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Old 05-17-2010, 11:52 AM   #11
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If you believe eventual conference reorganization is the natural progression of rational actors acting rationally in a free market system, feel free to retain your current level of love or hate for the Fighting Irish. But if you fall into one of the following categories, you'd better begin to cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame.

• You don't want to see the current conference alignment reshaped in a massive cash grab.

• Your alma mater is among the schools -- hello, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Louisville, South Florida -- that stand to lose big in the case of radical realignment.

Make no mistake, the Big Ten can expand without Notre Dame and still make a fortune. But if circumstances force Notre Dame to cast its lot with the league, the resulting union would make the Big Ten so powerful that the other conferences would be forced to grow. For his part, SEC commissioner Mike Slive essentially promised last week that his league would act to protect its status as a premier conference. The ensuing shift would result in an entirely new alignment of schools throughout the country.

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Old 05-17-2010, 11:53 AM   #12
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Some of the tweets coming out from the college football guys are showing several ND players as saying they are confident ND will NOT join the Big11. However, the donors are going to know before the students will, IMO.
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Old 05-17-2010, 01:57 PM   #13
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@BFeldmanESPN RT @ESPN_Big12 #Texas AD not looking to leave Big 12
May not be up to him.
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Old 06-03-2010, 01:22 PM   #14
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@CFBRumorCentral If the Big 12 collapses, Texas may prefer to join the Big Ten rather than the SEC.



I believe I brought this up in another expansion type thread. The big11 wouldn't need a big east team if they happened to get Texas and ND. Although much would need to happen before that takes place.
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