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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 3571403, member: 2531"] If you assume Duke-GT, you get the following: BC: SU - Pitt SU: BC - Pitt Pitt: SU - BC - Miami (probably) UL: VT: UVA UVA: VT - UNC (South’s Oldest Rivalry) UNC: UVA - Duke (rival) - NCSU (instate public) Duke: UNC - GT (Duke-GT assumption) - WF (instate private) NCSU: UNC - WF (instate + play now) - CU (Textile Bowl) WF: Duke - NCSU CU: NCSU - GT (rival) - FSU (rival) GT: Duke - CU - FSU (FSU alumni base in ATL) FSU: CU - GT - Miami (rival) Miami: Pitt - FSU I’m reasonably confident in the above, which leaves: BC ... 1 open SU ... 1 open UL ... 3 open VT ... 2 open UVA ... 1 open WF .. 1 open Miami .. 1 open *I assume UVA would want WF. *I assume that VT will want UL over SU or BC, and VT will want Miami over SU or BC. Those assumptions necessitate a VT-UL game. Now the situation is: BC ... 1 SU ... 1 UL ... 2 VT ... 1 Miami ... 1 If Miami prefers VT over UL, then UL-SU and UL-BC has to happen. Otherwise, one of BC and SU gets UL and the other gets VT. BC-VT is an existing rivalry, but it’s a forced rivalry in name only. SU has played in the same conference as UL, but there’s no real shared history. SU and VT have some memorable games, so, while there’s no real rivalry, there is juice. The ACC also “owes” SU from the raid, esp. at BC/VT’s expense. I imagine VT would get to decide if they have strong feelings, but I doubt that they do. Then I imagine SU is next in line (bigger school than BC, more history, karma from the raid, and a basketball program that contributes to the conference). After SU, I imagine BC has pull and then UL will get what they’re given. I can’t imagine SU turning down VT for UL. So, my guess is SU-VT and BC-UL. If the above is true, the decision that drives our fate is Miami wanting UL over VT. That decision dictates whether we’d come out looking great (VT) or stuck with the worst possible outcome (UL). [/QUOTE]

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