Conference Realignment?

Irishblooded said:
For those of you keeping count. Dan Mullen just blamed the PAC imploding because ND doesn't conference up.

Now I get there is a lot of hate about ND staying Indy. And even more right now with all of the changes.


But can't ND use the exact same argument in reverse to explain why they stay Indy. I mean look at the 90s how many Indy teams joined conferences. Like the Big East. And then it imploded.

I mean if there has been one consistent in conferences it is that ND isn't a member of one (Covid year aside). What happened to all of the other teams that were Indy. Where did they go?
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Did you ever hear of the "Airplane Conference"? Of course, it never materialized, but it was a super conference idea posed in the late 50's by... a Notre Dame President (John Cavanaugh). I guess since their idea was spurned back then, they have no reason to conform to modern conferences.

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What if the Airplane Conference happened?

Hey, last year, I wrote a book on college football What If questions. You can buy it here.
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david_WVU said:
Did you ever hear of the "Airplane Conference"? Of course, it never materialized, but it was a super conference idea posed in the late 50's by... a Notre Dame President (John Cavanaugh). I guess since their idea was spurned back then, they have no reason to conform to modern conferences.

medium.com

What if the Airplane Conference happened?

Hey, last year, I wrote a book on college football What If questions. You can buy it here.
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Really nice read. I had never heard nor read anything about the Airplane Conference and quite frankly the evolution of the PAC. Great find!
 
david_WVU said:
Did you ever hear of the "Airplane Conference"? Of course, it never materialized, but it was a super conference idea posed in the late 50's by... a Notre Dame President (John Cavanaugh). I guess since their idea was spurned back then, they have no reason to conform to modern conferences.

medium.com

What if the Airplane Conference happened?

Hey, last year, I wrote a book on college football What If questions. You can buy it here.
medium.com medium.com
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I actually had heard of this. ND fans aren't ignorant to conferences, and conference concerns. But, in the times that ND back when went conference talking they were often spurned the 1950s AD Moose Krause is a legend at ND. And became most and more popular as ND watched their success dwindle in the that decade before hiring Ara. Usually we call it the national conference or continental conference. I just hadn't heard the term airplane conference. But that is a cool name for it.

I will say. The reasons for ND to join then vs now are vastly different. Everyone looks at money as the prime motivator to join, ND does just fine financially. And if money was their prime motivator they would have conferenced up years ago.


For most ND fans it is scheduling freedom they treasure more than anything. Even though most of them don't realize just how much harder that is going to continue to get. I just think it was funny that Dan Mullen, someone that worked at ND at one point and is best known for his coaching in the SEC is blaming ND for the PAC failing.
 
Irishblooded said:
I actually had heard of this. ND fans aren't ignorant to conferences, and conference concerns. But, in the times that ND back when went conference talking they were often spurned the 1950s AD Moose Krause is a legend at ND. And became most and more popular as ND watched their success dwindle in the that decade before hiring Ara. Usually we call it the national conference or continental conference. I just hadn't heard the term airplane conference. But that is a cool name for it.

I will say. The reasons for ND to join then vs now are vastly different. Everyone looks at money as the prime motivator to join, ND does just fine financially. And if money was their prime motivator they would have conferenced up years ago.


For most ND fans it is scheduling freedom they treasure more than anything. Even though most of them don't realize just how much harder that is going to continue to get. I just think it was funny that Dan Mullen, someone that worked at ND at one point and is best known for his coaching in the SEC is blaming ND for the PAC failing.
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Because it’s Notre Dame’s fault.
 
2017 co-national champion UCF putting the fear into FSU?

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College football insider believes surprising force playing role in Florida State's desire to leave ACC

Russo says UCF's ascension to Power Five status might have finally been what sent Florida State over the edge when it came to realignment.
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david_WVU said:
Good day all. Curious to your thoughts on the conference realignment rumors. I have been entertained watching the tin foil hats on Twitter/YouTube - but now I am seeing actual reporters covering this (Pete Thamel, Brett McMurphy, Stewart Mandel, Max Olson, John Ourand, Andrew Marchand, Brady McCullough, Dennis Dodd). Is the PAC really in trouble???
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Should the Mountaineers Try Again for ACC Membership?
 
AlaskaGuy said:
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Maryland returning to ACC would solve many college sports realignment problems

If Maryland returned to the ACC, either Florida State or Stanford could join the #B1G. We’d get Duke-Maryland basketball back!
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Maryland returning to ACC would solve many college sports realignment problems

If Maryland returned to the ACC, either Florida State or Stanford could join the #B1G. We’d get Duke-Maryland basketball back!
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NO ONE will leave the B1G, The $ is too good...
 
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