(07-29-2020 04:33 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-29-2020 04:24 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(07-29-2020 04:01 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Notre Dame’s schedule lost: USC, Stanford, Wisconsin, Western Michigan and Arkansas

Notre Dame’s schedule added: North Carolina (A), Syracuse (H), Boston College (A) and Florida State (H).

We’ll see on Navy, but that’s the game ND wants to keep.

It is interesting that ND would rather keep an away game against Navy than a home game against Arkansas.

That's a significant weakening, in terms of marquee value, in ND's schedule.

Given ND's long history with Navy, it does not surprise me that this game is prioritized over Arkansas.

If the Hogs get a buy game at home out of this they likely come out ahead. I would think most ND fans would be more acclimated to playing Navy annually.

The sticking point for me is ESPN's hand in this as they try to prop up the value of the ACC schedule. There were 7 games with the SEC scheduled. South Carolina and Florida are the only ones who want to play those games as their ticket donation priority system is predicated upon those tickets. Everyone else makes more by not playing them. It's an ESPN thing. It's fine that ESPN owns the ACC and SEC rights fully past 2025 but it's an irksome and complicating factor accommodating them on this kind of stuff. Auburn / UNC has been off, then back on, and now somewhat in limbo. I'm assuming it will be played.

The issue for the SEC is we aren't looking at a 10 or 11 game schedule, at least not yet, and rescheduling this late, Arkansas's problem, isn't easy to do, nor will it be for Auburn if that one gets canned. If the ACC wanted to play 10 conferences games almost 2 months ago that's their business, but it's a crappy deal waiting to see if we need to reschedule as we are currently planning to play a full season.