(07-17-2017 10:20 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  I'll say it again, so that the set in stone truth can be repeated for posterity:

the Big Ten and the SEC will blackball any kind of change to NCAA rules that would enable ACC to adjust its divisional alignment such that it would become attractive for Notre Dame to become a full member. They will sell out to stop that, whether that's allowing divisionless (already killed that, last time) or whether that would be allowing more than two divisions .... whatever they perceive as moving the ACC in a helpful direction towards such an end.


When Swofford retires, he will do so without having achieved his dream of getting ND into the conf full-time in football. I think he accepts that.

Considering that the SEC hates the Big Ten's guts in just about everything, I don't see the SEC opposing the ACC on this. I can see the Big Ten doing this though. However, there is an end-around, and the SEC is actually leading the charge and it looks like the Big Ten is oblivious to the SEC's trap!!