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That's way too logical! And it's not just Jack. by rockmcd

I remember when they first announced that Orange Bowl tie-in, I had to read it twice because I fully expected it to be exactly how you proposed and it made no goddamned sense that they would build in the potential for rematches of teams we play every 3 years as a feature, not a bug.

I'm not saying that ND deserves it because unless we're ranked #12 we certainly don't, but just looking at it solely from the perspective of the ACC and the Orange Bowl, this would have been the perfect year to bail themselves out of a lopsided and uninteresting matchup by replacing the 2nd place ACC team with ND.