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Shocking!
Jan 29, 2021, 4:28 PM
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Notre Dame is returning to football as an independent school. Who could have seen that coming? 
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That was always the intent...
Jan 29, 2021, 4:38 PM
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The Bee Bee Heads have made it abundantly clear over the years that they fully intent to remain an independent in football, and that is not going to change as long as the CFP continues to kiss their a$$ and give them preferential treatment/consideration.
Frankly, the ACC should have told Notre Dame before the 2020 season that they're are either all in in all sports, or they can go pi$$-up a rope.
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Re: That was always the intent...
Jan 29, 2021, 4:47 PM
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Totally baffles me that even as weak as swoftie is, that the acc didn't insist. They had zero football if they'd said no... And the alum would have buried them and insisted they join.
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I just think Swofford is paid millions to NOT be emotional
Jan 29, 2021, 4:53 PM
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Two things that I think would not have benefitted the ACC:
1) Flipping Notre Dame the bird and saying "Hey, you were the ones that didn't want to be full members, so sucks to be you."
2) Saying that they could join but only as a full-time, ongoing member.
Notre Dame isn't going to find a conference home because a pandemic forced their hand and a conference forced them to join all-in. And they aren't going to join the conference that flips them the bird. I'm all about these emotional "Tell them to go pound sand" responses. That's my prerogative as a fan. The brass gets paid a lot to think long term.
If ND does decide at some point to join a conference, it can't be through extorsion. It has to be "win-win" and mutually agreed-upon.
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I might agree if....
Jan 29, 2021, 5:20 PM
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Notre Dame had any real intention of EVER joining a conference in all sports.
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Sounds like a classy way to treat an ACC school
Jan 29, 2021, 10:01 PM
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that is a conference member in everything but football.
I’d love for them to be in the ACC in football too, but it’s not as simple as giving them an ultimatum. When/if they decide to join a conference for football, I’m sure the ACC will be their top choice and the conference can decide then if it is still interested in the Irish.
Let’s be honest, ND brings way more to the table than the other crappy options I see mentioned here regularly like East Carolina, West Virginia, Navy, Cincinnati, etc.
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They know that when the CFP expands to 8 teams
Jan 29, 2021, 5:00 PM
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They have a far better chance of getting in as at at large team than ACC champs. They’re just taking the low road
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Re: Shocking!
Jan 29, 2021, 5:24 PM
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Money talks and they don’t want to share
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Re: Shocking!
Jan 29, 2021, 5:30 PM
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Yep, they told Swofford after we beat the brakes off them in the ACCCG to suck off. That as an independent, they could choose the team that will play, and that Clemson wouldn't be one of those team to often!!! That the only way they can beat Clemson, is if we take out the starting QB, and several other key players, and for him and the new commish to never ask them to join the acc ever again!!!
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Re: Shocking!
Jan 29, 2021, 5:44 PM
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And the day will come when they want to join....That is when we tell them to go to heck....
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ND should NEVER be allowed to play in ACC title game again!
Jan 29, 2021, 6:42 PM
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So very glad we put them in their place in Charlotte.
Let’s dont get in a position of ever having to do that again.
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Re: ND should NEVER be allowed to play in ACC title game again!
Jan 29, 2021, 8:29 PM
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I won't miss them at all.
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Re: Shocking!
Jan 29, 2021, 9:38 PM
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Shocking! There have been over 2.2 deaths for the awful plague COVID 19 worldwide and 436,257 deaths in the US. Hopefully by the football season starts, we will be back to some kind of normal which includes schedules as we knew them before.
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Re: Shocking!
Jan 30, 2021, 1:00 AM
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Shocking and shortsighted.
They are letting their past and their ego, errrr arrogance, get in the way of what’s actually best for them. They were more relevant this year than they have been in decades because of being in the ACC and playing Clemson twice!
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