WVU Officially Joins Big 12

[Chrispy]

Hopefully ND goes to the ACC and the ACC takes uconn on too

[FirstTimer]

Hopefully ND goes to the ACC and the ACC takes uconn on too

If they did the conference alignment would be interesting to see.

North-South would be off balance.

No idea how it would set up but I'm on board for it.

[NAHSTE]

If they did the conference alignment would be interesting to see.

North-South would be off balance.

No idea how it would set up but I'm on board for it.

The ACC divisions are already fucked to all hell and have no geographical basis. I still don't think anyone knows which teams are in the Coastal and which are in the Atlantic.

[FirstTimer]

The ACC divisions are already fucked to all hell and have no geographical basis. I still don't think anyone knows which teams are in the Coastal and which are in the Atlantic.

Notre Dame is on the coast of the St Joseph's river.

[nesper]

Back on topic, I don't see what WVU is gaining. They are going to a much tougher football conference, but a less prestigious basketball conference. And the travel is going to be brutal for all their sports teams. It will be interesting to see how WVU football competes against the better Big12 teams.

Its like WVU jumped off the ship when it was taking on water...but they didn't wait to see if the ship could be saved. Might be a tough swim for WVU.

there was no saving that ship, the schools they were looking at were not going to keep the conference competitive with the other conferences. The ACC and SEC told WVU no the big12 said yes. its a great move for WVU given what options they had.

notre dame to ACC is about the dumbest idea in all of this expansion talk. if i were the b10 and notre dame joined the acc id have the schools end their rivalries once the contracts were up. yah i would also want to ditch plaing MSU every year if i was notre dame considering they are 5-10 since holtz bolted not to mention dropping 6 straight at home in the series, when MSU had clowns for head coaches.

[Atlas]

The ACC and SEC told WVU no the big12 said yes. its a great move for WVU given what options they had.

this never happened... and there was actually a contingency of the SEC east schools (plus Bama) who wanted WVU instead of Mizzou... as for the ACC, UNC and Duke are the sole reason we arent in the ACC, as they were the reason we were blackballed last time (and really VT was too, until UVA and the politicians got involved)...

[FirstTimer]

notre dame to ACC is about the dumbest idea in all of this expansion talk.

It's actually not.

In fact it makes the most sense.

if i were the b10 and notre dame joined the acc id have the schools end their rivalries once the contracts were up.

Ok.

The only rivalry that really means dick in the Big10 in the end is Michigan. Michigan State and Purdue don't really mean a hell of a lot.

I can tell you right now the only rivalries that Notre Dame really worries about preserving during a conference move are USC and Michigan. Michigan State would be nice to keep but won't be a hinderence in a move.

Notre Dame will gladly trade games against Michigan State and Purdue for games against FSU, Clemson, Wake, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Pitt and in recruting hot beds in the southeast, the carolina's, mid atlantic region(including Pennsylvania), etc. Notre Dame keeping their rivalry with USC helps keep them relevant out west. Mix in Stanford every once and a while(maybe alternate Stanford with Michigan every other year) and Notre Dame will be fine with the ACC.

yah i would also want to ditch plaing MSU every year if i was notre dame considering they are 5-10 since holtz bolted not to mention dropping 6 straight at home in the series, when MSU had clowns for head coaches.

LOL at a MSU fan acting high and mighty about the ND rivalry. The last game that meant anything to either team ND "won"............over 40 years ago...I guess the 1988 game meant something since ND needed that to go undefated and win the title but whatever) There have been some good games in between(2005, 2006, 2002, 2001, 2010) but overall Michigan, as usual, is more important than Michigan St. By the way, ND won this year so the streak of home losses is over.


If the Big10 told Michigan to drop ND they tell the Big10 to fuck themselves. Michigan and ND just had the biggest crowd in Michigan history this year and the last 3 games have been fantastic.

The ACC for ND makes a hell of a lot of sense for Notre Dame, football wise, basketball wise, academically, and olympic sport wise as well.

[nesper]

i posted in the thread you bumped so as not to take away from the WVU stuff. citing michigan stadium attendance records is pretty weak argument as the stadium has gone under renovation and if they want to break their records they just sell more tickets since its all bleachers seats anyways their second largest crowd was home opener 2010 when they played connecticuit, they sold more seats because it was a night game, they could break it again at the end of the year when they play OSU.

[Obst]

Hopefully Temple gets added to the Big East soon

[FirstTimer]

citing michigan stadium attendance records is pretty weak argument as the stadium has gone under renovation and if they want to break their records they just sell more tickets since its all bleachers seats anyways their second largest crowd was home opener 2010 when they played connecticuit, they sold more seats because it was a night game, they could break it again at the end of the year when they play OSU.

Tell the Michigan team, Michigan football etc that the Notre Dame game this year wasn't amazing. The Michigan-ND rivalry is vastly important to both schools and much more bitter than MSU-ND.