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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4260669, member: 27"]
I am sure they are trying to do just that right now.

What can we do to get more money?

Remember when the Big East was desperate for cash and let ESPN play a major role in setting the men’s basketball schedule? Syracuse played all the teams expected to be top notch in the conference.  That was when ND, who played almost no good teams, would beat up the really crappy teams in the conference and contend for conference titles.  It was awful.  Schedules were incredibly unfair.

I could see ESPN agreeing to modest increases in fees if they were allowed to pick the 3 opponents for each school using the 3-5-5 model.

Probably would end up like this:

Clemson:  Miami, Florida State, UNC
Florida State: Clemson, Miami, Georgia Tech
Miami: Clemson, Florida State, BC
UNC: Clemson, Duke, NC State
Georgia Tech: Clemson, Duke, Syracuse
BC: Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Miami
Syracuse: BC, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech
Duke: UNC, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
Wake Forest: Duke, NC State. Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Virginia, UL, Wake Forest
Virginia: Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh: BC, UL Syracuse
NC State: UNC, UL, Wake Forest
Louisville: NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech

It would probably be better for Syracuse but would be the worse setup possible if the goal is to get an ACC team into the college football playoff.  If it expands as expected, probably not quite as big of a deal but you want to give schools in your conference the best possible chance to win an NC.

This would not do that.  At all.

The ACC has a long and distinguished history though of making awful long term decisions for minor short term money.  Let’s see if they have learned anything from all the mistakes.
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