Who would you want for the 1-1-1? Who can we get?
Take a minute and list out every program that is worthy of hosting Notre Dame in their stadium. Next, list out only the teams that you think would be willing to get that home game as part of a 1-1-1 deal which essentially amounts to two road games for one home game.
Did anyone put Miami on their second list prior to a few days ago?
Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams I'm happy to be playing on the road:
USC
UCLA
UWash
Oregon
Stanford (I know, I know)
Cal
ASU
BYU
Utah
Colo
Nebraska
OU
UT
TAMU
(the entire SEC)
UNC
VT
GaTech
Miami
FSU
UVA (I hear the experience is good)
Pitt
WVU
(the entire Big10 save Northwestern/Indiana)
TCU
I probably forgot some...does the Big East/ACC suck that bad?
The teams that I think would be willing to sign up for this gig from the above list (in order of preference...the top few are definite question marks)
Auburn
Nebraska
UCLA
Georgia
Pitt
UWash
Oregon
Cal
TCU/Utah/BYU
4/5 SEC teams (maybe Tennessee? Just because of our shared history, but I doubt it)
5/6 Big 10 teams
Colo
WVU
UVA
ASU
Stanford
The point of this exercise is to bring out two things.
1. Miami doesn't owe us anything and although we typically believe playing us is a huge favor and honor, in these circumstances they'll be doing us the favor.
2. The teams we end up doing 1-1-1s with will likely come from a third list, a list of schools that are big conference or close to big conference but have shitty home game experiences that I'm not excited about.