https://x.com/i/status/2013943591228326045
As a LOTR fan, this was awesome.
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ND, grow a pair and join a conference!
It will be interesting to see what they do if there is a “super league” (I prefer to call it a new D1) breakaway.
I expect Notre Dame to keep doing what they are doing until that happens.
Once there is a breakaway they will have not choice but to join it and pool their rights, end some of their traditional rivalry’s etc.
G6 should break away into a new division and refuse to play them.
That will hurt the budgets big time but it will remove the thorn from our sides if not getting a fair shake.
We have our own championships.
Tighten their belts, cut costs, and move on.
it will never happen because no school will want to admit they don’t have the opportunity to move up.
I think that ship has sailed.
If they didn’t take WASU, OSU and schools like Memphis, Boise, etc by now it’s not gonna happen.
Big Ten has at least one SEC “ally” in UF AD Scott Stricklin as concerns the size of any future CFP expansion beyond current 12:
On the frustration regarding the lack of CFP expansion: “The math for what we are trying to do does not work. … Of the 70 power conference schools, there’s 11 that get a chance right now to go play in the postseason. So just as a percentage, you’re talking about 13-15% for the most important sport we have. … I think we should do away with conference championship games. I think we should have a 24- or 32-team field. I know that sounds egregious to some people but at that point you would be accommodating about half about 50% of the teams at the power conference level.”
https://x.com/i/status/2022331476415520900
Dennis Dodd shilling for the B1G. Or is it Pete Thamel? Do I even really care?
The biggest problem with these proposals is playing games at bowl sites beginning in the quarterfinals. I do not believe that fanbases can afford the time or cost of travel to play essentially 3 bowl games back to back to back if their teams make it to the Natty. These games, as much as I hate the disadvantage it puts G6 teams at, need to be played on campuses. It’s enough that the semi finals and the Natty are at bowl sites.
https://x.com/i/status/2039720678736171204
It was only a matter of time .. RIP conference championship games.
https://x.com/i/status/2046619173971783977
Without even reading that - 24 teams would have to mean the end of CCGs. That’s just too long of a postseason. Too many more games. Something has to give.
On the upside - it probably expands access to G6 programs. Basically make the top 25 and you’re a good bet to get a slot.
Interesting that Fox + Big Ten, Big XII, and ACC commissioners are pushing 24 while ESPN + SEC are not.
The ACC wants 24 because some years the ACC will get 2 teams in the playoff and Notre Dame will make it, too. NDU and the ACC won’t have to stab each other in the back like they did this year.
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