WATCH: The Mike Goolsby Show, talking Notre Dame football & recruiting
BlueandGold.com’s Mike Singer talked with former Notre Dame linebacker and captain Mike Goolsby about several Fighting Irish football topics in the latest Mike Goolsby Show.
Goolsby broke down several of Notre Dame’s recent commitments, plus discussed the state of college football with major conference realignment and where the Fighting Irish stand in it. Does Goolsby want to see the Irish join a conference?
Mike and Mike also take some questions from the audience.
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Notre Dame has always done its own thing. And it looks like it’s going to continue to do its own thing. Why? It can afford to. And it has time.
There have been several cries from media types all over, including some former Notre Dame players, for the Fighting Irish to finally join a conference. Specifically, the Big Ten. The money might be too tempting not to. But for now, it appears they’ll wait it out.
The Irish have the luxury to do so.
USC and UCLA won’t become official members of the Big Ten until Aug. 2, 2024. That’s two years Notre Dame can take to watch ripple effects restructure the landscape. If the Trojans and Bruins (and every other current Big Ten member) aren’t getting any of what is expected to be a massive cut from the conference’s upcoming TV rights deal for another two years, then what good does it do for the Irish to make a knee-jerk reaction?
There could come a time when Notre Dame turns into Squidward from the meme in which he’s staring out the window watching SpongeBob and Patrick frolic in the sun. If that ever happened, Notre Dame could simply walk outside and join them. A source told Laine Higgins of the Wall Street Journal that the Big Ten would take Notre Dame “today, tomorrow, five years from now, 10 years from now.”
The Irish aren’t an outcast like Squidward. Nobody is ever going to take ND’s seat at the table. And if that were to occur, the Big Ten would make that school get up and pull up a stray chair while the Irish were gifted a comfy cushion with plenty of wiggle room.
