Apparently ND has full voting rights. Only way this works is with Olympic sports in WCC.
Furd/ Cal will not join or merge with Mtn West.
Looks like their only option. Assuming they get the Votes
Of course ND remains independent and gets more easy wins.
Not a domer fan, but don't understand the flippant "easy wins". They normally have one the toughest schedules year-in and year-out.
Sounds like ND is doing everything within their power to avoid ever joining the B1G. The ACC's fate is going to follow the Pac's imo, so this is yet another rearrangement of deck chairs on a sinking ship.
Stanford+Cal to ACC solves nothing for either. Would be the worse "commute" in College Sports. Reminds me of when the Atlanta Braves were in the NL West for baseball.
If you had the academic profile of a recruited student athlete (any sport) at either school...would you like to spend all that time/jet lag to play on the East Coast? Just go to Duke or Georgia Tech or Virginia.
Notre dame still thinks Rockne is the coach and this is the 30's. As I understand it when the 12 team playoff
Starts the highest that an independent can be seeded is 7th, ie they never get a bye even if ranked No. 1. Also I believe Big 10 teams and SEC teams will make more money from tv than Notre Dame gets for its tv package.
Notre Dame's hubris is mind boggling.
Notre Dame has a lot of power. A lot. Expect this to get done.