10-21-2010, 03:55 AM
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MVP
OVR: 15
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Fayetteville, AR
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Re: What happens to Notre Dame w/ an invite?
Changing conferences between seasons in offline dynasties does not effect a teams' rivalries.
Notre Dame's rivals are as follows: USC, Boston College, Michigan, Michigan State, Navy, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford.
That makes for three Big Ten rivals (the most likely conference for Notre Dame to join), two Pac-10 rivals, one ACC, one Big East, and one Independent.
So, once in the Big Ten, three games are automatically scheduled or not scheduled for you depending on the Big Ten rotation (you won't necessarily always play all 3 between Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue, but you'll always play at least one, and I think it'd be extremely rare for you to not play at least two).
Then there remain five rivals, but only four non-conference game slots available. I would say the two most important would-be non-conference rivals if ND were to join the Big Ten would be USC and Navy, with Boston College maybe being the third.
For your fourth game you could then rotate Pittsburgh and Stanford.
Of course, you could always put all teams on a rotation where you take turns sitting on out, and by the fifth year, you'll have played each team exactly four times, home twice and away twice.
Then again, you could always just remain independent with Notre Dame. Schedule all of your rivals every year and consider your record versus rivals to replace your conference record and simply focus on that. Your other goal could be making sure you always finish in the top 10 or top 5.
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