by Charleston Pony » Tue May 13, 2003 11:03 pm
Notre Dame is the one program in the country that has some degree of control in all of this. They have no motivation to share any football revenue and the BCS has already adopted a double standard to accomodate them.
I like the idea of the Big East Alliance that's been discussed, where Notre Dame could align with the Big East bball schools (Nova, St Johns, G-Town, Prov & S. Hall) and add Marquette & DePaul to form an 8 team league that could maintain a relationship with the Big East football schools. The football schools would number the same 8 the Big east has played with for years and leave open the possibility that Temple participates in all sports and Louisville and Cincy most likely get invites.
One thing is certain. If the ACC pulls the trigger, CUSA is going to be impacted and that will be SMU's chance to reunite with TCU & Houston. Let's hope it happens. I'd just like to play in a conference where our longest road game is no more than what we face with those trips to El Paso! Crossing one time zone for conference play is plenty.