So, all of the realignment talk over the last month created one thing more than anything else-conversation. People from conference commissioners to university presidents, to head coaches, to players, to writers, and finally, to fans-all had something to say about the issue.

The thing that I got out of it most? That Notre Dame fans really don’t want the Irish to join a conference.

From my take, here are some things that Notre Dame fans would rather do than have the team join a conference:

1.) Play a game of dodgeball with Stephen Strasburg. No cups allowed!

2.) Get caught with naked pictures of Pete Carroll in their wallet. (Possibly the most disturbing sentence ever written on South Bend Blarney.)

3.) Let their teenage daughter go to prom with Lawrence Taylor.

4.) Have a FIFA official arbitrate any major disagreement that may occur in life. (We hand down the decision, and you’ll never know why!)

5.) Be a pitchman for Extenz, or any other “male enhancement”. “Soon, you’ll be able to feel it!”

6.) Live a shoe salesman’s live, a la Al Bundy.

7.) Lose to Navy 2 out of 3 years.

8.) Watching Jersey Shore-Snookie’s muffin top specifically, in 3-D.

9.) Have teeth like Idol’s Crystal Bowersox.