Any chance we play ND in a bowl?

[mossmadness]

I'm not the expert on bowl tie-ins, but I do believe what you said earlier is true about the highest "ACC" team going to the OB, so if ND misses out on the playoff, they go there. But I don't think there's anything saying there can't be another ACC team in that game. I think the mandatory tie-in would be ND, then the bowls pick teams, and if it got to the situation where Miami was on the board, you know the OB committee would pick Miami to create that match-up.

Don't quote me, there might be some small print where this can't happen, but I don't think so.

I don’t think so. I think the Orange Bowl ACC opponent has to be from SEC/Big Ten/ND. With ND gone, the opponent would have to be SEC or Big Ten.

So if we aren’t the ACC pick, we would go to the Cotton Bowl I think.

 

[Tru C]

UNC

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

As much as playing ND would be cool, Beating Florida or Georgia would be more beneficial for recruiting.

Unless beating those teams causes their checkbooks to spontaneously combust, beating those teams has absolutely no effect on recruiting.

 

[fraggle]

Short answer - no
Long answer - no

Agree short answer NO, but long answer...NEXT YEAR YES

 

[88]

Unless beating those teams causes their checkbooks to spontaneously combust, beating those teams has absolutely no effect on recruiting.

Disagree. Many have thought thought king and hard about coming home but we blow it down the stretch and make their decision too easy.

 

[LoungeLord]

Florida wins and ND gets killed?

This is a game that should have been played this year, and a game I want to see and the country too.

We would get our gums balded.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Disagree. Many have thought thought king and hard about coming home but we blow it down the stretch and make their decision too easy.

W/L record has virtually no impact on elite recruits. Oregon, Michigan, and LSU are ranked top 10 in 2021 recruiting. Miami winning over UF might make a difference with some random 3 star recruit, but the 5 stars are bought and paid for long before signing day. I think it's safe to say that no top recruit in recent memory has ever based his college decison on a head to head showdown between two teams.

No top recruit says "I like the education, atmosphere, diversity, facilities, scheme, coaches, and program at school A, but simply because school B beat them in a bowl game I'm choosing school B."