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re: USC drops long-time rival ND from 2026 schedule
Posted on 12/23/25 at 9:49 am to Old Hellen Yeller
Posted on 12/23/25 at 9:49 am to Old Hellen Yeller
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ND and its corrupt deal with the CFP
I completely forgot about this, but during the summer the Big 10 wanted the CFP to grant a minimum of 7 Big Ten teams, far more than any other conference, a bid in the CFP. I wonder if Riley was behind that and is pissed that it never went anywhere.
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Posted on 12/23/25 at 9:57 am to RelentlessTide
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USC drops long-time rival ND from 2026 schedule
Hope all the teams in the P4 do the same. FORCE them to join a conference or become irrelevant.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 9:59 am to RelentlessTide
USC is B1G now, and the B1G's primary objective is to force Notre Dame to buckle under and join them. This is just another play in that standoff.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 10:00 am to twk
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Notre Dame would find itself with no one to play come October
What a glorious shame!!!!
Posted on 12/23/25 at 10:01 am to RelentlessTide
We need mandated 9-game conference schedules with every team playing a minimum 2 Power 4 opponents…. No FCS games allowed.
If all 69 power programs played at least two OOC games against each other it would make judging how good teams actually are much easier between the leagues.
If all 69 power programs played at least two OOC games against each other it would make judging how good teams actually are much easier between the leagues.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 10:58 am to RelentlessTide
When you go 9 games, which the P2 conferences are doing, the only top notch OOC opponent you want on your radar is your big rival. Clemson/ USC or Georgia/Georgia Tech.
Consider this. Hypothetical late season match up between Alabama and Notre Dame. Alabama has just finished a run of 4 out of the 5 teams they played were ranked. ND played a few bottom feeder teams from the ACC, Navy, and a sacrificial goat or two from the MAC.
Which team is going to be fresher?
Unless Notre Dame can forge some sort of symbiotic relationship with the Big 10 where they get B10 games in the homestretch they might play one team with a pulse down the home stretch. Maybe.
They'll get early season games, plenty of them. But once conference games start I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.
Consider this. Hypothetical late season match up between Alabama and Notre Dame. Alabama has just finished a run of 4 out of the 5 teams they played were ranked. ND played a few bottom feeder teams from the ACC, Navy, and a sacrificial goat or two from the MAC.
Which team is going to be fresher?
Unless Notre Dame can forge some sort of symbiotic relationship with the Big 10 where they get B10 games in the homestretch they might play one team with a pulse down the home stretch. Maybe.
They'll get early season games, plenty of them. But once conference games start I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 11:49 am to TheTideMustRoll
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USC is B1G now, and the B1G's primary objective is to force Notre Dame to buckle under and join them. This is just another play in that standoff.
They want to get to 20. Who they will add in addition to Notre Dame to get there is another question
Posted on 12/23/25 at 11:53 am to TheePalmetto
When conferences get to 20 I guess they split into two ten team divisions?
Which is pretty much the size of what conferences used to be
Which is pretty much the size of what conferences used to be
Posted on 12/23/25 at 11:58 am to CBandits82
You can thank the playoff committee and those that make the playoff rules for that.
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