(06-30-2019 05:11 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(06-30-2019 01:48 PM)Statefan Wrote:  

(06-29-2019 02:46 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  The ACC is not going to...

1. have unequal number of conference games in FB
2. add in ND FB games to count towards conference records

End of discussion. Next issue!

Never is a long time. I'm old enough to remember Bill Brill writing in the Greensboro N&R that VT would never be allowed back into the league.

Pure independence is not ND's ultimate goal. The ability to play a national schedule is the ultimate goal. A visit to the west coast every year. The ability to an SEC or B12 every year. The ability to keep Navy. The ability to play in Florida, etc., etc.

The ability to provide some variety to their fans.

The ACC is not large enough, nor structured in such a way at this time to allow for that. It likely never will be large enough or structured like that, but never? Never is a long time.

Not "pure" independence. That ended with the five game ACC deal.

But, I think you vastly underestimate the extreme desire at ND to NOT have football join a conference. It is not just scheduling.