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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1794519, member: 27"] [B][URL='http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-more-on-nine-acc-post.html']Details on how a nine-game ACC football schedule could work[/URL][/B] (dailypress.com; Teel) [I][URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/florida-state-seminoles-ORSPT000176-topic.html']Florida State[/URL] and [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/clemson-tigers-ORSPT000000262-topic.html']Clemson[/URL] are the [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/atlantic-coast-conference-ORSPT00000248-topic.html']ACC[/URL]’s most ambitious and successful football programs. They spend more money, play in larger stadiums and win more games than their league brethren. Not coincidentally, their fans are the conference’s most engaged and opinionated, and both bases objected strongly earlier this month when I reported that the ACC might expand its league schedule from eight to nine games. Clemson faithful want seven home games every season, a luxury they’ve enjoyed 11 consecutive years, including 2016. They know an added conference date would preclude seven annual contests at Death Valley and the [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/auburn-tigers-ORSPT00000230-topic.html']Tigers[/URL]’ preferred home-and-homes with the likes of [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/georgia-bulldogs-ORSPT000000269-topic.html']Georgia[/URL], Auburn and [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/texas-longhorns-ORSPT000000291-topic.html']Texas[/URL] A&M. Florida State folks aren’t as wedded to seven home games – the Seminoles had six at Doak Campbell in 2009 and will again this season. But those I heard from see little value in added competition against the ACC, especially if it eliminates marquee neutral site contests such as FSU played against [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/oklahoma-state-cowboys-ORSPT00000236-topic.html']Oklahoma State[/URL]in 2014 and will this year versus [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/ole-miss-rebels-ORSPT000000279-topic.html']Ole Miss[/URL] and next with [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/alabama-crimson-tide-ORSPT000016136-topic.html']Alabama[/URL]. ...[/I] [/QUOTE]

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