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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 1048068, member: 1145"]
My thoughts -

VT would not need an annual game vs. a school in NC under this scenario, because VT would play 8 games against NC schools over 4 years, 4 in Blacksburg and 4 in NC. Easily the closest replacement for WVU that the ACC can give Pitt is VT. The combined may mean that VT plays Pitt annually.

Trying to build and hold a sizable NYC TV audience for football may well mean we need Miami to play Syracuse annually.

For any change in scheduling, we have to think first and foremost about what is best for ACC football, in terms of both national TV drawing power and recruiting against our 2 overlapping competitor conferences.

For example, we need FSU to play GT annually because while we recruit well against the SEC in FL, the SEC totally owns us in recruiting GA. FSU in Atlanta every 2nd year is a way to help make the ACC more attractive to GA HS players and coaches.

We need to secure a sound recruiting beachhead in OH, as OH produces the 5th largest # of football recruits. Pitt playing Louisville annually is the best way to help that cause.

We need Syracuse to truly become NY's team in college football, and with that to neutralize the BT having Rutgers. That cannot happen unless Cuse plays a conference schedule that (A) is not boring to northeasterners. which requires variety, and (B) annually plays the teams that matter most to the average northeasterner with some interest in college football: BC, Pitt, and Miami.
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