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Message: [QUOTE="TerryD, post: 1224203, member: 3399"] Thanks. It is about tradition and identity. ND football has never been in a conference for 127 years. It sees itself as the national, Catholic university. It is about self determination. It is about standing against a "one size fits all", "Borg-like" model of assimilation. It is about being the rock in the steam, standing alone and fighting being forced to be like everyone else in a conference. It is about not surrendering to those forces who want to push ND to a place it does not want to go. It never really was about NBC or the most money. That was just a means to an end. Only non- ND fans thought that. NBC was/is merely the vehicle to stay independent. It is about a lot of things, many having nothing to do with the playoffs and several having nothing to do with sports. Anyway, whether others agree or understand, those are the reasons ND fans are so stubborn and adamant about not joining a football conference. [/QUOTE]