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Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:43 am
by ponyinNC
http://www.tornbysports.com/notre-dame- ... +%28TornBy​​Sports.com+%C2%BB+BYU+Cougars%29
Apologies if this is posted elsewhere, I hadn't seen it. I have no idea about the validity of this website, but worth a read.
Excerpt: In addition to the Big East TV deal with NBC, Notre Dame also has their own plans of launching their own television network. TornBySports was informed that the Big East must remain a viable conference for that to be possible for Notre Dame’s non-football sports. The Big East would allow them to use that network for their additional sports.
The instability of the Big East is in question at this time, and if the conference were to fold in any way, this television network would not be possible for Notre Dame and would have to make other plans to broadcast their non-football sporting events. That might not be possible without the help from the Big East. It is essential for Notre Dame that the Big East does survive and keep "big boy conference" status from a football standpoint.
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:49 am
by Mestengo
Lost me at torn by sports lol
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:51 am
by lwjr
news to me, curious if this has any credibiltiy. I'm inclined to not believe the story.
Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:51 am
by smupony94
Bleacher report
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:52 am
by ponyinNC
covers only Utah sports, so i would think it is somewhat credible, but who knows these days.
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:58 am
by ponyinNC
funniest part of the article is the possibility of schools cancelling their games with BYU, including ND, BSU, UCF, and UH
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:23 am
by Kynd Tulsa Phan
Embrace Superfriends
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:26 am
by smupony94
CoxMustangFan wrote:Kynd Tulsa Phan wrote:Embrace Superfriends
I would rather embrace genital warts.
Stallion has some girls in his stable that can help you out
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:14 pm
by Water Pony
If ND guarantees home and home with BYU and maintains annual games with Navy and Air Force, the Irish can support additonal games in a new Big East, i.e. alternate TX games with Houston/ SMU, alternative FL games with USF/UCF, and then schedule Rutgers (in lieu of Pittsburgh) for a semi-annual NYC game, ND would play 6 Big East games a year. Not bad, plus ensure the long term viability of the conference for ND BB and non-revenue sports.
If you then add and alternative Ohio River teams, Louisville/Cinicinnati you are up to seven. With this schedule, they could maintain MI, MSU, Purdue, Stanford and USC and get the best of both worlds without full ND FB membership.
This is how ND help creates the new BE FB conference, while guaranteeing the rest of their sports have a home. Perhaps a new NBC contract for the BE with ND as the guarantor?
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:29 pm
by MustangStealth
ND could have saved the Big East if they had just joined in football 10 years ago. Miami and BC never would have left, and ND probably would have won the conference a couple times and been to more BCS games.
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:30 pm
by Dutch
MustangStealth wrote:ND could have saved the Big East if they had just joined in football 10 years ago. Miami and BC never would have left, and ND probably would have won the conference a couple times and been to more BCS games.
and we'd still be stuck in CUSA
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:34 pm
by NomAnor
The longer ND stays independent the less relavent they become.ND is slowly but surely turning into an over hyped joke
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:39 pm
by Topper
NomAnor wrote:The longer ND stays independent the less relavent they become.ND is slowly but surely turning into an over hyped joke
You are right. ND needs a conference. Any conference would take them, but the BE is one that they could potentially dominate politically and on the field.
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:40 pm
by NomAnor
Topper wrote:NomAnor wrote:The longer ND stays independent the less relavent they become.ND is slowly but surely turning into an over hyped joke
You are right. ND needs a conference. Any conference would take them, but the BE is one that they could potentially dominate politically and on the field.
+1
Re: Notre Dame driving BE expansion - Glad we have Steve O!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:40 pm
by Dutch
yeah, they're not going to go to the B1G b/c they're not going to run the show.