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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://fightingirishwire.usatoday.com/lists/big-ten-opponents-notre-dame-should-play-annually-if-it-ever-joins/

The above article lists 7 Big Ten opponent. Currently, Notre Dame has agreed to play 5 ACC games per year. The regular college football season consists of 12 games. 7 plus 5 is 12.[/quote]

My suggestion is that Notre Dame--if it played a 13 game regular season--could satisfy its contract for 5 ACC games per year and satisfy the Big Ten's requirement of 8 Big Ten Conference games per year. OR one conference could be flexible and bend the requirement by one game for Notre Dame.

The obvious issue would be that a successful Notre Dame team could only play for one conference championship.

Also, for a plan like this to work, Navy might have to join the ACC as the Notre Dame/Navy rivalry is a strong tradition.

Nevertheless, money is the fuel and the solution to issues such as these.[/quote]

Why would the Big 10 be flexible where ND is concerned?  They don’t need them. [/quote]

You are correct in stating that the Big Ten Conference doesn't need Notre Dame; the Big Ten Conference wants Notre Dame.

The Big Ten is & has been flexible regarding Notre Dame. Notre Dame has an open invitation to join the conference and, before Notre Dame's recent entrance into the AAU (American Association of Universities), the Big Ten Conference waived that informal requirement only for Notre Dame. (Nebraska, the only Big Ten Conference non-AAU member school, was an AAU member when it initially joined the Big Ten Conference.)

Notre Dame brings a devoted national audience and Notre Dame has a convenient midwestern location & one of the most storied and historical football programs in the nation. Several Big Ten schools have a football rivalry with Notre Dame.

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