(05-08-2022 09:50 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(05-04-2022 10:00 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-04-2022 09:54 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(05-04-2022 12:17 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-04-2022 06:47 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  Culturally, Notre Dame fits pretty well in the Big Ten for obvious reasons, but would they hold their nose and go to that league?

Or would they take a similar strategy that led them to the ACC? A more expansive base along the East Coast and reaching deep into the South?

Who would we be willing to take if Notre Dame made a few demands? That's my question.

No one. We have Florida, Georgia, L.S.U., Texas and Texas A&M. All of those are solid recruiting areas and 3 of 4 states have large growing Catholic populations. We aren't taking Navy and ND only needs 1 free game to keep USC. Indiana is contiguous to Kentucky.

FSU would be a possible pairing. Kansas is available and helps balance football density, and Ohio State would be the grand slam.

I wasn't thinking in terms of a school like Navy. More so, the schools on the East Coast that tap populations favorable to Notre Dame's base.

The Midwest and the East Coast are fertile grounds for Notre Dame viewers. If we got the Irish then there's a few heads in the Big Ten that have to turn because they know the jig is up.

ATU, ND want's access to solid recruiting in the states I listed. They own NE viewing so they don't need tagalongs. They want USC. It's not complicated. But yeah, ND & Kansas joining the SEC would be the equivalent of Dandy Don Meredith singing "Turn Out The Lights The Partys Over" to the B1G.

I'd argue if Notre Dame is the linchpin here then the power play is Notre Dame, Florida State, UNC, and Duke.

Nothing against Kansas, of course, but by themselves they don't do much for the Big Ten anyway. The Big Ten needs football powerhouses more than anything else.

Take all 5 and go divisionless or 3x7. If 3x7:

East: Duke, Florida, Florida St, Georgia, North Carolina, Notre Dame, South Carolina
South: Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi St, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
West: Arkansas, Kansas, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M