Conferences are on borrowed time

I love to be that guy who told y'all so 😏

I would have no problem if we got rid of conferences entirely now that geography means nothing for them

We are winning the Cold War… independence for all!

For CFB possibly. But every other sport played by colleges NEED conferences to exist.

While Notre Dame & INDEPENDENCE reigns supreme!

Crazy how rapidly the sport has changed in the last 10 years. When professional wrestling changed from the Territory System, it lost a lot of its soul.

Disagree. The whole conference structure is based on network TV deals currently. Only reason it works for ND is their contract with NBC. No one else can replicate that. They have a unique fanbase where they get all the Catholics to root for them.

yes they can - just not with network tv

If the money is there > than the money from the conference model TV deals then it’s possible but probably not until 2035 or beyond. If collective bargaining cannot happen with current CFB structure the bigger risk is PE ruining CFB in order to fund rosters IMO.

The SEC -ESPN marriage first contract created this whole mess, it started conference realignment for money! So in all reality ESPN AND SEC RUINED COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Disney is butt fucking college football to death

A new grift to pivot to once the whole “CFP expansion will destroy the regular season” narrative has fallen apart 🙄

OU playing Nebraska and OSU yearly again soon.........

I totally disagree with you Josh u used to be good but now I don't know anymore

ND Independence, the only ordered thing in all of college FB. The conferences, esp the BIG18 and SEC, are the issue.

The loss of the conference championships will have far reaching consequences for football. The conferences might still make sense for other sports (basketball, baseball, etc.) as they provide an opportunity for a team to get hot, win a bunch, and make postseason tournaments.

Josh Pate assumes media rights values will just go up perpetually and that numerous schools can get "the Notre Dame package" I disagree. And conference media rights will still provide more value because networks need the inventory.

Follow @NDFootball to independence..

The sport is on borrowed time. The greed of ESPN and the blue blood programs is killing college football.

Mass independence for the win PLEASE🔥

Conferences are now just group chats with TV deals

Conferences will only stick around to structure the schedule. They’ve dug themselves into a hole. It would have been great if they’d stayed regional, though I wouldn’t be surprised if they went back that way. I just don’t see it happening.

"join a conference"

The conferences really don’t make sense for every other sport. Conferences will realign based on geography for all other sports and football will all be independent.

This is a great take. I agree. Honestly now with this Playoff Structure. It incentivizes greater freedom in Schedule Construction. The Revenue Share does incentivize Bigger Conferences. It seems to me, College Football is moving to a 2 Party System maybe with a large 3 Party🤣😂

But but but…notre dame needs to join a conference right?

Insane how @ESPN built the sport and now is responsible for ruining college football. 🏈

The popularity of the sport today is in large part due to those “two conferences” and the reason you, and so many others, get to make a really nice living covering it. That being said, the way it’s moving forward I’d agree that football in particular is moving towards no confs

Scrap the conferences and let’s play who we want at this point. College football is so weird

I’ve always thought OSU should go independent I’d hate to see conferences go but there is no point anymore

It’s funny because all these @NDFootball will be following their lead..

Ha ha ha! Everyone told Notre Dame to join a conference, but they saw the future and stuck to the agreement with Naval Academy. Any of you who screamed about Notre Dame needing to join a conference but eventually flip to supporting your school going independent, you are the worst