The contract that Notre Dame struck with the ACC not only gave the Irish a pretty nice home for the rest of its sports, but also greatly enhanced the television inventory for the ACC. While ACC coaches can piss and moan all they want about how the Notre Dame agreement is unfair, their athletic directors and presidents are happy at the high profile aspect of Notre Dame and made sure to push as many of those Irish games as they could on an ACC campus to be in prime time. Due to Miami’s inability to overcome mediocrity and Florida State’s collapse, Notre Dame’s presence helped propel Clemson to a national championship in 2015.

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