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Report: Notre Dame in Talks to Join ACC as Full Member
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:07 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:07 am
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Tim Brando of Fox Sports has reported that Notre Dame is having conversations about joining the Atlantic Coast Conference for football. Already a member in all other sports, the Fighting Irish would become the 15th full-time member if this were to happen. Should the ACC be looking for a 16th, surely the University of Connecticut would be a leading candidate. The conference has already announced plans to launch a television network in 2019, a move which seems to be a necessity to keep up with the NCAA’s other major conferences
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Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:08 am to RLDSC FAN
Wonder if this is just a ripple of what's to come.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:09 am to RLDSC FAN
Wow
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:09 am to AUCE05
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Wonder if this is just a ripple of what's to come.
No doubt, it is.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:09 am to AUCE05
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Wonder if this is just a ripple of what's to come.
I'm skeptical. It would take a lot to get ND to give up their independence...and I mean a lot.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:10 am to AUCE05
quote:no doubt. There's no way Notre fricking dame is giving up independence if there isn't a whole lot of stuff brewing
Wonder if this is just a ripple of what's to come.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:11 am to RLDSC FAN
Dumb move on its part unless they figure the NBC contract isn't going to be renewed. Plus who is going to care about the ACC in Northern Indiana's media markets. Yes ND is a national brand, but Chicago, Indianapolis, and Detroit are Big Ten stalwarts. Plus South Bend and Kalamazoo tv markets aren't big enough to matter.
ND is the only program that can go fully independent. 8-4 in the ACC will mean the program gets further and further buried.
They should talk to the big ten.
ND is the only program that can go fully independent. 8-4 in the ACC will mean the program gets further and further buried.
They should talk to the big ten.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:12 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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They should talk to the big ten.
ND will never join the Big 10
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:13 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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They should talk to the big ten.
Too many big dicks in that room to be productive. You have Nebraska, Michigan, OSU and Penn State already who see themselves as top 10 programs. OSU specifically has apparently been a barrier to ND joining in the past. Both want to be the "big dog"
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:17 am to Buckeye06
Will be interesting how this screws with what is now their OOC scheduling. I assume they will keep USC and navy but after that?
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 10:18 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:18 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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They should talk to the big ten.
Notre Dame is locked in to the ACC if they ever join a league in football
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:18 am to RLDSC FAN
I just don't see it happening. ND is too stubborn and wants to stay as an independent. They don't want to or have to answer to anyone right now.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:19 am to WestCoastAg
quote:four 16-team mega conferences?
whole lot of stuff brewing
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:21 am to Buckeye06
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You have Nebraska, Michigan, OSU and Penn State already who see themselves as top 10 programs
I can see Purdue, MSU and even Michigan being in favor of ND joining the big ten. Rivalry games that guarantee sell-outs and TV coverage.
Plus media in Chicago and Detroit will stop covering ND. ND needs those markets and Ohio. I can tell you that outside of South Bend, no one cares about ND hoops within 200 miles of South Bend.
Of course FB is number 1 by far, but if ND stops playing Michigan, MSU, and Purdue regularly and adds Wake Forest, Duke, Syracuse, NC State, people will stop caring about ND football. They have only room for 4 non-conference games and only USC will be a challenging one. Beating up on Navy and Army gets tiring after awhile.
ND should either go independent or join the big ten.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:22 am to RLDSC FAN
quote:right...the ACC is a great conference for Notre Dame...fertile recruiting grounds for them...
ND will never join the Big 10
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:23 am to RLDSC FAN
Just for the fun of it, sing along with me everyone!
"Shame, shame on you Notre Dame!
C-Weis and Kelly have ruined your fame!
What the hell ever happened to
The Irish of Notre Dame?
"Shame, shame on you Notre Dame!
C-Weis and Kelly have ruined your fame!
What the hell ever happened to
The Irish of Notre Dame?
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:30 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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I can see Purdue, MSU and even Michigan being in favor of ND joining the big ten. Rivalry games that guarantee sell-outs and TV coverage.
They already stopped a good # of those games actually. ND's real "rivarly" is with the west coast schools
If they join a conference, they will play Navy, USC and Stanford annually as OOC
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:36 am to RLDSC FAN
I assume Notre Dame will get to keep its football contract with NBC that runs through 2025, if this actually happened.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:38 am to RLDSC FAN
Didn't think they had it in them.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:41 am to Ralph_Wiggum
Anyone who mentions ND and Big Ten in the same sentence anymore have absolutely zero clue what they are talking about. It's ACC or independent....period.
I also don't doubt that there are "discussion" going on right now, but I'll believe that they are serious discussions when I actually see that Notre Dame has officially joined in Football.
I also don't doubt that there are "discussion" going on right now, but I'll believe that they are serious discussions when I actually see that Notre Dame has officially joined in Football.
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