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Notre Dame to join the BIG-10

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Provost Dr. Tom Burish stated in the release that “While Notre Dame would have preferred to maintain its independence, the financial realities of the world of college football made the decision a necessity.” He also said that “The longstanding tradition of the schools in the Big 10 conference best fit that of the Irish program”, according to reports.
A press conference has been scheduled for April 30th, at which time the formal official announcement will apparently be made.
Read more: http://sportales.com/football/notre-dame-announces-it-will-join-big-10/#ixzz1sznCgsEX
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No way.
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Surprised if true. ACC makes more sense.
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13 is an odd number.
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fsufsu said...
Surprised if true. ACC makes more sense.

?
"A political call, the fall guy accord...We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train..."
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?

TV markets match perfectly, ACC is strongest Academic conference.
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The website is called "sportales" - notice the "tales" part of that. It's made up.
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shavisimo2 said...
The website is called "sportales" - notice the "tales" part of that. It's made up.

I thought it was Italian for sport like fragile in Christmas story.
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I believe it when I see it. The ACC sucks by the way. There is reason why you guys dont get any money in comparison to the big boys.
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That release by the Provost should be easy to verify.
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ErnieMcCracken said...
I believe it when I see it. The ACC sucks by the way. There is reason why you guys dont get any money in comparison to the big boys.

As much as I'd love for this to be true, this isn't going to happen anytime in the immediate future. They have a sweetheart deal with NBC and I'm sure they'll hang on to that as long as they can.
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fsufsu said...
Surprised if true. ACC makes more sense.

Notre dame has history. The ACC is a joke. Not really a fit.
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ErnieMcCracken said...
I believe it when I see it. The ACC sucks by the way. There is reason why you guys dont get any money in comparison to the big boys.

At least ND would have a decent chance of winning the ACC once in awhile.
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TV markets match perfectly, ACC is strongest Academic conference.

The ACC is a very good academic conference, but the BIG-10, PAC-10 (top half) are stronger research universities. That is confirmed by membership in the Association of American Universities.

Association of American Universities

http://www.aau.edu/
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TV markets match perfectly, ACC is strongest Academic conference.
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MAUDiculous said...
As much as I'd love for this to be true, this isn't going to happen anytime in the immediate future. They have a sweetheart deal with NBC and I'm sure they'll hang on to that as long as they can.

Its not really that sweetheart of a deal. When Northwestern and Indiana are doubling up on TV revenue in comparison to ND then you know times have changed.
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MrWoodson said...
At least ND would have a decent chance of winning the ACC once in awhile.

That is really the only reason they would do it. At this point I do not care what ND does. If they want to shoot themselves in the foot and not act in their own best interests then that is fine with me.
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ErnieMcCracken said...
I believe it when I see it. The ACC sucks by the way. There is reason why you guys dont get any money in comparison to the big boys.

Yeah except that is false and we are set to be the most dominate basketball conference in america
Some of you need to realize college athletics isn't just football
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Think about it Blue, its true
I also believe the ACC could be the best conference for ND for a number of reasons
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Think about it Blue, its true
I also believe the ACC could be the best conference for ND for a number of reasons

Frankly, at this point you can have them.
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Wait for some reputable site picks up the story before we call this fact. My wife is an ND Alum and she has no email traffic about it.
Mich Alum '92 & '94.
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Yeah except that is false and we are set to be the most dominate basketball conference in america
Some of you need to realize college athletics isn't just football

Then why do all expansions happen for football?
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NoVaNoles said...
Yeah except that is false and we are set to be the most dominate basketball conference in america
Some of you need to realize college athletics isn't just football

BB is miles behind in money compared to FB.
The ACC is behind the Big Ten in both those revenue sports.
The ACC also is behind academically based on the research association mentioned above.
If ND joined the ACC over the B10 it would be a sign they are weaker than we all thought.
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