If ND to ACC...

[NC_Canes_11]

The conference bent over backwards for ND and it paid off. Getting them and Clemson into the CFP is the best thing to ever happen to this money hungry conference.

 

[ChinstrapCane]

and they get to be 3 score underdogs vs Alabama fresh off a clubbing by Clemson for it. Boy did they get us!

But they are in the CFP because we let them use us. They probably wouldn’t be in if we didn’t bend over for them. Sorry, but I don’t want to do anything to help ND, but that’s just me.

 

[theibisrules]

ACC can eat **** and die for all I care

 

[NC_Canes_11]

But they are in the CFP because we let them use us. They probably wouldn’t be in if we didn’t bend over for them. Sorry, but I don’t want to do anything to help ND, but that’s just me.

The ACC made itself so much more money by them getting in. Not too mention splitting the NBC profits this year. Both sides got exactly what they wanted out of this. Times are tough. Short term cash grabs are more important than keeping all the other members happy.

 

[Tru C]

If there is no playoff expansion, and ND decides to remain independent, I don’t see them making the playoffs again for a very long time. At that point, they will have a decision to make. So, while I don’t see ND immediately joining, depending on what happens with expansion, I can see them joining later, if they find themselves unable to get back after this year.

 

[JackuulCane]

ND has a lucrative television contract with NBC. They're not joining any conference.

 

[Tru C]

Perhaps money is the end all and if so then no they won’t join a conference under any circumstance. Either way, ****em. They fixin to get blown out again anyway.

 

[PredaCane]

The ACC needs ND more than ND needs the ACC, they're not joining full-time. This year was the exception, and Swafford bent over and spread the conferences butt cheeks for them.

The ACC does NOT need nd.

 

[PredaCane]

People have been speculating on this for years. They're not going to join any conference. It aint happening.

 

[svenben]

You add another football school or none at all. NCAA ruled against the ACC plan to go divisionless so I think that is dead unfortunately. Division less allows you to create the best schedules like this year.

Only real option I would see would be WV. I think a while ago PSU might have been an option as they are not as historically aligned to the Big 10 as people think.

 

[CINCYCANESFAN]

*if* ND decided to join, which would be all about $, the 16th team is going to be all about $. So think big markets in big states the ACC is not currently in; Ohio (Cincy), PA (Temple) or TX (Houston).

im in on cincinnati, then i get to see the canes every other year.

 

[JgDaCane]

But they are in the CFP because we let them use us. They probably wouldn’t be in if we didn’t bend over for them. Sorry, but I don’t want to do anything to help ND, but that’s just me.

They still would have been in. Who better would they have played with their own schedule? They played Clemson & Unc in the regular season.

 

[Invalid Username]

IF ND ever did join, I could see WV getting a call to join. I doubt another big fish would hop on. If we are talking strategy, I could see a Tulane or SMU. Opens up a Texas and Louisiana resource.

 

[Juancane]

I would say tell FSU to kick rocks but they are a basketball school now and that is what ACC wants.

i think FSU would tell us to kick rocks also..

 

[CaneThang2020]

I like the idea. Notre Dame to the Coastal and UCF to the Atlantic would make the most sense to me.

 

[88]

Pipe dream....ND phucked the ACC and got its CFP invite....that’s all it wanted...

And this desperate *** conference got it's cash.

 

[Tad Footeball]

ND has a lucrative television contract with NBC. They're not joining any conference.

That's actually a giant and quite surprising myth. Notre Dame actually made $5 mil LESS last year than if they had been an ACC member football school. Either a complete moron negotiated their deal with NBC and/or their "independnce" is just an ego/pride thing.

 

[ItsAUThing.com]

If ND does become a full member in football sometime soon, what are your thoughts for alignment?
Do you think the ACC would go get a 16th team or stay at 15 and do like this year with no divisions?
If 16th team, who and what type of divisions? 2 divisions or four 4 team pods?

Moot point. Notre Dame isn't going anywhere. They love their Independent status and NBC money. The only way they'd think about being part of the ACC is if they crafted some elitist-style contract that gave them the best of all worlds.

Realistically, they probably should find a way as they're better suited to try and mow through a weak sea of ACC foes than they are to remain independent and play the likes of Michigan, Southern Cal and other big-named programs—while adding in some mid-tier ACC teams, as well as the occasional SEC squad (Georgia a few times, FSU when Noles were good, etc.)

 

[PIPO]

Save this post if you’d like, but I don’t think ND has any plans on giving up their independence in football. They used the ACC like a cheap hooker after a long prison stretch, and won’t even say goodbye on the way out the door.

That is true - they did use the ACC, but I also choose to look at it that they used the ACC to get their a$$ spanked by Clemson on National TV and now again, by Alabama in the playoff game.

 

[ThomasM]

Maybe the ACC made so much money this year they can afford to give us a season of good officiating.