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JVN said:
Just wondering, did ND ever advocate for the ACC to invite UConn, like they did for Stanford and Cal?
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Why would they?
 
UConnJim said:
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.
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Not according to Fishy. He does not understand that most schools fans in the ACC care nothing about football - nothing burger. Look at the the attendance for the ACC championship game this year between Duke and Virginia. Hardly anybody showed up.
 
TerryD1957 said:
6 of ND's 12 opponents are selected by the ACC, not ND.

The second part of your sentence is subjective emotive BS.
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Notre Dame chooses to play the weak ACC. They should be in the Big 10?

Emotive. No it’s pretty much a settled matter. Sort of like how Brian Kelly killed a kid and Notre Dame did nothing to him.
 
JwittersPAC said:
Not according to Fishy. He does not understand that most schools fans in the ACC care nothing about football - nothing burger. Look at the the attendance for the ACC championship game this year between Duke and Virginia. Hardly anybody showed up.
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That was the consolation game. There were 38,000 at the actual ACC Championship Game in East Hartford.
 
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JVN said:
Just wondering, did ND ever advocate for the ACC to invite UConn, like they did for Stanford and Cal?
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I don't believe that ND has a seat at the football decision table They do for basketball and the Olympic sports.
 
Kolumbo said:
UConn burned that bridge in 2009. It's easier to just beat up on the bcu's of the conference
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I do wonder if entering into the 10 year deal with ND would have changed our circumstances at all. To be fair, I wouldn't mind a couple of Rentschler games thrown in there. Maybe something like Notre Dame home, neutral NYC, Rentschler Field, Notre Dame home, neutral Foxborough and then repeat
 
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CL82 said:
I do wonder if entering into the 10 year deal with ND would have changed our circumstances at all. To be fair, I wouldn't mind a a couple of Renschler game thrown in there. Maybe something like Notre Dame home, neutral NYC, Renschler field, Notre Dame home neutral Foxborough and then repeat
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It feels like that was 60 years ago, had almost completely forgotten about that proposed deal.
 
John said:
It feels like that was 60 years ago, had almost completely forgotten about that proposed deal.
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I hate when politicians involve themselves in UConn athletics. In this case, they queered a deal that would have, in all likelihood, been very helpful to Connecticut football. Same thing when Chris Murphy chirped up to be critical of Connecticut moving to the big 12. I can't say that it was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back, but it definitely didn't help.
 
I don’t think that would’ve changed much tbh. Even then, it would’ve been easier to digest the series if ND had just thrown us some home games. It was that simple on their end, and while I also hate politicians sticking their noses in situations they have no clue about, the pushback was justified at the time imo.
 
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From Sacramento to Amherst and everything in between:




-> The MAC has yet to release its 2026 conference football schedule. The league loses Northern Illinois this coming year and added UMass last year to remain at 12 member schools. The conference also has upcoming negotiations with ESPN for its new television deal.

Under the plan, Sacramento State’s other sports would remain with the Big West — a model, as it turns out, similar to Northern Illinois, which left the MAC to play only football in the Mountain West with most other sports in the Horizon. <-
 
Blades said:
Yep...I had an online beef with that has-been Desmond Connor on this very issue. Notre Dame willing to do an annual deal with Uconn, would of been a brand maker for our new FB program. (and could of lead to an ACC invite)

But as always some nobody media types and a few politicians thought otherwise and let a "talent buy" for our resume (aka one of the best brands in CFB) walk, because they got but hurt it was a 3-5-1-1 deal. Gee playin' games in NY or MA doesn't seem to hurt the hoops team, SMH ! (it's called negotiate and didn't we do an Army game in NYC ?)
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Connor was an imbecile. Jeff Jacobs wasn't, but like sportswriters tend to do, he was very fond of his own opinion.
 
huskymedic said:
From Sacramento to Amherst and everything in between:




-> The MAC has yet to release its 2026 conference football schedule. The league loses Northern Illinois this coming year and added UMass last year to remain at 12 member schools. The conference also has upcoming negotiations with ESPN for its new television deal.

