BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

No one cares about your opinion or the UNC football program

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

Dude, chill Woad is making a case for ND not caring about the B1G. I say let the B1G play each other every week. If the B1G plays 10 conference games per year and no one outside the B1G cares, does it really matter. That will be a massive mistake on tMeat$U league.

ND does not need the B1G schools. Hell I would trade a yearly with Alabama ST and Tulane in the South as opposed to playing B1G schools just to increase our footprint in the South. Hell, If I ran ND I would set up satellite campuses in every state and start my own ND Football league. lmao

BitterD wrote: No one cares about your opinion or the UNC football program

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

rbiddie wrote: Dude, chill Woad is making a case for ND not caring about the B1G. I say let the B1G play each other every week. If the B1G plays 10 conference games per year and no one outside the B1G cares, does it really matter. That will be a massive mistake on tMeat$U league.

ND does not need the B1G schools. Hell I would trade a yearly with Alabama ST and Tulane in the South as opposed to playing B1G schools just to increase our footprint in the South. Hell, If I ran ND I would set up satellite campuses in every state and start my own ND Football league. lmao

BitterD wrote: No one cares about your opinion or the UNC football program

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

Massive Mistake? No not even close
for one its probably going to be back to a 2 team league with the way Ohio St and Michigan have recruited the last 2 years compared to the rest of the big 10 and those 2 schools carry so much weight that as long as they go unbeaten or 1 loss they will always be in NC conversation especially with bringing in all the money they do

Look...he's trying to be an SEC, I mean Big Ten homer!

You're not the SEC, dude.  Get over yourself.  Michigan and OSU will pump out 10-11 win seasons every year, but you'll both still get slaughtered by an SEC school every bowl season.

Don't act like you're special because...well...you're not.  Look at your conference, man.  It's terrible. 

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

rbiddie wrote: Dude, chill Woad is making a case for ND not caring about the B1G. I say let the B1G play each other every week. If the B1G plays 10 conference games per year and no one outside the B1G cares, does it really matter. That will be a massive mistake on tMeat$U league.

ND does not need the B1G schools. Hell I would trade a yearly with Alabama ST and Tulane in the South as opposed to playing B1G schools just to increase our footprint in the South. Hell, If I ran ND I would set up satellite campuses in every state and start my own ND Football league. lmao

BitterD wrote: No one cares about your opinion or the UNC football program

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

Massive Mistake? No not even close
for one its probably going to be back to a 2 team league with the way Ohio St and Michigan have recruited the last 2 years compared to the rest of the big 10 and those 2 schools carry so much weight that as long as they go unbeaten or 1 loss they will always be in NC conversation especially with bringing in all the money they do

I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

You are right biddie.  Woad is making good points IMO...

rbiddie wrote: Dude, chill Woad is making a case for ND not caring about the B1G. I say let the B1G play each other every week. If the B1G plays 10 conference games per year and no one outside the B1G cares, does it really matter. That will be a massive mistake on tMeat$U league.

ND does not need the B1G schools. Hell I would trade a yearly with Alabama ST and Tulane in the South as opposed to playing B1G schools just to increase our footprint in the South. Hell, If I ran ND I would set up satellite campuses in every state and start my own ND Football league. lmao

BitterD wrote: No one cares about your opinion or the UNC football program

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

People with sense do care. For example, I predicted on this board before the BT ever added Nebraska that the coming BT plan would be to play at least 9 league games. 

Well before that I told this board that ND would be part of the ACC sooner rather than later.

BitterD wrote: No one cares about your opinion or the UNC football program

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

That's more delusional than if I said vOSU* were nothing without serious cheating,



*v is for vulgar. 

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Yours is an understatement.

NDIRISH1969 wrote: That's more delusional than if I said vOSU* were nothing without serious cheating,



*v is for vulgar. 

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

What I find sad is this d-bag probably believes what he just typed.  

Edit: And I meant Brutus is a ignorant d-bag...not you 69 LOL..

NDIRISH1969 wrote: That's more delusional than if I said vOSU* were nothing without serious cheating,



*v is for vulgar. 

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

The Western Conference (the early Big 10) began their boycott in about 1907 when ND in their 8th try finally beat Michigan. Michigan's response was to drop the Irish for over 40 years and begin a boycott by the Western conference. Only Perdue did not go along (MSU was years away from membership). 

This led to ND going East in 1913 to play at West Point. In that time top shelf FB was only found in the East. An unheard of midwestern school beating mighty Army and with the unused foward pass shook up football.

