... mentions expanding to twelve teams Notre Dame is always one of the first schools to come up. Also, every time the expansion question arises, Notre Dame rejects the Big Ten's offer. While a steep hill of tradition and money is preventing, and likely will continue to prevent Notre Dame from joining the conference, there are several on the field reasons for them to do so. They all boil down to giving the Irish something to play for and some competition to back up a winning record.

 

First off, Notre Dame has very little to play for right now. For them, it is National Championship or bust. Yes, the BCS Bowls are nice consolation prizes, but Charlie Weis made two of them and look whe...

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