I mentioned this thought several days and threads ago.
On Tuesday, UCLA head football coach Chip Kelly provided an idea with the other programs in mind.
"Notre Dame is an independent in football, but they’re in a conference for everything else," Kelly said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Why aren’t we all independent for football? Take the 64 teams in Power Five and make that one division, take the 64 teams in Group of Five, make that another division. We play for a championship, they play for a championship and no one else gets affected.
"Our sport’s different than everybody else – we only play once a week, travel’s not a big deal for football, but it is a big deal for other sports. So that’s my theory."
The majority of the athletic programs at Notre Dame compete in the ACC, with the football program remaining independent and the hockey team playing in the Big Ten.
Kelly is not the first head coach to bring up the issues with travel for athletic programs outside of football.
UCLA’s Chip Kelly suggests Notre Dame model for all of college football (msn.com)
On Tuesday, UCLA head football coach Chip Kelly provided an idea with the other programs in mind.
"Notre Dame is an independent in football, but they’re in a conference for everything else," Kelly said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Why aren’t we all independent for football? Take the 64 teams in Power Five and make that one division, take the 64 teams in Group of Five, make that another division. We play for a championship, they play for a championship and no one else gets affected.
"Our sport’s different than everybody else – we only play once a week, travel’s not a big deal for football, but it is a big deal for other sports. So that’s my theory."
The majority of the athletic programs at Notre Dame compete in the ACC, with the football program remaining independent and the hockey team playing in the Big Ten.
Kelly is not the first head coach to bring up the issues with travel for athletic programs outside of football.
UCLA’s Chip Kelly suggests Notre Dame model for all of college football (msn.com)
