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Notre Dame was special for me. The train ride, the lightning, the win! The campus was cool and their chants were amazing.

I would thinks so too but there is no mechanism for that, is there? They would need to create a new league for that and only invite the best teams. I would think that would be hard to do. Unless they all applied to join the Pac 2 together. I guess that might work.

True but football relevance is not what matters. With all their success nobody really cares all that much about Stanford. Michigan Bull is right It is all about viewership. I don't know how you can make the case any clearer. Stanford is the top of the foodchain in academics, decent in football and dominant in other sports but the B10 didn't want them.

Stanfords acadmics rival the ivy's and they arguably have the best athletic program in the country: "Stanford has won 134 NCAA team national championships, the most of any Division 1 school in the NCAA. Stanford has won these NCAA team championships in 20 different sports." They really deserve better. I am suprised the B10 did not scoop them up along with Cal.

Interesting take but "Only one thing will - winning" is not accurate. Yes, winning teams garner more attention so there is a strong correlation but what ESPN and Fox are looking for is the eyeballs that winning teams draw. Also, we don't actually control winning, "working hard enough" is not the problem, there are at a structural disadvantage when recruiting against the P4. Even if we did start winning we lose our coach soon after, our good players will access the portal. I think the past decade illustrates that finding a competent coach who can WIN is not something so easily done (or in our control most times). AAU Status and OCS is something we can actually control. Some leagues care about academics so it helps us with them. An OCS will at least look full most times and present a college game atmosphere. It will also be more fun for the students who simply need to walk across campus to a game - like the vast majority of college students. The fix is in guys.

To what end, are we envisioning that the moment we join the ACC the shuffling will end? I know I'm in the minority but if you play this to it's eventual conclusion there will be 2 leagues left standing that don't look an awful lot like the AAC and we won't be asked to join. They will cherry pick from the weaker leagues and declare themselves the elite leagues or something and have their own championship. This is Fox and ESPNs toy now and all they want is eyeballs. Tampa becoming the next Austin is the only thing I see changing that.

The ACC pillaged the Big East so turnabout is fair play.

Oh I agree. I thought we were just fantasizing here. We are trending upwards and the timing is interesting. If we can win the AAC next year and have a lively fan base that's all I ask.

How crazy would they be. We are trending up at the right time. AAU, OCS, bowl win. Now we need butts in the seats and let's win a conference.

I was on a gator Facebook site where they were complaining about being left behind in this whole NIL process. Here's a team that is in the SEC and arguably a top dog and even their fans are worried.

I'll take winning the conference.

I'm hoping that at 12 team playoff system will generate enough money that they'll want to expand it. I think it eventually will.

You are correct, but it's better than just two teams or four. The more inclusive it is, the more we'll really see if some of these leagues are as good as they think they are. I know the SEC carefully curates who they play and where. Same with the Big 10.

An expanded playoff system would expose media bias towards some of the more tradition schools.

Does anybody else feel a little schadenfreude watching other schools join the "have nots"?

We should hurry up and join so we can continue our tradition.

I thought the ACC champion was guaranteed a spot? I could see the second place team between Miami, FSU and Clemson getting strong consideration if they're are highly ranked.

That's how it goes. Everyone thinks they're better than their league mates. It's happening all around. It's too bad people just can't be satisfied with who they're playing

The old Big East really hated being in a league with us, I'm not surprised.

Since they already have California and Standford, what are the possibilities they pick if Oregon State and Washington State?

It may be mud but it says Jan 31st

I agree. I just want to see my bulls win games consistently again.

This does not feel like a good development for our school.

Of our Big East bretheren who made out better that Rutgers? How comfortable is UCF about now?

Doesn't sound bad but wouldn't Miami be with the big boys?