Not sure what the end game would be aside from ND wanting to be associated with the academic rep of Cal and furd. I guess they don't have to worry about money so...
My best guess: ND's ROI is in maintaining Stanford as a P4 school so that their annual matchup maintains relevance. As an independent, ND needs to have a strong SOS to maximize their chances in the playoffs, and Stanford getting relegated to a mid-major or FCS drastically hurts ND's positioning.
Sankey's talking point support the idea of why ND is pushing for Cal/Stanford (probably just Stanford) to be part of the ACC.
"Now here we are with more membership movement questions about how many conferences will exist," he said. "It just raises the questions that are not fully back to a starting point about conference champion access, about how a bracket is seeded, particularly the adjustment around Notre Dame remaining an independent not having that top-four seed status. Those matters really need to be dug into and understood."
Interesting point for the ACC, flipping Notre Dame in football might be the thing that keeps the conference alive, long term. The Virginia fan (Bryan) in this thread reiterated the Notre Dame play.
Allegedly ND is going to bat for us according to Larry Williams.
"Notre Dame, an ACC member in all sports but football, is "pushing hard" for ACC to add Stanford & Cal"
Not sure what the end game would be aside from ND wanting to be associated with the academic rep of Cal and furd. I guess they don't have to worry about money so...
My best guess: ND's ROI is in maintaining Stanford as a P4 school so that their annual matchup maintains relevance. As an independent, ND needs to have a strong SOS to maximize their chances in the playoffs, and Stanford getting relegated to a mid-major or FCS drastically hurts ND's positioning.
the ND-furd ****show is the only time I root for ND tbh
Sankey's talking point support the idea of why ND is pushing for Cal/Stanford (probably just Stanford) to be part of the ACC.
"Now here we are with more membership movement questions about how many conferences will exist," he said. "It just raises the questions that are not fully back to a starting point about conference champion access, about how a bracket is seeded, particularly the adjustment around Notre Dame remaining an independent not having that top-four seed status. Those matters really need to be dug into and understood."
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38158929/greg-sankey-sees-sadness-realignment-says-sec-comfortable-footprint
Interesting point for the ACC, flipping Notre Dame in football might be the thing that keeps the conference alive, long term. The Virginia fan (Bryan) in this thread reiterated the Notre Dame play.
https://www.yardbarker.com/general_sports/articles/conference_realignment_notre_dame_pushing_hard_for_acc_to_add_cal_and_stanford/s1_17021_39114658
What if ACC adds ND, Stanford and SMU?
that would suck, so it's more likely to happen
We'll still have rugby?