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Originally Posted by cartman
USC in the Big 10 before Notre Dame
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Notre Dame wants to be a national university, not a regional one. They figure they'll always have the population declining midwest/Chicago market just from their location and being able to pick a few area opponents, thus they've always wanted to play a game in Texas every other year, a game in California every other year, and paired with the ACC based in the population growing Sun Belt region. (And they have as much cachet as anyone in college sports does between the Catholic and Irish parts. But mostly the northeast is just irrelevant.)
Btw how much does the Big Ten regret inviting Nebraska and Rutgers? Maybe Nebraska was necessary to facilitate the Big 12's downfall (though Texas probably would have blown that up eventually anyways), but imagine if they could pull UNC/Duke as well as USC/UCLA?