(06-09-2019 01:56 PM)Statefan Wrote:  

(06-09-2019 12:14 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-09-2019 09:22 AM)esayem Wrote:  My main point is some conferences are better for some schools than others; the ACC is the BEST conference in the eyes of UNC, UVa, and Notre Dame.

I wouldn't necessarily include Notre Dame, as their clear preference is "no conference". Also, we don't know if Notre Dame actually preferred the ACC to say the B1G or Big 12 in an "all things even" sense, it may be the ACC was just willing to give them more than those conferences were. Remember, Notre Dame preferred the Big East over the ACC - until the ACC destroyed the Big East with the 2011 raids.

As for UVA and UNC, that's undoubtedly correct. The ACC is obviously their preferred home, and the ACC would have to deteriorate significantly for that to change.

Notre Dame has wanted to be an ACC member for at least 40 years. The ACC would not allow ND the special favor of a curtailed football schedule for decades. That was the rub. The Big East was just a place to park their other sports. Don't take my word for it, give Boo Corrigan a ring over at State and ask him what his daddy told him about ND. Sometimes it takes a long time for a couple to make enough adjustments to walk down the aisle.

ND does not play 3 ACC football games a year and is not eligible for the ACC title game. That's it - the only caveat. Just like Syracuse not fielding a baseball team.

Notre Dame talked to the Big 10 throughout the 90s. They signed a deal to join the Big 10 as a full member in 1999. The faculty approved it overwhelmingly. The president approved. But it got killed by the trustees who wanted to keep independence.