...It is seriously a ridiculous and completely uninformed opinion where the people that believe this either no nothing about why conferences form or exist, or why conferences have ACADEMIC STANDARDS (BSU ranks below 600, most PAC Schools are in the top 100). Everyone including BSU because you ugly sister's boyfriend goes to school there is not a reason to include BSU in any rational conversation. It has a tweener (small) stadium, way below P5 facilities overall and it's got a near zero media footprint. Keep this in mind....

BOISE has to draw 33% of Television viewer in its Southern Idaho region just to break even with any HOUSTON event that draws 6% of it's local region. IDAHO HS recruiting vs. SE TEXAS? Now you tell me, what program is the smart money on?

And I do not see Notre Dame changing anything.