The Optimal Notre Dame Scheduling Model

[allenm5333]

That would mean 6 ACC teams, meaning Clemson or Stanford is not part of the “deal”

Perception wise you really need some of Auburn, Va Tech, Virginia, Clemson, Duke to be a pre season ranked type team based off 2026/portal to not be completely laughed at

None of it matters if we go undefeated

 

[ACamp1900]

ACamp jerking off furiously to this

Hell Yeah I am,... except we should have added Georgia Southern, dropped BYU and replaced them with the Citadel and state in a public release from the University that this is who you play when it just matters more..... Then beat Auburn by 600

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Piss pound everyone in front of you. Especially Auburn and Clemson.

 

[ACamp1900]

Piss pound everyone in front of you. Especially Auburn and Clemson.

This fucking guy knows.

 

[Huntr]

I actually think Auburn might be a little better next year. Golesh is a good coach. Prob not get it totally turned around by then, but better than they've been.

 

[NDPhilly]

USC absolutely screwed us. There’s nothing you can do about 27.

 

[Dale]

I actually think Auburn might be a little better next year. Golesh is a good coach. Prob not get it totally turned around by then, but better than they've been.

I assume they will portal a top 8ish QB of the portal cycle

 

[NDFAN2008]

Yeah next year's schedule is a joke, makes me wonder if they roll with a QB on the roster or go get a stud with experience.

 

[NDPhilly]

Auburn is 18th in Team Talent, and will have a top 15 recruiting class coming in. They also are power rated ~#25 right now already.

If they can get a decent QB in the portal, they certainly are capable of being ranked.

 

[arrowryan]

Hard to claim independence when more than half the schedule is from the ACC. I still struggle to see what the benefit of being independent is.

 

[jerseyborn1971]

When you start off misrepresenting what % of the schedule ACC teams make up, it's not a good start.

 

[ACamp1900]

Honestly... this is what I would aim for every year if I were AD:

UTEP-level team
Michigan State
Fresno State-level team
Pitt/BC
Bye Week
(Insert rotating big game,... UGA, Miami, Texas A&M, OU, Bama etc)
Random ACC, call it Virginia here
Navy
Eastern Michigan- level team
(rotating big game as above, or at least decent PF)
BYU
Texas Southern
Stanford

 

[jerseyborn1971]

We'll see why the Independent status matters so much when the NBC media rights deal is up in 2029.

 

[tirishman505]

In most tumultuous time in college athletics being the only school with a seat, and oftentimes a vote, at the table is worth a fair amount.

 

[RudyVerse]

Boring

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

There are people at the university who are being paid to figure all of this out. Just play who is in front of you and sort out the rest as you see fit.

Winning a title as an Independent before the last shoe drops would really be the chef's kiss fuck you of all time. No time like right now. Would love to see them beat Miami in November and win a championship having beaten IU, Texas Tech and Ohio State along the way. Shit, I'd stop watching football for a few years just to bask in that.

 

[Huntr]

Honestly... this is what I would aim for every year if I were AD:

UTEP-level team
Michigan State
Fresno State-level team
Pitt/BC
Bye Week
(Insert rotating big game,... UGA, Miami, Texas A&M, OU, Bama etc)
Random ACC, call it Virginia here
Navy
Eastern Michigan- level team
(rotating big game as above, or at least decent PF)
BYU
Texas Southern
Stanford

You want to play 5 fuckin G6 teams in a year, and think that will improve ND's schedule?


eta: wait, my bad. ACamp as AD. This makes sense.

 

[Dale]

I need Va Tech to rise up so we can crush JFs soul into pieces more than anything. It won’t be fun if they are 7 - 5.

 

[ACamp1900]

You want to play 5 fuckin G6 teams in a year, and think that will improve ND's schedule?


eta: wait, my bad. ACamp as AD. This makes sense.

Who the fuck said anything about improving it?? lol...

 

[Dale]

Catastrophic for our secondary

 

[pumpdog20]

That implies a big 10 schedule would automatically be better, which is would not. These conferences are so bloated with crap that you end up with incredibly unbalanced schedules year to year.

At least a higher chance of being better. Indiana, USC, Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan (some throw ins like Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, etc) is a hell of a lot better than Miami, Clemson, and FSU and a bunch of nobodies.

 

[jerseyborn1971]

If ND wins the National Championship, I'll shave my head.

 

[pumpdog20]

If ND wins the National Championship, I'll shave my head.

Same...but also if they don't win the championship.

 

[jerseyborn1971]

Same...but also if they don't win the championship.

Me too.

 

[NDPhilly]

Almost certainly bc of the crappy OOC slates bc interest feels as high as it’s been.

 

[ACamp1900]

If ND wins the National Championship, I'll shave my head.

I got lazy and started shaving mine years ago,… so,…… same

 

[ACamp1900]

Almost certainly bc of the crappy OOC slates bc interest feels as high as it’s been.

That and the season just doesn’t matter as much as it used to

 

[NDPhilly]

Wild how we’re going to go into the playoffs next year on a 37 game win streak.

 

[FWIrish4]

Wild how we’re going to go into the playoffs next year on a 37 game win streak.

The haters are going to be BIG mad

 

[BilboBaggins]

That implies a big 10 schedule would automatically be better, which is would not. These conferences are so bloated with crap that you end up with incredibly unbalanced schedules year to year.

Well ND would get USC and Michigan back as annual games so just join the Big Ten already.