Notre Dame is ACCepting a New Outlook

Notre Dame announced Wednesday morning that they will be joining the ACC Conference as early as 2014. While snubbing the BIG 10 who was rumored that they would accept Notre Dame only if they moved all of their athletic programs to their conference. By aligning with the ACC, they came to the agreement that only the football program would remain independant, but would still have to play 5 ACC opponents during the football season.

This is a smart move for Notre Dame for several reasons. The basketball program would now play basketball powerhouses such as Duke and North Carolina and then get back the old rivalries against Syracuse and Pittsburgh. The football program would have to compete against Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech and Clemson. Notre Dame did announce plans to hopefully further thier rivalry games versus USC, Navy and Michigan. Another notch in the deal is that Notre Dame has access to the Orange Bowl and the ACC's non-BCS bowl tie-ins. This schedule put Notre Dame's football program a step up in talent against their ACC's foes, which will hopefully boost their win/loss record.

The move does come at a cost. According to Big East associate commissioner John Paquette, Notre Dame must pay the conference a $5 million exit fee and provide 27 months' notice before leaving. Which is far less then the $7.5 million that Pittsburgh and Syracuse had to fork over to join the ACC by 2013. With the Football program waning, and the basketball program strengthening, both are going to benefit greatly from this move.

The only downfall here is that Notre Dame's independance is waning. By a vote of 7-5, they were forced to accept the 5 games against its ACC opponents in football. Which shows that Notre Dame's grip on being 100% independant is slowly slipping away. It is inevitable that sooner, rather then later, they will have to bite the bullet and pledge its loyalty to the ACC. They ACCepted the move, but how much longer until they ACCept their fate? Time will only tell...

Week #1 of College and NFL in the books... Season is looking good!!

1st week is in the books. Im glad to say I had a winning week at the sportsbooks so far during this football season going a meager 10-7 for +3.20 units.

Im already looking ahead to this weeks plays in college and the NFL. But there are still some uncertains we have roaming around, and some that totally surprised me after this week.

1. Atlanta Falcons and the Dallas Cowboys showed up and did what I expected them to do.
2. The Raiders.... I had high hopes for them this season with Palmer and Russell both healthy. Yet I have to rethink this after the whole team made such stupid mistakes the whole game. Palmer and Russell cant win the games by themselves.
3. Steelers showing signs of age rapidly, and refuse to leave the old defensive system they have used for over a decade. I think its time to shake things up on defense, show a new look, everyone by now knows how they defend.
4. Carolina and their running game (or lack of one).

Those are my top points going forward into week #2. Andrew Luck almost made the list, but like my previous post, it is still to early to tell... Im going to give him a few more shots to show he has what it takes to make it at the next level. I think halfway through the NEXT 2013 season is fair.

So on that note, Im going to be busy getting ready for this weeks games. If you have any questions at all, or would like ot know what I think of a certain game, you can Twitter me or just send me a message. Lets have another profitable week and continue it into the end of the season, and into the basketball season!

Getting Ready For A Great Football Season

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