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I don't get it. You get extra practices and such. Plus a trip for the players.

Whatever....

Haha OUR 12TH NATIONAL TITLE
ooooooh

iowa adnksu being charged $500k for not bowing

cfp should clip the domers $1M

Then stay home, if invited, for the Heisman ceremony too.

I will take the counter argument - What do they have to gain?

Probably most upper classmen opting out anyway. Love, the best player in CFB would be out. At best they would be getting reps for the back ups.

****'em!! Get in a conference or STFU.

DGrimesAg92 said:

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****'em!! Get in a conference or STFU.

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They're too busy trying to find new ways to be special.

Should have beat Miami, but they started a true fish at QB and lost (lol). Maybe that was a bad coaching decision and it cost them.

Hope they spend the off-season crying with Burnt.

This might be the beginning of the end for non-playoff bowl bids

The only way to actively fight the opt outs and BS like this is to expand the playoff

Sore losers gonna sore lose!

jrgypsum said:

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I don't get it. You get extra practices and such. Plus a trip for the players.

Whatever....

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They don't need the extra practice for their weakass schedule. What they will do is go the tech route and not schedule ANY tough teams to guarantee 11-1 or. 12-0 seasons.

Who?mikejones! said:

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They'll be crying about this one forever.

They also wiped out a game-winning kickoff return for a TD two minutes prior. https://t.co/cZv2znsw9V

— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) December 7, 2025

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Liucci is right. There were way more officiation errors in nd's favor than in ours, and the impact of those errors was much more in nd's favor.

But the broader point stands: 1 or 2 officiation errors (honest or not) are enough to swing a team's entire season between crushing failure and historical success.

People who don't see the urgency to achieve transparency and fairness in officiation are either

1) intellectually limited,
2) alarmingly naive, and/or
3) still very early in life (say <25 y/o).

This can't possibly be real.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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jrgypsum said:

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I don't get it. You get extra practices and such. Plus a trip for the players.

Whatever....

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They don't need the extra practice for their weakass schedule. What they will do is go the tech route and not schedule ANY tough teams to guarantee 11-1 or. 12-0 seasons.

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They definitely won't schedule two tough opponents anymore. 11-1 gets you in

OrygunAg said:

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Haha OUR 12TH NATIONAL TITLE
ooooooh

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Last one was for the 1988 season. 37 years ago. Half the zoo posters reading this post weren't even born yet.

jrgypsum said:

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I don't get it. You get extra practices and such. Plus a trip for the players.

Whatever....

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Many of the players have enough money they can take a trip to a place they want to visit rather than some college town. And not have to play a game nor deal with team meetings, practices, and curfews and such.

Notre Dame in a nutshell!

If Notre Dame wants to stay independent, they absolutely cannot lose two games. They are truly the most entitled fanbase. This stunt will not earn them any favors for 2026.

OrygunAg said:

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Haha OUR 12TH NATIONAL TITLE
ooooooh

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LOL. Most of those were before face masks, integration or color TV.

My opinion is the 1st game of 26 season is the bowl game that wraps up the 25 season

Put them as unranked to start next year

Notre Dame is really committed to avoiding quality opponents. Gotta give them credit. pic.twitter.com/VhqC3LOdBf

— Kyle Wachtel (@KyleWachtel) December 7, 2025