Yes - this is insanity and very concerning
Notre Dame could theoretically play 7 games against the BIG10 and PAC every year, and would TAKE 7 games way from the ACC scheduling inventory. While ludicrous on its face as ND is not a member of the ACC conference, the math would also dictate this could leave ACC teams without a Big10 or PAC opponent (since the ACC plus ND would equate for roughly 21 needed alliance games, which is a far majority of the entire Big10 and Pac12 thus leaving no teams for Big10 vs Pac12 actually if every team is guaranteed games.
What could possibly be the rationale for allowing a non-conference member (ND in football), to be treated as if they were a conference member. It's as STUPID as making ND count as a Big10 alliance team, since they are geographically closer. ND belongs to the ACC conference in FB no more than they belong to the BIG10 conference in FB.
[Post edited by jesuisvtguy at 08/29/2021 9:26PM]
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Posted: 08/29/2021 at 9:26PM