Rockne as head coach got ND to apply for membership 3 times after WWI and in the early 1920s, but was always rejected because of Cathoolic bigotry led by the Skunks and the Nuts.



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Irish73 wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

I'm a B1G fan - Michigan specifically - but NDIRISH does have his history right.

The Purdue, MSU & Michigan series have served the Irish well. As we move to 4 super conferences, you will need to decide which would be the best fit for you. I think the B1G would be far better than B12 or ACC (whichever is left standing), but you will certainly have your options.

NDIRISH1969 wrote: The Western Conference (the early Big 10) began their boycott in about 1907 when ND in their 8th try finally beat Michigan. Michigan's response was to drop the Irish for over 40 years and begin a boycott by the Western conference. Only Perdue did not go along (MSU was years away from membership). 

This led to ND going East in 1913 to play at West Point. In that time top shelf FB was only found in the East. An unheard of midwestern school beating mighty Army and with the unused foward pass shook up football.

Rockne as head coach got ND to apply for membership 3 times after WWI and in the early 1920s, but was always rejected because of Cathoolic bigotry led by the Skunks and the Nuts.



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Irish73 wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

richbaxter wrote: I'm a B1G fan - Michigan specifically - but NDIRISH does have his history right.

The Purdue, MSU & Michigan series have served the Irish well. As we move to 4 super conferences, you will need to decide which would be the best fit for you. I think the B1G would be far better than B12 or ACC (whichever is left standing), but you will certainly have your options.

NDIRISH1969 wrote: The Western Conference (the early Big 10) began their boycott in about 1907 when ND in their 8th try finally beat Michigan. Michigan's response was to drop the Irish for over 40 years and begin a boycott by the Western conference. Only Perdue did not go along (MSU was years away from membership). 

This led to ND going East in 1913 to play at West Point. In that time top shelf FB was only found in the East. An unheard of midwestern school beating mighty Army and with the unused foward pass shook up football.

Rockne as head coach got ND to apply for membership 3 times after WWI and in the early 1920s, but was always rejected because of Cathoolic bigotry led by the Skunks and the Nuts.



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Irish73 wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

Neither would interest ND. You BIG fans have to finally understand that ND isn't interested in joining a conference. Any conference. You had your chance to get us 70-80 years ago. You won't get another.

and if the 4 super-conference champs seed the semi-final and championship games, the independent Irish will be content to watch on TV? I don't think so. You'll need to pick a conference and you will have your choice. Any of them would take you. You just need to make sure to pick one before your preferred conference is full.

ndalum64 wrote:

richbaxter wrote: I'm a B1G fan - Michigan specifically - but NDIRISH does have his history right.

The Purdue, MSU & Michigan series have served the Irish well. As we move to 4 super conferences, you will need to decide which would be the best fit for you. I think the B1G would be far better than B12 or ACC (whichever is left standing), but you will certainly have your options.

NDIRISH1969 wrote: The Western Conference (the early Big 10) began their boycott in about 1907 when ND in their 8th try finally beat Michigan. Michigan's response was to drop the Irish for over 40 years and begin a boycott by the Western conference. Only Perdue did not go along (MSU was years away from membership). 

This led to ND going East in 1913 to play at West Point. In that time top shelf FB was only found in the East. An unheard of midwestern school beating mighty Army and with the unused foward pass shook up football.

Rockne as head coach got ND to apply for membership 3 times after WWI and in the early 1920s, but was always rejected because of Cathoolic bigotry led by the Skunks and the Nuts.



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Irish73 wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

Neither would interest ND. You BIG fans have to finally understand that ND isn't interested in joining a conference. Any conference. You had your chance to get us 70-80 years ago. You won't get another.

richbaxter wrote: and if the 4 super-conference champs seed the semi-final and championship games, the independent Irish will be content to watch on TV? I don't think so. You'll need to pick a conference and you will have your choice. Any of them would take you. You just need to make sure to pick one before your preferred conference is full.

ndalum64 wrote:

richbaxter wrote: I'm a B1G fan - Michigan specifically - but NDIRISH does have his history right.

The Purdue, MSU & Michigan series have served the Irish well. As we move to 4 super conferences, you will need to decide which would be the best fit for you. I think the B1G would be far better than B12 or ACC (whichever is left standing), but you will certainly have your options.

