The Notre Dame Football schedule is a thing of beauty \u2014 but also an absolute nightmare. I\u2019ve always loved the mix of schools from around the country, but some years it can feel a little stale. I think there\u2019s an easy way to throw a little more flavor onto this meat, and you already know that I love a good barbecue.<\/p>\n
When Notre Dame first started playing its ACC agreement, I have to admit that I was fairly excited about the schedule changing up a bit. The idea of more games against Clemson, Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, and NC State was cool to me. Notre Dame\u2019s dominance over its ACC opponents (55-12 since 2014) however, has made the schedule a little stale.<\/p>\n
Despite Notre Dame\u2019s lackluster schedule this season, the Irish slate does improve greatly over the next five years in terms of it being more interesting. Still, I do believe the Irish could (and should) add at least one Big 12 home and home series to its schedule for each season \u2014 and mix it up. Obviously, the Irish have BYU there, but there are still a number of games that could be scheduled as home and home matchups that would make things a little more interesting.<\/p>\n
This move wouldn\u2019t be out of a need for schedule strength or playoff resume (which I guess is the same thing) it would just be to make things, again, more interesting. Yes, I understand that games against Tennessee, Michigan, Oregon, Ole Miss, or whatever mid to top tier Big 10 or SEC team would be an even more interesting matchup \u2014 but I\u2019m a realist. I think my proposal is perfectly fine, and puts the Irish in some fun spots.<\/p>\n
Morgantown, West Virginia.
Lubbock, Texas.
Boulder, Colorado.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tuscon, Arizona.<\/p>\n
Just spread it out, and be sure to play the teams in their ACTUAL stadium and not some Shamrock Series crap. All of this offseason talk about the postseason, media rights, and congressional legislation has made a lot of what has made college football fun \u2014 not nearly as fun.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t have to be hard or some kind of crazy scheduling initiative\/agreement with the conference itself \u2014 just sign up for a home and home with some random places Notre Dame doesn\u2019t normally go to. Part of the perk of being an independent is doing things like this, so it should definitely be something Notre Dame should look into.<\/p>\n
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