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[QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 288836, member: 666"]
Notre Dame is not a good academic fit for B1G.  Notre Dame focuses on undergraduate education, while B1G schools focus on research.  This is good and bad for ND.  Research garners more money for B1G schools than academics.  The CIC (the academic consortium of the B1G schools and original B1G member, the University of Chicago) is a big part of the academic allure to the conference.  As an aside, I have never understood why other conferences have looked at this type of arrangement.  
 
Interestingly, what was once one of the great benefits of B1G membership, may now tip the hand to the ACC.  The ND alums are very proud of their Catholic heritage.  The University of Wisconsin had one of the original fetal stem cell lines and many other B1G schools are also doing similar research frowned on by the Vatican.  There is a concern among some of the alumni that being part of the CIC will strip away part of its Catholic tradition.
 
Ultimately, I believe academics and academic reputation will be very important if and when ND decides to join a conference.  IMO, this leaves only three conferences in play - ACC, B1G, and Pac-12.  The Pac is out, which leaves the ACC and B1G.  What may be the deciding factor is (1) who will join the conference with ND and (2) whether the ND/USC game be the annual B1G/Pac football game.
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