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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

RozayCane said:
Serious question. If we were to go independent who would play us and what incentives would they have to play us? Thats my fear.
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It would involve some sort of scheduling agreement first and foremost, either with existing ACC teams or one of the P2 like ND currently does with the ACC. But aside from that:

Anyone looking to fill out their schedules broadly speaking, anyone looking to add a marquee opponent (shorter list), and financially advantageous agreements for the other program as far as revenue splits go (probably the more enticing part).

Suppose “Kansas” has an offer to play “ole Miss” under standard conference media rights deals. Miami offers Kansas a deal to play them that includes some greater revenue share from playing UM. Stuff along those lines.

There’s also factors like where a game would fit in the calendar and desire for program geographic exposure (less important than the former) that would matter as well.

It’s not a long term solution at all and I’m confident the admin does not WANT to do it, but will if they have to.
 
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24 team playoff means we get in even with a garbage schedule.

Only football would be independent. We would still be in a conference for everything else. Football would be partially fed off that conference. If we joined the B12 for the other sports, we’d play 5-6 of them a year. That’s a marquee game they need.

Schedule a few top tier G6 schools, you’re at 8-9 games. Maybe ten.

How you fill out the remaining games is what determines your seeding.

This is not a preferable scenario, without guarantees. But it is possible.
 
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Colombie said:
We keep on winning and recruiting the way we do they would look like fools keeping us out. Like they are cowards and scared to put us in.

Also we provide great playoff television ratings so why would ESPN be stupid enough to freeze us out?
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They wouldn't.

And neither would Sankey.
 
In a 12 team playoff with a 10 P4 matchup mandate, it could get hairy. With a 24 team playoff? No worries at all. Teams with 4 losses will make playoffs. That will actually bring back marquee non-con games. No one is freezing out UM, teams want to play us, opposing fans can’t stop talking about us.

Miami will play ND, FSU yearly, and then 2-3 others from every conference to reach the 10 game
 
Colombie said:
Cause Miami is Miami.

And the money is there TV wise. Our TV ratings will only get better the more we win in the playoffs.

People like money.
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Miami is Miami, but Miami is not Notre Dame.

What exactly about our history makes you think people will bend over backwards to put a rule in place that HELPS us?
 
Colombie said:
We keep on winning and recruiting the way we do they would look like fools keeping us out. Like they are cowards and scared to put us in.

Also we provide great playoff television ratings so why would ESPN be stupid enough to freeze us out?
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True, but they are 100% cowards who want to play with a stacked deck and poach our local talent

And the SEC is ***. Which is totally cool.
 
I prefer this over the ACC. I dont really want to be in the B1G but i get that we might be compelled for non-football reasons. In a 24 team playoff we can do this. We can also sue under antitrust for collusion if they try to keep us out of the CFB Playoffs because we can’t schedule whatever they demand.
 
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