Maybe for, like, one lengthy TV contract. But not for the long haul.

Set aside the obvious ethical arguments against trying to force somebody to join something they don't want to join. I never understand why people want to make Notre Dame change in a way so fundamental as to permanently compromise the very thing that makes them NOTRE DAME, and think that in the process of doing that we are somehow going to benefit as though we have partnered with that idealized version. It won't be the same Notre Dame.

The current relationship is just about the perfect way to partner with Notre Dame and still get the benefits of them remaining that idealized version. And it's amazing for Virginia Tech. We're playing them in true home/away games the perfect amount of the time: considerably more often than we play the ACC Atlantic teams but not so often that we get sick to death of them.

If we somehow forced ND to join the ACC, you know what they would be 30 years from now? Another ACC school.

In response to this post by Vippie1

Posted: 10/21/2018 at 11:47PM

Unlikely , but the hidden beauty of a Playoff with only one P5 conference -- Vippie1 10/21/2018 10:41AM

Am I the only one who actually misses the BCS? ** -- HartwoodHokie 10/24/2018 08:14AM

There are times I miss the pre-BCA/BCS era -- VTHokie2000 10/24/2018 11:17AM

Playoff should adopt the NFL model........ -- DrHokie 10/22/2018 8:05PM

👎 ** -- reestuart 10/23/2018 08:21AM

College football is already less interesting now that NYD Bowls are dead -- lawhokie 10/22/2018 12:17PM

I'm not sure that would be any harder for them to make the playoff... -- Gobbler-100 10/21/2018 11:49PM

This year could be the year playoff expansion fever hits. -- goldendomer 10/21/2018 4:38PM

I disagree -- Vippie1 10/23/2018 10:46AM

It seems like this is a year that should argue for playoff contraction. -- Gobbler-100 10/22/2018 12:23AM

Hope not. Four is enough. -- EDGEMAN 10/21/2018 5:23PM

Bama will get two spots, 1 and 2. ** -- hokie-c 10/21/2018 5:32PM

Just let their starters play their 2nd string. Probably the best matchup. ** -- reestuart 10/22/2018 11:30AM

LOL! Wouldn’t put it past the committee to give them a bye ** -- EDGEMAN 10/21/2018 6:49PM

Or only conference winners get in -- Mercury 10/21/2018 3:42PM

Why do you want to expand the playoff? -- Hokie `04 10/21/2018 1:19PM

If they're going to have a playoff, there should be auto-qualifiers. -- Gobbler-100 10/22/2018 12:05AM

Auto-qualifiers is a junk method in today’s landscape -- Colonel Jessup 10/22/2018 4:56PM

Point of order: by definition they wouldn't be lesser deserving. -- Gobbler-100 10/23/2018 01:53AM

Issue is with that pre-determined process -- Colonel Jessup 10/23/2018 6:48PM

Unlikely that it will cause ND to alter its position -- TerryD 10/21/2018 12:38PM

For now, yes -- RTFC 10/29/2018 01:25AM

Push them closer to a conference affiliation -- 33laszlo99 10/21/2018 11:05AM

Well -- Vippie1 10/21/2018 11:57AM

Maybe for, like, one lengthy TV contract. But not for the long haul. -- Gobbler-100 10/21/2018 11:47PM

The idea of "forcing" an entity into a voluntary organization.... -- TerryD 10/21/2018 12:39PM

Nobody is forcing anything -- RTFC 10/29/2018 01:16AM

Maybe for, like, one lengthy TV contract. But not for the long haul.

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