JohnboyND7

Cutting scholarships certainly levels the playing field. That's undeniable. Not sure it's fair to blame any particular individual though.

4 is perfect. Keep it exclusive. I think they should get rid of about half the bowls but I dont let it bug me.

The FBS regular season as a whole would be ruined. Half the fun is that many big games are basically playoff games. (Notre Dame knocked out USC, Miami knocked out Notre Dame, Clemson knocked out Miami, etc.) I don't know about the FCS playoffs. A 6-5 team has gotten an At-large bid in the past. 7-4 teams get in often. That's ridiculous.

Gross. Ruins the best season in American sports.

I'm not claiming Alabama did anything special this year. Boise St never got denied anything. UCF wasn't denied anything. They played one P5 game. Against 4-8 Maryland. Thats not going to win you much support. Sorry.

UCF didn't beat anyone.

Alabama had great luck with Florida St sucking. The point of scheduling that game is getting a big time W to look good come playoff time. Alabama didn't have a marquee win this year. Are they a top 4 team. I have no idea. If Ohio St had scheduled Ohio instead of Oklahoma they'd definitely be in the playoff. If USC had scheduled UNLV instead of Notre Dame, they'd possibly be in the playoff.

Is it a year of Jubilee?

Follow the WalMart model. Logistics are crucial.

The margin of error in FBS is pretty slim. Alabama(11-1) potentially not making the playoffs has no FCS comparison. They let 6-5 times in the FCS playoffs lol

I would venture to say if NDSU lost to SD it would rank among the top fcs upsets of all time.

I don't think I've called UND a future bottom feeder anywhere. UND was hot garbage this year and still beat Misery St by like 30. I have no idea how UND will do. I don't follow closely enough to feel educated on that.

Some homers on here have strongly implied the leagues are similar in quality. I think darell has led the charge there. The Valley is pretty tough. No way around it. You get a couple "gimme" games but the rest of the teams are usually at least respectable it seems like.

I have Notre Dame apparel... with an interlocking ND... without any mention of Irish, Notre Dame, or Fighting Irish on them.

Nope. I don't mind one way or the other.

Still waiting patiently for the 2020 conference schedule you got your hands on to be released.

The two conferences aren't really on the same level at this point in time. Doesn't take much to see that.

Maybe. Maybe not. They didn't play in the Fargodome though. Next time NDSU goes 7-4, I'm sure you'll get your wish and see them on the road. This complaint is so odd.

How? They play road games....5 games a year. I guess it would be chilly out but they already practice outside?

I wouldn't count them as being Aztecs. I don't think many others would either. Using that logic, some Greeks could claim they are Spartans. Simply descendents of a group that lived long ago.

Aztec tribe doesn't exist anymore

Bundesliga has really strict ownership rules, and they don't really need a team like Barca at all. They have the highest league attendance in the world. Not sure how Barca's ownership is set up either. France and Italy have no real rules regarding ownership that I'm aware of. France is also right next door and already allows a non-French team(Monaco) to play in their league. Italy has fantastic weather. The whole discussion is relatively worthless as La Liga is going to keep them. The value of La Liga goes down bigly without Barcelona to be the protagonist/antagonist to Real Madrid.

I'd put money on them joining the French or Italian leagues before joining England.

They are going to end up working out a deal with La Liga. Real Madrid will make sure of it. Btw, the English league would make very little sense at all.

Notre Dame is just demolishing teams lmao.