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The Case for Notre Dame to join the SEC
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:30 am
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:30 am
It's interesting that Paul Finebaum has recently commented on the Fighting Irish and their probability (or improbability) of joining the SEC.
Good for the SEC and/or Irish? Not good?
Very interesting read just released.... LINK
Good for the SEC and/or Irish? Not good?
Very interesting read just released.... LINK
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Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:38 am to JetDawg
Did he also give a take on how to clean your gutters? Cause I don't give a shite about that either.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:39 am to JetDawg
Only in a super conference of 48 or 64 teams.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:42 am to JetDawg
They wouldn’t and we wouldn’t take them.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:45 am to JetDawg
Notre Dame is an academic institution that is honestly too good for the “football-only” schools of the SEC. They would be smart to take the better money and prestige of the B1G
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:49 am to JetDawg
Notre Dame isn’t a good fit for the SEC’s expansion strategy, despite being a historic blue chip program
It won’t ever happen
It won’t ever happen
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:50 am to JetDawg
Well if Notre Dame were to join the sec can't call this conference the sec since we have a northern school. So for me I'm strongly against Notre Dame coming to the sec.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 9:53 am
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:58 am to JetDawg
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Good for the SEC and/or Irish? Not good?
No it's fricking stupid. It was already stupid having Mizzou, Texas, A&M and Oklahoma join.
ETA: no offense to those programs but you guys are Big 12/8, not SEC. If you're here, we may as well call it something else besides the SEC.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 10:00 am
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:00 am to JetDawg
Who gives a shite anymore. The actual geographical logistics mean dick now. Its solely about money, success in the big 2 sports (most importantly football see money above) and anyone arguing for the sake of the southeast is wasting breath at this point.
Going forward into super conferences, actually having programs that have serious pull mean a lot. And no one gets special treatment like ND. That being said, I couldn’t care less whoever joins at this point. The geographical boundaries clearly mean nothing now.
Going forward into super conferences, actually having programs that have serious pull mean a lot. And no one gets special treatment like ND. That being said, I couldn’t care less whoever joins at this point. The geographical boundaries clearly mean nothing now.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 10:02 am
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:00 am to JetDawg
What good have they done for the acc that merits a promotion 
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:07 am to JetDawg
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interesting that Paul Finebaum
Stopped right there.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:32 am to JetDawg
Indiana feels like a southern state that prefers basketball over football I mean there is even an Auburn, Indiana with a pretty nice car museum 
I mean there is even an Auburn, Indiana with a pretty nice car museum 
Posted on 5/12/24 at 12:30 pm to JetDawg
There are enough primadonnas in the conference already.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 1:21 pm to JetDawg
But I was told that ND was a place where you simply could not recruit enough elite players to win a championship, leading to Kelly coming to LSU. It's interesting to note that the 2024 24/7 recruiting rankings have ND at 9 and LSU at 7, the 2025 ranking currently has ND at 1 and LSU at 3, still early of course. ESPN's preseason top 25 has ND at 10 and LSU at 14. None of this necessarily proves anything, but it sure looks like ND can in fact recruit elite players, maybe it was the recruiter and not the school.
As far as being in the SEC, hell no.
ESPN link LINK
As far as being in the SEC, hell no.
ESPN link LINK
Posted on 5/12/24 at 1:40 pm to JetDawg
What's the point of a conference if everyone is in it?
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 1:57 pm to JetDawg
That was a good read. Thank you for sharing.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 3:45 pm to JetDawg
Why would they want to join a conference in football? They have a sweet tv deal and play an attractive schedule. The only reason I could see is if good programs quit scheduling them.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:19 pm to JetDawg
Right now, ND is the only team that it makes sense for the SEC to go beyond 16 teams in order to add.
They're the only team outside the Big 10 and SEC already who drives viewership. Texas and OU were in that category, but they just joined. FSU and Clemson are not.
I don't think FSU or Clemson would cause existing SEC teams to make more money if they joined. But ND plus ANYONE would result in more dollars for the other SEC teams.
This could change as the SEC gets closer to the expiration of their ESPN contract. But we just added Texas and OU and the per team playouf for SEC teams didn't change at all. And ND is the ONLY team at that level or higher who's not in the big 10 or SEC already.
They're the only team outside the Big 10 and SEC already who drives viewership. Texas and OU were in that category, but they just joined. FSU and Clemson are not.
I don't think FSU or Clemson would cause existing SEC teams to make more money if they joined. But ND plus ANYONE would result in more dollars for the other SEC teams.
This could change as the SEC gets closer to the expiration of their ESPN contract. But we just added Texas and OU and the per team playouf for SEC teams didn't change at all. And ND is the ONLY team at that level or higher who's not in the big 10 or SEC already.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 8:21 pm to JetDawg
Why not? Cal and Stanford are joining the ACC.
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