Conference Realignment Board

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For most ND fans.....

..independence IS college football, what we perceive college football is supposed to be.

(Scheduling flexibility, the ability to cut one's own TV deal, the ability to play all over the country. The ability to play games in NFL stadiums in large cities across America, an intersectional rivalry with a school in Los Angeles)

THAT is college football to ND fans, not playing 8 or 9 schools from the same conference or region every season.

(For instance, ND plays BYU in Las Vegas next season, it will play Wisconsin in Lambeau Field in a few years, it will play Navy in Dublin, Ireland again)

Up until 1990, lots of other schools thought so, too, but money and scheduling issues forced them into football conferences.

What you guys do with conferences and divisions and conference TV deals and such things is some other weird alien object. :)

Seriously though, it is a bit much to see a statement like that.

Hyberbole much?

Conference realignment is destroying college football, not ND.

The SEC and Big Ten sucking up all of the power is destroying college football, not ND's football independence.

The ACC has blood on its hands too. It destroyed the Big East.

All P5 conferences are to blame for where we are now.

The greed of conferences for more TV dollars is the catalyst for any harm to the sport.

All of the ACC's current problems are self-inflicted by the way. None are ND's doing.

ND joining the ACC in football would not "save college football", it would just hurt ND's brand, for no good purpose except to make ACC teams a little bit more money.

Hell, a lot of fans of ACC schools want out of the ACC (FSU, Clemson and others), but some people expect ND to join.

Some joke, huh?

[Post edited by TerryD at 02/03/2022 12:55AM]

(In response to this post by Hokester)

Posted: 02/03/2022 at 12:55AM

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You did. I see it. -- HOO86 02/04/2022 01:47AM

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You are 1000% correct. -- Hokester 02/02/2022 11:38PM

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ND values football independence over everything - at least Domers say thatt -- Hokester 02/04/2022 12:36AM

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They screwed up OU Nebraska ** -- MrFantastic! 02/03/2022 2:55PM

Texas is scum....... -- 2hhoop3 02/03/2022 1:29PM

Its easy to read ND -- TerryD 02/03/2022 3:49PM

I know that is...... -- 2hhoop3 02/03/2022 5:44PM

For most ND fans..... -- TerryD 02/03/2022 12:55AM

Hyperbole maybe but my point stressed how most of you view independence. -- Hokester 02/03/2022 3:50PM

What proof do you have that most ND fans think like you on this? -- Stech 02/03/2022 07:29AM

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So, this anti-ND rhetoric is all about "optics", then? -- TerryD 02/03/2022 10:01AM

LOL, ND is still the victim, it amazes me how with so much success you -- Stech 02/03/2022 8:10PM

You misread my comment above. -- Hokester 02/03/2022 3:59PM

Then, I wholeheartedly agree with your proposition ** -- TerryD 02/03/2022 5:29PM

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