I have no idea why you need to be in a conference at this point. Play whoever you want.
Lefty's Cheap Hotel (@JrWannamaker) profile pictureLefty's Cheap Hotel@JrWannamakerNov 9
Replying to @slmandel
I have no idea how conferences are supposed to claim they have a champion.

Nov 9, 2026 · 6:20 PM UTC

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Do you remember a time when conferences didn't have a championship game?
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I do. When the conferences were smaller, everyone played almost everyone and you didn’t have wildly unbalanced schedules.
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Yes, conferees are irrelevant
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Especially w/ a 24 team CFP. I think all the whining about ND's independence is ultimately b/c most teams would love that situation.
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ND fans: "TOLD YA!!!!!"
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Everyone should go independent
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Conferences are and have been obsolete
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Noted. We at Notre Dame will take this under consideration.
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Enough selfish BS. How about advocating for the best interest of the game? This is the problem.
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@NDFootball has always been ahead of the curve!
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Y'all don't see it but I do. With in 5 years the CFP will create the schedule. The process of scheduling 10 P4 teams (that's the next move P4/G6) will become so convoluted and turn into another situation that needs to be tweaked...again. Nothing will get "fixed", nothing ever gets fixed. I've watch this happen since 1998.
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Been saying that for years Stewart. But there’s a reason only ND can pull it off.
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Better question - if the committee lets the seventh eigth or ninth best team from a conference into the playoffs, why the hell wouldnt the best players all sit out those games? Conference participaction should be capped at six teams and all ten conference champs should get a bid.
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No one listened when I said we have reached peak conference power and influence. Now out of hubris and greed, the conferences have give teams a path to independence.
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Conferences are ruining college football. They need to be eliminated.
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Networks will still pay a group of teams to play each other consistently if they are entertaining games
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I agree completely. Just schedule 10 games against P4 or ND, it doesn’t matter who they are anymore. So why be in a conference? Furthermore, this will put huge pressure on the non-p4 teams because scheduling them as a p4 will be a detriment. They will basically only play themselves which will effectively lock them out.
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So they can skip playing tough games each week and go to an easy conference championship game. 👀 Utah and BYU. They would be lucky to be .500 in the SEC.
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Relegation League is coming All 138 in pool 12 divisions of 10 with bottom at 18 Rank one time 1 though 138, then its 4 up and 4 down for following season 11 games against everyone in division for season schedule Top 8 make quarterfinals at end of season 88 play off teams 11 National champions Every game means something all season long 77 bowl games that are all playoffs Way more interest and eyeballs for advertisers More money accrues to team (and conference) Conferences are obsolete
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Unjoin a conference
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like FSU used to do and how they built their reputation.
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Teams will start exploring independence
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I think a number of teams would if they had a home for their other sports.
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ND fans: “SEE YOU MORONS!”
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Most P4 teams couldn't survive without being in a conference. The TV revenue of the blue bloods provides subsidies to the lesser-watched teams
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Conferences Crown a champion the same way they did for 100 years before the conference championship game. People are acting like this is some incredibly novel thing…. it’s not.
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You're not wrong. Almost like it used to standardize scheduling so we could compare those teams against each other more easily and then pick from the best of each bunch... But now we have too many "our conference is too tough, we all deserve a shot" crybabies and ruined it all
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Because you have to be in a conference (i.e. the "right" conference) to know if you deserve to participate in the postseason invitational.
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Might as well just name the conferences by the TV networks, because that's what sets them apart.
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Go Irish ☘️ Independence is the way to go
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With the 24 team playoff, there’s no rationale for conferences at all, and at that point it isn’t even “college” football, it’s just the NFL minor leagues with the franchises happening to align themselves with the names and logos of schools. What a disgrace 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤮
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Conferences have been and always will be a joke
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