Is Notre Dame the next big program to join the Big Ten?
The mud has barely settled following the bombshell information that powerhouse West Coast faculty manufacturers USC and UCLA are departing the Pac-12 for the Massive Ten. But many discover themselves questioning who is likely to be subsequent?
One chance is Notre Dame, which is unbiased in soccer.
On Tuesday’s “The Herd,” Colin Cowherd broke down why it is smart for the Preventing Irish — and nobody else — to affix the new-look Massive Ten.
“The Notre Dame Preventing Irish are formally the final nice faculty soccer model that isn’t within the Massive Ten or the SEC. They’re it, and each [conferences] would take them, although I believe academically and geographically [the] Massive Ten suits,” Cowherd stated. “I do know, Miami, Miami. Yeah, [they] have been irrelevant for 20 years. They are not a terrific soccer model. No one goes to [their] video games. … Clemson will not be a nationwide model. It is nice, but it surely’s regional. No one actually … is aware of it [or] cares about it. Florida State, identical factor.”
Is Notre Dame the subsequent program to affix the Massive Ten?
Colin Cowherd explains why the Preventing Irish can be a terrific match within the Massive Ten.
“School soccer has a giant recreation drawback, there’s not sufficient good massive video games for TV,” Cowherd continued. “It additionally has a state of affairs the place so many Saturdays we’re sitting round kind of ready for the large recreation at night time. The Massive Ten airs its video games early. … Folks say this on a regular basis, ‘There’s nothing to repair. School soccer is nice.’ No, that is not true. It is on a seven-year attendance and scores decline. It wants a testosterone shot within the arm. USC and UCLA to the Massive Ten assist. Notre Dame to the Massive Ten can be B-12 instances 10.
“School soccer will not be excellent. Folks love custom. … You already know what the dominant custom is in faculty soccer [over] the final decade? That an SEC crew will get to the nationwide championship recreation and two out of three years win it. That is nice for one convention. That is nice for one area. I acquired nothing towards that area, however you may’t construct a sport on one area and one convention. I do not know if Notre Dame going to the Massive Ten can remedy the SEC dominance challenge, however I do know it may remedy the extra massive video games through the common season challenge. Simply have a look at a Massive Ten schedule.”
The Massive Ten growth has left many considering that faculty soccer is headed towards a professional mannequin with two mega-conferences. It is a win for different faculties within the Massive Ten that really feel USC and UCLA might help “carry some weight,” whereas it is a blow for the Pac-12, which hasn’t despatched a crew to the School Soccer Playoff since 2016.
With the additions of USC and UCLA, the Massive Ten will increase its membership to 16 groups. The SEC will even enhance its membership to 16 by 2025 after voting final 12 months so as to add Texas and Oklahoma from the Massive 12.
In 2012, Notre Dame joined the ACC in all sports activities aside from soccer (unbiased) and hockey, which at present competes within the Massive Ten.
Notre Dame thought-about becoming a member of the Massive Ten in 2003 however in the end determined towards it.
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