[NU Sports] Merger: Big East & BIg 12

[Ben Adler]

Anyone else notice what to me is by far the most intriguing part of the ESPN story?
 "According to a source close to Notre Dame, the Irish's first choice is to remain as an independent in football and stay in the Big East in all other sports. 
If the Irish decide they can't remain as a football independent then the choice would be to pursue the ACC before the Big Ten. 
But the latter is not the ideal scenario for the fiercely independent Irish. The Irish don't want to give up independence unless forced."
 
Really?  ACC over Big Ten?  Under what logic?
 
Are they simply too stubborn to come crawling to the conference that they've rejected repeatedly over the years?  Or do they have some objective reason for preferring the ACC?
 
Ben

From: Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com>
To: "Scott Zeller, M.D." <scottzel at gmail.com>
Cc: NUSPORTS <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Merger: Big East & BIg 12

> Since they would combine the Big East schools with colleges in the Missouri
> Valley region, I suggest the new conference be called:
> 
> *The Big Valley*
> 
>  (of course, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Lee Majors, Linda
> Evans and Peter Breck)

Could be better than any suggestions Jim Delaney might offer.
--
Mike Nolan

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