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Notre Dame ACC Thoughts

Author: arizonairish (7 Posts - Joined: Sep 19, 2017)

Posted at 11:43 pm on Dec 29, 2020
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I like most people who post here have been Notre Dame fan since birth. And have watched our team play as an Independent all these years. I maybe in the vast minority for my upcoming opinion but I feel that it will be better and more beneficial for Notre Dame to become a permanent member of the ACC. I feel having a chance to be in the ACC championship each year will attract recruits.

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Pass.

Author: AlbanyIRISH (25819 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:50 pm on Dec 30, 2020
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Only a fool would enjoy watching ND play ACC schools every season.

Kind of reminds me of when Rocket Ismail played for Notre Dame
Invincibility with no vulnerability
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Clemson and doormats, but worse, if not doormats--say Miami and FSU return to prominence--then ...

Author: lacan (1433 Posts - Joined: Apr 24, 2015)

Posted at 3:28 pm on Dec 30, 2020
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multiple-loss seasons would be normal and playoffs unlikely even if the playoffs expanded to 8 teams. Expecting the competitive status quo in the ACC to persist as a basis for arguing that ND should join the ACC permanently is unwise. Making judgements about joining the ACC permanently in the context of the outlier Covid season even less wise.

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This

Author: humbaba (1207 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 2:31 pm on Dec 30, 2020
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The South is the last bastion of passion for college (and high school) football.

Author: Curly1918 (16450 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 10:27 am on Dec 30, 2020
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It's kinda quaint to go down there during the season and listen to constant chatter about the sport... even among highly educated folk who somehow know the 40 times of the local adolescent stars. In the rest of the country it's just another form of entertainment. It's probably not even a top ten selection on the west coast or in NYC. So if the University of Notre Dame wishes to become a "power" in college football again, that is where we need to be visible in order to recruit the best talent. On the other hand, perhaps we are perfectly content for ND to be a great academic institution that in the fall provides a college football re-enactment experience.

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No. We immediately put ourselves in a position where we HAVE to beat Clemson to make the CFP.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:08 am on Dec 30, 2020
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There is no reason not to wait a few years and see how things evolve with the CFP. If it gets expanded to 8 teams, we are almost guaranteed to get in any year when we win 11/12 games. If it stays at 4, we already know we can get in. The ACC will be more than happy to take us in five years if we want.

I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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fr. jenkins' approach: go with the option that produces the most money. it's all about the money.

Author: und67 (6798 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:37 am on Dec 30, 2020
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legendary independence is great and n.d. is the poster child for it. it produces controversy; it produces flexibility; it produces myth; it produces national appeal and exposure. joining a conference will ultimately be regionally confining - neutral football aficionados on the left coast would watch reruns of "the view" instead of an all-acc national championship game. but if n.d. were still independent, the same acc-n.d. match-up would get viewers who would be there to root against our haughty and aloof little selves. joining a conference would make us just another tree; right now we are our own whole forest.

otoh, there is safety in numbers. right now n.d. has to fight a political battle as well as go virtually undefeated to get into the playoff picture. as a p5 conference champion, it would almost be a lock - especially if they increase the number of teams to 6 or 8. in hard times a conference acts like a mother hen (a role the acc is basically playing with us right now). there is guaranteed money in a conference where there is not as an independent - although n.d. does well producing money, let me tell you.

maybe they should subscribe to a 5-year trial run as a full member of the acc. analyze the pros and cons and come to a mutually acceptable arrangement. include tv. the whole argument is not moot. it should have resolution.


msm, dnc, antifa, blm: trying to kill america.
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How much do you really know about

Author: Irishrealist (150 Posts - Joined: Dec 30, 2019)

Posted at 10:04 pm on Dec 30, 2020
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ND? If you did some research, you’d know that ND would make MORE $ IN a conference.

Stop whining with alternate facts like a Trumper.


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Notre Dame has plenty of money

Author: ndunabomber (6475 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 5:20 pm on Dec 30, 2020
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I doubt conference payouts are of any real concern, considering that the endowment fund was already at 13.8+ billion, as of 2019.

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If it was all about $$, we would already be in a conference. NBC money is a pittance vs Conf Payout

Author: irishone (2066 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 11:30 am on Dec 30, 2020
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I agree because we cannot burn anymore bridges in this environment. It will go badly for us if

Author: BaronVonZemo (59944 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 8:09 am on Dec 30, 2020
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We spurn the ACC on top of the B1G.

