McMurphy: Notre Dame to ACC

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:47 am

..in all sports but football per a tweet.

Effects on nBe?

Harry0569 · Post by **Harry0569** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:51 am

Beat me to it.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... otball-acc

Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference as a full member with the exception of football, but will play five football games annually against ACC teams, industry sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy. The Irish will join the ACC as soon as it can exit the Big East. The Big East currently requires members to provide 27 months notice to exit although West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse were able to leave earlier by paying a higher exit fee.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:02 am

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:09 am

This one hurts, pal.

ponyscott · Post by **ponyscott** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:13 am

Not good AT all...

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:15 am

Nobody should be surprised. Notre Dame did not want to be associated with a sinking ship. It is a bit ironic though, since the Big East would be a power conference if they had just joined in football when they joined in everything else.

lwjr · Post by **lwjr** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:21 am

Not a big surprise.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:23 am

Everybody also needs to brace themselves for when the basketball schools all leave.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:26 am

So much for the stability we were starting to feel. The tv negotiations need to happen asap...

lwjr · Post by **lwjr** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:31 am

MustangStealth wrote:Everybody also needs to brace themselves for when the basketball schools all leave.

Agreed. I was always leery of SMU joining the Big East, about football and the eastern basketball schools leaving. Coast to Coast conferences IMO do not work.

SMU89 · Post by **SMU89** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:48 am

We lost a basketball team.

GiddyUp · Post by **GiddyUp** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:49 am

Since when is ND a big deal in bball?

1983 Cotton Bowl · Post by **1983 Cotton Bowl** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:52 am

Ah yes, the realignment donkey punch. We at SMU have come to know it well.

Is this a surprise. . .no.

Does it hurt. . .yep.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:01 am

MustangStealth wrote:Everybody also needs to brace themselves for when the basketball schools all leave.

Where are they all going? The ACC and other power conferences are all about full.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:06 am

SMU 86 wrote:
MustangStealth wrote:Everybody also needs to brace themselves for when the basketball schools all leave.

Where are they all going? The ACC and other power conferences are all about full.

They'll take as long as they need to sort out the NCAA tourney auto-bid rules, then they can form a new conference where they don't have to deal with football schools.

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