NDIRISH1969 wrote: The Western Conference (the early Big 10) began their boycott in about 1907 when ND in their 8th try finally beat Michigan. Michigan's response was to drop the Irish for over 40 years and begin a boycott by the Western conference. Only Perdue did not go along (MSU was years away from membership). 

This led to ND going East in 1913 to play at West Point. In that time top shelf FB was only found in the East. An unheard of midwestern school beating mighty Army and with the unused foward pass shook up football.

Rockne as head coach got ND to apply for membership 3 times after WWI and in the early 1920s, but was always rejected because of Cathoolic bigotry led by the Skunks and the Nuts.



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Irish73 wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

Neither would interest ND. You BIG fans have to finally understand that ND isn't interested in joining a conference. Any conference. You had your chance to get us 70-80 years ago. You won't get another.

Nonsense. If ND were to go undefeated hell would freeze over before they would pass them up for a tournament bid. ND is too big a name to get passed over in favor of a representative of some collection of various quality teams.

What's the big deal with a conference anyway? Most conferences have one or two good teams, and a few middling teams and bottom feeders.

If there were more teams that could compete and make money as independents they'd do it. Texas could.

FSU, Miami, Penn State, So. Carolina, Syracuse to name a few, couldn't make it as independents because their fan base is concentrated in a given area. Could Penn State, for example, draw a national audience? Do you think people in California give a rat's @ss about a team in PA?

The dream of 4 mega conferences locking out all other DI teams from a NC is like the perverted pleasure 13 year old boys get from looking at bra ads under the covers with their flashlight.


It's a perverted immature dream.


Restraint of trade and irate Senators and Congressmen from all those cheated states would stomp this idea to death quicker than one can say "The B1G TEN, ELEVEN OR WHATEVER SUX"



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richbaxter wrote: and if the 4 super-conference champs seed the semi-final and championship games, the independent Irish will be content to watch on TV? I don't think so. You'll need to pick a conference and you will have your choice. Any of them would take you. You just need to make sure to pick one before your preferred conference is full.

ndalum64 wrote:

richbaxter wrote: I'm a B1G fan - Michigan specifically - but NDIRISH does have his history right.

The Purdue, MSU & Michigan series have served the Irish well. As we move to 4 super conferences, you will need to decide which would be the best fit for you. I think the B1G would be far better than B12 or ACC (whichever is left standing), but you will certainly have your options.

NDIRISH1969 wrote: The Western Conference (the early Big 10) began their boycott in about 1907 when ND in their 8th try finally beat Michigan. Michigan's response was to drop the Irish for over 40 years and begin a boycott by the Western conference. Only Perdue did not go along (MSU was years away from membership). 

This led to ND going East in 1913 to play at West Point. In that time top shelf FB was only found in the East. An unheard of midwestern school beating mighty Army and with the unused foward pass shook up football.

Rockne as head coach got ND to apply for membership 3 times after WWI and in the early 1920s, but was always rejected because of Cathoolic bigotry led by the Skunks and the Nuts.



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Irish73 wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote: because ND is nothing without playing the B1G

TDGeezuz wrote: I believe ND WILL play big10 teams, but please explain why ND NEEDS to play them?  I really want to understand why you think playing your conference, in the locations that they reside, benefits ND in any way...


Spoiler alert...it doesn't.

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

WoadBlue wrote:

BrutusBuck11 wrote:

grapie wrote: It just guarantees that members other than Michigan and OSU will schedule home patsies with the remaining games. MSU and Purdue should keeps us on the schedule, but that's about it.

Ill be shocked if the B1G allows its teams to play ND at this point, make em join the confrence or cut em off if they go to 10 in confrence games

ND offended the Big Midwest by offending Mich by canceling. So the Big Ten 'punishing' ND with a new boycott would make Big Ten sense.

The fact is that ND has 0 need to ever play any Big Ten team. ND must remain national in scope, and ND serves all its midwestern needs by playing Home games. No Big Ten games means ND can play more schools in the South, and that is paramount for ND's football future.

0 need to ever play a big ten team? LOL HAHAHAHAHAH

Did somebody hit you upside the head with the stupid stick?  What made ND a national power was the Big 10 blackballing us starting in 1925.  You guys and Michigan forced ND to play a national schedule and the rest is history.  Good grief.  NC fan keep up the good posting.  You make a lot of sense.

Neither would interest ND. You BIG fans have to finally understand that ND isn't interested in joining a conference. Any conference. You had your chance to get us 70-80 years ago. You won't get another.