Three things (maybe four)...ND does not have the leeway that it had in scheduling back in the day...

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Three things (maybe four)...ND does not have the leeway that it had in scheduling back in the day...

Author: TakethetrainKnute (34237 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:58 am on Nov 10, 2025

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...because of the power schools being tied to their conference schedules. (Very likely losing USC says all you need to know.)

Focus of scheduling now is...playoffs. No longer the best bowl matchup that might vault you to the NC on January 1st.

Replies to: "Three things (maybe four)...ND does not have the leeway that it had in scheduling back in the day..."

Joey McGuire taking a shot at Irish [NT] [LINK] - DonMiller - 9:53pm 11/9/25 (29) [View All]
- Ignorant comments by anonymous coaches only resonate when you engage them. - lacan - 3:45pm 11/10/25
  - Sydney Sweeney seems to understand this principle very well. [NT] - murph78 - 4:12pm 11/10/25
- Here is the shit talker's conference schedule - Chris94 - 12:45pm 11/10/25
  - I don't see a single A&M, Miami, USC, or Pitt on that SHIT schedule [NT] - KWIRISH - 4:17pm 11/10/25
  - And their SOS is lower than Indiana's who started the season playing 3 straight FCS teams. - Clem - 3:15pm 11/10/25
  - A gauntlet if there ever was one [NT] - ndphysics - 1:47pm 11/10/25
- Two things can be true at the same time. - LanceHarbor - 10:36am 11/10/25
  - Three things (maybe four)...ND does not have the leeway that it had in scheduling back in the day... - TakethetrainKnute - 10:58am 11/10/25
    - Doesn't change the fact that the bitching can be legitimate. - LanceHarbor - 12:16pm 11/10/25
      - True...but not from him. - TakethetrainKnute - 12:32pm 11/10/25
        There is a wide gulf between a gauntlet and garbage. Next year is garbage. [NT] - LanceHarbor - 12:38pm 11/10/25
        I wasn't defending next year at any point...but whatever. USC came off the schedule at the last... - TakethetrainKnute - 12:52pm 11/10/25
- Clearly he was talking about UConn, right? - NC ND Fan - 9:23am 11/10/25
  - They’ve played 2 ranked teams and we’ve played 3 - WoodstockIrish - 11:18am 11/10/25
- Who? The agent guy Tom Cruise played in that movie? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:31am 11/10/25
  - That's funny. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:04am 11/10/25
- Playoffs are around the corner, there's going to be a lot more of this from - Clem - 6:34am 11/10/25
  - You really think a top tier B1G or SEC team is “envious” of us? - WoodstockIrish - 11:19am 11/10/25
    - Yeah right that's why Paul Feinbaum takes a shot against us whenever we are brought up. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 6:35pm 11/10/25
      - What does that have to do with SEC being (not being) envious of us? [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 8:44am 11/11/25
- Says the guy with the meat grinder of a schedule whose hardest game was BYU. Ok boss. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:29am 11/10/25
  - Screaming into the whirlwind from the stoop of his glass house... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:32am 11/10/25
- Absolutely asinine comment by him. - billybaroo - 11:18pm 11/9/25
  - Dumbest shit I've heard when ND had the toughest schedule for years! - Rocketman84 - 12:13am 11/10/25
    - Not lately though - WoodstockIrish - 8:11am 11/10/25
      - It is becoming more difficult with elite teams wanting to stay in conference after start of year and - TakethetrainKnute - 10:12am 11/10/25
      - True, but our SOS is 23rd and TT's is in the 50s. So he souldn't toss any stones our way [NT] - irishone - 9:26am 11/10/25
      - No, but... - NC ND Fan - 9:25am 11/10/25
        I could really care less what he says - WoodstockIrish - 11:09am 11/10/25