Notre Dame Joins ACC In All Non-Football Sports
13 years ago

The courting of Notre Dame reached its conclusion, and the Atlantic Coast Conference landed the big prize. With the impending super conference musical chairs, programs in lesser leagues will be vying for spots. With their vast national appeal, storied tradition, financial pull and deep pockets, Notre Dame was the big fish in the pond, and they got the pick of the litter. They leave behind the Big East, who isn’t finished being ravished and plundered by a long shot. Nature versus nurture, Lodge.

And now, Notre Dame brings the league’s team total to 15.

Notre Dame will play five football games each season vs. ACC opponents according to the ESPN report. The Irish already have four future ACC opponents — Boston College, Miami, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest — on their schedule this fall.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the institution, as was long rumored, had monitored the landscape of conference expansion for a long time. He said the Atlantic Coast Conference was the best fit.

“We are able to maintain our historic independence in football, join in the ACC’s non-BCS bowl package, and provide a new and extremely competitive home for our other sports.”

They join the ACC for every sport outside football, where they will remain independent. They will, however, schedule five football games against ACC opponents each year until the playoff format begins in 2014, at least that’s the most sensible theory.

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  3. Dennis Reynolds

    If Notre Dame still sucks after playing 5 ACC schools a year, they should just quit football.

    13 years ago at 10:22 am
    3. Hoo Frats Harder

      ^You are so fucking stupid. Shitty Education Conference stand up!!!! Yeah!!!! TFM!!!

      13 years ago at 12:12 pm
    4. LEGENwaitforitDARY

      ^^ Yeah, getting rid of all the other conferences would really make college football a hell of a lot more entertaining. Fucking queef.

      13 years ago at 12:38 pm
  6. anon574839201

    Just glad that the ND to the B1G conjecture that I’ve been hearing since I was two is finally over. ND was never coming to the B1G. It was always ACC or bust. They see themselves as a private east coast school.

    At least the Irish keep their rivalries with Michigan State, ann arbor, Purdue, and SoCal.

    See you micks Saturday under the lights.

    13 years ago at 12:11 pm
    1. Bros A Bank

      Except they are in the middle of fucking Indiana. ND to the B1G still makes more sense given the geography and rivalries.

      13 years ago at 4:09 pm
  8. proudtobeaDSP

    Not in the ACC for football but still play 5 games a season against ACC teams. I hate Notre Dame even more now.

    13 years ago at 5:34 pm