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[QUOTE="UPitt, post: 667493, member: 3638"]
I disagree with all of this.
 
1.  ND looked out for itself, but no more than any other school has.  What about BC, VT, and Miami, or Pitt and Cuse, or any SEC team that will not let in-state schools join.
 
2.  ND had every right to get in the middle of Big East restructure.  It may have had special treatment for football, but it was an equal member of the basketball schools.  The football schools had every right to walk away from ND but chose not to.
 
3.  How did ND screw the Big East?  I can argue they helped it by holding it together and allowing new additions (Ville, Cincy, USF) and Uconn (new football) to develop stronger football programs from 2004 to 2010.  The P5 most likely would not have considered adding these schools in 2004, but Uconn, Cincy, and USF developed into football programs that should soon find a home i the P5.
 
4.  You stated "ND should have let the football schools leave with the autobid and joined the ACC back then."  Was the ACC really an option for the 8 remaining football schools and would the ACC have received two autobids for the BCS?  I find it hard to believe that the football schools would turn down that offer.
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