(01-23-2018 10:56 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 12:13 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 11:33 AM)TerryD Wrote:  ND just went 10-3 and beat LSU in a New Year's Bowl game. That is two 10 win seasons in the last three years. Not bad.

ND is ranked #6 in recruiting. But, the internet is full of folks predicting its demise or its supposed cave in to the conference Borg. It must be the offseason.

If I could piggyback on something I put in another thread...

I wouldn't discount the statements of Brian Kelly on issues like this. He may not be the guy who makes the decisions, but he's spoken out on these topics a few times now. If he doesn't have permission from the administration to share these sentiments then I think someone would have taken him aside behind closed doors and told him to pipe down.

What I think is more likely is that he is being used to plant these ideas in the minds of the Irish faithful and thus to soften the blow.

People have been saying that for over 20 years now. I heard that in 2003, it was a "done deal" that ND was going to join the ACC in full, with a 7 year phase in to "soften the blow".

In 2012, when ND partially joined the ACC, many fans of that conference thought there was a "secret deal" between ND and the ACC, with a "breathing space" built in to soften up the Irish fan rubes to the "real deal" of phased in full conference membership.

Didn't happen and won't happen.

All of these types of comments assume that ND fans are a mindless bunch and that some sort of psychological "softening" or trick is somehow going to magically wipe away the total negativity that Irish football fans feel towards conference affiliation.

I guess we will see these types of posts in 2028, as well.

I don't see Notre Dame joining in full at any time. However, if they decide to join the ACC, then I bet their agreement includes a clause saying they can have the football program leave the ACC as a full-time member without penalty and be able to maintain their other sports in the ACC.