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NOTREDAMECHIEF

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A few years ago I came across an article that said years and years ago ND tried to get into the BIG10 but was denied. I thought it was because of the hatred of ND by former Michigan coach Fieding Yost but I want to verify that this is true. Tired of all the ND should join a conference crap. Can anyone help?
 

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NOTREDAMECHIEF said:
A few years ago I came across an article that said years and years ago ND tried to get into the BIG10 but was denied. I thought it was because of the hatred of ND by former Michigan coach Fieding Yost but I want to verify that this is true. Tired of all the ND should join a conference crap. Can anyone help?
I read in an ND book that Rockne applied to the Big10 on 2 or 3 occasions....forget which book but it's not a figment of my imagination.
 

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jiggafini19 said:
Not EVER gonna happen in our lifetimes.

If it ever WAS going to happen, it would have a few years back when it was seriously debated and overwhelmingly defeated by the ND BoT. Fan opinions were also about 90-10 AGAINST as well, with ND students hanging bedsheets out of their windows "SAY NO THE BIG TEN"........

While geographically and mostly academically it would be a good fit. The Big Televen had their chance(s) to share.

They really only would want us to share in our Bowl revenues.
 

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It might have been close to happening, closer than people think.

Years of mediocrity after Holtz surely did that.

I think things are shaping up again for the time being.
 

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Domer95 said:
If it ever WAS going to happen, it would have a few years back when it was seriously debated and overwhelmingly defeated by the ND BoT. Fan opinions were also about 90-10 AGAINST as well, with ND students hanging bedsheets out of their windows "SAY NO THE BIG TEN"........
Thank God for that....

Domer95 said:
They really only would want us to share in our Bowl revenues.
Exactly (and don't forget the NBC money)....we weren't good enough for them then, why should we be expected to join them now.
 
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