College football realignment strikes again.
When I first started putting together this article, the lead-in was completely different, more focused on a connection with Billy’s series on remodeling Notre Dame Stadium. But then the Big 12 and Big Ten expansions, a.k.a. Great Pillaging of the Pac-12, news broke and I couldn’t help but frame this analysis in terms of realignment. I can’t wait until the regular season starts so we can start writing about football again and not just the Succession spinoffs that every college football offseason seems to have turned into.
Once again, everyone wants to know when Notre Dame will bend the knee or instantly wither off into complete obscurity Given that, it’s hard to present this analysis and its outcomes in a way that ignores 1) why Notre Dame has considerably more leverage than a lot of folks give them credit for and 2) it must suck to be the Florida State AD trying to make it through a very narrow but possible path to success.