Annie No. 1 Share Posted 8 hours ago Is USC perhaps hoping to get an easier schedule by dropping ND...? USC demands major date change to keep Notre Dame rivalry alive FANSIDED.COM College football fans could lose the late-season Notre Dame-USC rivalry unless it's moved to early in the year. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB89 No. 2 Share Posted 8 hours ago I wondered when USC would get smarter with their scheduling. Having a SEC powerhouse in September and then Notre Dame late in the season along with a nine game conference schedule is too difficult of a regular season for todays college football. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabbaNoBargain No. 3 Share Posted 7 hours ago I say good! Hopefully another piece of the puzzle towards joining a conference. They don’t have the incentive to do so right now, but scheduling the likes of WSU and Bowling Green instead of the USC’s of the world might help change their tune….maybe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 4 Share Posted 7 hours ago I'm truly sick of Notre Dame, so sick that I'm saying, "Yay, USC!" In all the formats for the CFP it's, "The conferences and Notre Dame". They have their own network deal??? This is a step forward, I'd love it if the format was being built and Notre Dame was told, "You want to be included, join a conference." 1 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 5 Share Posted 7 hours ago On 5/20/2025 at 11:20 AM, JB89 said: I wondered when USC would get smarter with their scheduling. Having a SEC powerhouse in September and then Notre Dame late in the season along with a nine game conference schedule is too difficult of a regular season for todays college football. Good question. SC was scheduled to play Ole Miss in LA to open the 2025 season. The two schools agreed to drop the H+H series. Then, Wake Forest cancelled out on a return trip to Ole Miss, leaving the Rebels without a P4 team on the OOC schedule in 2025 unless one considers WAZZU, signed to replace Wake, a P5 team. The SEC requires its member teams to play at least one P4 team out of conference every season. I see no reason why an SC program trying to return to relevance should continue to make things easier for ND to stay independent, and along with Stanford, help ND's recruiting by assuring the Irish a game in California every season. ND is positioned to reach the PO every season and to share its PO revenue with no one else. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 6 Share Posted 4 hours ago I’m opening up to the idea of ND staying independent as long as they play Miami, FSU and Clemson every year. Add USC to the mix and ND is essentially forced to win the majority of their marque games to qualify for the playoffs. Not to mention, it essentially bolsters the ACC significantly. If ND decided to bolster the Big12 in a similar fashion… Anything to maintain some semblance of what College Football was before USC and UCLA recognized the PAC12 was a dead man walking. I would rather see the ACC and Big12 survive than a super conference emerge. I’m not sure how other fans feel, but NFL lite is as anathema to me as being told I have to surrender my citizenship as an American. So ND can actually be the patch the fills the hole in what used to be the best sport on the planet. Not likely to happen, but a mummy like me can still dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted 3 hours ago On 5/20/2025 at 11:52 AM, Mike West said: Add USC to the mix and ND is essentially forced to win the majority of their marque games to qualify for the playoffs. Overall, I agree with your idea, it's the "ND is essentially Forced" to win part that rankles me. It should be a given that teams win the majority of their marquee games to qualify for the playoffs. ND should be treated like every other independent. Call their bluff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Author No. 8 Share Posted 1 hour ago On 5/20/2025 at 12:27 PM, 30Duck said: ... It should be a given that teams win the majority of their marquee games to qualify for the playoffs.... Does strength of schedule even matter anymore, or just the number of wins? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
