Regular Reader wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
it really doesn't do much for northwestern to be great at football. They really only need to be good enough to be relevant on campus and a feel good for the alums.
Baseball does wonders for Vandy, basketball for Duke and football for Miami. Sports even does something for Stanford, a school with better standards and allure than Stanford. Northwestern definitely benefits. To the bigger end, I'd again guess that Stanford and either Cal or Oregon will be in the conference if Notre Dame drops it's arrogance.
There would be some benefit to be good at football or basketball. Fewer of the 3-9 type seasons would be good but its never going to be a priority for the school. I never minded Dyche back in the day but sometimes it would of be nice to have the facilities a little closer to campus. Was a long winters walk back from basketball during the winter. Football, long walk but not so damn cold.
I'd assume they will work on a couple more Pac-10 teams as well. Need more west teams now to help the two new ones cut down on in season travel, especially in non revenue sports. Although some of those are handled differently anyways.