Illinois also claims one that I’d never even heard of.

 

[Vuce]

You mean like its 24-4 record the last two years, with 3 playoff wins and a national title game appearance in 2024?

Or do you mean its 54-13 record over the last five years or its 102-29 record over the last ten years?

Or do you mean the supposed national power who hasn’t won a National Championship since Ronald Reagan was in office and the internet was still YEARS away from even being used by most people? Hahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[TerryD1957]

Ahh yes and they make their own schedule and get routinely ranked 10 spots higher than they deserve since forever.

6 of ND's 12 opponents are selected by the ACC, not ND.

The second part of your sentence is subjective emotive BS.

 

[UConnJim]

First, can we all stop buying into the myth that somehow the SEC or Big Ten are actually special once you get past the top two or three teams? Beating Iowa or Purdue or Missouri or whoever is the same as beating whatever scrapple you're beating in the ACC.

In the last 30 years, there have been 16 different schools that have been ranked 1st at the end of the season with their current conference:

SEC: 8 schools
Big 10: 5 schools
ACC: 3 schools

With Ole Miss and Indiana in the playoff this year, and Indiana winning the national championship, I would say most Big 10 or SEC school have a chance to win a national championship. Revenue sharing and NIL changed everything.

 

[John]

Or do you mean the supposed national power who hasn’t won a National Championship since Ronald Reagan was in office and the internet was still YEARS away from even being used by most people? Hahahahahahahahahahaha

the Noter Dayme Fighting Lampreys.

 

[JVN]

6 of ND's 12 opponents are selected by the ACC, not ND.

The second part of your sentence is subjective emotive BS.

Just wondering, did ND ever advocate for the ACC to invite UConn, like they did for Stanford and Cal?