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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 881831" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>If Stanford joins the B1G, and down the road GT/UVA/UNC, B1G will have most of ND's historical rivalries and regions covered. The only part of the country ND wouldn't cover is the Southwest, but they could always play Texas/TAMU/OU in an out of conference series. Navy can remain on their schedule as out of conference. (On a different tangent, TAMU is an AAU school, and there is a rumbling that TAMU wasn't happy with the SEC working behind their backs to get Texas to join. The SEC famously said they have no GOR because if a member wants to leave, they are free to do so. What other conference can TAMU get what the SEC gives them minus the drama? B1G...hmm).</p><p></p><p>USC is ND's biggest rival, and I'm sure ND would want to keep them as a "permanent" rival should they join the B1G. Stanford and Navy are next in their chain of historical rivals. Navy obviously would not join the B1G, but ND could easily keep them as an out of conference opponent.</p><p></p><p>The next teams ND has a long history with are Michigan, Mich State, Purdue, Army, Northwestern, Pitt, BC. Obviously Pitt and BC will be in the ACC (or elsewhere). Army can still schedule ND as out of conference game. The rest will be B1G.</p><p></p><p>GT has always been a historical rival for ND, though not as consequential in the recent decades. </p><p></p><p>One thing to keep in mind is ND could lose is a path to the national championship. That is important to ND. I highly doubt the SEC or B1G makes it easy on ND going forward like P5+ND or the old Bowl Series rules did. B1G already told ND to pound sand during the Pandemic if they didn't join as a full time member, and the ACC willingly took what ND was willing to offer giving ND a lifeline. ND will not have that lifeline if they want to compete for national championships in the near future. It will be hard to compete with schools getting in the neighborhood of $100 million a year from their media deals...and that's what's going to happen with current and future SEC and B1G schools. I can also see them freezing out ND...in fact, because scheduling will tedious with so many members, ND might be frozen out of "Power 2" scheduling naturally.</p><p></p><p>The flipside is if ND joins a conference, that new media contract will be a MONSTER. You think about the B1G...there will be mega national names from coast to coast versus the SEC which is mainly the Southeast and Southwest. How important will ND's independence be in the face of what's about to happen? I guess we're all going to find out.</p><p></p><p>BTW, also an interesting tidbit. For all the "so and so school is not AAU" crowd...Notre Dame is NOT an AAU member. If the B1G thinks a school will enhance the value of their league, they will take the school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 881831, member: 360"] If Stanford joins the B1G, and down the road GT/UVA/UNC, B1G will have most of ND's historical rivalries and regions covered. The only part of the country ND wouldn't cover is the Southwest, but they could always play Texas/TAMU/OU in an out of conference series. Navy can remain on their schedule as out of conference. (On a different tangent, TAMU is an AAU school, and there is a rumbling that TAMU wasn't happy with the SEC working behind their backs to get Texas to join. The SEC famously said they have no GOR because if a member wants to leave, they are free to do so. What other conference can TAMU get what the SEC gives them minus the drama? B1G...hmm). USC is ND's biggest rival, and I'm sure ND would want to keep them as a "permanent" rival should they join the B1G. Stanford and Navy are next in their chain of historical rivals. Navy obviously would not join the B1G, but ND could easily keep them as an out of conference opponent. The next teams ND has a long history with are Michigan, Mich State, Purdue, Army, Northwestern, Pitt, BC. Obviously Pitt and BC will be in the ACC (or elsewhere). Army can still schedule ND as out of conference game. The rest will be B1G. GT has always been a historical rival for ND, though not as consequential in the recent decades. One thing to keep in mind is ND could lose is a path to the national championship. That is important to ND. I highly doubt the SEC or B1G makes it easy on ND going forward like P5+ND or the old Bowl Series rules did. B1G already told ND to pound sand during the Pandemic if they didn't join as a full time member, and the ACC willingly took what ND was willing to offer giving ND a lifeline. ND will not have that lifeline if they want to compete for national championships in the near future. It will be hard to compete with schools getting in the neighborhood of $100 million a year from their media deals...and that's what's going to happen with current and future SEC and B1G schools. I can also see them freezing out ND...in fact, because scheduling will tedious with so many members, ND might be frozen out of "Power 2" scheduling naturally. The flipside is if ND joins a conference, that new media contract will be a MONSTER. You think about the B1G...there will be mega national names from coast to coast versus the SEC which is mainly the Southeast and Southwest. How important will ND's independence be in the face of what's about to happen? I guess we're all going to find out. BTW, also an interesting tidbit. For all the "so and so school is not AAU" crowd...Notre Dame is NOT an AAU member. If the B1G thinks a school will enhance the value of their league, they will take the school. [/QUOTE]
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