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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 558751, member: 1312"]
Personally, I think ND will ultimately join the ACC for all sports, but football, but the C7 is clearly an acceptable option for ND for their Olympic sports.  When ND committed to the ACC, the C7 was not an option, but it is now.  When you look at the 4 big Olympic sports for ND:  basketball, hockey, lacrosse, and soccer the C7 + the newbies + ND would be a decent competition conference (not ACC level, but a very good level).  In basketball, the C7 will probably be the 4th best conference.  In hockey, ND is joining Hockey East, which is the best conference.  In lacrosse, the C7 has some decent teams in Georgetown, Villanova, and St. Johns, but clearly no way near the level of ACC lacrosse.  In soccer, the C7 conference had up to 7 men's team ranked or receiving votes and 3 women's teams.  Other sports  would have decent competition as well.
 
If ND joined the C7, they could remain independent in football and play who they want.  They could still schedule Pitt and BC of the ACC as they do now and keep their future schedules intact.  (Pitt and BC would probably prefer this as they would play ND more often if they didn't join the ACC.)  And, I don't think ND is going to have a problem finding bowls and they do have the Orange Bowl and playoff tie-ins starting in 2014.
 
In addition, the C7 plus newbies would be much less travel for ND (important for Olympic sports) and they would be playing games in NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Indianapolis,... as well as the Big East basketball tournament at MSG.
 
Finally, the C7 also has what appears to be an acceptable media contract.
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