"Bama" as you call them were irrelevant for 30 years before hiring Saban. OSU has been irrelevant for the last 20 years other than one NC with Urban. Clemson? Won 2 championships in the last 6 years. Previous 100 years? 1. And OU? Haven't won an NC in over 20 years. You want to redesign the entire college sports structure around those 4 teams? That's the definition of short sighted.
You only restated the thesis I made in my original thread post. Then claimed that the entire college sports should be redesigned based on the recent success of 4 teams.
All the while you ignore the original claim I made in the original post that CBS and NBC would sit idly by and allow it to happen. None of your 12,000 word posts have really made any sense at all other that reinforce your belief that seems to be ND should join the B1G. I continue to hope that doesn't happen and believe there is a good chance ESPN and Fox have made a big mistake here.
I’m talking about the CFB landscape today, not what BAMA did before Saban.
That I chose to mention BAMA along with other currently successful programs, such as OSU, Clemson and OU is because they comprise TODAY’S COMPETITION.
If some RADICAL ROTATION OCCURS AMONG THE PREMIER TEAMS, then ND will then have to
PLAY THOSE TEAMS if it’s to win an NC.
That said, the MAJOR POWERS have remained remarkably consistent over time. Despite periodic eclipses, EACH OF THE TOP TEN HAS – BY AND LARGE – REMAINED PRETTY CONSISTENTLY WITHIN THE TOP TEN.
CHECK OUT THE NUMBERS.
By the way, if you stick
STRICTLY to your
THIRTY YEAR WINDOW, BAMA before Saban won 3 NC’s, had 12 double digit win seasons and 11 top ten finishes. Its winning percentage, while not great compared with what it’s done more recently, was still about 70%.
And even if you exclude the 78 and 79 NC seasons as OUTSIDE your 30 YEAR WINDOW (Saban arrived in 07), there was still the 92 NC. So, we’re not talking anything close to
ND’s OWN DROUGHT.
As for OSU, it currently owns the HIGHEST ALL-TIME WINNING PERCENTAGE. Even as the team they have now REFLECTS THAT SAME ENDURING PROWESS.
ND USED to hold that crown.
But then, I’m not sure what your point was.
Because to win an NC today does not require ND lining against a GENE STALLINGS or DENNIS FRANCHIONE BAMA team, but “MAY” very well require it to BEAT ONE COACHED BY NICK SABAN.
The same could be true as respects OSU and Clemson -- or OU should ND wind up playing it.
Fact is, if ND not only DOESN’T PLAY TEAMS OF THAT ILK REGULARLY BUT ALSO – IF AND WHEN IT DOES PLAY THEM – DOESN’T BEAT THEM, IT’s
BYE-BYE NC IN PERPETUITY.
As much fun as it may be playing BYU, V-Tech, Washington State, Vandy or whichever other teams may get left out in the cold by SUPERCONFERENCE REALIGNMENT, it won’t be as
USEFUL as playing THE BEST TEAMS. In fact, HOW IS IT WORTH IT AT ALL?
As for my restating your thesis, I DON’T ACTUALLY REMEMBER WHAT YOUR THESIS WAS.
And as for my redesigning CFB on the basis of four teams – first, they were only examples of CURRENTLY POWERFUL TEAMS; and second, I’M NOT REDESIGING ANYTHING.
I’m merely arguing that ND should JOIN A CONFERENCE ALREADY so as to SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS of playing against THE BEST COMPETITION so as to thereby SECURE FOR ITSELF as often as possible A PLAYOFF BERTH.
In other words, I’VE SEEN ENOUGH ANGELS DANCING ON THE HEAD OF THE PIN CALLED INDEPENDENCE. Unless it
DEMONSTRABLY BRINGS IN MORE BUCKS, why is it STILL NEEDED?
Seems it has become for many a
CHERISHED VESTIGE.
As for CBS and NBC – right, THEY WON’T SIT IDLY BY. I didn’t think it required my AFFIRMATION to be a valid observation. I thought it, in fact, SELF-EVIDENT. But I certainly didn’t “IGNORE” IT, even as I'm not ignoring it NOW.
As for my posts, IF THEY DON’T MAKE SENSE TO YOU, WHY READ THEM? I mean, you're reading "12,000 word posts" that make no sense at all?
You should RETHINK THAT.