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Message: [QUOTE="SU94, post: 4296207, member: 202"] This is exactly why Phillips (and perhaps Swarbrick) should have a mid-week call with the ASU, Oregon/Phil Knight, Washington and either 1/Cal, 2/Colorado, 3/Arizona. The more I think about it, I think Notre Dame is going to sit still for a while. They are nothing if not measured. Always have been and that inactivity has had a important role in where they are today, which is a ridiculous place of strength. They did not jump in the 1980s. Not in ‘99. Not when Nebraska joined. Why make a decision this week or this month or this year when the same decision can be made to in 2023 when they can leverage the end of the B10 current TV deal (I think that is the timing, if not, my apologies)? In the interim, they can sit and watch. How do OU and Texas integrate in the SEC. How are USC and UCLA treated in their waning days as a member of the PAC 12. Where does Stanford land. Washington, ASU, etc. Does Clemson or FSU quiver? The only caveat here is that I am relatively sure that the next phase of Notre Dame football and athletics will be orchestrated by Jack Swarbrick, who is not a spring chicken. He’s 68. I severely doubt he is going to hand the ball off to another AD who is coming in off the bench cold. The ACC should not be sitting around idly in the coming weeks. And ESPN can be/should be an asset in this. If they help Phillips get to 20 (adding Stanford, ASU, Oregon, WAshington, +1) then ESPN can assert itself as the dominant figure in college sports. Yes, over Fox, who could not match up even with the Bruins and Trojans on board. At that point, ESPN would have flags planted on both coasts (sans LA) and the prime time, fertile real estate in the southeast, including Texas. They’d have the first and third most-powerful conferences in the SEC and the ACC, 35+ major universities and the B10 would be landlocked. Match up the markets. It is not close: [B]ACC:[/B] Boston/New England, Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami/Lauderdale/West Palm, Orlando, Birmingham, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, OK City, KC, Nashville, Phoenix, Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, (maybe) Denver, Louisville, Norfolk, Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse/Albany, Providence. [B]B10: [/B]Chicago, LA, San Diego, Twin Cities, Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, Philly, Baltimore, Cleveland, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Omaha, Vegas. [B]Shared/Split:[/B] NYC, St Louis, Pittsburgh, DC, Cincinnati. They’d also have a great foothold on the basketball front (UK, Duke, UNC, SU, UVa, Texas, Florida) which is absolutely important, contrary to what you might be reading And ND would be able to join either the SEC or ACC whenever they were ready. [/QUOTE]

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