If ND were to lead a new conference, 9 teams max
by k-rock (2021-07-30 12:14:02)

In reply to: Non-SEC/B1G realignment  posted by VaDblDmr

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Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Southern Cal, Washington, BYU If Ohio State wants to join, drop Washington or BYU.
No Conference championship games and negotiate 2 automatic playoff births.


That would be a hell of a conference…
by Irishdemon  (2021-07-31 16:06:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

… in both a good and bad way.

Smells like at least two losses a year for everybody.

But if it had two automatic playoffs bids, so be it.

If Jack does nothing , the SEC takes Clemson, FSU and Miami
by k-rock  (2021-08-01 13:23:18)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

IF ND tries to remain independent they will have to schedule more games from a weakened ACC. Since Texas appears out of the picture now, I would approach Ohio State. Ohio State is getting screwed now having to share money with the bottom feeders of the Big Ten and they would lose their identity (like ND) if they joined the SEC. If Ohio State and ND formed a small power conference with 7 other top teams, they can probably pull in the same TV money (per team average) as the SEC. With this type of power conference, in a future 8 team playoff you can negotiate to get 3 teams in, no need to have a conference championship game, the 3 teams with the top conference records get in.

Jack isn't going to do jack.
by SWPaDem  (2021-08-01 15:59:31)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

He really hasn't done anything in the past to secure our independence, I guess unless you want to call agreeing to a 5+ football game commitment to the ACC well into the 2030s along with supplementing these moribund games with one and now two "buy" games securing our independence. Why would he start now? He was hired to "monitor the landscape" along with monetizing whatever else he could and that's it. Proactively taking measures to secure our independence is not how he operates. Not at a measly $3 million per.

Oh, he'll stick his finger in the air after a swig of WhistlePig and misread what's going on - he's not exactly an expert in gauging atmospheric conditions - until it's too late to be a player and take what's given him, if you know what I mean. Do it two times and it's a tradition.

He's been a terrible hire for those who long for the glory days of what Notre Dame Football once was. We could have been a leader; we could have been a contender; instead we're a two-bit pretender plying our trade on the most hallowed artificial turf in all of college football.



Instead, Jack fancied himself an architect of a would-be 12-team playoff scenario while Rome was set to burn.

ND hasn’t been a leader in anything
by 84david  (2021-07-31 11:02:08)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

for 25 years
Probably closer to 35 *
by NDBob  (2021-07-31 12:03:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That would be work for our Director of Athletics.
by SWPaDem  (2021-07-30 12:51:10)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Monitoring landscapes and jumping in with both feet is so much easier.