****The official NEW new conference realignment thread.****

[Saul Good]

the second thread has been pronounced dead.

[BourbonMan]

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[Bambi]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Only the Big XII would be tripping all over themselves for a chance to get NDs vaunted basketball and Lacrosse teams without getting their football team.

Making the Final Four is a major accomplishment. Good thing Notre Dame is bringing us another one.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Making the Final Four is a major accomplishment. Good thing Notre Dame is bringing us another one.

Winning them is even more significant. But you prefer Final Fours. The Big XII and ACC and Big 10 etc.... aren't drooling over themselves at the thought of getting NDs basketball program and final four appearance. They all want the football program and ND refuses to give it to anyone and the Big East ooopppps I mean Big XII is willing to play right into their hands. Who's playing who?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by tredadda

I was wrong on the # of years by 8. I said 50 years when it was actually 42. My bad. Now what else was I wrong on?

I don't think you were wrong on anything else. Why are you being so hostile? I was defending you by saying we all make mistakes.

Everyone on this board has. Its no big deal.

My original point had nothing to do with what UT does with the players it gets. All I know is that someone posted an article that had quotes from high school football players pimp'n the S.E.C. And then wit a little research it turns out that every single one of those players had no offer from UT.

If people are going to post articles talking shit then they should epxpect to be exposed. That's all, end of story.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

I don't think you were wrong on anything else. Why are you being so hostile? I was defending you by saying we all make mistakes.

Everyone on this board has. Its no big deal.

My original point had nothing to do with what UT does with the players it gets. All I know is that someone posted an article that had quotes from high school football players pimp'n the S.E.C. And then wit a little research it turns out that every single one of those players had no offer from UT.

If people are going to post articles talking shit then they should epxpect to be exposed. That's all, end of story.

And my point was that before you slam aTm with comments such as "A&M always has got the second pickings in the state and still doesn't muster much success out of that" and proudly wave the UT flag you might want to look at Texas's history which is anything but spectacular especially considering the clear and obvious advantages available to them.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by tredadda

And my point was that before you slam aTm with comments such as "A&M always has got the second pickings in the state and still doesn't muster much success out of that" and proudly wave the UT flag you might want to look at Texas's history which is anything but spectacular especially considering the clear and obvious advantages available to them.

Its all good yo. I'm just ****in around.

Yes, UT should have more football success than they have had with what they have.

Shit, they're putting 5-7 teams out there now on the regular.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

But enough of all that, back to news.

http://kansas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1377426

Two sources in the Big 12 said Wednesday the possibility of Notre Dame moving its Olympic sports out of the Big East and into the Big 12 is becoming more and more likely.

Speculation is growing among those sources that an announcement could come from South Bend before the end of the summer.

As part of such a move, Notre Dame, which has a contract with NBC to televise its home football games through the 2015 season, would agree to play up to six football games against Big 12 competition (but most likely three or so to start with), sources tell Orangebloods.com.

Notre Dame would maintain its independence in football ... for now. If the Irish ever felt compelled to join a conference in football, the Big 12 would be ready and waiting for them. The trusted relationship between Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick can not be underestimated if such a move transpires.

Notre Dame's explanation to the Big East would be that the Big East is no longer the conference the Irish joined as a non-football member back in 1995, the sources said. Since the Irish joined, the Big East has seen Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College leave with Syracuse and Pittsburgh planning to join the ACC in two years.

Incoming Big East members include Central Florida, San Diego State, SMU, Houston and Navy.

One of ND's biggest attractions to the Big 12 is the ability to have its own Tier 3 television network, along the lines of Texas' Longhorn Network. Tier 3 inventory is whatever is left after the TV partners with Tier 1 (ABC/ESPN in the Big 12) and Tier 2 (Fox in the Big 12) rights select the football and basketball games they want to air.

Tier 3 inventory typically consists of 1 or 2 football games (although DeLoss Dodds has told reporters LHN could air three Texas football games in 2012) and less than a dozen basketball games as well as Olympic sports.

Sources in the Big 12 told Orangebloods.com during the league meetings that Notre Dame as a non-football member is the only expansion target that would receive universal approval from the league.

While sources say Texas and Oklahoma favor the Big 12 as a 10-team league for now, there are some in the Big 12 who think a move by Notre Dame - even just its Olympic sports - into the Big 12, could cause a frenzy of interest from football powers in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Orangebloods.com reported last month that Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Miami and Georgia Tech all had efforts made on their behalf to gauge the interest of the Big 12 in expanding. The Big 12 indicated at its conference meetings in Kansas City in late May that it was happy at 10.

