This would require NCAA approval, but how about an Independent palyoff game after regular season ends. We could even make it an "honor our armed services people" game. We could play the weekend after the season ends the best of the service academies - - Army, Navy or the Air Force. We would need to replace the Navy game with another team, maybe Oklahoma, Texas or some other recognized perennial power house.
I think the Naval Academy would forgive us for not scheduling them annualy. This would mean additional revenue to ND and might quite the critics about not playing a thirteenth game.
Not a perfect scenario, but food for thought.
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Three thoughts on this issue:
1. ND should schedule a 13 th game when an SEC team plays a game north of the Mason-Dixon line in Nov.
2. Did Bama play a 13th game last year?
3. Schedule a 13th game when the entire SEC schedules no FCS teams in November
ND
Stanford
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Duke
Rice
Army
Navy
Air Force
Make it happen.
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I'm fine with contending for a NC once a decade and maintaining the school's integrity and self-respect.
Run some option on top of it and I'll have an orgasm.
uva and ga tech to that list. would make a great conference with coast-to-coast appeal.
Alabama.
Play nine or ten-game conference schedule, leaving room for two or three non-conference games. In other words, a system like every other conference has.
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Did not know they were part of a conference. My bad.
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April Fools :)
Link: https://dailycollegian.com/2018/04/umass-moving-to-sec-in-2019/
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...for a change.
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American, Boston, and Loyola do not play football. On the other hand, Army participates as an independent in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) and Navy participates in the American Athletic Conference for football only. Thus, Fordham and Georgetown replace them in the Patriot League for football only.
Link: Patriot League
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Funny!
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I have enjoyed every minute of it. I would l;ove to see the Irish more on the field. A thirteenth game appeals to me.
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The additional revcenue for ND from playing an Oklahoma or Texas alone would be worth it. Plus I believe that the service academies are all independents as well. This would not prevent the acadamies from playing in a bowl game if they were to get at least six wins during their regular season.
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