Why would Notre Dame form a conference with relative nobodies? They have freedom as an independent. Everyone wants to play them, they can pick and choose.
>> Why would Notre Dame form a conference with relative nobodies? They have freedom as an independent. Everyone wants to play them, they can pick and choose. <<
Because playing Cincinnati, Central Florida, etc. is better than playing Ball State, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest. And those “relative nobodies” have better records than just about any conference outside of the SEC, and many of the largest student bodies, and are based in major cities.