Aren't all the BYU fans in the Mountain West? Living pretty much my whole life in the Northeast and Midwest, I don't think I've ever (knowingly) met a BYU fan. I don't even think about them. Whereas Michigan fans? I know lots of them. And I care lots more about shutting them up.
They do have a very bitchy fanbase
That is 10000% why I want to play UCLA. Hell let's add SDSU and Cal as well
I'm definitely good with UCLA. They're in the Big 10 and could give us recruiting opportunities and visibility in southern California. But no thanks on Cal or SDSU.
SDSU would possibly be an end of the year game.
That stadium they play in looks like an absolute shithole and only holds 35k. No thanks.
Also, I'm just gonna add that the whole idea of playing an end of year game somewhere warm (California) is outdated and a holdover from the pre-bowl days. It's not necessary and shouldn't be a factor in scheduling.
I agree, but wasn't the purpose of finishing up in Cali was so the staff could recruit the following week out there?
Must've missed that. Yeah that would make more sense than the 1960s rationale of wanting to finish the season somewhere warm. I have no problem with playing games in CA (southern CA at least), but it seems like we're starting to focus our recruiting efforts less and less there and shifting more towards other states like TX, GA, FL, and NC. And catering to the CA portion of the ND fanbase doesn't mean we need to play the last game of the regular season there every year.
I don't think it ever had anything to do with finishing the season somewhere warm. I think it was all about rewarding the massive fan base ND has in Cali and, more importantly, recruiting. The last class had about 25 offers out in Cali. This current class appears to be the same currently. 2028 they already have about a dozen out that are reported. Stanford is and USC was annual rivals for ND. I don't know who came up with the idea, but it has been a post Holtz scheduling staple.
I'm only in my early 40s and don't pretend to be a ND historian. But I think before we started playing bowl games in 1970, we would usually end the regular season somewhere warm. Good info re: the amount of offers in Cali not really changing lately. Maybe I'm imagining this, but it just doesn't seem like the staff is spending as much time in CA or signing as many recruits from CA as they used to.
I'm 48 years old and the temp at kickoff at Stanford this past season was? 48 degrees. LOL. SC I could see being warmer. The Bay Area in November at night? Not so much.
ND @ Miami every other Thanksgiving weekend would be fucking amazing.
I hate the idea of scheduling Cal. But I guess we're going to play them either way as part of the ACC agreement.
Wouldn’t it? The only hurdle is they’d have to agree to come to our place the other years. They’ve been dodging us for ages.
Cal is only in the ACC because Stanford is in the ACC. And Stanford is only in the ACC because of Swarbrick. I’d say they owe us.
THis issue only started because ND-SC used to play the last game of the season like civilized people.
Calendar has changed. If you make it to playoffs, you going home to prep immediately. Early signing day helps
Speaking of USC, was looking at old schedules and they used to play @ ND to end the season. I think it was in the 50s and didn't last long though.
I'd love the first 3 there. Not so much on Texas Tech, but it would be nice to kick their ass and shut their coach up. Our games against Washington haven't always been competitive, but I still enjoyed them. They put up a good fight in 1995 at their place and again in 2009 @ ND. Plus it seems like that state has been putting out more D1 talent lately. And who doesn't like the setting at Husky Stadium.2027 USC Football Schedule | FBSchedules.com
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USC has a (on paper) manageable 2027 and one spot available. I think they have too much pride to reschedule us so quick as optically
It looks like they just wanted an out for their tough 2026 ( which would be 100% correct). But that’s the path of least resistance to a marquee, top 25, game.
Other options:
- Miami: Lean on ACC to just figure it out. They are playing Utah OOC but that’s unlikely to be a ranked matchup post whittingham.
- Washington - open spot
- Ole Miss - open spot but tough SEC slate
- Texas Tech - I’d hate this but have to think they’d be for it
