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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.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 12:48 pm to GeauxBurrow312
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their program goes from blue blood to G5 within a couple seasons
This is just silly.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 1:34 pm to RelentlessTide
ESPN reported all day that ND scheduled BYU and told USC to get lost. Perhaps ND is dating the Big 12 for future games with lesser resumes. That would be about right, given their relationship with the ACC.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 6:51 am to CBandits82
Agree. Whats next? No Bama Auburn, UGA FL, Tex Okie, no Egg Bowl or OSU Mich?
Posted on 12/24/25 at 6:59 am to RelentlessTide
Thread title is misleading. Notre Dame is the bitch in this.
Not that them looking for a way to put a weak G4 or G5 team on it’s schedule further reducing chance of a loss should be a surprise to anyone.
Not that them looking for a way to put a weak G4 or G5 team on it’s schedule further reducing chance of a loss should be a surprise to anyone.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 7:37 am to RelentlessTide
On the one hand this is funny but if no good teams will schedule them they're going to go 12-0 every year beating Western Carolina and service academies
Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:07 am to RelentlessTide
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Having played each other 96 times (only WW II and Covid interfered), USC will not play ND in 2026. It’s a reaction to the sweetheart deal ND got with the CFP.
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Time for SEC teams to do the same.
Great, now we are gonna have that fat douche ND beat guy, Brian whatever his name is, trying to convince us all next year that Purdue and Navy are top tier wins.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:15 am to scottydoesntknow
Occam’s razor……Lincoln Riley has been trying to drop ND from the day he showed up at USC after running from SEC competition by absconding from Oklahoma…..tells you who is behind this…..
Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:35 am to Zgeo
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Lincoln Riley has been trying to drop ND from the day he showed up at USC after running from SEC competition by absconding from Oklahoma…..tells you who is behind this…..
This. LR and their female AD, how inclusive, we’re constantly trying to get it off the schedule. Remember how they tried to duck out of the LSU game???
LR and USC are going the Cignetti / Indiana route. Their OOC schedule will consist of San Jose St., UC-Davis, and Cal Poly.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:48 am to RelentlessTide
Riley is a pussy
Posted on 12/24/25 at 10:29 am to RammerJammer91
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He left OU because
of the contract USC offered him.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:02 am to ALTiger
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If BIG 10 and SEC both box ND out of games, ND will HAVE to join a conference.
And add to that the ACC.
I respect the tradition and class of ND but seasons change. Things are not as they were 50 years ago. We have all made changes, sacrifices, and given up rivalries in today's atmosphere. The environment should no longer adapt to suit ND, they should adapt to suit the environment. Either that or freeze them out. USC has taken the lead.
This post was edited on 12/24/25 at 11:04 am
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