Still haven’t gotten around to talking about the future Big East composition. Really, there’s no rush since it’s a couple years away. Of course, I then read crap like this to bug me.

The Irish have made serious overtures about joining the ACC, two officials within the conference with knowledge of the moves told USA Today in Thursday’s editions.

Notre Dame is a member of the Big East in most sports, including basketball — but the football team has been independent for more than a century. A move to the ACC would certainly change all that.

One of the officials told the newspaper that Notre Dame also contacted the Big Ten.
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Meanwhile, the Big Ten has taken a different approach during the expansion issue during the past year. The Big Ten doesn’t feel the same pressure that the ACC does to go to 12 schools and have a football championship game. But a Big Ten chancellor told ESPN.com last month that there is a standing offer for Notre Dame if the Irish want to join the conference. He said that the Big Ten wouldn’t need to go through the process of visiting Notre Dame or putting it to a vote. But, as Heisler said, Notre Dame hasn’t officially asked the Big Ten to join.

The fact there are no clear, flat out denials from the Irish make me a little more nervous. I still, stand by my early statements that Notre Dame is not joining a conference that would end its football independence — except maybe the Big 11, but I doubt even that at this time — Lee also agrees.

I assume Boston College can’t be disinvited, but a venal, vindictive side of me would find some satisfaction in seeing BC finding itself out of both the ACC and Big East.

This may be paranoid ravings — go figure — but could ND be doing this to keep the Big 11 from formally considering expansion until after the new BCS agreement is made? This would leave ND with more options if it should find the next BCS arrangement not in ND’s financial/national championship interests to stay independent. I believe the Big 11 is slowly moving towards making a decision in the next couple years, and ND may be trying to stay ahead of the wave.

I don’t know. Probably should just ignore it.