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Hubris, the name is Notre Dame (and they say the Big Ten has an attitude) .
Hubris? I think we're just misunderstood.
Hubris, the name is Notre Dame (and they say the Big Ten has an attitude) .
I hate Notre Dame but I want them to win by 50 this week in front of what basically amounts to a home crowd of 45,000 ND fans and 30 Cuse fans.
Yeah I said thirty, I know that may be too high.
Sounds good to me. I think that Brian Kelly would like to play someone from his coaching tree, too.
I just don't know if there is any lingering bad feelings inside the ND athletic department over the defunct ten game deal a few years ago.
Sounds good to me. I think that Brian Kelly would like to play someone from his coaching tree, too.
I just don't know if there is any lingering bad feelings inside the ND athletic department over the defunct ten game deal a few years ago.
I hope you're not serious.
We were in the Big East. That 10 game deal was just not a good one for where our Program sits. And I'd say also that it's not in ND interests. We are a solid Olympic AD that ND should want to play in most everything. Games that sell for Women's BB & Men's Soccer & now Hockey. I'd suggest the ND AD develop a strategy to play UConn regularly in many sports. We are good & we are National - in sports ND cares about. Or they can be foolish sulks.
Sorry, TerryD - couldn't resist...
More speculation about ND joining the ACC full-time.
http://www.newsobserver.com/welcome.../4248016_late-hits-notre-dame-loss-could.html
If controversial calls continue and ND feels they'll always be cheated out of conference championships and playoff access, maybe they'll want to be in a conference.
But if they feel the ACC cheated them, they might choose a different conference. Maybe their B1G grudge could be forgiven.
They will forgive the B1G grudge when they will be getting so much more money with total membership in the B1G than the ACC. There is no question that as long as they are partial ACC members, any football games that will decide if an ACC member of ND goes to the playoffs, the officials of the ACC will favor the ACC and not ND. If the playoffs stay at 4, and ND will find itself on the outside looking in, they will make a break as the handwriting is on the wall for them.If controversial calls continue and ND feels they'll always be cheated out of conference championships and playoff access, maybe they'll want to be in a conference.
But if they feel the ACC cheated them, they might choose a different conference. Maybe their B1G grudge could be forgiven.
ND will always go for the most money. If the B1G offers the best deal...all past issues will be forgiven.
Some points here:
The Big Ten schools already made more TV money than ND since 2010 with the Big Ten Network but ND picked the ACC partial deal ( and less TV money) instead. Purdue and Indiana make more TV money than ND. No matter.
ND signed a contract with the ACC that if ND has to join a conference before 2027, it has to be the ACC.
ND signed the ACC Grant of Rights and $50 million dollar exit fee (or whatever it ends up in court/ settlement).
ND despises the Big Ten and is extremely unlikely to ever join that conference.
I seriously doubt that call will alter 127 years of identity or ND's long term strategic plan to be a national recruiting and scheduling school.
ND believes it can make the playoffs as an independent. This talk of controversial calls impacting independence is just idle, baseless speculation.
Question - How much, if any, does the impact of ND's non-revenue sport teams have on any such conference decisions? Travel is not a big issue for football; but, I imagine that sending the field hockey, soccer, track teams, etc. to games in Chicago and Ann Arbor are a lot cheaper than sending them to Miami, Chapel Hill, etc.
Question - How much, if any, does the impact of ND's non-revenue sport teams have on any such conference decisions? Travel is not a big issue for football; but, I imagine that sending the field hockey, soccer, track teams, etc. to games in Chicago and Ann Arbor are a lot cheaper than sending them to Miami, Chapel Hill, etc.