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[QUOTE="TerryD, post: 1080743, member: 3399"]
I am an 57 year old, lifelong, third generation ND fan and I have had animosity towards the Big Ten since about 1966 or so.

I grew up on tales of Fielding Yost, Fritz Crisler and other anti-Catholic bigots and their anti-ND animus keeping ND out of the then Western Conference in the 1920's.

Ironically, Michigan's animosity  and ND boycott efforts are what kept ND a football independent and led Jesse Harper and Knute Rockne to "barnstorm" all over the country to play anyone.  They helped ND  to become ND.

So, if anyone dislikes ND being a football independent, you have Michigan and the Big Ten to blame.  :)

That still doesn't excuse their total bastardhood.  (Is that a word?)

I grew up disliking guys like Woody Hayes and later guys like Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller, etc...

I was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania and always despised Penn State and Joe Paterno.  When PSU joined the Big Ten, that just gave me another reason to dislike the conference.

Then, you have the whole threat to ND and the ACC arising out of Jim Delany's megalomania.  That is the icing on the cake.
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