[82lsju]

Will USC decide to play ND and Stanford as 2 of their 3 non-conference games?

Would Stanford play USC, UCLA, and ND  as their 3 OOC games?

I'm not sure SC really feels a need to play us as an OOC opponent, I don't think their fan base cares as much about playing us as our fan base cares about playing them

if we did and we keep ND in the Oct (there) Thanksgiving Sat (here) rotation then we would be playing USC and UCLA most years in weeks 2 and 3 of the season.  If we went to the OOC games as the first three games of the season then we'd play the three of them in games 1, 2, and 3.  

I for one would not really want to play the same three teams in OOC games every year as I like the occasional road trip to a new place.

[82lsju]

Will USC decide to play ND and Stanford as 2 of their 3 non-conference games?

Would Stanford play USC, UCLA, and ND  as their 3 OOC games?

I'm not sure SC really feels a need to play us as an OOC opponent, I don't think their fan base cares as much about playing us as our fan base cares about playing them

if we did and we keep ND in the Oct (there) Thanksgiving Sat (here) rotation then we would be playing USC and UCLA most years in weeks 2 and 3 of the season.  If we went to the OOC games as the first three games of the season then we'd play the three of them in games 1, 2, and 3.  

I for one would not really want to play the same three teams in OOC games every year as I like the occasional road trip to a new place.