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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1784555, member: 27"]
Looks like the coming ACC Network may lead to  9 ACC conference games per season.  This would, among other things, help solve the scheduling woes of the troubled SU Athletic Department.

Also, this article marks the first time I have seen a suggestion that ACC schools might stop playing FCS opponents OOC...

[B][URL='http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-acc-nine-revisit-post.html']Nine-game conference football schedule possible for ACC[/URL] [/B](dailypress.com; Teel)

[I]As the [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/atlantic-coast-conference-ORSPT00000248-topic.html']ACC[/URL] and [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/espn-HOC792-topic.html']ESPN[/URL] envision the technology, finances and scope of their future partnership, one word or concept is central:

Inventory.

The ACC needs more revenue from its media rightsholder, and in exchange, ESPN surely is requesting more inventory.

Specifically, games. More specifically, football games. Conference football games.

Remember the parameters of the nine-game league schedule ACC schools adopted in 2012, only to shelve eight months later? Time to unearth that file.

Indeed, nine games are quite possible if, as expected, the ACC and ESPN agree by year's end to broaden the league’s exposure through traditional (cable) and progressive (online streaming) means.
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Verification

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