(07-19-2017 12:56 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  Some good points have been made. Incidentally, if the regular season eventually goes to 13 games, perhaps ND would be more inclined to join the ACC in full. As it is, they're already 62.5% (5 games out of 8) of the way there. If the ACC can also get Navy to join, then ND's schedule might look like this:

9 conference games (protected rivals = BC, Navy, Pitt)
1 vs. USC
1 vs. Stanford
1 vs. rotation of Michigan, MSU, and Purdue
1 vs. random high-profile FBS school (Texas, Ohio State, Alabama, etc.)

Not bad at all.

The above schedule will prevent ND from getting future championship.

This is what ND wants for the schedule:

1 vs. USC or Stanford
1 vs rotation of Michigan, MSU, Purdue and high profile schools.
1 vs. fruit cake like Rutgers or Army
1 vs. FCS or low G5 school that guaranteed a win