Who/what forced Penn State's hand? ND?

by LaFortune Teller , South Bend, Tuesday, March 09, 2010, 15:21 (5935 days ago) @ Pat

What about Miami's and Florida State's and Pitt's? Our independence ought to be fiercely protected, but I wonder where we would be if other independents had remained so -- it wasn't our job to protect their independence, but were we somewhat responsible for the current state of affairs by kick-starting the money grab? (I might be mistaken about this, so please correct me if I'm wrong).

Also, is there any realm of possibility that one of the "doomsday scenarios" on the horizon is the division of FBS to something like a 64-team "Super D1A" (say eight eight-team divisions, 7 division games, 3 non-division games, 16 team playoff of the eight champs and eight at-large). I've always had it in my mind that such a thing would be completely implausible; but it would also be the ONLY scenario in which I thought we damn well better be a part of if it came to fruition, independence or not.