re: If the scheduling rumors are true

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Love 'em or hate 'em, Notre Dame has been THE prized target since expansion began. Every P5 conference would take them tomorrow. They PROBABLY could have saved the Big East.

The ACC has a deal with them, and like I said, they'll never have more leverage than they do right now. It would take a set of balls to do it, but I'd push the issue. Time to piss or get off the pot.
If they could land the Irish, that would make 2020 a success for that conference.

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Uhh, you don't tug on Superman's cape and you don't piss in the wind. They better not phuck with ND.

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But... they HAVE them right now.
You throw an ultimatum (in or out), and Notre Dame's options THIS YEAR would be to schedule the service academies (if they play), BYU, and whoever else is left. Big 10 and Pac 12 have already pulled the plug on non-conference, and that includes ND games.

Worst case scenario, ND balks and cuts ties with your conference. No sweat, the ACC survived before this weird affair started. But I really don't think Notre Dame would bail on them. I don't think they can put a viable schedule together this year without the ACC's backing, and I don't think they'd be willing to shut it down or play 4 games when other powers are going to play 10-12.

What makes me worried about it, is that maybe Notre Dame doesn't think 2020 is going to happen anyway, so in their minds it's all just talk.

It would be fricking weird if the major colleges play this fall, and some (Ivy, SWAC etc) play in the spring. I think you destroy most of the spring players' NFL hopes doing that.