While researching a column on Pac-12 nonconference football schedules into the 2030s — it’s an impressive lineup — the Hotline noticed Notre Dame doesn’t appear on Stanford’s schedule beyond 2024.
Is the series ending? That wouldn’t make sense for Notre Dame, which receives a recruiting boost from the end-of-season appearances in California (USC and Stanford).
Nor would it make sense for Stanford on either the competitive or financial (ticket sales) fronts.
It just so happens that the Hotline recently chatted with Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir about a different topic — the implementation of nonconference basketball schedule standards — and before we hung up, I asked about Notre Dame.