They have forever for two reasons
1) They barnstormed across America as an independent and became a national team, and
2) They had to do that or pretty much give up recruiting at all.
If ND cannot play games in Texas, California and elsewhere, their recruiting in those areas will suffer.
That is mainly why ND fights tooth and nail to stay independent.
A conference schedule straitjackets ND's national appeal and recruiting.
It already is "too cold, too Catholic and too tough academically" (all used against ND in recruiting) without being straightjacketed into a conference schedule and regional presence to boot.
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Posted: 08/21/2021 at 4:52PM