Big-10: Notre Dame just got stronger

Discussion in 'In The Stands' started by Horn_in_Toronto, Nov 11, 2011.

  1. Horn_in_Toronto

    Horn_in_Toronto 250+ Posts

    With fall out from the Penn State scandal still unknown, and how badly it will hurt Penn State athletics, and with OSU in the NCAA doghouse for football and losing scholarships, the B1G could soon be in serious sewage with its football TV contracts.

    At the worst case Penn State does the honorable thing and kills its football program for a year or two and does a complete house cleaning. Even without this drastic step PSU football could be seriously hurt.

    I think that puts Notre Dame in a very strong position in its negotiations with B1G. Particularly if B1G gets desperate and has no choice but to make concessions to Notre Dame. Man I wish Texas hadn't signed over its TV rights to the Big-12 for 6 years just yet, because Texas too could have been in pretty good position for the B1G.

    I think the odds to Notre Dame ever joining the Big-12 in any sport just went down significantly.
     
  2. TheGallopinGoose

    TheGallopinGoose 2,500+ Posts

    I'm not so sure. Given the nature of the scandal at Penn State, Notre Dame may want to stay away from the Big Ten for a little while, giving another conference (i.e.- the Big 12) a chance to jump into the mix.
     
  3. HornSwoggler

    HornSwoggler Horn Fan

    My first thought regarding the B1G without PSU was that Mizzou is probably kicking itself for not delaying a decision for awhile longer.
     
  4. XOVER

    XOVER 500+ Posts

    I think I lean toward TGG on this one. The B1G is tarnished, not embellished, with the PSU scandal.

    Besides, what kind of concessions can the B1G make with respect to ND's television independence? Enough to join? While they may or may not be in the majority, there is a very definite ND core that absolutely despises the B1G.
     
  5. Santafe

    Santafe 500+ Posts

    I just don't see Penn State killing their football program. How would they fund all their money-losing sports programs?

    Now, if the new rumor about Sandusky is true (i.e., that Sandusky pimped young boys out to PSU donors), well that's a whole other matter. Under that scenario, I could see the PSU football program in deep water.
     
  6. tamster

    tamster 500+ Posts

    where did you read/hear about sandusky's pimping? that is ridiculous. how are people like that in positions of influence/power to begin with? and the donors--how did they get to where they are? disgusting the world we live in sometimes.

    skc
     
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  8. Hpslugga

    Hpslugga 2,500+ Posts


     
  9. freyguy

    freyguy 250+ Posts

    I don't see the football program being torpedoed. A&M killed 12 students on-campus thru negligence, and all they did was move Bonfire off-campus. Can't recall if any big name administrators lost their job over that either. What's needed is a heavy dose of perspective with this sport. Just like when Aggie students booed the outcome of the State report, and verbally attacked the parents of the kids who were killed when they tried to sue the university...Penn state student friggin rioted when there coach was fired. I pray that nothing like this ever happens at UT. But if it ever does, I hope to god we don't act like a bunch of douchebag fans.
     
  10. Santafe

    Santafe 500+ Posts

    I personally don't see a single grain of truth to the pimping boys to donors story, but the Huffington Post thinks so.

    I haven't seen the story anywhere else, so that says volumes.
     
  11. Chest Rockwell

    Chest Rockwell 1,000+ Posts

    If Notre Dame joins the Conference, it will be the same relationship they have w/the Big East now - everything but football. They'd be a great add, but night/day with/without football.
     
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    atxbomber 1,000+ Posts


     
  13. tamster

    tamster 500+ Posts


     
  14. ptownhorn

    ptownhorn 1,000+ Posts


     
  15. Hpslugga

    Hpslugga 2,500+ Posts


     
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    ptownhorn 1,000+ Posts


     
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    ptownhorn 1,000+ Posts


     
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    Hpslugga 2,500+ Posts


     
  19. Burnt Orangeman

    Burnt Orangeman 1,000+ Posts


     
  20. kaiserhog

    kaiserhog < 25 Posts

    If anything, Mizzou should be vindicated. Who in their right mind would want to be part of the B1G.
     

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