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[QUOTE="Moontan, post: 1786673, member: 166"]
Short of a 13th game, another option that Clemson, FAU, GA Tech and Louisville have of adding another P5 series would be to reduce the frequency of their rivalry game. They could change it up so that those are played on a 2-years-on and 2-years-off basis.

I don't see that happening.

The PAC-12's Stanford & USC are in a similar bind, as they have 9 conference games and a rivalry game in ND. While they don't have the ACC ND wildcard thrown in, these two regularly only have 6 home games. USC adds an extra P5 game this year by playing Alabama in Jerry World. In '17 and '18 they have a series with the Longhorns.

A 13th game could be added by dropping the open week that each school has in the current scheduling process. It would create quite the uproar over the welfare of student-athletes being sacrificed for some more money. Starting the season a week earlier would be the only alternative, which could see some schools playing before their Fall semester is in session.

Another alternative is for the ACC to to cycle through 9-game and 8-game schedules on a 2-year basis. It gives ESPN extra content 50% of the time and the SEC-4 the possibility of having 7 home games 50% of the time. This is unlikely to happen... just thinking out loud.

The ACC should go to one of the 3-5-5 models until this is worked out.
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