If JC Told Notre Dame to Join a Conference...

Yes, Irish fans, I know it's taboo to talk about Notre Dame and that near-socialist idea of "the conference"...  BUT, let's pretend Jesus Christ returned and declared, "Notre Dame shalt join a conference of which it can choose, but thou shalt choose a conference, or thou shalt linger (with its fans and alumni) amongst the coals of the fallen angel for eternity!" My first remark would be, "Huh...  That sucks."  Then, I would start sifting through the information to figure out which conference best suits our football team. Let's begin with the X's and O's of a conference.  First, you have to understand how a conference works.  Conferences are conglomerations of teams that divide risk amongst themselves while trying to uniformly manage discipline, values, and other criteria amongst member schools.  When five teams go to a bowl and the rest of the conference sits at home over the holidays, everyone still gets a payout.  While the five teams who go to a bowl get ... (link)