Utah's scheduling philosophy, good or bad?

I realize we’ve talked about this before, but now that it’s official, perhaps we can revisit the issue of football scheduling.
Utah officials announced earlier this week that they’ve inked a deal to play at Notre Dame in football in November of 2010.
Most Ute fans are ecstatic about being able to play one of college football’s legendary programs for the first time, but some fans of another school that have played the Irish a half a dozen times in the past two decades scoff and say it’s not a big deal. After all, they got a couple of home games out of the deal. Utah’s is just a one-game deal. Been there, done that, is the attitude.
I say good for them. But also good for Utah.
The fact is, BYU has a 65,000-seat stadium and is able to guarantee enough money for teams such as Notre Dame to make a visit in a two-for-one deal. That’s great. With their 45,000-seat stadium, the Utes aren’t likely to ever attract teams such as Notre Dame or Michigan for a home-and-home.
In talking to Ute athletic director Chris Hill about it, he acknowledges he prefers not to do one-game deals like this. This is what the Utes did back in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s when they made trips to Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Ohio State in search of big paydays, while getting no hope of return games.
However Hill feels it’s good for his program to take one-game deals against a handful of teams, such as Michigan or Notre Dame when the opportunity comes up about every four to five years. That way, each player who comes through the program can experience the thrill of playing in the largest college stadium in the country or at the most storied stadium in the country.
Over the past 15 years the Utes have had home-and-home series with most Pac-10 schools (Arizona, UCLA, Oregon, Oregon State, Cal, Stanford, Washington State) as well as teams from the Big 12 (Kansas, Texas A&M), Big East (Louisville), and ACC (North Carolina).
Except for games against Northern Arizona and Weber State, I like Utah’s scheduling philosophy. Play home-and-homes with schools from similar or better conferences and pick up a big-name school such as Michigan or Notre Dame every few years.
What do the readers think?