re: If the scheduling rumors are true

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ND is the one team that could take their ball and go home and be the least effected negatively by their action no matter how crazy that action may seem.

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I disagree. While the Irish will have no problem getting a decent schedule this season, the ND AD has announced that the ACC has already commited to helping them get a full schedule with conference teams.

ND will not screw with their ACC relationship. All of their non-football sports are completely integrated into the conference until 2036. That the ACC seems to be satisfied with this arrangement is bizarre but they were really in a weak position when they worked out the contract with ND. Maryland had just left and FSU and Clemson were being heavily courted by the unstable B12. If the ACC continues to grow stronger in football, ND may think about joining but as long as NBC ponies up the money I don’t see them seriously making a move.