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[QUOTE="SU68, post: 1407604, member: 3438"]
[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff8000]Notre Dame had two reasons for affiliating with the ACC:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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1.  With the OBE falling apart ND wanted a good home for basketball, soccer and lacrosse and the other sports and the ACC was the best possible home.  It allows ND to compete against the big names in each sport and not have to rely on the "Catholic 7" who are not relevant any more.  The B1G didn't want them as a partial member and really isn't a leader in the non-revenue sports.  ND's historic recruiting area is the eastern half of the US and not the western Great Lakes and the Plains that make up the western part of the B1G.

2.  With the advent of the CFP system and the bowl games all contracting with one conference or another, ND realized that in seasons when it didn't get into a semi-final game, they would be locked out of most other bowl games.  Now they have access to the ACC-contracted bowl games.

As an aside, I believe that the Notre Dame leadership -- not the fans -- has made the strategic decision to join the ACC completely in a few years (this may already be an understanding with the ACC).  They are waiting to see how the relationship with the ACC develops and fans' acceptance of the conference grows.
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