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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 5123332, member: 1145"]
Now we have the SC coach saying publicly that the SC-ND annual game could end. That annual rivalry goes back to the 1920s. For those who do not know the scheduling: ND now plays both SC nd Stanford annually. Always, when the CA team plays at ND, the game is in Oct. And then ND goes to the other CA team to close the season Thanksgiving weekend. So every season means ND ends in CA, which allows the coaching staff to recruit CA hard for several days around Thanksgiving.

If ND wants to continue that, which has worked well for ND and its CA recruiting, then the ACC could help. Cal could be substituted for SC. The ACC could agree to have ND play both Cal and Stanford each season, just like ND has played SC and Stanford, and in. return, ND plays 6 ACC football teams per season, with the other 4 rotating.

ND does not need to play SC, ever, for anything. But ND does need to play CA schools and play in CA, preferably annually. ND agreeing to play 6 ACC football games per year is a reason for ESPN to do something fiscally to help stabilize the conference. And ND will gain something. In fact, that could work out a bit better for ND in one way as ND could persuade both Cal and Stanford to play every other Home game vs. ND at the Rose Bowl. Both need to do what they can to recruit southern CA as well as possible. And playing ND at the Rose Bowl will do that.
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