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<blockquote data-quote="Technut1990" data-source="post: 805596" data-attributes="member: 3774"><p>whats harder, being one of the top 4 teams in the country via playing an independent schedule that merits rank or being the top team in the ACC ? A conference championship is automatic playoffs. If you aren’t in a conference you have no automatic bid and you will play an extra game in the playoffs because independents can’t be in the top 4 seeded teams. u have to play the first round even If you are undefeated, if you are independent. Right now 2021 schedule includes Stanford, Wisconsin, Cincinnat, North Carolina, Va Tech, University of Southern California (USC). I’m not sure this is even a top 4 worthy schedule right now But there are a lot more risk to being ranked in the top 4 with this schedule than playing an ACC schedule.</p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>Join the ACC, and slide by via playing BC, Wake Forest, Louisville, Fla State and Syracuse, get your Bona fi des via playing Michigan and Georgia OOC (whoever, Michigan State, Stanford) and Clemson in the Conf Championship game. I’m pretty sure this is one of the easier yet qualifying slates ND has played in a while, Hell if the ACC drops the divisional format ND would probably avoid Clemson, Va Tech and NC until the championship game as a reward for joining, by including Duke, Pitt, or Ga Tech on their schedule .</p><p></p><p>I don’t see how it’s not advantageous for ND and The ACC. I understand ND is associated with the Michigans, Ohio States and Wisconsin’s of the world but they can have their cake and eat it too. Why would they ? Money. They will ensure perpetual playoffs, top 8 teams (likely top 4) by doing nothing more than playing a conference schedule, even if they lose the Championship game they will be in the top 12 by keeping Michigan, Stanford (whoever) on the schedule and they will definitely keep most of their current corporate partnerships plus share conference revenue which will surely increase.</p><p></p><p>I think being in the ACC both softens ND schedule AND increases the chance of a real top 4 finish, which means a bye, win once and you are in the championship game - every year. I don’t think ND has that expectation even of themselves, currently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Technut1990, post: 805596, member: 3774"] whats harder, being one of the top 4 teams in the country via playing an independent schedule that merits rank or being the top team in the ACC ? A conference championship is automatic playoffs. If you aren’t in a conference you have no automatic bid and you will play an extra game in the playoffs because independents can’t be in the top 4 seeded teams. u have to play the first round even If you are undefeated, if you are independent. Right now 2021 schedule includes Stanford, Wisconsin, Cincinnat, North Carolina, Va Tech, University of Southern California (USC). I’m not sure this is even a top 4 worthy schedule right now But there are a lot more risk to being ranked in the top 4 with this schedule than playing an ACC schedule. or Join the ACC, and slide by via playing BC, Wake Forest, Louisville, Fla State and Syracuse, get your Bona fi des via playing Michigan and Georgia OOC (whoever, Michigan State, Stanford) and Clemson in the Conf Championship game. I’m pretty sure this is one of the easier yet qualifying slates ND has played in a while, Hell if the ACC drops the divisional format ND would probably avoid Clemson, Va Tech and NC until the championship game as a reward for joining, by including Duke, Pitt, or Ga Tech on their schedule . I don’t see how it’s not advantageous for ND and The ACC. I understand ND is associated with the Michigans, Ohio States and Wisconsin’s of the world but they can have their cake and eat it too. Why would they ? Money. They will ensure perpetual playoffs, top 8 teams (likely top 4) by doing nothing more than playing a conference schedule, even if they lose the Championship game they will be in the top 12 by keeping Michigan, Stanford (whoever) on the schedule and they will definitely keep most of their current corporate partnerships plus share conference revenue which will surely increase. I think being in the ACC both softens ND schedule AND increases the chance of a real top 4 finish, which means a bye, win once and you are in the championship game - every year. I don’t think ND has that expectation even of themselves, currently. [/QUOTE]
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