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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 638367, member: 652"]
I have no concrete facts to support my belief of 2026 for Notre Dame, but that is when ND's new contract with NBC expires. Also, I think super-conferences will eventually form, and ND is already committing 5 games a year to the ACC and if B1G teams can't play ND each year and more major conferences expand and play more conference games there will be less games for non-conference scheduling. ND is going to play Navy, USC, Stanford, but you have already ended the Michigan series, and Michigan State and Purdue may not want to play or to take a couple breaks with the new 9 game B1G schedule. Especially Michigan State in 2016 who has South Florida, Alabama, and Notre Dame on the books for the non-conference.
 
I think ND is going to maintain its independence through this last NBC contract and eventually will join the ACC, but will significant influence on its configured. 5/12 games from 1 conference is quasi-membership, and first you commit 5 then 6 and eventually it could get to 8.
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