[datek23]

The pressure is on Notre Dame as the years tick on. THey are on the verge of losing a lot of money if they do not merge soon, obviosly one conferece stands out than the all of the rest, The Big Ten. Here is some stories I have collected for people

http://www.fanblogs.com/ncaa/003975.phpNotre Dame

expansion mania strikes again

USA Today is running a story about ND making inquiries to the ACC and Big10 about joining -- story repeated here in the Indianapolis Star. "The school's overtures have taken place in the past few weeks -- after recent conference realignments -- and are considered a serious move toward joining a league for football, according to two officials within the ACC with knowledge of the moves. One official said the school also contacted the Big Ten."

What is precipitating this is the expiration of the BCS contract in '05 and the expiration of ND's TV deal at the same time. I suspect that, if ND can sign a great independent TV deal, then they will stay independent. But given recent results on the field, will they be able to do that? Of course the TV deals are a lot less about results on the field, and a lot more about the ability to sell ads based on a broad and rabid viewership.

Posted by John Ludwig

http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/w0304/sports.html

Another great article.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../07/26/mailbag/

http://www.nd.edu/~observer/09171999/News/0.html

[bigboydan]

i just don't see ND joining any football conference. the tv money they get from NBC alone should be enough. incentive for them not to join.

[onlòóker]

Then we would have another Big 12. They already have 11 and are the Big Ten. They need to learn their math.

[Illusion]

It seems like this topic comes up once a year. I would personaly like to see them join a conference, but the tv money is just to big and they will stay independent.