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[QUOTE="Btstimpy, post: 1053515, member: 2043"]
A couple of other things to keep in mind that Notre Dame wants for football are:
 
1. Playing a national schedule where they have the ability to play in all of the major population centers as often as possible.   Between the ACC, Big Ten, and Big XII,  the ACC gives Notre Dame the most access to major centers of the three as Conference Games if Notre Dame would eventually join.  The ACC gives Notre Dame Miami, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Boston.  And UVA is not far from Washington, DC even with the loss of Maryland.   Then the Carolinas and Louisville are growing areas.   They are playing Syracuse in New York.   The Big XII offers Kansas City and possibly Dallas.  The Big Ten offers Chicago, and now Washington and New York.  Notre Dame doesn't really need Chicago. 
 
2. Having access to a good bowl line up is essential for Notre Dame in years they don't have the opportunity to be in one of the Major Bowls.  The ACC has a good bowl line up.  The AAC does not.   The Big East doesn't have any bowls. 
 
Taking all of this into perspective and factoring in that the ACC has a good mix of private schools of similar size to Notre Dame, it's not hard to understand why Notre Dame made the decision that they made to join the ACC.  Plus many former Notre Dame administrators from athletic as well as academics are now employees of ACC schools like Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, etc.  They were very accomodating and welcoming.
 
You are correct in that if the ACC gets approval to schedule as it likes and still hold a championship game, the ACC may sit at this configuration of 15 for a long time.
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