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(06-25-2019 12:04 PM)UCbball21 Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 10:31 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I don't think UConn leaving the conference hurts our chances at making the P5. If anything, it hurts UConn's standing if Notre Dame ever joins the ACC and they need/want a 16th team. We just need to keep putting our best foot forward and win bowl games and make the NCAA tournament every year. If we can win an NY6 game or make a Final Four run before the next round of realignment, even better. If expansion happens again and we get passed over for other schools in the AAC, then we are toast as a football program. Honestly, football as we know it might not have much longer anyway. So if we get passed over again, I'll be in favor of doing what UConn is doing and putting all our focus into basketball. I think UConn should have waited another 5 or 6 years before giving up though.

This is a good point. This could end up being a major benefit because if Notre Dame ever joins the ACC then Cincinnati has a much better chance of being added as #16 if we continue to prove our worth for P5 inclusion. WVU and Cincinnati would likely have the inside track and I like Cincinnati chances better to be honest with the advent of the ACC network. Penetrating Ohio and bridging Indiana makes a lot of sense for the ACC now that they will have a network.

Notre Dame pretty much holds all the cards here. I'm hoping for their program to implode and be forced to join a conference but then again, if/when they fire Brian Kelly, they will probably just hire Luke Fickell.

If they steal another football coach from us, they should at least have the decency to drag us into the ACC with them.