Footballking16

Why the hell would you chance that if you're USC? Or anybody for that matter? ND has their own set of rules and doesn't want to abide by anybody else's. Stop giving them the time of day.

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USC literally just dropped Notre Dame because of ND's agreement with the CFP. There is ZERO upside playing Notre Dame going forward. You can beat Notre Dame on the field and in the end it not matter with the new MOU going into effect. Hell, had the MOU been in effect THIS year....Miami would have been bumped from the field despite beating Notre Dame on it. It's ridiculous. https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2025-12-22/usc-notre-dame-will-not-play-football-rivalry-game-in-2026

IU and ND are scheduled to play in a few years. Hope IU takes the same path. This is totally relevant in this climate of college football.

Kudos to SC for taking a stand. There is absolutely zero reason for another P4 team to schedule Notre Dame going forward with the new MOU that goes into effect next season. Hopefully more teams follow suit.

Cignetti is not going to roll with an underclassmen at QB, no reason too. Younger Mendoza is only a R-Fr and the oldest QB on the roster set to return, he'll have his chance at some point. Will almost certainly get a proven QB here in the portal. Cig and staff have taken a transfer QB each of the last 6 seasons, 4 have won conference POY for James Madison, Rourke was 2nd team all B-10 and finished 8th in the Heisman, and obviously Mendoza just won every award possible this year.

Apathy is a real thing and most just don't understand how pathetic IU's program has been for the last half century. IU has always had fans, diehards even, but it's just really tough to make a full blown investment into a product that the administration neglected for as long as they have re: "Why should I care if the people running it don't care"? The 60 minutes clip last night shed some good light on just how far behind IU was amongst its peers even as little as two years ago.

13-0 #1 in the country. ND’s season is over, IU’s is just starting…

Have not won a title in 37 years and counting. And won’t be playing for one this year. Better luck next year.

Irate? Try ecstatic. Nothing pleases me more than Notre Dame fans crying for relevancy. College football passed the Domers by long ago. Hope they’re shut out completely sooner than later. Couldn’t happen to a better program either.

Who cares? They can join the MAC and play for the G5 national championship every year for all anyone is concerned. This idea that college football needs to revolve around a single team that should be given preferential treatment so they can pretend it’s still 1972 is ridiculous.

Ya everybody but the committee and the $7 billion dollars ESPN paid for the media rights. Nobody cares about Notre Dame. They are a has been program who hasn’t won shit in 40 years. I’m sorry facts hurt your feelings.

The P4 conferences should form their own tournament and tell Notre Dame to pound sound. I’m here for it. Join A Damn Conference

Tulane plays in a conference, won it, and was one of the top 5 highest rated conference champions that gains them automatic admission to the playoffs. This isn’t hard. This process has been known for 2 years once they expanded the field to 12. Every AD, including Notre Dame’s, signed off on this format. Join A Damn Conference

Tulane earned the right to get blown out, big difference.

You’re free to do whatever you want, just know that there have been 37 national champions since ND’s last one and will be 38 after this year regardless of your feelings. This is EMBARRASSING behavior. Never seen anything like it.

Lol Laughable that you think the SEC needs Notre Dame. There’s no less than 6 teams in the SEC more relevant than Notre Dame today.

That’s what they’ll be saying about the 2025 Pop Tart Bowl for years to come. Sad

The system isn’t set to pit the 12 best teams against each other. It’s designed to reward the top 5 highest rated conference champions and take the 7 best at-large teams to eventually determine a champion. Whether or not Notre Dame is one of the best teams in the country is purely subjective and in this instance irrelevant.

So tell 80 some teams that their season is worthless and they have nothing to play for? Join A Damn Conference.

When the top 5 highest rated conference champions get an automatic bid (a process that all the AD’s voted for), ND does themselves a disservice by choosing to remain independent. You’re leaving it up to the committee to essentially determine if you’re one of the best remaining 7 at-large teams. When you play a weak schedule and lose to the two best teams on it, you’re playing with fire. Notre Dame played with fire and got burnt.

Ok? They were still 2-10 and didn't beat a P4 team all year. We all know that ND had to go into total survival mode after starting the year 0-2. They were bound to run up the score on a few teams no? Thumping your chest on margin of victory of a 2 win team is WILD.

Arkansas went 2-10 lol.

They could do a lot worse than Brian Kelly. Tommy Rees name keeps coming up.