(01-05-2018 04:06 PM)msm96wolf Wrote: Quo, I think that depends on the conference about Payout. I know the ACC does pool the money. I would think other conferences may do the same but I believe the old Big East did not. In addition, even though the BWW Bowl was an ACC slot, ND gets the payout since they don't share in the bowl or CFP sharing.
I don't think this is correct. My understanding is that since Notre Dame is part of the ACC's bowl hierarchy, their Citrus money would go to the ACC, and then Notre Dame gets the same share of the non-CFP bowl money that all other ACC teams get. IOW's, for the non-CFP bowl games such as the Citrus, ND is part of the ACC pool just like Virginia is, though as you say they do not share in the ACC's CFP money.
The one thing I am unsure of is whether ND shares in the ACC's non-CFP money pool in all years or only years in which they make a (non-CFP) bowl game. But when they do play in a bowl game as part of the ACC's bowl tie-ins, their money is kicked back to the ACC and then they get a share of the overall non-CFP pool like all ACC teams do.
One last thing: The ACC - ND deal says that ND's spot in the ACC bowl hierarchy is determined by record. The bowls choose who they want from the available ACC teams, in this order:
1) Citrus (if ACC is in the Citrus, which only happens if the B1G is in the Orange Bowl)
2) Tier I Bowls - Belk, Sun, Pinstripe, Music City/Gator (ACC plays in one of these but not both each year)
- there is no picking order for these games. The bowls work it out amongst themselves. There is a coin flip process if two or more bowls in this tier insist on the same school.
3) Tier II Bowls - Military, Independence, Quick Lane, St. Pete (in that order)
Final note: The Citrus and Tier I bowls are bound by the "1 game" rule. Meaning, the can only choose team X over team Y if team X is within 1 win of team Y. That prevents a bowl from taking say 7-5 Notre Dame over 9-3 Wake Forest. They could take 8-4 Notre Dame over 9-3 Wake Forest.
Note that overall record, including FSC wins, is the only thing that counts here, not conference record, and H2H doesn't matter either.
In this case, the Citrus was able to take Notre Dame, because at 9-3, there was no available ACC team that had a more than one win advantage over the Irish.