The mud has slightly settled following the bombshell information that powerhouse West Coast faculty manufacturers USC and UCLA are departing the Pac-12 for the Giant Ten. But many to find themselves questioning who could be subsequent?

One chance is Notre Dame, which is impartial in soccer.

On Tuesday’s “The Herd,” Colin Cowherd broke down why it is smart for the Combating Irish — and no person else — to enroll in the new-look Giant Ten.

“The Notre Dame Combating Irish are formally the closing nice faculty soccer logo that’s not within the Giant Ten or the SEC. They are it, and each [conferences] would take them, although I feel academically and geographically [the] Giant Ten suits,” Cowherd stated. “I do know, Miami, Miami. Yeah, [they] were inappropriate for two decades. They are no longer an excellent soccer logo. No person is going to [their] video games. … Clemson isn’t a countrywide logo. It is nice, however it is regional. No person truly … is aware of it [or] cares about it. Florida State, identical factor.”

Is Notre Dame the following program to enroll in the Giant Ten?

Colin Cowherd explains why the Combating Irish can be an excellent have compatibility within the Giant Ten.

“School soccer has a large sport downside, there may be no longer sufficient just right giant video games for TV,” Cowherd persevered. “It additionally has a state of affairs the place such a lot of Saturdays we are sitting round form of looking forward to the large sport at night time. The Giant Ten airs its video games early. … Other people say this always, ‘There’s not anything to mend. School soccer is superb.’ No, that isn’t true. It is on a seven-year attendance and rankings decline. It wishes a testosterone shot within the arm. USC and UCLA to the Giant Ten assist. Notre Dame to the Giant Ten can be B-12 instances 10.

“School soccer isn’t highest. Other people love custom. … You recognize what the dominant custom is in faculty soccer [over] the decade? That an SEC staff gets to the nationwide championship sport and two out of 3 years win it.  That is nice for one convention. That is nice for one area. I were given not anything towards that area, however you’ll be able to’t construct a recreation on one area and one convention. I do not know if Notre Dame going to the Giant Ten can clear up the SEC dominance factor, however I are aware of it can clear up the extra giant video games throughout the common season factor. Simply take a look at a Giant Ten agenda.”

The Giant Ten enlargement has left many pondering that faculty soccer is headed towards a professional style with two mega-conferences. It is a win for different colleges within the Giant Ten that really feel USC and UCLA can assist “elevate some weight,” whilst it is a blow for the Pac-12, which hasn’t despatched a staff to the School Soccer Playoff since 2016.

With the additions of USC and UCLA, the Giant Ten will increase its club to 16 groups. The SEC can even building up its club to 16 via 2025 after balloting closing yr so as to add Texas and Oklahoma from the Giant 12.

In 2012, Notre Dame joined the ACC in all sports activities with the exception of for soccer (impartial) and hockey, which lately competes within the Giant Ten.

Notre Dame thought to be becoming a member of the Giant Ten in 2003 however in the end determined towards it.

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