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What did the ACC lose by adding ND to the conference for 2020 only?

The ACC got 10 games with ND last season. The entire "ND Saturday" on NBC was against ACC teams. And the ACC TV package added 5 games with ND that they otherwise would not have had - increasing the value of the inventory. The ACCCG included ND and was a rematch of the very highly rated Clemson @ ND regular season matchup.

The one year experiment exposed ND to what life in the ACC is like. They had a home game with #2 Clemson that had conference and national playoff implications. They had a road game against #13 UNC. And the ACCCG rematch with #2 Clemson. And they also got Duke and Louisville and Syracuse, etc. The ND fans got the experience of playing for a conference championship.

For the ACC, the conference got the best of all outcomes. ND made the ACCCG and was nationally relevant all year. And ND did not win the conference - which would have been embarrassing.

The Alternative? ACC turns it's back on ND and ND sits out the season or plays a G-5 schedule (since the Power 5 conferences played no OOC games). No double-OT nationally televised thriller in South Bend vs. Clemson. The ACCCG is a Clemson drubbing of UNC. And believe me, ND would have noticed the snub.

The ACC did the absolutely right thing.

(In response to this post by VT ChemE 1986)

Posted: 08/26/2021 at 2:42PM

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I would like to clarify my ACC Commissioner post -- VT ChemE 1986 08/25/2021 8:52PM

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Easy answer -- Tailgate Guru 08/27/2021 11:56PM

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I will ask...... -- 2hhoop3 08/26/2021 3:23PM

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Dude I know it is a message board..... -- 2hhoop3 08/26/2021 8:02PM

BS. Nobody here owes you anything. The only reasonable request -- VT ChemE 1986 08/26/2021 8:51PM

Well you may think he's a jerk (which imho he is not), -- saret 08/26/2021 9:18PM

True. I don't claim credibility -- VT ChemE 1986 08/27/2021 08:47AM

Okay, that's a credible response that explains your position. -- saret 08/27/2021 09:01AM

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Also seeing VT not only play but win in ND stadium was a lifelong dream. -- Hokester 08/26/2021 12:19PM

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