Ok, gonna modify which schools are takes. Turns out ND does not have an exit fee for football (GoR for all other sports). Am now thinking Plan A is Washington, Oregon, Stanford and ND. That's a lot of ND opponents, a flipping boatload of sustainable dough and the BIG would probably pay ND's exit fee. Is that enough to make Swarbick move? Dunno, but maybe? I'm pretty sure the BIG would give scheduling concessions and maybe have USC as their protected rival.
ND says no: thinking Stanford and Cal, but Cal isn't quite a slam dunk.