FreeStateDeac
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Would ND be the 9th conf game plus a coastal or would we have Duke (traditional opponent) and 2 coastal teams? ....
I don't see how the ACC could count Notre Dame as a conference game, if conference membership means anything at all. ND games would likely count toward the two-game P5 minimum (and the minimum the ACC already has with ND).
I think what is really important about going to a 9-game conference schedule in ALL P5 conferences is that it further squeezes Notre Dame into a P5 conference for football. While the ACC will be happy to give ND more games, as the other P5 conferences go to higher conference minimums it is going to be increasingly difficult for ND to come up with a full schedule and to qualify for the playoffs. That will hit them in the $$$$$, which is what ND football has always been about.