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OT: Notre Dame declines bowl bid

FfldCntyFan said:
If ND is the glue holding the ACC together the ACC is f#@ked.

I'm curious as to what ND would provide as evidence that the ACC was disparaging them.
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Whether this is effective or not...this is their starting salvo...



ESPN...
ACC Network also replayed the Miami-Notre Dame game more than a dozen times Thursday and Friday, heading into championship weekend, despite Miami not participating in the league's title game.
 
BRS24 said:
GoS tweet (grain of salt), however with all the crap swirling around, this would not surprise me. Gonna put a pin in this one.

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Didn't every other conference already tell them full member or nothing?
 
GampelGladiator said:
Whether this is effective or not...this is their starting salvo...



ESPN...
ACC Network also replayed the Miami-Notre Dame game more than a dozen times Thursday and Friday, heading into championship weekend, despite Miami not participating in the league's title game.
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I posted this a few minutes ago on a thread you just responed to (CR Forum).

FfldCntyFan said:
I'm confident that this is what he was getting at but I don't see how it holds water. All conferences lobby for their schools. ND is not a football member of the ACC. The lobbying in question was for football and only football.
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Kolumbo said:
12 BYU vs 9 ND in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando on Dec 27 would have been a pretty big deal. I'm no fan of either but that's an opportunity missed by ND especially for their entitled fans. I'm happy ND missed out on the CFP but I also understand their side, saying screw you to the media.
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No upside for Notre Dame... if they win, they'd still make the same argument as they are making now (forget head-to-head, we should've been in the tournament) and if they lose, they prove the committee right.
 
ScottVib said:
No upside for Notre Dame... if they win, they'd still make the same argument as they are making now (forget head-to-head, we should've been in the tournament) and if they lose, they prove the committee right.
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I don't really buy that. First, everyone knows that some players might opt out so most of these teams aren't at full strength anyway. Nothing is proven by a win or loss. Second, both of these teams were on the bubble, so for either team to lose doesn't mean they were not worthy of a CFP spot. And even if it is like you say, it "proves" the committee right, it doesn't matter. It's not like the committee will do it over. This is what life is all about for football players, playing in big games. A bowl game would have been the biggest game of the season for them.
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
Non story for typical ND haters. Captains and players voted in this. Move along
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Who cares it's a losers mentality by their players, and fans who are for this are also soft IMO. ND is always a story just like the Yankees are. ND has that right to make this decision and everyone has that right to give their opinion on this. Quit this victim mentality for ND.
 
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The arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, egotism, pomposity, OK I'll stop, may have just caught up with them in the new college football world.
Obviously they don't need the money from a bowl nor respect any possible opponent. This was decided as a team and sets their mind set for life.
Sad situation to say the least...........
 
ND- join the ACC the right way and become eligible to play in the ACC football tournament and get in with an auto bid starting next year because I an sure the ACC will get that passed by the NCAA. Duke, with how many losses feel they should get in because they won a league tournament that is not, as of yet, receiving an auto-bid. Both ADs are out of their minds. The NCAA sucks but rules are rules.
 
I mean, the entertainment is amazing, but to be real...this is a bad look for ND, for the ACC too, and ultimately CFB.

It's no secret that the ACC is held together with thoughts and prayers right now. We all know how easy it would be to collapse the conference, and ND knows this too. They're being mighty petty but they absolutely could stick it to ACC (and they're also doing this to stick it to ESPN). I think it's mightily stupid for the ACC to stick their neck out in this. They should be thankful they didn't get locked out of this CFP and figure out their broken championship scenarios.

College athletics is already in a precarious spot, and the ACC is the next domino to fall in the uber consolidation of conferences. I don't think we've heard the end of this story. There very well could be ramifications this spring/summer that extend beyond CFB.
 
QuickDraw said:
no different than turning down an NIT invite.
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First they were totally screwed. Ahead in first four reveals. Then Alabama jumped them because commitee wanted to protect Alabama from byu win. Then miami jumps them with no new information. If nd was behind earlier fine. To change at the end for political reasons is bs. By the way, the players decided not to play . Why get hurt before draft. Sec is always taken care of.
 
superjohn said:
Everyone is spinning it to fit their narrative. Bama's name recognition and history got them in, like Notre Dame doesn't have unbelievable name recognition and history. Miami doesn't deserve it because the ACC sucks. Notre Dame was left out because they don't have a conference and this will force them to join a conference. Bama got in because the SEC is evil and controls college sports...
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Notre Dame will not join a conference because of this. It might drive them further into independence.
 
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gtcam said:
ND- join the ACC the right way and become eligible to play in the ACC football tournament and get in with an auto bid starting next year because I an sure the ACC will get that passed by the NCAA. Duke, with how many losses feel they should get in because they won a league tournament that is not, as of yet, receiving an auto-bid. Both ADs are out of their minds. The NCAA sucks but rules are rules.
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Didn’t someone say that starting next year ND gets an auto bid if they finish in the Top 12? If so, they don’t need a conference for football. They could get kicked out of the ACC for Olympic sports and move them to the BE. :)😀
 
Rich said:
You listen to Hurley's pressers that's certainly how he views his players. He has spoken numerous times about the changing pressures on these kids because now that they're being paid to show up they're expected to perform; the stakes were different when it was just a scholarship at stake but now that they're actually receiving checks...

The game ain't changed. It just got more fierce.
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Basketball game most definitely has changed, as in 3 points shot for starters.
 
In my opinion ND deserved to be in. Everyone always complains about their schedule, it’s not as bad as people make it seem. You can’t compare ND to an SEC or Big Ten school, which is why they are not trying to be in a conference, it’s going to take away existing rivalries and likely their national brand.

Each conference wants as many bids to the CFP as possible, I’m sure they’ll all collude to keep ND out until ND makes a decision. Breaking up the ACC might help ND as only a few schools from the ACC will be picked up by SEC, Big Ten or Big 12, either way the bigger those conferences you get the more you dilute the product. Doesn’t that ultimately help ND (unless the conferences band together and shut out any team that’s not SEC, Big Ten or Big 12).
 
Life is about being resilient, I don't like any of these teams turning down bowl bids or NIT bids I don't think it helps matters. Did anyone feel sorry for UConn when they were banned for the tourney in 2013 he'll no, ya think Shabazz wanted to play in a tourney ban season.

The victim mentality and choosing to be wimps instead of using this as fuel and being resilient makes me dissapointed in ND, especially Marcus Freeman.
 
UConnDan97 said:
Part of me thinks that the ND - ACC chaos could open up a door for UConn in the ACC. But a larger part of me, knowing how the NCAA works, will just assume that they would make new commercials saying "the P3" about 5 minutes after the ACC collapsed...
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"P2 + 1"
 
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