Notre Dame may be willing to join the Big Ten
Looks like Notre Dame may be seeing the writing on the wall as far as conference expansion and conference TV networks. If they're open to joining a conference, that should make the Big Ten's decision easy, right?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4979435
it was on the front page. Seriously.
...it will be kicking and screaming.
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What kind of sex are you having??
Put aside our personal feelings on Notre Dame... (and Bo's - "To hell with Notre Dame!")
I think the Big Ten has as much to gain as ND does. And ND will need a home, before they end up homeless, or play more cupcakes than they currently do - if that's possible.
WTH - 1/4 of their schedule is already Big Ten!
I would be up for this if they are an equal partner - not trying to be "Notre Dame".
Hopefully Notre Dame is looking out of their confession booths and see the writing on the wall...
Not really true about the "cupcake" schedule comment:
ND plays:
USC, Michigan annually. Not to mention MSU, Washington, Stanford. They've played GaTech, UConn in recent years as well. I think you're severely underestimating ND's strength of schedule.
Look at their 2010 lineup:
Purdue
Michigan
@Michigan State
Stanford
BC
Pittsburgh
Western Michigan
Navy
Tulsa
Utah
Army
@USC
Wouldn't you take the majority of these?
ND has 10 home games this year?!
The BC and Navy games are also away this year. Also the Army game is at Yankee stadium (but considered a home game).
with the service academies
just saw that. couldn't believe it; went over to ND's site and it is showing the same thing. I thought Michigan having 8 one year was pushing it...
Nice catch... I tried to rush this post, since I'm at work. @BC, and @ Navy *but Navy is in East Rutherford, aka Giant Stadium.
You sound like Irish. Regardless of the truth in your comment, I must still neg you. Sorry.
If that's geared toward me, that's fine. I just think it's disingenuous to suggest that ND schedules more cupcakes than any other program. They do a good job of playing a solid number of good teams from Pac 10, Big 10, Big East. Yes, they play service academies, but those are rivalry games.
It's not a cupcake schedule, but I think Michigan's is harder -- especially the Big Ten away games.
http://michigansportscenter.com/football/2010-michigan-football-schedule
just so I don't have to listen or watch those NBC announcers when we play them!
I forgot about that! That would really suck.
calls ND football and olympic women's figure skating with as much aplomb as Tom Hammond.
"Swarbrick told reporters Tuesday morning: 'You can each come up with a scenario that would force our hand.'"
He didn't mention the scenario starts with NBC dropping Notre Dame either do to poor ratings or because Notre Dame isn't confident it can schedule twelve solid games anymore. Both of those almost certainly involve the Big Ten already at 12 teams and playing nine conference games (I think that one is possible).
ND isn't coming to the Big 10 unless it's a preemptive move--and NBC probably isn't going to let that happen prior to the end of this round of expansion.
ND's schedule is not as chllenging as it has been in years past but I have never taken issue with the ND SOS historically. I want to see ND in the B10 but if we invite I want this to be there final opportunity. Let ND wallow with West Virginia and Pitt.
Then we wouldn't have to watch those games on NBC anymore.
anyway and more SEC. They waited too long sorry Rudy. Talk about arrogant.
I'm going to start a thread suggesting that Michigan hockey can use another elite goaltender because this thread inspired me.
Why would the Big Ten and the Pac Ten both be looking to expand and add a conference championship game at the same time? What if the BCS is secretly positioning to fix the championship issue by having conference champions play in major BCS bowls, feeding in a plus one format to the NC game?
Then ND joins a conference in a hurry.