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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are in the process of considering a schedule model for the 2020 season that has gone into complete disarray due to the coronavirus pandemic. One option, compete for an ACC title. Odds are likely to be up for Notre Dame soon.
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From ESPN:
Unlike the other Power 5 conferences, the ACC has various scheduling partnerships that have complicated discussions about what to do about the season schedule as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. One would be the four ACC/SEC rivalry games that schools from both conferences want to protect. Another is Notre Dame, which has an annual scheduling partnership with the ACC. Currently, Notre Dame has six scheduled ACC games.
For that reason, there has been no appetite in the ACC for a conference-only schedule, which is the route chosen by the Pac-12 and Big Ten.
Therefore, all discussions have centered on a conference-only plus one nonconference game model. That would allow the four ACC schools with end-of-season rivalry games to play them.
Clemson's Outbreak is No More
Clemson athletics director Dan Radakovich told the school's board of trustees Friday that the athletics department now has no active coronavirus cases and no staff or student-athletes remain in quarantine.
This news comes after a few dozen players, mostly in the football program, tested positive for coronavirus. A total of 53 tested positive out of 722 tests.
The school's guidelines required all those who tested positive as well as anyone they'd had extended contact with to quarantine for 14 days.
The school's guidelines required all those who tested positive as well as anyone they'd had extended contact with to quarantine for 14 days.
The school remains on schedule to begin practices for fall sports in early August, including opening camp for football on Aug. 5. The ACC has delayed the start of all fall competitions until Sept. 1, but that currently does not impact the football schedule.
The school also surveyed ticket holders and found that 83% felt comfortable attending games but with proper social distancing.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
