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[QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 355837, member: 683"]
Has anyone clarified whether the last sentence applies to both of the ones before it, or only the prior one? 
 
Regardless, it presents logistical issues if they plan to get right into the play each team every three years schedule, as SU would be taking other ACC teams spots.  And would be giving up Dome-field advantage either way.  Not sure on the # of games in the other deals ND has with Pitt and BC (or if they have other games already lined up with other ACC teams), but those would factor in as well.  Doubt it will fly on Tobacco Road if the northern schools (including two new ones) keep 3/5 of the ND games during the first several years of the agreement.
 
There is also the issue of how it will be split up.  Five games a year with each team playing them every three years works great if the ACC was a 15 team conference, but there are only 14 teams:
Year 1:  ND at teams 1,2 and hosting teams 3,4,5
Year 2:  ND at teams 6,7,8 and hosting teams 9,10
Year 3:  ND at teams 11,12 and hosting teams 13,14, and who?
 
The devil is in the details and once they look at all the details, I think it's highly unlikely that they'll be able to begin the rotation with a straight distribution of games - which will prompt all kinds of people to overreact/accuse them of renegging like the BE handshake deal/etc.  Factor in the potential of them ultimately joining the conference and the savvy schools will ensure that they get their home games in early in the sequence.
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