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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1054310, member: 652"] I will say this the P5 won't push Notre Dame into a conference because its like Mutual Assured Destruction(MAD). The B1G, ACC both want Notre Dame in their conference and the SEC doesn't really care about Notre Dame, but they have a sibling alliance with the ACC and have a dislike for the arrogance of the B1G. The Pac-12 is aligned with B1G at its core and is in the backseat to the SEC vs. B1G war. The Big XII is sorta the 5th wheel who like the ACC is kinda in the backseat to the SEC vs. B1G war. The Big XII is only P5 without a known preference in the B1G vs. SEC war because they don't which conference is more of a threat to them in the future. The B1G/ACC will not do anything to Notre Dame that will force the Irish to join one conference over the other. The Irish have given their "verbal" to the ACC, but until they sign the paper committing full-time the Irish could go to the B1G even though their fanbase hates the B1G more than any conference. I think the Irish realize that scheduling is going to get tougher and tougher with these bloated conferences that is why they took the 5 game deal from the ACC. The Irish will likely play 5 ACC games, USC, Stanford, Navy and 1 Big XII team Texas/Oklahoma type, 1 B1G team either Purdue/Michigan State, BYU type team, and 1 home game they will likely buy each season. Their won't be any pressure to force Notre Dame into a conference from the other conferences as the selection committee won't care about conference affiliation as long as the Irish play a tough enough schedule which they will do most season. If the SEC pushed Notre Dame into a conference it could push them into the B1G and they don't want that. Delany has tried to force Notre Dame into the B1G by destabilizing the ACC, but only Maryland and their financial cash strapped mess of an Athletic Department took a the invitation and the ACC actually upgraded on the field with Louisville in the revenue sports, but the ACC did lose a market. The B1G was unsuccessful in forcing Notre Dame's hand hopefully the ACC will get the Irish to eventually up its commitment from 5 annual games to 6 games and its gets closer to the 8 to be a full member. This deal with the ACC is step in the right direction, but its not going to happen for a while. [/QUOTE]

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