No man is an island.


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..and bad for Climate Change...

Author: TakethetrainKnute (33496 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:37 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Since the move toward the playoffs and talk of expansion in playoffs, doesn't seem any reason to

Author: jimbasil (52635 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)

Posted at 7:27 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Not only that, ND is about Status as an independent. It's part of your myth and story. Why change, ND seems to be doing well.

Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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It did us well this year. No one seems to care about status anymore. We can have the best of both

Author: THEISMANCARR (17204 Posts - Joined: Aug 10, 2007)

Posted at 8:07 am on Dec 30, 2020
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worlds if we increase our playoff hopes and have enough room on the schedule to maintain annual game with USC and schedule other interesting matchups outside of ACC.

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Did it? How?

Author: jimbasil (52635 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)

Posted at 8:26 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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We are in the playoffs. We are getting respect and considered a strong team. Most agree with our

Author: THEISMANCARR (17204 Posts - Joined: Aug 10, 2007)

Posted at 9:47 am on Dec 30, 2020
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selection this year.

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We would have been a strong consideration without the ACC.

Author: jimbasil (52635 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)

Posted at 10:23 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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Yeah you're right we wouldn't have lost to Clemson and would be number 2 facing number 3, but

Author: THEISMANCARR (17204 Posts - Joined: Aug 10, 2007)

Posted at 3:24 pm on Dec 30, 2020
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I still think most of the time it gives us a better shot.

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Agree it raises our chances of playoff consideration every year. We can keep USC on our schedule

Author: THEISMANCARR (17204 Posts - Joined: Aug 10, 2007)

Posted at 1:06 am on Dec 30, 2020
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annually and some other good teams every other year.

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Agreed. USC is the only game that needs to be scheduled every year. Not only are they ND’s

Author: Irish83 (313 Posts - Joined: Oct 11, 2019)

Posted at 9:11 am on Dec 30, 2020
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biggest and most historical rival, but they would help with strength of schedule as well. ND needs that given the ACC doesn’t get the same respect as the B1G, SEC, and maybe even the Big 12. USC has been mediocre of late but they are a blue blood and are usually good for at least being a Top 25 team.

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We should definitely join the ACC. If we don't, we will always lack " the 13th data point "

Author: Irishize (7596 Posts - Joined: Dec 1, 2018)

Posted at 4:29 am on Dec 30, 2020
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for getting into the CFP, which comes from being in the ACC championship game, after the twelve game season.
The selection committee will not look kindly on a Notre Dame team that is an Independent and plays only a twelve game schedule.


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Well, we certainly know that isn't true. ND 2018, ND 2020, tOSU 2020.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:00 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Call me crazy but, I'm guessing the extra data point didn't help us this year.

I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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Committee has been mostly consistent. They reward quality wins

Author: NDNEIL (7423 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 7:53 am on Dec 30, 2020
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If ND goes 12-0 or even 11-1, in most years they’ll have enough quality wins to be well in the mix. I don’t see a scenario where 12-0 ND isn’t in. I don’t see a scenario where 11-1 ND isn’t very much in the mix.

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If we keep getting blown away in the playoffs, it will reduce our chances, even if we're 12-0.

Author: Irishize (7596 Posts - Joined: Dec 1, 2018)

Posted at 7:57 am on Dec 30, 2020
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A 13th game in a conference championship, gives a chance to overcome one regular season loss. Also, we could win the conference championship, which is one of difference- making criteria to be accepted into the CFP.

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Stop. The committee isn’t looking at past result.

Author: NDNEIL (7423 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:11 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Take off the Irish glasses and the stop listening to the media narrative. The committee is looking at the body of work in that given year to find the best 4 teams. ND got blown out in its LAST game ans the committee still deemed them one of the 4 best.

They aren’t discussing that Brady Quinn got blown out by LSU in 2006.

If ND goes unbeaten with quality wins (which they almost always have) they are a shoe in.


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Extra data point was a negative this year....

Author: TakethetrainKnute (33496 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 7:34 am on Dec 30, 2020
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Still got in...but just sayin’

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True, but normally, we wouldn’t have had to play Clemson twice.

Author: BaronVonZemo (59944 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 8:10 am on Dec 30, 2020
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