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[QUOTE="longtimefan, post: 288624, member: 212"]
Let's look at some history.
 
We know that the Big 10 had an open invitation to ND for many years, and that the marriage was nearly consummated in the late '90's. But remember that more recently, in 2003 exactly, there were serious discussions between the ACC and ND, before the ACC cut them off, declaring that they would accept only full members (ND wanted the same deal with the ACC that they have with the BE).
 
The point being that ND has looked into more options than just the Big 10.
 
And, as to conference compatibility--the Big 10 is more compatible football-wise. But culturally there is little difference between the Big 10 and ACC--Miami, Duke and BC recruit from the same applicant pools as ND (as do SU and Pitt for that matter). And academically, the ACC is a better fit. In fact, when the move to the Big 10 nearly happened, one of the constituencies most opposed was the ND faculty, who didn't want to be lumped in with the huge, land-grant, graduate-and-research-oriented Big 10 schools.
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