re: Florida State evaluating their options for their future...

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What are you, nineteen?

Ohio state is never leaving the Big Ten, kid. They’re not shelling 100 years of tradition and academic research affiliation just to say they play in the best football conference. It would take the entire league imploding for them to leave.

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Nineteen? I wish. Did you gloss over the first portion of my sentence - i.e., "It'll likely never happen..."?

Also, while if I were a betting man, I'd undoubtedly agree with you; however, nothing, including "100 years of tradition and academic research affiliation", would surprise me anymore (see Nebraska, USC and UCLA to the Big 10, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma to SEC, Notre Dame's half-assed ACC affiliation, and so on).

Sure, Ohio State is likely to never leave. That said, top to bottom, they are the premier athletic program in the Big 10 - it isn't Michigan.

Also, Notre Dame will fight tooth and nail to maintain its football independence. I don't see the need for them to join a conference with the Playoff expansion, but if gun head to their head, they'd undoubtedly prefer the Big Ten. It makes sense, they are a better cultural fit.

That said, if you had the chance to poach them, it would be unparalleled. Notre Dame + Ohio State > Texas + Oklahoma and USC + UCLA.