[Husker] Notre Dame's hand forced now?

[Rod Wellman]

I don't know...just one of the names I've heard thrown in the mix of possible schools the Big 10 is interested in.

Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.

On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Tony Lambert wrote:

> What would Maryland bring to the Big 10 
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:20:23 am
> To: husker at tssi.com
> From: Rod Wellman <gobigred66 at mac.com>
> Subject: [Husker] Notre Dame's hand forced now?
> 
> I've been hearing how ND still isn't convinced it wants or needs to join a conference.  But could that change in light of the most recent developments?  And if so, how fast does the Big 10 turn into a 16-team conference?
> 
> Imagine how quickly the situation is changing for Notre Dame.  All along they've been saying they are not interested in joining a conference unless they have to.  Well, the rush to 16 team super conferences might be that "have to" part of the equation.  Let's say back in April the Big10 extended offers to Texas, Notre Dame and an Eastern school, like Pitt, Syracuse, Maryland or Rutgers, with the promise that it would cap expansion at 14.  With the allure of the added TV markets, at that point, ND might have had a hard time turning the invitation down.  Well, Texas HAD to say "no", because the politics of the state wouldn't let them go without A&M and T Tech, thus the "Tech problem" referenced in the email.  So, ND was back to its original position:  that there was no compelling reason to lea