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Indi-who? I prefer [expletive] on Indiana...but why are people supposed to talk about them when the topic is conference realignment??? Tarver must assume that IU is getting kicked out in favor of KU. It would open them up to move to the MVC and set up the can't miss rivalry with the Sycamores.
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Yeah, the rumor/expectation is that um and maybe msu will drop ND entirely. I don't much care one way or the other. I like playing those schools usually but opening up those 2-3 September dates would make scheduling other quality teams infinitely easier. The big ten's insistence on playing ND in September has made it harder to play schools that will come to ND, but not when it's cold (SEC teams, primarily). but by joining the big ten and scheduling pn st, os and Michigan in November/Oct, doesn't that open up September up for those supposed wanton SEC team? And miss out on their November showdown with Duke? No dice! Low hanging fruit is your specialty. This is a family board.
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Good bc I wasn't sure what point you were making with the alumni count anyway. Well I didn't know what your point was before that! PS, I think Minny is drunk.
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Indi-who? I prefer [expletive] on Indiana...but why are people supposed to talk about them when the topic is conference realignment???
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Yeah, the rumor/expectation is that um and maybe msu will drop ND entirely. I don't much care one way or the other. I like playing those schools usually but opening up those 2-3 September dates would make scheduling other quality teams infinitely easier. The big ten's insistence on playing ND in September has made it harder to play schools that will come to ND, but not when it's cold (SEC teams, primarily). but by joining the big ten and scheduling pn st, os and Michigan in November/Oct, doesn't that open up September up for those supposed wanton SEC team? And miss out on their November showdown with Duke? No dice!
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In total numbers? There are also exponentially more big ten alums out there bc the schools are massive (and alumnus also includes former students who don't graduate, which gives big ten schools another several hundred thousand). painting Big Ten alumns as drop-out failures is hurting my feelings, Richard. Its sooo unkind. It's not that they're all drop out failures. But if you're making an argument based on total alumni base and you're starting with numbers as skewed as ACC v big ten, I assume you're going the extra step of including people that attended those schools but didn't graduate. I'm not quite sure of your point. It's especially strange when you've got a 90% non-alum rate of ND fans.
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I'm willing to bet there's not a significant difference in Big Ten alums in NYC compared to ACC alums (Including Cuse and Pitt) in NYC (But this is really taking the argument to a non-important topic)
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Where does Memphis basketball fit into that scenario? In the SEC so Tennessee can have a natural rival.
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Then why aren't you pushing for SEC if your concern is playing cool games in football hotbeds? I think you're greatly overselling the draw of these games, but it's really just a matter of opinion, so we can't go any farther on it. I don't have a clue where you're going with that Michigan tangent, but you're really fudging the numbers if you're trying to include all those ACC teams. UNC? What have they played them once in the past 20 years? Convenient that joining the Big Ten apparently expands ND's reach to South Bend city limits, but joining the ACC puts them in the heart of DC and NYC (where there are 0 ACC teams) You honestly think there are more ND fans in DC than there are in Chicago? How is Notre Dame going to continue this barn-storming schedule when they have to go play Duke, Clemson, Wake, and Virginia?
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Basketball superconference? KU, Illinois, Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin would make for a ridiculously entertaining league. Flattery will get you nowhere. I'm a way bigger basketball fan than I am football, but the facts are that football is driving the expansion, and adding a football zero like Kansas would likely cost the Big Ten member schools money. Each school added has to add more in revenue with their addition than each school is already making, and while Kansas has their fake fans throughout the country, they're not a strong enough draw to get any sort of market share for BTN subscriptions outside of the 8,000 people that actually live in Kansas. The only reason Missouri is even viable is because of the population of the state, and what it would mean to get all those subscribers at the conference footprint rate. The Pac-12 is playing with fire IMO if they plan on going all in for Texas and taking whatever dregs have to come with them. That's a lot of money Texas and Oklahoma are going to have to make up in order to keep the current teams equal to what they're receiving now...and if Texas looks for special treatment, you're going to have more headaches to deal with that I'm thinking the California schools won't put up with.
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Your belief is that if ND wasn't getting pooed on every other year by USC @ USC then Clausen never would have committed?
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just cant survive with the big boys, can you? We've been trying to keep pace with Minnesota for years. But their top recruits keep staying home. Like Michael Floyd, for example. And now by joining the Big Ten they won't be able to schedule Duke @ Target Field. Bye bye Michael Floyd. What are you talking about? ND doesn't need to play in Minnesota to get Floyd, they don't need to play in Texas to get somebody from there. Nevermind that these obstacles are the same in the ACC as they are in the Big Ten (unless you're expecting the ACC to allow ND a 4 game conference schedule), and at least in the Big Ten you've got UM, Purdue, and MSU as teams ND is already playing every year. Other than BC, FSU and Miami are the only ACC teams I can think of that ND has played much at all over the past 30 years and they're certainly not as regular as the 3 afformentioned Big Ten schools. (FSU and Miami are no more "regular" opponents than OSU, PSU, or Northwestern are)
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Iowa State, I mean holy [expletive].
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Why in God's name would the Big Ten want Kansas, let alone Iowa State.?
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Bears game 3: Sunday 9/25 vs GB at 3:15 on Fox
SouthSideRyan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
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just cant survive with the big boys, can you? We've been trying to keep pace with Minnesota for years. But their top recruits keep staying home. Like Michael Floyd, for example. And now by joining the Big Ten they won't be able to schedule Duke @ Target Field. Bye bye Michael Floyd.
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uggghh. Coach Kill better deliver us from this misery. i hadn't heard of that nickname for Brian Kelly yet Where were you when I made my awesome tarot card joke last week?
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Shamelessly stolen from BTF: Cardinals record through 7/27, when they were in 1st place: 55-49, .528 Since then, during which time they've fallen to 2nd place: 28-20, .583
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People are too focused on the #16. Unless they pick off an ACC team or 2, there's not a viable 15-16 for the Big Ten.
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Top of my head: Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas, Baylor, BYU, Boise
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If there are 4 superconferences, isn't your preference: ACC, PAC, BIGX, SEC? God no. Why would you think that? what's your preference? The Big Ten, as I'd expect most ND fans to prefer except for you for some reason and Andy because the Big Ten apparently stole his lunch money and magic markered his pee-pee as a kid.
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Surrreeeee you are Jeffy.
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If there are 4 superconferences, isn't your preference: ACC, PAC, BIGX, SEC? God no. Why would you think that?
