In case you haven't heard yet, Notre Dame is joining the ACC in every sport.
Every sport except football, of course.
Still, the Fighting Irish football team will play five teams in the ACC every season, likely beginning in 2014.
This doesn't really change the world of college football too much. Notre Dame will be bolstering its schedule a little bit, but by a lot. The Irish typically don't play too many powerhouses outside their traditional clashes with Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford and USC.
Instead of playing BYU, Air Force or Western Michigan, Notre Dame will now face teams like North Carolina, Wake Forest and Maryland. That's not too much of an upgrade.
The Irish did recently renew its rivalry with Miami, but they're no longer a consistent top-25 team.
This move is more important to the overall landscape of college sports. Schools have been switching conferences recently, like Syracuse, Texas A&M, Nebraska and many others.
But Notre Dame is the biggest name yet.
The move of a powerhouse such as Notre Dame should send a message to the NCAA. The Big East is dwindling, as is the Big 12. It's becoming ever more clear that the NCAA is heading towards four super conferences: the ACC (representing the East), the SEC (South), the Big Ten (Midwest) and Pac-12 (West).
The NCAA is constantly fighting to keep collegiate athletics away from the professional level, but they keep inching their way in that direction.
As smaller conferences die out and bigger conferences become stronger, the NCAA will begin to lose more and more power.
If the NCAA wants to stop this, something must be done now.
