There may come a point that ND will have no choice and it appears the ACC would be a great fit. When ND played Texas in the Cotton Bowl back in '69, after being told that playing in a bowl was not part of the ND football experience, that changed everything. Then we were told that ND would play in bowl games against opponents that would improve the Irish national ranking. We then played a 7-5 Penn State team in the Gator Bowl in 1976. Then the conference policy. 2020 brought the Irish into the ACC, though admittedly under unusual circumstances. So, I learned after 60 plus years of Irish football, everything is on the table, even when they say it's not.