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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does ND need to join a conference? Sure, you can say they need a harder schedule, fine. But who benefits if they join a conference? [/quote]

Why ? In order to be assured of the ability to schedule major teams as opponents. Notre Dame's biggest moment this season came from defeating the Big Ten's Top 25 ranked team USC. The Notre Dame v. USC football game will no longer be an annual event. Without this season's victory over a #20 or #24 ranked USC team, Notre Dame would not have been ranked among the top 16 teams by the CFP for its 12 team playoff.

With further expansion of the SEC & the Big Ten Conference, it will be very difficult for Notre Dame football to schedule games against any SEC or Big Ten Conference opponents as both conferences will require member teams to schedule more intra-conference games each season. The remaining one or two open slots for non-conference opponents will be filled by less powerful college football opponents as the Big Ten & SEC intra-conference games are tough enough that there will be no tolerance or justification for scheduling a tough non-conference opponent. Risk of injury and lack of ability to experiment with second back-up players and new schemes/plays are some of the reasons that lesser opponents are scheduled by all major college football teams. In short, Notre Dame football's already weak schedule will become weaker without conference membership.

Of course, Notre Dame football has made clear that, due to the superiority of its football program, that it doesn't need any friends.[/quote]

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