Link says it all.
http://college-basketball.si.com/2013/03/11/notre-dame-set-to-jump-to-acc-next-year/
Very good news for the ACC, I would think.
But
According
According to ACC fans, ND joining in full is a matter of time. Good luck to them.
That's what the Big East said
That's what the Big East said too.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Yeah
Now that the Big East a Catholic basketball conference, the 3 football schools that have been there the longest(UConn, Cincinatti, South Florida) probably just want to get the most exit money possible. I mean, UConn basketball has to recruit kids to the American 12 conference now.
Delaney's Operation Destroy ACC has been moved up...
...and is now in full swing.
Notre Dame is going to the
Notre Dame is going to the ACC this year because there won't be an ACC by next year.
M'Dog
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M'Dog
If we hadn't already extended
If we hadn't already extended an invitation to UNC/UVa/GaTech, now's the time to do it. To hell with Notre Dame.
says Mike Brey
Has been vocal about loving the ACC and growing up as a Maryland fan. Someone needs to fill him in that the Turpins are in the B1G now.
For those about to block! We recruit you!
Is that like the Melvin
Is that like the Melvin Turpins?
Dinner Bell Mel
to his friends.
wolverine 73
ohhh terrapins
Now it all makes sense.
For those about to block! We recruit you!
Terrapins/Terps...
As they're joining the conference, we'd better get the nickname down. I live in ACC land and theirs took me a while. (Better than Scarlet Knights though, which sounds like a glow-in-the-dark condom brand!)
Apologies if that was a pun on their skills btw (turrible?).
I read it as...
...a pun on tuppins/tuppence/twopence.
UConn
Please someone save us
'99 '04 '11
You realize your apostrophes
You realize your apostrophes are on the wrong side on your sig if your trying to tell us what years Uconn won? Unless your talking about minutes in soccer or something...
Whatcha gonna do, little brother?
Good call, my mistake
Good call, my mistake
'99 '04 '11
I suppose we won't get them
I suppose we won't get them on the basketball schedule any time soon either.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
In 5 years or so we're
In 5 years or so we're basically going to be able to rename the ACC the Big East anyways. I hope ND didn't burn any bridges leaving the Big East as half the conference is moving with them, and the rest isn't too far behind.
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
Burning Bridges...
It has been brought up before, I believe, but one of the lasting legacies of Notre Dame in the Big East was their assistance in voting down what, for the conference at that point, would have been a lucrative television deal.
That deal, of course, is now a mere fraction of what it could have been, and Notre Dame, the Catholic 7, and some other school have since opted to leave, probably with this as a primary reason in some cases. Indeed, the Catholic 7 even took the name "Big East" with them, leaving the "Big East" of old to attempt a reinvention of itself.
If it should ever be the case that the ACC splits or is dissolved over time, I am sure the remaining mid-major would be happy to include Notre Dame and all of her varsity sports....on the schedule...as an out-of-conference game.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Next time I drive down the Atlantic Coast
I will be sure to stop in South Bend, Indiana.
"[The University of Michigan] was, in short, the testing ground for all my prejudices, my beliefs and my ignorance, and it helped to lay out the boundaries of my life."--Arthur Miller
A good fit
The ACC's tradition of mediocrity meshes well with ND's recent history
Fuck Notre Dame for refusing
Fuck Notre Dame for refusing to play us in the future so they can load up on more cupcakes.
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
Cupcakes are all they'll have
Cupcakes are all they'll have left after the B1G absorbs UNC and Virginia and the SEC picks up Clemson and Florida State.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
We may also pick up Duke.
We may also pick up Duke. The SEC will pick up VaTech. We will both expand our footprints which is what this is all about.
M'Dog
Yeah, I suppose Duke would be
Yeah, I suppose Duke would be a possibility if the ultimate goal of the conference was to expand to 18 or 20 schools. My assumption is that our target right now is to get to 16 and call it good, but I could be wrong.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
Low-hanging fruit
ND obviously feels that the ACC is a natural extension of how they schedule: lots of low-hanging fruit that looks OK in the computers, a few almost elite teams, and one or two really tough games a year.
It's sorta sad that they have to make their kids travel that much when the Big Ten would be so much easier. This move really says that ND is afraid of the Big Ten, better than any commenter, blog post, or article could.
Besides being in SB, ND
Besides being in SB, ND doesn't fit the mold of a BIG school from an academic standpoint or even demographics. We have 12/14 big time research schools, they are not. Most are BIG state schools with diversity of people and thought, they are not. I actually I am glad they never joined the BIG. Now that we will most likely add two ACC schools, ACC will be watered down to BE material in the next couple years.
"Everybody thinks of changing humanity, but nobody thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy
is it for football too?