3. Notre Dame And The ACC Are Moving In Together
The Friends With Benefits relationship has just gone to another level.
Notre Dame now gets a drawer and a shelf in the medicine cabinet, at least for this year.
The Irish get ten ACC games, and while they have to split up their NBC money with the rest of the conference, they get to potentially play for the ACC Championship and possibly go to the Orange Bowl if they win it all, or finish second with the champ going to the College Football Playoff.
– ACC Schedule Model: Every Team’s Home and Away Games, and Who’s Missed
Originally, the Irish were supposed to play Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Wake Forest and Duke from the ACC. Now they get those five and Boston College, Florida State, North Carolina, Pitt and Syracuse.
This doesn’t mean Notre Dame will be a permanent part of the fun, and it certainly doesn’t mean it’ll share its TV money on a long-term basis, but for now, it’s a fun twist in this strangest of seasons.
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Here’s the biggest key – who does Notre Dame miss?
The Clemson game stays in South Bend, but there’s no Virginia or Virginia Tech, there’s no NC State, and unfortunately there’s no Miami.
All things considered, the Irish catch a relatively nice break in who they miss, unlike …