http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/s..._like.html


Hopefully, this will kill some of the wild speculation.

Hopefully follow by BYU say no

Allow ESPN and FOX ripe up their contracts

The ironic thing is people on this board have bashed the Irish because they don't play football in the BIG EAST. What is now becoming apparent is the Irish stance on maintaining it Indy status is going to end up saving the league and is putting the league in a stronger position in regards to possible TV Contracts.

I have been saying that for quite a while now.

I want BYU to stay independent. I would like to see Texas go that route as well.

I think it would make things more interesting.

I would like to also see Texas and ND play each other fairly often.

I doubt ND ever had any intention of not staying INDY. It is a good thing they said so publicly cause by staying quiet all it does is fueling more speculations. Like Jack said, most of the speculations and rumors are pure garbage. Oliver Luck also said in a recent article that WVU had no talks with SEC or ACC. Regardless, there will be multiple threads on the expansion forum stating WVU is in secret discussion with the ACC and WVU.

Football season starts this Thursday, finally!

ND is not giving up games with Michigan and Purdue to play Baylor and TTech. This was a non-starter from the get-go.

(08-29-2011 12:02 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  ND is not giving up games with Michigan and Purdue to play Baylor and TTech. This was a non-starter from the get-go.

You are dead on, but you would not believe the number of Texans that believe, I mean TRULY believe, that Texas Tech is right behind UT, A&M and ND in national stature. I've tried to explain to them that, outside of Texas, most people don't even know Texas Tech has a football team. They are really in shock when I explain this.

(08-29-2011 11:17 AM)TerryD Wrote:  I have been saying that for quite a while now.

You're right Terry....and if this is the case I will actually stop bashing ND and callng you guys leeches

(08-29-2011 12:44 PM)HtownOrange Wrote:  

(08-29-2011 12:02 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  ND is not giving up games with Michigan and Purdue to play Baylor and TTech. This was a non-starter from the get-go.

You are dead on, but you would not believe the number of Texas Tceh fans that believe, I mean TRULY believe, that Texas Tech is right behind UT, A&M and ND in national stature. I've tried to explain to them that, outside of Texas, most people don't even know Texas Tech has a football team. They are really in shock when I explain this.

Fixed it for you.

(08-29-2011 01:51 PM)Frog Brother Wrote:  

(08-29-2011 12:44 PM)HtownOrange Wrote:  

(08-29-2011 12:02 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  ND is not giving up games with Michigan and Purdue to play Baylor and TTech. This was a non-starter from the get-go.

You are dead on, but you would not believe the number of Texas Tceh fans that believe, I mean TRULY believe, that Texas Tech is right behind UT, A&M and ND in national stature. I've tried to explain to them that, outside of Texas, most people don't even know Texas Tech has a football team. They are really in shock when I explain this.

Fixed it for you.

Ironically, that is what most other schools' grads think of a TTceh, I means TTech, grad.

These two quotes are the most intriguing to me:

“Our priority — and our clear priority — is maintaining our football independence and continuing to build our relationship with the Big East with our other sports,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Monday morning when asked if there was a viable chance his school could join the Big 12 now or in the near future.

“I don’t know if it would ever be an annual game, but we do want to play more games with Texas and play them in more sports,” Swarbrick said. “Both schools are committed to athletic programs that have excellence.”

I believe someone speculated about Texas going indy if Big 12 folds and possibly joining Big East for their other sports. This could result in a nearly annual ND-UT game (one for NBC and one for ESPN) and UT and ND playing more olympic sports together.

Also, there have been rumors of a possible 22 team Big East.

Wonder if this model is 12 football playing members and 10 bb playing members headed by ND and UT?

I'd hate it myself, but this could at least be a possible foundation for that rumor.

Cheers,
Neil

(08-29-2011 11:16 AM)Maize Wrote:  The ironic thing is people on this board have bashed the Irish because they don't play football in the BIG EAST. What is now becoming apparent is the Irish stance on maintaining it Indy status is going to end up saving the league and is putting the league in a stronger position in regards to possible TV Contracts.

Educate me. How is Notre Dame going to "save" the league?

ND will not join the Big 10 but will stay independent in football.

No Big Ten expansion, no poaching of Pitt, Syracuse and/or Rutgers.

ND wants a strong BE for basketball and Olympic sports.

It works with NBC/Comcast and the BE on a new TV deal.

(08-29-2011 09:45 PM)TerryD Wrote:  ND will not join the Big 10 but will stay independent in football.

No Big Ten expansion, no poaching of Pitt, Syracuse and/or Rutgers.

ND wants a strong BE for basketball and Olympic sports.

It works with NBC/Comcast and the BE on a new TV deal.

Exactly...couldn"t explain it btr myself.

ND also wants a northeast presence and the Big East provides that.

(08-29-2011 12:44 PM)HtownOrange Wrote:  I've tried to explain to them that, outside of Texas, most people don't even know Texas Tech has a football team. They are really in shock when I explain this.

(08-29-2011 09:45 PM)TerryD Wrote:  ND will not join the Big 10 but will stay independent in football.

No Big Ten expansion, no poaching of Pitt, Syracuse and/or Rutgers.

ND wants a strong BE for basketball and Olympic sports.

It works with NBC/Comcast and the BE on a new TV deal.

I wish more people realized this. Not just those who swear ND will join "their" conference, but BE fans who want to give ND the old heave-ho because they refuse to be all-in (not that that's even possible, because our agreement with them explicitly states otherwise):
ND will not join another conference in football, and ND's presence in the BE works to our advantage. If there's a major change in the BE's future membership, it won't be because of anything ND did.

Independent schedule doesn't help Notre Dame these days. They haven't won a BCS bowl in years. They haven't been to a BCS bowl lately either. Meanwhile UConn and Cincinnati are playing in BCS bowls. Notre Dame has become more like Army and Navy in football where they play a lot of games all over the map and struggle to get bowl eligible. Notre Dame is more about the $$$$ than winning football these days. After two loses Notre Dame has nothing to play for. They don't have rivalry games like the old days. Playing Notre Dame these days doesn't help a team get to a BCS bowl. Those teams can do that by winning their confernces. Notre Dame game means less to Pitt than playing Rutgers or UConn for a conference title. Someday the powers at Notre Dame will realize this and join the Big East for football. They aren't good enough for the Big Ten and the Big East already has the olympic sports.

Wow, way to troll.

ND bows to your wisdom, dude.

Let's see how they do the next couple pf years before making such grand pronouncements.