So everyone has heard the news by now. Notre Dame is going to the ACC in who knows when...They do currently have a contract with the Big East that has a $5 million buy out along with a 27 month notification time frame. I am sure that lawyers will get involved with that.
A fellow MSU blog mentioned the ND switch in this post and conclude by saying that we are to not say that Notre Dame is irrelevant. I would disagree with that. This move does not make them anymore relevant. Notre Dame is known for their football team, which will not be a part of the ACC (along with the hockey team). The football team will start scheduling 5 games against ACC teams per reports. This of course should stop or create large gaps of time between those classic UM/ND and MSU/ND games, along with potentially USC. That is the real tragedy and is also the reason why their football team is no more relevant. The ACC is home to Miami, Florida State, and Virginia Tech, but right now, is trading games against Michigan, USC and even MSU for those teams a win for Notre Dame? I do not think so.
Their basketball team is probably shitting their pants right now though.
For further reading on this read here (ESPN) and here (Dr. Saturday)
Little offended you didn't list BC among the ACC football powers.
ReplyDeleteProbably in a better place right now than Miami.
DeleteThey go up and down a bit, eh?
I don't see any thing changing. The msu and um series already both go into the mid 2020s at least with predetermined breaks. This is more a basketball story than anything else. And that story is the death of the big east as a power conference.
ReplyDeleteI think that is a little bit in the air still. Read here:
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Sorry about the lack of link.
No preview of the big ND game? UMass does not warrant much discussion.
ReplyDeleteTonight.
DeleteCan't do a preview on Wednesday or Thursday.
I'm currently lounging in a chair in a library at USC. This place is really nice. Fight on?
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