As things stand regarding playoff qualification, it will be tougher and tougher to boost our SOS AND schedule elite opponents "during" the season, especially for home games.
This will have a detrimental ripple effect on recruiting as we are increasingly unable to impress big time recruits at mega-games.
Personally, I lean toward the ACC. I detest the Big Ten and the ACC is a decent fit academically.
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Replies to: "If we are frozen out of the playoffs should we join a conference?"
- If we are frozen out of the playoffs should we join a conference? - Curly1918 - 8:28am 12/4/25
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- We could have lost the first two games in a conference! [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:39pm 12/4/25
- Only the new Super Conference. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 4:30pm 12/4/25
- No! ND will not be excluded. Networks love ND, Yankees & Cowboys! Great TV ratings! Love or hate - irishslovak - 11:50am 12/4/25
- Re: No! ND will not be excluded. - irishelder - 12:23pm 12/4/25
- Yes, let’s dump 130+ years of tradition because we lost our first two games - Nigel Tufnel - 10:08am 12/4/25
- Our 130+ year "tradition" did not involve a full schedule of patsies. - Curly1918 - 11:43am 12/4/25
- True - Chicago Pre-Flight was a tough out [NT]
- Nigel Tufnel - 12:44pm 12/4/25
- Read the new Leahy book. - AlbanyIRISH - 4:33pm 12/4/25
- Thanks - I plan to - Nigel Tufnel - 9:26am 12/5/25
- Lost to Physicians & Surgeons a couple times...along with Indianapolis Light Artillery... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:17pm 12/4/25
- Read the new Leahy book. - AlbanyIRISH - 4:33pm 12/4/25
- the scheduling will be the challenge. Until the conferences get all the automatic qualifiers they - WestCoastIrishFan - 12:16pm 12/4/25
- True - Chicago Pre-Flight was a tough out [NT]
- Nigel Tufnel - 12:44pm 12/4/25
- Our 130+ year "tradition" did not involve a full schedule of patsies. - Curly1918 - 11:43am 12/4/25
- No. The traditional conferences will go away at some point. Plus, I think we'd get screwed. - LanceManion - 10:02am 12/4/25
- The dissolution of conferences will be a litigation apocalypse involving many parties. - Curly1918 - 11:46am 12/4/25
- . [NT] - Curly1918 - 11:46am 12/4/25
- If u want to be independent, it comes with strings attached. - ndphysics - 9:59am 12/4/25
- ND stakeholders will prevent a true conference affiliation. This is fine as long as the same people - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:37am 12/4/25
- No. The CFP will go to 16 and we'll be able to get in any year we're good. [NT]
- Chrisb - 8:49am 12/4/25
- Are you content playing a full schedule of patsies? There's no reason for an elite team to play ND. - Curly1918 - 9:25am 12/4/25
- Elite teams have played us and will play us. - Hensou - 10:01am 12/4/25
- No. So we can play a 7-5 opponent in the title game? Just win 1 of two to start the season. [NT]
- ELP - 8:50am 12/4/25
- Clemson, Florida State, Miami and Virgina Tech are traditional powers who will recover... - Curly1918 - 9:22am 12/4/25
- Are you content playing a full schedule of patsies? There's no reason for an elite team to play ND. - Curly1918 - 9:25am 12/4/25
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