[NU Sports] Big Ten and ND

[cherron604 at aol.com]

I agree with Eric on this one.  I am still very annoyed at Notre Dame, for acting high and mighty last time (including that traitor Ara, who argued against joining).

All I know is, the University Senate there wanted to join the Big Ten, especially for the academic benefit it would bring their University.  Athletic people (and probably Network people) didn't want to.  And if athletic people can overrule professors, I am not so sure that is a school we want in the conference anyway.

If they come asking (again), give them General McAuliffe's answer at the Bulge...

Chuck Herron   Tech '85
   



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric West <e-west at northwestern.edu>
To: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 10:03 am
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Big Ten and ND


I don't think we need a twelfth member, and more pointedly I don't think we need Notre Dame, or at least today's Notre Dame. The Big Ten has plenty of money and exposure already, and as others have pointed out, a conference championship is a dicey proposition; I'd say it's only really working for one conference currently. Even if it wouldn't always get in the way of a second BCS bid, my question is why should it ever? 
 
Don't get me wrong; it's certainly fun to play "what if," and even now Notre Dame is really the only school that makes sense for a 12th member. But they need us a whole lot more than we need them, even if they would never admit it. Maybe ten years ago a 12-team conference seemed to be the inevitable wave of the future, but today I wouldn't make that assumption. (Ask the ACC or CUSA whether expanding to 12 teams is a great idea.) Do we really have to add a team that hasn't been "relevant" since 1993? 
 
Eric West 
e-west at northwestern.edu 
 
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