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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Berkeley and Stanford for sure.[/b] The prestige is too great and there will be a need for most west coast teams. The other three will be top schools in the east.  UNC, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami (if they clean up their act) for example. [/quote]

Nothing sure about the Big Ten Conference extending offers to either Stanford or to UCal-Berkeley. In fact, UCLA has an agreement to pay UCal-Berkeley several million dollars in a deal brokered by the regents of the state of California for the harm caused to Berkeley's athletic dept. by UCLA's move to a different conference. Payment was probably necessary because--at that time--the Big Ten Conference did not want UCAl-Berkeley. Actually, the Big Ten Conference wanted just USC & Notre Dame, but ND refused the offer so cash strapped UCLA jumped at the chance to join USC in a move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten Conference.

[b]Stanford might be an attractive lure for Notre Dame due to the ND-Stanford rivalry[/b][i][u].[/quote]

What? No.  USC would have been the lure, not Stanford.  The ND-USC rivalry is far stronger and longer than ND-Stanford. 
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[b]The lure would be if ND can no longer schedule traditional opponents.[/b][/quote]

Correct.[/quote]

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