re: Joining a Conference will kill Notre Dame as a National Brand

Let it be so.

I think the question should be reversed...Why is ND scheduling two of its three discretionary games against the SEC. Arkansas was a waste of time and no competition (56-13). Result would have probably been similar against all but the SEC's top tier teams. Tx A&M was near peer...highly respect their program and fanbase. Game was back-and-forth; it could have gone either. Games planned against Texas (2), AL (2), Aub (2), and Ark (1) probably in jeopardy due to hose job UT got this year by playing Ohio St.

Yes, and I'm still PO'd Florida State was selected #1 and my team finished #2 when we beat them head-to-head during the 1993 season. Where was all my support then?

That's not nice. Take your prozac and calm down.

California has some of the best high school teams in the country, especially parochial schools like Mater Dei, De La Salle, St John Bosco, and Cathedral Catholic. In TX, public schools rule and parochial schools are basically a non-factor in football.

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Yes, and I'm still PO'd Florida State was selected #1 and my team finished #2 when we beat them head-to-head during the 1993 season. Where was all my support then?

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Since 1993? Bama has won 6 Nattys since then. And lost 3 or 4 more. Y'all are as irrelevant as any group of 5 team since then.

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And how is that everyone else's problem?

Who said it was?

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The OP

Stanford is in the ACC.

Purdue is not a historical game for ND. They've played Purdue three times since 2015.

Given that fact, ND could join the ACC and play a full conference schedule with Stanford as a permanent opponent.

The could have USC as a permanent OOC opponent (like GT does with UGA, FSU does with UF or Louisville does with UK).

With the two remaining OOC games they could play one OOC game of note and one military academy (mostly Navy).

ND can easily slide into the ACC. This year they'd have lost all but one of the games against Arkansas, A&M, Purdue and Boise State and added 3 ACC games. They already played 6 ACC teams this past year, Dropping Arkansas, Purdue and Boise State to add Duke, VT and SMU doesn't impact their schedule at all in terms of toughness or historical significance.

171 downvotes on OP?

Is this the most disliked thread of all time?

Absolutely right. They’ve made their living playing middle class old brands. They avoid the 5 big dogs on any given year that an SEC schedule has. There’s always 5 teams that are formidable who run out equal or greater talent. ND begins every year having better or equal talent to every team but maybe 1.