ND told me students live an average of 800 miles from ND

ND told me students live an average of 800 miles from ND
by btd (2019-10-18 12:40:33)
Edited on 2019-10-18 12:41:54

In reply to: Wisconsin, as most schools are, is a very regional school. posted by Tex Francisco

That stat alone is why ND should never join a conference. ND is not regional -- every other Division IA team but Stanford and maybe Duke is a regional school with a football team comprised of regional players on their roster.

Lookup any roster for any team from any power 5 conference -- you will be lucky to find 5 players that come from any state not bordering their own state (or same coast in the case of WA that pulls from "neighbor" CA).

Then layer on top of that ND fans have no desire to play the same dumbass schedule every single season. We want a rotation of different teams for 8 or more games each season. We want to play every conference -- not just a single conference.

Control. ND wants to control who we play, when, and under what terms and conditions. Only a weak minded person would ever willingly give control of anything to another person.

Our schedules already suck in comparison to what they could and should be -- largely because we stupidly agreed to 5 ACC games per year when at most we should have agreed to alternating 3 and 4 game schedules.