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I don't think this is true...

SEC and B1G are essentially getting the same money already and they just signed their new deal in contrast to us where the national contracts are coming up in a few years.

Think tOSU had like 85,000.

Which is why ACC makes most sense...AAU ranks their schools differently than a lot of people. They base rankings heavily on Medical and Engineering rankings which is why they won't be AAU. Notre Dame doesn't have a Med school and they focus academics to the undergrad level because they care about actually teaching students. ACC fits in more ways in my opinion because the biggest draw to the BIG-10 would be its academic standing by a lot of people. ND in the ACC has a lot of rivals already included and in my opinion some of the more interesting non yearly rivalries as well like ND and FSU/Miami(Catholics vs Crooks). And bringing in UConn would also mean Basketball rivalries continue. ACC matches better. And AAU is not the live all be all in research. They of course rank the schools included in membership as the best research universities otherwise what would be the point? I don't see ND going anywhere anytime soon but hopefully it is in the ACC.

What relevant rivalries does ND have in the ACC?

Rivalry with Michigan kills anything they have with an ACC team, and MSU is a good annual game also.

Bingo. ND is one of the gems of CFB and everyone knows it. Whichever conference they ultimately join will benefit. The one thing that would make me not want them in the B10 is if they want special treatment. We've seen what a "bull in a China shop" UT has been in the B12 and how it has destroyed that conference. We don't want that happen to the B10.

ACC has a 9 game conference schedule. I'm sure ND would love that.

Hey, I'm sure the SEC would love to add ND. Good luck.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/acc-football-expands-to-1330542.html

False, like I said. That's two years off.

Plus, ND will have an eight/nine game conference schedule no matter where they go so it really doesn't make a turd.

Big Ten scrapped the 9 game schedule when the Pac 12 alliance came about.

why would they join a mid tier level conference might as well join the big least i mean east

That's another good point. The B10 deal with the P12 meshes well with ND's desire to retain its rivalries with the P12. I even could see the B10 agreeing to an annual ND-USC match up (assuming USC agrees) if necessary to make ND's move to the B10 easier. ND would end up with an 8-game B10 schedule plus USC every year, leaving 3 OOC games to do whatever it wants with. And the B10 divisions could easily be adjusted to take care of ND's rivalries with UM, MSU, and Purdue as part of the B10 schedule. The B10 clearly offers ND the best situation in terms of scheduling flexibility.