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re: If the scheduling rumors are true
Posted on 7/24/20 at 10:39 pm to Scoob
Posted on 7/24/20 at 10:39 pm to Scoob
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But... they HAVE them right now.
You throw an ultimatum (in or out), and Notre Dame's options THIS YEAR would be to schedule the service academies (if they play), BYU, and whoever else is left. Big 10 and Pac 12 have already pulled the plug on non-conference, and that includes ND games.
Worst case scenario, ND balks and cuts ties with your conference. No sweat, the ACC survived before this weird affair started. But I really don't think Notre Dame would bail on them. I don't think they can put a viable schedule together this year without the ACC's backing, and I don't think they'd be willing to shut it down or play 4 games when other powers are going to play 10-12.
What makes me worried about it, is that maybe Notre Dame doesn't think 2020 is going to happen anyway, so in their minds it's all just talk.
It would be fricking weird if the major colleges play this fall, and some (Ivy, SWAC etc) play in the spring. I think you destroy most of the spring players' NFL hopes doing that.
Understand what you are saying but ND beats to a different drum. ND is the one team that could take their ball and go home and be the least effected negatively by their action no matter how crazy that action may seem.
Their Shamrock Series was an absolute disaster at the outset but they stuck with it when most schools would have ditched it. For example, take the game at Lambeau against Wisconsin this season that was just cancelled. 99% of CFB fans probably believe that was a Wisconsin home game or neutral site game. Hell no, it was a ND Shamrock Series game, which is a ND offsite home game wherby ND controls all of the tickets and NBC has the TV rights!
This post was edited on 7/24/20 at 10:54 pm
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Posted on 7/24/20 at 11:07 pm to ALA2262
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ND is the one team that could take their ball and go home and be the least effected negatively by their action no matter how crazy that action may seem.
I disagree. While the Irish will have no problem getting a decent schedule this season, the ND AD has announced that the ACC has already commited to helping them get a full schedule with conference teams.
ND will not screw with their ACC relationship. All of their non-football sports are completely integrated into the conference until 2036. That the ACC seems to be satisfied with this arrangement is bizarre but they were really in a weak position when they worked out the contract with ND. Maryland had just left and FSU and Clemson were being heavily courted by the unstable B12. If the ACC continues to grow stronger in football, ND may think about joining but as long as NBC ponies up the money I don’t see them seriously making a move.
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