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If ND were to join the acc in football, would a 4 game ooc
Nov 2, 2012, 1:56 AM
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schedule allow them to play all of their historic rivalries? USC,MSU,Michigan. Who am I forgetting?
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CU Medallion [50635]
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army navy air force
Nov 2, 2012, 1:58 AM
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seious sorta- the joke always was nd wins
the commander in chief trophy
think they still play navy regularly
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purdue***
Nov 2, 2012, 2:01 AM
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Orange Blooded [4988]
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Their 4 main historic rivals are USC, Navy, Purdue, and
Nov 2, 2012, 2:12 AM
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Michigan St. Michigan has been more of an intermittent rival than a main one and future games have been cancelled already. Stanford has been a newer rival and Notre Dame has been on record as wanting to keep them on the schedule so they can make a west coast visit every year (they and USC are never both home or road games the same year).
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CU Guru [1950]
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They could keep their 4 main rivals on the schedule
Nov 2, 2012, 3:58 AM
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but it would be more likely that they'd have to go to an every other year type thing with at least a few of them. Notre Dame would eventually want to branch out and play different teams. Their main 4 rivals are indeed USC, Purdue, Navy, and MSU. They also have matchups that they like keeping with Stanford, Michigan, and a few others.
Some have talked about ND insisting that Navy is the 16th ACC football member (and then perhaps get like a Villanova or Georgetown as the 16th for basketball), and that would also help ND have more OOC scheduling flexibility.
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Orange Blooded [3573]
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Michigan has already been dropped
Nov 2, 2012, 9:09 AM
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for at least a 3 year window.
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All-In [30833]
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With all the talk about their next 3 games
Nov 2, 2012, 5:23 AM
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Pitt, BC and Wake being killers to their national championship hopes even if they win out, I'd venture to say ND might not care too much about joining the ACC as a full member any time soon.
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CU Guru [1898]
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They will eventually and it will
Nov 3, 2012, 1:19 AM
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be a great addition to the ACC and enhance the conference reputation. No university - none - has the football lore like Notre Dame.
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All-TigerNet [12545]
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Notre Dame's main concern is being in all
Nov 3, 2012, 1:32 AM
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parts of the country. They will keep Southern Cal and Stanford on their schedule and play one home and one away each year. That guarantees them a game on the west coast every year. They also want to play Navy every year. So that is three games that they always want on their schedule. The ACC gives them the northeast where most of their fanbase is and the southeast for fertile recruiting grounds. They will probably rotate one or two Big Ten teams each year. They don't really care about playing teams from the midwest because they have a midwest presence by virtue of their loction in Indiana.
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