At least according to Utah fans.
Only exception was supposedly for ND and now BYU has been able to show the advantage of being the balance to the ND exception.
I for 1 do not believe it was ever a hard and fast rule but that is one example where some best practices ascribed by a commissioner shows there are things they can do to impact OOC schedules...first 3-4 weeks of the season it is true commissioners do not impact...unfortunately BYU needs help weeks 4-12 more...