What are recent times to you? For anybody under the age of 40 the past 7 years have been pretty much the most consistently good teams we’ve had. Important to keep in mind for actual fans which I know you aren’t.
Take Purdue off the schedule
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It has already happened. You simply don't know it yet. You domers are in deep denial.
Oh, and you do? ND and the ND football nation is totally in the dark, ignorant and clueless, but some random Purdue fan has the 411, now that USC is in the Big Ten fans like you are privy to all this stuff, and you're on the confidential email list, but ND fans don't know shit?
Like I said, we'll see about that. Again, you're just sore and snippy on account of the serious thrashing your guys had to endure.
With that score we should play Purdue 12 times.
ND nation is not in the dark. The USC head coach openly says he wants the rivalry to end, the USC AD talks around the issue but does NOT proclaim that the rivalry will continue (first two links), and the 2027 football schedule has eleven teams but no Notre Dame (third link).
So yes, I understand what is happening even if you do not. There isn't going to be a public announcement that USC is not longer scheduling ND. They're simply not contracting to put ND on the schedule after 2026.
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Who cares. You care more than we do about thisND nation is not in the dark. The USC head coach openly says he wants the rivalry to end, the USC AD talks around the issue but does NOT proclaim that the rivalry will continue (first two links), and the 2027 football schedule has eleven teams but no Notre Dame (third link).
So yes, I understand what is happening even if you do not. There isn't going to be a public announcement that USC is not longer scheduling ND. They're simply not contracting to put ND on the schedule after 2026.
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Hot damn, I was just giving you a hard time. But thanks for the links to the fan site blog posts. And I only see eleven games on USC's '27 schedule with a big fat vacancy saved for ND.ND nation is not in the dark. The USC head coach openly says he wants the rivalry to end, the USC AD talks around the issue but does NOT proclaim that the rivalry will continue (first two links), and the 2027 football schedule has eleven teams but no Notre Dame (third link).
So yes, I understand what is happening even if you do not. There isn't going to be a public announcement that USC is not longer scheduling ND. They're simply not contracting to put ND on the schedule after 2026.
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Lastly, wtf do you even care? Purdue is a non-entity in big time CFB as evidenced by Saturday's beatdown. If things continue to consolidate as they inevitably, presumably will, people will move heaven and earth and do whatever it takes to accommodate ND. While the continued existence of a program like Purdue is and will be a nuisance and an albatross to a Big Ten superconference. I'd be more worried about your sorry-ass program being de-emphasized and jettisoned against their will a la Oregon St., then I would be drinking schadenfreude about how you're gonna be replacing ND on USC's schedule.
That's exactly the point. If USC intends to play ND in 2027, why aren't the Irish on the schedule right now? They had plenty of time to schedule UNLV and Nevada. Why not ND too? Especially amid all of the current controversy and doubt. As I said previously, USC has dropped ND from its schedule. You domers just haven't figured it out yet.
And please don't worry about Purdue. Purdue is not only a charter member of the Big Ten, it is the founding member. Actually, Purdue President James Smart invented college athletic conferences in 1895. There were none at that time and he started the first one:
"On January 11, 1895 he (Smart) organized a gathering of the presidents of seven Midwestern universities (Purdue, Michigan, Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Chicago) with the purpose of cracking down on many of the improprieties happening in football at the time. It was a monumental step, as the idea of an organized conference of collegiate athletics was almost laughable. Even the closely associated Ivy League did not form a formal conference until 1954."
"On February 8, 1896, one faculty member from each of those seven universities met at the same Palmer House (in Chicago) and officially established the mechanics of the "Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives" or "Western Conference."
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The 12th game is not on the 2027 schedule because it's assumed that it is and always will be Notre Dame.
Now you are bragging that Purdue has a faculty member back in 1896 that met at the Palmer House? Quite the tangent….
2027 has 14 open Saturdays. USC has 3 open dates to fly to ND. And they need that game, as their schedule has bottom feeders Illinois, Indy, MD…plus Wisky and Iowa…
As I said previously, you domers are in deep denial about USC dropping ND from their schedule.
I'm not worried about Purdue, you should be worried about Purdue. You'd be the only one. And for what's left of your dignity as a lowly Purdue fan, just drop the subject about USC ending its storied rivalry with ND. It doesn't concern you. ND>>>Purdue. By orders and orders of magnitude. If ND was ready to join the Big Ten on the condition that Purdue is kicked out, you'd be gone. And if there was some preexisting contractual obligation to keep Purdue on, they'd figure out a way to break it. And your Big Ten charter member status would count for next to nothing. In fact if anything, ND's own historical rivalry with Purdue, one-sided as it is, would be the sort of fortuitous circumstance that might allow you to hang on in uncertain times.
Seriously, the shakeout is definitely not over yet, and I would be a little bit worried if I were you. While ND fans have nothing to worry about, other than losing our cherished 'independence', which I am not terribly sympathetic towards, but that's just me. And in a 40 team two superconference duopoly, space will be at a premium. And you bring little to no value, other than maybe of the sentimental sort, to the equation. And we will ultimately keep our rivalry with USC hook or by crook. And that may well be by virtue of ND joining the Big Ten when it can no longer be put off, while Purdue will take the hindmost.
