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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1054412, member: 652"] If I sound like Frank the Tank I will need to read what he says to say to see if I agree with that. However, I think if he agrees with me or I with him its kinda the truth of the matter. The Pac-12, SEC haven't tried to get Notre Dame to join their conference. Its been the ACC, B1G, Big XII. The Big XII was never a contender in truth and they were used as a pawn by Notre Dame to get the best deal they could after the Big East disintegrated in 2011. The B1G tried to trap Notre Dame their is no doubt about that. The B1G saw that after the Big East fell apart that ND only had 3 options Big XII, ACC, B1G. The B1G didn't think the ACC would get the deal with the Irish that it did when they agreed to 5 annual ACC football games in September 2012 and this caused Delany to realize the ACC was stronger than it thought and potentially Penn State could be a target for the ACC and so the B1G realized it had to go after the ACC as a response if they wanted to keep Penn State and still have a chance for Notre Dame. Thus, the B1G tried to get Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina into the conference and then have Notre Dame feel boxed into living in the Southwest with Texahoma and small schools or be the 16th team in the B1G. Obviously, the B1G could only shake Maryland loose from the ACC so then Delany went with the cable boxes of NYC/NJ and Rutgers after it was obvious North Carolina and Virginia had no interest in leaving the ACC for the B1G. Now the war is between the SEC and B1G. The ACC-SEC enjoy a family relationship. The SEC doesn't hate the ACC and looks at it like a brotherhood. They don't mind making fun of their brother or fighting and battling its brother(ACC) but they don't want any outsiders(B1G) thinking they can mess with their family. Also, mommy(ESPN) is telling the SEC to not let your brother(ACC) get beaten up. The B1G is a bully who used to have more power, but now with people migrating South are losing a little more influence as time passes. The B1G has a cousin in the Pac-12 because of the history of the Rose Bowl and those are aligned. The Big XII is the wildcard. They don't know which bully is more of threat their parents are split father(Fox) mother(ESPN) and don't know if they should support the SEC or B1G because either bully could in the future be a threat to them. Notre Dame is the belle of the ball right now. B1G and ACC both want them in the conference, but they don't the other to get them if they can't have them for themselves. The ACC got Notre Dame to put the ring on, but until they say "I do" its not official and the status quo will be protected. Right now the ACC has a good future, but Notre Dame isn't going to move full-time for a while. Getting them to increase their annual games against ACC schools from 5 to 6 should be the next step for the ACC to ask for. [/QUOTE]

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