Under the plan, Sacramento State’s other sports would remain with the Big West — a model, as it turns out, similar to Northern Illinois, which left the MAC to play only football in the Mountain West with most other sports in the Horizon. <-
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Rivalry game in the making with Ball State
The Annual Ball-Sac Game. loser is on the receiving end

Bad Santa Pain GIF by Sky
 
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huskymedic said:
From Sacramento to Amherst and everything in between:




-> The MAC has yet to release its 2026 conference football schedule. The league loses Northern Illinois this coming year and added UMass last year to remain at 12 member schools. The conference also has upcoming negotiations with ESPN for its new television deal.

Under the plan, Sacramento State’s other sports would remain with the Big West — a model, as it turns out, similar to Northern Illinois, which left the MAC to play only football in the Mountain West with most other sports in the Horizon. <-
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Finally some fair competition for UMass.
 
huskymedic said:
From Sacramento to Amherst and everything in between:




-> The MAC has yet to release its 2026 conference football schedule. The league loses Northern Illinois this coming year and added UMass last year to remain at 12 member schools. The conference also has upcoming negotiations with ESPN for its new television deal.

Under the plan, Sacramento State’s other sports would remain with the Big West — a model, as it turns out, similar to Northern Illinois, which left the MAC to play only football in the Mountain West with most other sports in the Horizon. <-
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$18 million to the MAC, $5 million to join the FBS, $1 million in NIL. That’s $24 million right there. And no revenue sharing from the MAC.

Where are they getting their money?

The MAC schools would take one trip to CA every three years.

This is likely a temporary arrangement, which means Sac. State would also pay an exit fee at some point.
 
Rufus said:
$18 million to the MAC, $5 million to join the FBS, $1 million in NIL. That’s $24 million right there. And no revenue sharing from the MAC.

Where are they getting their money?

The MAC schools would take one trip to CA every three years.

This is likely a temporary arrangement, which means Sac. State would also pay an exit fee at some point.
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California has 40 million people so this is pocket change for a state run school. They set a goal of getting to FBS and got there. It's not the PAC 12 but it's FBS

"FOS first reported the formation of the “Sac-12,” a group of local politicians and businesspeople pooling financial resources to win the program an invitation to the Pac-12; they committed to offer $50 million in NIL (name, image, and likeness) opportunities to Sacramento State athletes if the program secured a Pac-12 invitation. Though the group was independent of the university and athletics department, it reflected the same aggressive desire to make it to the next level."

frontofficesports.com

Sacramento State Will Pay $20M+ to Join MAC in FBS

The Hornets have been pushing hard for an FBS invitation, and will join the MAC as a football-only member beginning this coming season.
frontofficesports.com frontofficesports.com
 
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The MAC schools need the money. And one trip to CA every three years isn’t bad for them. They probably have one long road trip within three years in non-conference games anyways.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
That lawsuit was the only smart move UConn has made. If we hadn't sued the ACC, we would have won 4 fewer National Championships in men's basketball and 7 fewer in women's basketball, and we would be UMass.

In case you haven't noticed, virtually every antitrust lawsuit is a winner. UConn should have sued a lot more.
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It’s also the reason we aren’t in the ACC.
 
ZooCougar said:
It’s also the reason we aren’t in the ACC.
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You have been wrong on this issue for 23 years. BCU didn't want us in the ACC. We could have bought every ACC President coke and hookers every day for the last 23 years, and we would not be in the ACC. We needed to break BCU, not kiss their butt. We tried asking nicely for the last 13 years after our co-plaintiffs were all invited to other leagues. It failed.
 
JVN said:
Notre Dame advocates for Notre Dame.
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It also strongly advocates for Stanford, as noted above. If ND ever joins the Big Ten, Stanford will be its +1.

Stanford has a great relationship with ND. So does Navy.

ND has no such close relationship with UConn. Never has. Would UConn advocate for ND if the roles were reversed?
 
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