In a move that could cripple the Big East even further, Notre Dame is reportedly mulling whether to pull out of the conference amid the growing chaos. Notre Dame's football team remains independent, but the rest of its sports have been housed in the Big East. But with the future of the conference unclear -- multiple teams have left and the football side is in shambles -- the Fighting Irish could be set to bolt.
The report comes from Chip Brown, who floats the Big 12 as a possible landing spot.
Sources tell Orangebloods.com Notre Dame will decide in 60 days if it will move non-fball sports out of Big East (possibly to Big 12).
Of course, the big prize has always been the Irish's football team, but this may be another situation where Notre Dame stashes its non-football sports in a conference and stays independence. Or Notre Dame may decide to stay put and hope the Big East stays afloat amid the shifting conference landscape. As with everything in conference expansion, what happens next is a bit unclear.
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Notre Dame to Big 12
The University of Notre Dame du Lac (as it is officially known) will never be a Big 12 member. Notre Dame football will never join a conference. If it did, the Big Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conference would be the top two choices as these are the two highest academic conferences.
by Timothy Brian Padden on Oct 24, 2011 12:38 PM EDT reply actions
Seems like a huge stretch
ND would pretty much have its pick of conferences, ESPECIALLY if the football team was included. The Big 12 has been reflexively bashed far out of proportion to its quality as an athletic conference, but it’s politically a train wreck. Some teams have bolted and some have stayed, but of the 12 members as of 3 years ago, the only four that have NOT taken ANY official steps towards looking at leaving are kU, KSU, ISU and Baylor – i.e., the schools for whom it’s not an option, so there’s nothing to decide. That has to say something.
The only teams looking to sign on are either teams that desperately want the AQ bid (TCU, maybe BYU) and teams fleeing the sinking wreckage of the Big East (say what you will about the B12, so long as Texas and OU stay it’ll still exist, so that’s at least 6 years of minimal security before you have to play existential roulette once more).
Glory glory Man United, AND the other MU, AAAAnd the Leafs. Experiencing cheering whiplash for decades..
by Wan Ihite on Oct 24, 2011 1:21 PM EDT reply actions
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