[Husker] Notre Dame's hand forced now?

[David Strong]

There is zero chance that Maryland would leave the ACC.

Dave

--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Tony Lambert <bugeaters1 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Tony Lambert <bugeaters1 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Notre Dame's hand forced now?
> To: "gobigred66 at mac.com " <gobigred66 at mac.com>, " husker at tssi.com " <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 12:36 PM
> 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
> 
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