On ND...I find this statement to be so true:I know “competing” is the word I used, but I’m not sure it’s the right one to use with an irrational actor like ND. They will leave money on the table. They’ll take action out of spite.
They propped up the Big East way beyond the point of it being a functional conference and then entered a mutual suicide pact with the ACC, all to get to say they still have an “exclusive” tv deal with an obsolete, irrelevant over-the-air television network that’s paying them in loose change while freaking Hoosiers football is about to start making quadruple what ND is in television dollars.
The SEC is gonna SEC and ND is gonna ND, and if that results in ND joining the SEC, there’s not a whole hell of a lot the Big 10 can do about it.
"To those that understand ND, no explanation is necessary....to those that don't, no explanation will suffice".
Paul Finebaum says it well...."ND is a conference of one".
One way or another, they're gonna get three very compelling offers in this latest round of change. Whether that's next week, next month or 3 years from now, we'll see.
I would put the odds of joining the Big 10 as low.