And while that was the sentiment then, a potential move by Notre Dame to affiliate with the Big 12, could cause more discussion and possibly a rethinking of the league's current position about bringing in new members.

Stay tuned.

So Notre Dame would likely play three games or so against Big Twelve teams the first year. Do you suppose they will just randomly select the first teams to play them...maybe pull names from a hat? That would only be fair, right?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Its all good yo. I'm just ****in around.

Yes, UT should have more football success than they have had with what they have.

Shit, they're putting 5-7 teams out there now on the regular.

They are? I thought they had fewer than eight wins exactly once in the past 15 seasons.

[alnorth]

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

But enough of all that, back to news.

http://kansas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1377426

Two sources in the Big 12 said Wednesday the possibility of Notre Dame moving its Olympic sports out of the Big East and into the Big 12 is becoming more and more likely.

Speculation is growing among those sources that an announcement could come from South Bend before the end of the summer.

As part of such a move, Notre Dame, which has a contract with NBC to televise its home football games through the 2015 season, would agree to play up to six football games against Big 12 competition (but most likely three or so to start with), sources tell Orangebloods.com.

Notre Dame would maintain its independence in football ... for now. If the Irish ever felt compelled to join a conference in football, the Big 12 would be ready and waiting for them. The trusted relationship between Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick can not be underestimated if such a move transpires.

Notre Dame's explanation to the Big East would be that the Big East is no longer the conference the Irish joined as a non-football member back in 1995, the sources said. Since the Irish joined, the Big East has seen Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College leave with Syracuse and Pittsburgh planning to join the ACC in two years.

Incoming Big East members include Central Florida, San Diego State, SMU, Houston and Navy.

One of ND's biggest attractions to the Big 12 is the ability to have its own Tier 3 television network, along the lines of Texas' Longhorn Network. Tier 3 inventory is whatever is left after the TV partners with Tier 1 (ABC/ESPN in the Big 12) and Tier 2 (Fox in the Big 12) rights select the football and basketball games they want to air.

Tier 3 inventory typically consists of 1 or 2 football games (although DeLoss Dodds has told reporters LHN could air three Texas football games in 2012) and less than a dozen basketball games as well as Olympic sports.

Sources in the Big 12 told Orangebloods.com during the league meetings that Notre Dame as a non-football member is the only expansion target that would receive universal approval from the league.

While sources say Texas and Oklahoma favor the Big 12 as a 10-team league for now, there are some in the Big 12 who think a move by Notre Dame - even just its Olympic sports - into the Big 12, could cause a frenzy of interest from football powers in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Orangebloods.com reported last month that Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Miami and Georgia Tech all had efforts made on their behalf to gauge the interest of the Big 12 in expanding. The Big 12 indicated at its conference meetings in Kansas City in late May that it was happy at 10.

And while that was the sentiment then, a potential move by Notre Dame to affiliate with the Big 12, could cause more discussion and possibly a rethinking of the league's current position about bringing in new members.

Stay tuned.

Wow. Texas or OU in South Bend would be bad ass. I don't think it's possible to have any bigger game then Texas and ND.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Wow. Texas or OU in South Bend would be bad ass. I don't think it's possible to have any bigger game then Texas and ND.

Yeah, Bevo v the Leprechaun. Huge. Amazing. They could call it the All That Money And Big Recruits Yet We Still Manage To Suck Bowl.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Wow. Texas or OU in South Bend would be bad ass. I don't think it's possible to have any bigger game then Texas and ND.

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my head" is the number song on the Billboard 100, "Love Story" tops the box office, the United States is awash in patriotism fresh off the moon landing, and the Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up for the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV...it's New Year's day, 1970.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my head" is the number song on the Billboard 100, "Love Story" tops the box office, the United States is awash in patriotism fresh off the moon landing, and the Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up for the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV...it's New Year's day, 1970.

So you don't think Lee Corso would be in South Bend that day eh?

[qabbaan]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Definitely. It was clearly a huge benefit to the Big East.

Taking something from the big east is not really saying anything superlative about your conference. It's like seeing someone get hit by a bus and taking their wallet, or stealing money from a senile grandma

Notes Dame is not going to affiliate in football, with or without their current media deal. The games they schedule with USC, Michigan, etc aside from being big moneymakers would have to go out of conference and it would completely change their scheduling in ways that are not conducive to a program that hasn't really been a factor in college football since Lou Holtz and Dan Devine, and is trying to rebuild themselves into that.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Wow. Texas or OU in South Bend would be bad ass. I don't think it's possible to have any bigger game then Texas and ND.

Correct, the two biggest programs in CFB.