9 Game Schedule Question

[orange79]

In this case, do away with divisions all together and have each school with 2 or 3 annual games with the rest rotated. We will get more regular season games we want to see, but would have to sacrifice the ACCCG until the rule is changed.

The ACCCG is going nowhere. Money, and playoff implications (and more money) make this suggestion a non-starter.

 

[Rocco]

Cuse vs VT or Miami period.

+1,000,000.

I do not want anyone else besides one of them. Ideally, VT over Miami.

The absolute disdain for both of those schools still runs thick in my orange blood.

 

[sutomcat]

ACC at odds over structure of conference football schedule

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[SU94]

Does anyone KNOW what Wildhack’s stance is on the ACC’s 8+2 vs. 9+1 schedule model? Everyone thinks we are a 9+1 schedule school, and I would likely agree. But I certainly don’t know.

To me, as presently constituted, I believe the best solution is 9+1. I simply want to play Miami, Virginia, UNC more than once every 6 years. Or have them visit the Dome more than once every dozen years.

· But, remember, Wildhack comes from ESPN. I think I read that he had a hand in the match-making process that helps bring together the ESPN football/programming schedule. Perhaps an argument came be made that the 8+2 model can be used to SU’s advantage because of Wildhack’s rolodex. It appears that everyone likes the man.

· The one bit of middle ground that I could see (and I don’t think it is legal by NCAA rules), is to ditch the divisions and go to the 3+5+5 format that has been discussed here with some frequency. SU would likely play BC, Pitt and (perhaps) Louisville annually, no matter what. Then the other 10 ACC teams would rotate in every other year. So, Miami would play in the Dome every 4th year. Same with Clemson, FSU, Wake. The problem with this is that I don’t think that this allows for an ACC Championship game (taking the top 2 teams). IIRC, that B1G DeLaney blocked the ACC because he senses the ACC has some major MOJO going and all he has is Urban, Harbaugh and Michigan State. Okay, I am exaggerating, but I really cannot wait until DeLaney slides into the retirement. He’s smart, but not nearly as smart as he thinks he is (or those B1G academics tell him he is).

· Lastly, I cannot believe what a bunch of pansies some ADs and Head Coaches are. Some schools don’t want to play 11 games a year against P5 competition. I don’t see the Yankees taking on the Pawtucket Red Sox. I don’t see the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduling the Rochester Amerks. I don’t see the Chicago Bull hosting the Ft. Wayne Mad Ants. The whole FBS thing is worse than NFL pre-season if you ask me.

· I LOVE college football. But the number of spineless bureaucrats “leading” these Athletic Departments is embarrassing. There is no need to maximize every dime for the greater good. If I lose a home game every third year, but gain the $5-8M annual revenue from the ACC Network, I am not going to cry like these fools are. What I am going to do is explain to my boss (the college President) why we are playing 5 road games and hope he is smart enough to understand. Trust me, they’ll get it.

 

[Alsacs]

Andrea Adelson has it 5 definite 8+2 teams: Duke, Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville
definite 9+1 teams NC State, North Carolina, Miami, Boston College, Virginia

Syracuse under Gross was a 8 game conference school.

Until the conference expands again the increase to 9 shouldn't happen unless FSU and Clemson sign of on it.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Andrea Adelson has it 5 definite 8+2 teams: Duke, Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville
definite 9+1 teams NC State, North Carolina, Miami, Boston College, Virginia

Syracuse under Gross was a 8 game conference school.

Until the conference expands again the increase to 9 shouldn't happen unless FSU and Clemson sign of on it.

Does she have a source for Duke or was she using what she said in the article that they have 2 games scheduled already, which can easily be changed?

For FSU and Clemson to sign off on 9 games means they will play 11 P5 games every year. Stanford and USC do that so it isn't unprecedented. Also playing 11 P5 games makes it more likely for FSU and Clemson to get into the playoff with 1 loss. The problem is that playing an 11th P5 game makes it less likely to have only 1 loss. With the P12, B1G, and B12 all at 9+1 it will be hard for the ACC to fulfill 8+2 without playing each other OOC. In which case why not go 9+1 for everyone but FSU, Clemson, Louisville, GA Tech. If you only count your division in the standings it won't matter that those teams play 8 while the others play 9. Then you avoid the silliness of UNC vs Wake OOC.

 

[texascpa]

I do think at the very least the ACC should move to these divisions:


FSU-Miami
GA Tech-Clemson
UNC-NC State
Duke-Wake
Louisville-Pitt
UVA-VA Tech
BC-SU


So it would be flipping FSU and Miami, Louisville and VA Tech, BC and Pitt. That keeps the FL schools, NC schools, and the Southern schools split. It now splits the Northern schools, the Western schools, the VA schools, and the private schools evenly. Also it is balanced competitively.

IMO it is better for the ACC to split FSU and Clemson. If the ACC is one the bubble for the college football playoff, which is better FSU vs Clemson in the ACC CG or FSU/Clemson vs a current Coastal team? I think it is harder for a 1 loss FSU/Clemson to get into the playoffs beating a team like UNC.

A one-loss ACC team gets in before a one-loss Big12 team, and most likely a one-loss PAC12 team.

 

[Ottoble]

Again easy way to rotate divisions
Division 1 has
UNC
Duke
UVA
Division 2
NC State
Wake Forest
Va. Tech
Protect UNC-NCSU, Duke-Wake, VPI-UVA


Zip up BC/SU, Miami/FSU, Pitt/UL, Clemson-Ga.Tech
And rotate them every 2 years.

So like this...This works quite well with a 9 game schedule, obviously the crossovers could be adjusted a bit but it looks like this on a repeating 6 year schedule.

ACC Zipper divisions

FSU/Miami switch every year giving everyone games in Florida consistently. BC/SU, PITT/LUVL and Clemson/GT rotate every other year except for one pair of years each which helps build better home and home schedules.