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CobbCountyHokie

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This is why Notre Dame needs to join the ACC as a full time member


With all respect to goldendomer, who is one of my favorite posters on this board, it is September 18 and Notre Dame's season is over.

With 2 losses against a good Texas team and a good Michigan State team, any chance to play in the college football playoff is history.

Now if ND were in the ACC, they would have a way in. Let's just say that ND was a member of the ACC Coastal. By the end of the season, the game in South Bend versus the Hokies in late November may be for a spot in the ACC title game. Along the way, ND could rally with some notable wins against Pitt and maybe Louisville or Clemson. They already play Miami and a chance to have the shot at a division title and possibly a conference title could give them some hope.

If they won the Coastal and could beat Clemson or Louisville in the ACC title game, the national media could still make a sufficient argument for a 2-loss ND team with 11 wins to get into the playoff...because they are Notre Dame, winners of the ACC.

Unfortunately, that is not going to happen. ND still has some landmines on their schedule with games against Miami, Stanford, and a VT team that I would not want to play later in the season. It will be even tougher for this team to get up knowing that their season is already over in mid September.

ND, it is time, join the ACC. Independence is great if you are undefeated in this age of the playoff. Perfect is an impossible standard and it is already time to think of 2017 thanks to your independence.

Posted: 09/18/2016 at 11:50AM



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This is why Notre Dame needs to join the ACC as a full time member -- CobbCountyHokie 09/18/2016 11:50AM
  I think you slightly contradict yourself here -- RTFC 09/20/2016 2:55PM
  Yes. Conference tie ins ** -- TerryD 09/19/2016 1:25PM
  What about the Cotton Bowl? -- I85Hokie 09/19/2016 2:52PM
  Cotton Bowl has tie ins with the Big XII and SEC** -- VTHokie2000 09/20/2016 12:07PM
  ND coaches and players have been here before -- TerryD 09/19/2016 11:57AM
  That's all they can do. ** -- HOO86 09/19/2016 12:00PM
  That is often good enough ** -- TerryD 09/19/2016 12:01PM
  Ahem. They can still win one for the Gipper. -- Victor Tango 09/19/2016 11:21AM
  Here is what Jack Swarbrick said last February -- TerryD 09/20/2016 11:50AM
  This is Swarbrick last October -- TerryD 09/20/2016 11:53AM
  Thanks, TerryD, that clarifies things for me. -- Will Stewart  09/21/2016 10:47AM
  These are Swarbrick's comments in June, 2016 -- TerryD 09/20/2016 11:56AM
  I imagine the players and coaches... -- TerryD 09/19/2016 1:24PM
  Because times and kids change... -- VTBB 09/19/2016 2:11PM
  People said that twenty years ago -- TerryD 09/19/2016 3:52PM
  And still not in a football conference :) ** -- TerryD 09/19/2016 7:47PM
  Yet : ) : ) ** -- daveinop 09/23/2016 11:04AM
  No mention of conferences at all -- TerryD 09/20/2016 07:09AM
  Read Domer's message again... I get it now ** -- Calamitous 09/20/2016 12:21PM
  I agree that any conference is a bad idea... -- Calamitous 09/19/2016 11:31AM
  Terrible idea. -- lawhokie 09/19/2016 09:00AM
  Not singling out this board by any means -- TerryD 09/19/2016 12:02PM
  FWIW, I support ND independence. -- Maroon Baboon 09/19/2016 09:54AM
  I would support ND independence if... -- Calamitous 09/19/2016 11:24AM
  I heard Herm Edwards while reading this post -- Colonel Jessup 09/18/2016 2:35PM
  Their Company line is that they don't care. -- Mr. Touchdown 09/18/2016 1:00PM
  Oh well, it's basketball season in South Bend. -- Maroon Doom 09/18/2016 12:03PM

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