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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 1786083, member: 636"] I, for one, am not convinced a 9th conference game necessarily will result in a 6 game home schedule except the once in every six years a team plays the Irish @ND. Let's look at Ohio State. They will be playing Oklahoma and TCU out of conference over the next four years but for Clemson and FSU that P5 opponent is set with South Carolina or Florida. Also it appears the Buckeyes have gained Nebraska as their cross-divisional rival, something similar that Clemson and FSU already have with GT and Miami respectively. They will still play 7 home games in three of the next four years, with a body bag G5 game still to be determined in 2018 which shows that for some at least going to a 9 game conference schedule and still playing 7 home games is possible. But the fact the Tigers and Noles must play South Carolina and Florida respectively, adding a 9th conference games does prevent any hope of scheduling the likes of Oklahoma or Auburn (no matter how frequently or infrequently that happens now) while keeping a 7 game home schedule. I suspect the real issue remains what it has always been, divisional set-up and the lack of power football overall in the conference. Within their division the Buckeyes are playing Michigan, Michigan State, and PSU. Other than each other, what for Clemson and FSU fans are the equivalent games within the division? How excited do the majority of us get when we play Louisville, NC State, and Wake? Heck, I am not sure even a majority of us get excited to play BC and we have a lot of history with them. This is the problem as I see it. And again, cycling through the likes of UVa, UNC, Duke, and Pitt faster than they do now, does not appear to be the answer to their fans, especially since they will see that game replacing a potential big time marquee game like Oklahoma, Auburn, etc. Cheers, Neil [/QUOTE]

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