Thanks for the chuckle and you nailed it: The only way that USC will continue playing ND is for the Irish to join the Big Ten.
Fair enough, I guess we're done here. That's probably the only way a Purdue fan can save face. After a true ass-walloping like Saturday, gloating over ND grudgingly joining the Big Ten at some point against their own better aspirations, crossing their fingers and riding their luck that Purdue gets grandfathered into the big leagues, where they can at least assume their usual position as whipping boy and doormat for the big boy programs to enjoy a break on an otherwise packed schedule. Everyone has their role to play...
Well, it was an ass-whipping of Biblical proportions but my comments were not meant to 'save face." If you read through some of my previous posts here, I have been saying that the writing is on the wall for USC dropping ND for several weeks.
Insofar as ". . . ND grudgingly joining the Big Ten . . ." it would seem to be a welcome relief compared to this quasi-independent deal that you have with the badly-troubled ACC. With USC dropping ND and Stanford joining the ACC, the only annual rival you'll have left is Navy.
We're not joining the Big 10. We don't need to. We don't want to.
Hey Purdoesn't fan---When did USC drop Notre Dame from their schedule? You have written this countless times.
Notre Dame does not want to join the Big 10. Never have.
That's fine but this thread is about USC dumping ND as an annual rival, which has already happened but some of you domers haven't figured it out yet. Your cherished rivalry has been terminated by Lincoln Riley. Don't you understand this?
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This thread is about taking Purdue off the schedule. You made it about USC because your team sucks and are obsessed with all things Notre Dame. 66 to 7
Yeah I think we get it. USC had dumped ND. The rivalry is over. ND is disgraced. Party time in West Lafayette.
Yeah? Feel good?
No, you don't get it. USC has indeed dropped ND from its schedule. ND is not disgraced nor is it party time in West Lafayette. USC is softening its schedule to enhance their chances of getting into the playoff. And they have repeatedly said this, quite clearly if you choose to listen.
I just mothereffin' agreed with you, or rather acknowledged you. Was that not good enough? Was there something about my tone you didn't appreciate? 66-7 stings, don't it. I guess that does suck to cheer for a team that gets reamed that severely. And as a bit of consolation, now that the most prestigious brand in CFB, maybe the most hallowed name in all of American sport, that of ND football, the Fighting Irish, is going to suffer a serious blow to their great tradition with the loss of their most time-honored rival, you can't STFU about it. And the reason being for this, as you proudly repeat, is so their schedule's easier. As in annually playing the likes of Purdue, and not ND. Because they will stomp your ass just as readily as we did. And they have the playoff to consider.
So I think everyone does get it, or they've certainly heard you out.
Oh, so now I'm the bad guy? Figures...
I guess I never really gave it much thought. I don't think the rivalry will end, nor do I think USC has made some firm, fateful, irreversible decision to definitely get ND off the schedule for the foreseeable future and ND just don't know it. So even though that's at least one little stick you can poke ND fans with, maybe the only one, I don't think it will play out that way. But there's so many other moving parts that are yet to transpire, massively important and influential ones, that would affect teams' schedules, that it's premature to do a victory dance. Namely full professionalization and revenue sharing, and the further conference realignment that will come with that. And it's definitely when not if.
If you want to F with ND fans, mock us about the imminent losing of our independence. That would cut closer to the bone. Rather than the comparatively quirky sidebar of losing the rivalry with USC. I guess you feel like you're on firmer ground and you're convinced, enough at least, that the rivalry really is going to end if only temporarily, and you can vouch for that, not so much with the independence, even though the source of both/either of those developments would be the inexorable and accelerating movement toward conference realignment and consolidation. With a final shakeout and dispensation very much a complete unknown.
So there....
There is no reason for you to worry about USC. The annual rivalry is finished in 2026. It's a done deal.
Yeah, this motherfcker really wants to twist the knife for some reason. Though I guess we know the reason. Even though I personally would be surprised if that actually comes to pass.
Wanna bet? You think a female AD who has been on the job for one year and who has already echoed Riley's comments is going to over-rule a head coach on a ten-year, $100 million contract? There has been no outcry from the USC alumni about cancelling the series, and while some sportswriters have moaned and groaned, others actually support Riley's position (link).
Let's face it, USC will be playing a much tougher schedule going forward than ND will, USC already has an archrival and the Big Ten won't be involved with scheduling an OOC game like the Pac-12 was.
Left? I was an active duty US Army officer for 28 years and liberals make my skin crawl.
Jesus H, are you really a Purdue fan, wtf is wrong with you? If you're right and this actually happens, then ND will simply carry on. I guess our schedule will get easier too and we'll make it into the playoff faster than USC will. Since that's the name of the game apparently.
Why is this some sort of insult or indignity that ND must suffer? USC is taking the coward's way out. They figure they'll lose seven out of ten times they play ND and so they're going to replace us with an opponent they can handle. Purdue naturally can do their part to help fill that bill. How are you sticking it to ND fans by insisting this is so certainly going to happen? For myself, I'd just be disappointed.
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