Conference Realignment: Not Cool

Notre Dame is Going to the ACC? (Besides for Football of Course)

Not too long ago, NCAA Division I conferences meant something. Everyone was from the same geographical area and played each other every year, promoting rivalries. These days, teams go whereever they want: West Virginia in the Big 12, Colorado in the Pac-12, and the lastest one is Notre Dame going to the ACC in all sport besides football.

I like Notre Dame but they are too arrogant with their football program. They have not won a national championship in decades, but I still get the impression they believe they are above everyone else-they do not belong to a conference for football because of their TV contract with NBC. There is no reason why they are not in the Big Ten with other midwest/eastern and equally academic school, such as: Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska (not great academics, but in the midwest), Wisconsin, Michigan State. Half of Notre Dame's football rivals are in the Big Ten too, Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue. ACC? South Bend, Indiana is not even close to the coast. They simply want more money.

As more and more things happen in the college football solely because of money, I will continue to lose respect for the NCAA. Don't even get me started on the BCS...