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Postby RonnieFranchise » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:28 am

Can ND join a conference and still keep their TV deal? I respect their desire to stay independent and maintain their superiority complex, and I kind of liked those days when all the eastern schools just went out and did their own thing every season, but it seems to be getting to the point where it doesn't really work anymore. Certainly not if you put a schedule together like theirs this season, made up of mid to low level P5 teams, Cincinnati, Toledo and Navy.

They do play OSU and Clemson the next two seasons.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:10 am

That I don’t know. ND gets $15mm/year from NBC for their home games. ACC paid out $32.3MM to its member schools for FY20 and $10MM to ND for their weird arrangement. I’m not sure that joining a conference wouldn’t be more financially beneficial for ND as well, especially given that the ACC was low man for payouts.

Big Ten: $54.3 million
SEC: $45.5 million
Big 12: $37 million to $40.5 million
Pac-12: $33.6 million

Now ND doesn’t have to split bowl money or CFP money, so they make out better in that regard.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:27 am

And I thought Franklin's contract was stupid... :lol:

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:32 am

Aside from the money, I know there was talk in previous years about Kelly wanting to be in a conference and I guess he got tired of fighting that battle. Without a conference there’s no realistic goal to work for. Natty or bust is not a realistic goal for the program anymore. 10 win seasons that result in playoff losses or a win in the Camping World Bowl don’t really mean ****. Fighting for and winning a conference championship is an achievable intermediate goal that gives a coach legitimacy and is possible even in seasons with less than 10 wins. Notre Dame’s coach doesn’t have that luxury.

ND has been in the playoff 2 of the last 3 years and could backdoor their way in this year too. Kelly has always been a classless dadhole so this move and how he did it is no surprise. Now I’m rooting for chaos and ND to get in and then LSU to take a nosedive over the next 3-4 years.

And while we’re at it, **** all these schools crying poverty during covid and slashing salaries, jobs, and sports and then paying out this absurd cash for someone to coach football.

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:37 am

Aside from the money, I know there was talk in previous years about Kelly wanting to be in a conference and I guess he got tired of fighting that battle. Without a conference there’s no realistic goal to work for. Natty or bust is not a realistic goal for the program anymore. 10 win seasons that result in playoff losses or a win in the Camping World Bowl don’t really mean ****. Fighting for and winning a conference championship is an achievable intermediate goal that gives a coach legitimacy and is possible even in seasons with less than 10 wins. Notre Dame’s coach doesn’t have that luxury.

ND has been in the playoff 2 of the last 3 years and could backdoor their way in this year too. Kelly has always been a classless dadhole so this move and how he did it is no surprise. Now I’m rooting for chaos and ND to get in and then LSU to take a nosedive over the next 3-4 years.

And while we’re at it, **** all these schools crying poverty during covid and slashing salaries, jobs, and sports and then paying out this absurd cash for someone to coach football.
On that note. Good for Jim Harbaugh


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Postby Tomas » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:55 am

And I thought Franklin's contract was stupid... :lol:
I don't know much about Franklin, but at least he has a history of reasonable success over a number of years. What truly shocks me is the contract given to the Michigan State guy: $95 mil/10 years after just 2 years is out of this world.

Given that contract, Kelly's $10M/year is completely reasonable (and Pittman's $3.75M salary for 2022 seems to be the bast bargain, ever...)

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Nov 30, 2021 7:34 pm

OKST jumps to 5 and the stage is set for a Big XII championship win and a Bama win to exclude Cinci

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Postby Tomas » Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:40 pm

OKST jumps to 5 and the stage is set for a Big XII championship win and a Bama win to exclude Cinci
I thought exactly that.

BTW, I am contractually obliged to say "SEC is the best!!!", but the fact that Alabama was not downgraded to No 4 after the closest of close calls against the total average team (while Cincinnati was sent down after their only slightly suspicious victory) is total BS.

Contract somebody - anybody (ELO, Sagarin, I don't care) - to come up with an objective ranking, just stop this idiotic committee crap...

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:50 pm

This is good. ND being coachless can technically be held against them


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Postby Tomas » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:49 am

Another thing: if your committee is willing to sign a ranking where after 11 weeks, a narrow loss to a decent 6-6 team can send a team 10(!!) places down (TAMU at #25), then you do something terribly wrong (and I don't care whether you overvalued the team until week 11, undervalued the team in week 12, or both).

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Postby dodint » Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:07 pm

They should just write an algorithm and have a computer make the rankings.

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Postby willeyeam » Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:21 pm

Goodness

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Postby mikey » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:12 pm

Now that's a stat...

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:40 am

As a reminder, Clemson did not give up an offensive touchdown to Georgia. Just the ordinary pick-six variety. Then the injuries on both sides of the ball started to pile up, and DJ forgot how to football for most of the season.

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Postby willeyeam » Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:13 pm

Would be a shame if Brennan Armstrong transferred out now

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:16 pm

Interesting. Mendenhall has a nice track record. I would think he is on the move. No way Oklahoma would hire him, right?

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Postby willeyeam » Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:19 pm

I saw a tweet that said he is not leaving for another job. Seems weird

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:26 pm

I saw a tweet that said he is not leaving for another job. Seems weird
I'm sure he's set for life and if I could retire at 55 and never have to worry about money, I certainly might be convinced to do so.

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:48 pm

Huskers’ starting QB enters transfer portal

https://247sports.com/college/penn-stat ... J2aKk3_I0U

Overall more than 2400 FBS players have entered the portal. That’s what, 18 per team on average? Seems like a lot. Entering the portal though only means player is exploring options, not that he will leave.

Entering the portal also makes a school free to revoke a player’s scholarship.

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:09 pm

Just in case you didn't think there was enough bowl games, the football oversight committee approved a 42nd bowl for this season to be played in Texas sometime this month. There are 83 bowl-eligible teams but only 82 spots until today. Now that means 6-7 Hawaii will get to play a home game to fill the Hawaii Bowl spot. Good for the gamblers since that gives them another game to play.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:23 am

Omg




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Postby RonnieFranchise » Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:30 am

Final Bottom 10 rankings, just want to congratulate the Zips on super good #MACtion representation

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... dings-2021

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