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Hey, Notre Dame: You sure you don't want to join a conference?

Hey, Notre Dame: You sure you don't want to join a conference?

Was all of the gabbing from conference media days not convincing enough? No? OK then ...

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Hey, Notre Dame: You sure you don’t want to join a conference?

Seriously: League media days didn’t change your mind?

No?

The idea of coordinating with more than a dozen peers and regurgitating the same message isn’t appealing to you?

You’d rather just go it alone, make deep Playoff runs and keep dollar after dollar all to yourself?

Yeah? That’ll do it for you?

Fine, if you say so.

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Talking season has come and gone, with six conferences holding their media days last week. Fall camps open across the country this week.

Finally, actual football is near. And soon enough, the results from Saturdays will dictate what we talk about throughout the season, culminating in a 12-team College Football Playoff.

Sounds fun, doesn’t it? A lot more fun than all of the complaining we have heard throughout the offseason, at least.

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