I appreciate the response, but I disagree. I think the benefit to ND from the series is having a Top 50 (maybe fringe Top 25) opponent willing to play a late Fall game in South Bend and give ND a road game with greater than 50% of the crowd in a handful of metro areas with significant ND alumni populations. I realize that your proximity to the Naval Academy may cause you to think otherwise, but I doubt I am alone in thinking that the coach, team, and, to some extent, the institution are no more praiseworthy than ND's other foes.
I'd be willing to give up the benefit I perceive in exchange for a couple home-and-home series with Tier 2 opponents.
Yes, in big enough part to justify telling the ACC to grant