ACC now only going to do eight conference games

[TexanMark]

Go here and here. Educate yourself on who teams have played in the past and who they've scheduled for the future. Maybe then it'll sink in.

I think you're being a drama queen...it won't be that bad. Besides the 4 ACC teams I really only think we need to get one more quality team at home.

 

[Opus]

I'm am not going to complain. Just thankful it is an ACC schedule and not a BE schedule. Lets get 'Cuse back to being respectable and then worry about who we play. I know some will say you have to play and beat good teams to get that 'respect'. I disagree. As Al Davis said, 'Just win, baby'. Win your conference games, win some bowl games, the respect will come. Not overnight, but it will come.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

While this scheduling stuff is kinda confusing, I think this is what our schedule will look like next year... At least what our division will look like.

OOC
FCS
@Northwestern
Penn State (Metlife)
Tulane

ACC
Boston College
Clemson
@Florida State
@Maryland
@NC State
Wake Forest
Pitt (Permanent cross-division opponent)
Coastal Division Game

 

[JeremyCuse]

I think you're being a drama queen...it won't be that bad. Besides the 4 ACC teams I really only think we need to get one more quality team at home.

Exactly, christ whats the big deal. So we maybe schedule Uconn or Ru or something, wow the world will end.

 

[JrodCuse]

When does this go into effect? Starting next season, or when ND joins in 2015ish?

 

[JeremyCuse]

While this scheduling stuff is kinda confusing, I think this is what our schedule will look like next year... At least what our division will look like.

OOC
FCS
@Northwestern
Penn State (Metlife)
Tulane

ACC
Boston College
Clemson
@Florida State
@Maryland
@NC State
Wake Forest
Pitt (Permanent cross-division opponent)
Coastal Division Game

Your missing a game.

 

[mikekan14]

This sucks. So we will now get Miami once every 12 years at home. Ugh. How is that even a conference? Unless they eliminate the cross overs entirely. Then it would be once in 7 years and not so bad. That would mean a realignment though. Something like

Miami, FSU, Wake, MD, Pitt, SU, BC
UVA, VT, UNC, NC St, Duke, Clemson, GA Tech

Agreed, with 6 divisional games and 1 cross over (vs Pitt) - we'd only see one other ACC opponent a year. Does the ND game count as an ACC conference game (i.e. 1 of the 8)?

I understand the difficulty of 9 conference games (4/5 home/away games every other year) but this doesn't really intstill conference unity/pride. This opens up OOC schedulig but I'm not the biggest fan of this news.

Hopefully, ND and #16 join soon so the ACC moves to a 4x4 pods format.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Your missing a game.

Looks like 12 to me. I'm not sure where we'd fit into the Coastal Division rotation. So I just wrote down Coastal Division Game. Plus we haven't scheduled an FCS team yet, so I just jotted down FCS.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Looks like 12 to me. I'm not sure where we'd fit into the Coastal Division rotation. So I just wrote down Coastal Division Game. Plus we haven't scheduled an FCS team yet, so I just jotted down FCS.

I missed your coastal division note, my bad. Gotta agree that seems like the schedule to me.

 

[Alsacs]

While this scheduling stuff is kinda confusing, I think this is what our schedule will look like next year... At least what our division will look like.

OOC
FCS
@Northwestern
Penn State (Metlife)
Tulane

ACC
Boston College
Clemson
@Florida State
@Maryland
@NC State
Wake Forest
Pitt (Permanent cross-division opponent)
Coastal Division Game

I believe Villanova is our 1-AA opponent next year, but you nailed our schedule. I wish the ACC would follow the SEC's model and only protect cross-over games that are necessary for tradition. like Alabama-Tennessee, Georgia-Auburn. The only 3 crossover games the ACC needs to protect are Florida State-Miami, NC State-North Carolina, and Clemson-Georgia Tech.

 

[PhatOrange]

That looks like a pretty good home slate.

2012
Northwestern
Stony Brook
Pitt
Uconn
Louisville

2013
FCS
Tulane
Boston College
Clemson
Wake Forest
Pitt (Permanent cross-division opponent)

2014 is when we’ll go to a minimum of 7 home games.

 

[kingottoiii]

I think they should go to pods now in FB. Easiest way to make 8 games work.

Pod A- Pitt, SU, BC
Pod B- VT, UVA, MD
Pod C- UNC, NC St, Duke
Pod D- Clemson, GA Tech, Wake

Then have FSU and Miami on opposite sides every year. So

FSU with A + B, then A + C, then B + C and so on
Miami with C + D, B + D, A + D

If you rotate the pods then you will play two teams every year. FSU/Miami every other year. The other schools at least once in 3 years. That leaves room for 2 cross over games a year.

Then if/when ND comes they slide in with Pod A, UConn/RU with Pod B, FSU with Pod C, and Miami with Pod D. It would be an easy transition when going to 16.

 

[dollarbill44]

I believe Villanova is our 1-AA opponent next year, but you nailed our schedule. I wish the ACC would follow the SEC's model and only protect cross-over games that are necessary for tradition. like Alabama-Tennessee, Georgia-Auburn. The only 3 crossover games the ACC needs to protect are Florida State-Miami, NC State-North Carolina, and Clemson-Georgia Tech.

Is Clemson-GT a big rivalry game that needs to be maintained? I had a friend who played for GT back in the early 80s and I wasn't aware of this being a bigger game than other ACC game. The only rivalry game he talked about was UGA.

 

[PhatOrange]

I wonder if the cross over game will be a home/away rotation.

2013 - VT A
2014 - VT H
2015 - Duke A
2016 - Duke H
etc.

 

[Chip]

I like this better. You will now have 4 home and 4 away conference games.

7 team divisions, 3 H/A with two cross over games H/A.

Syracuse should be able to schedule 7 home games every single season and 8 every other year. With #8 being a H/A non conference BCS game.

This would also allow for 7 annual home games and still have a neutral site game.

Syracuse can follow buttgers scheduling strategy and have 3 or 4 patsies (if desired) a year.

It definitely helps Syracuse for home game scheduling. Depending on what should happen with future ND games. I know the NYC series will likely be played as planned, but after that, they are a conference team with a conference game football commitment, and as such, should be coming to the Dome.

The unfortunate part is how infrequently we'll be playing anyone from the other division.

Wish they had scrapped the crossover game when they announced this, or somehow could give teams a way to opt out. Logistics issues I'm sure.

I could live without playing Pitt every year. Not like it's a game that either fanbase has circled in recent history.

 

[SU2NASA]

Basically, the ACC for football is now two conferences of 7 with a cross-over scheduling agreement.

 

[Alsacs]

Is Clemson-GT a big rivalry game that needs to be maintained? I had a friend who played for GT back in the early 80s and I wasn't aware of this being a bigger game than other ACC game. The only rivalry game he talked about was UGA.

I wrote this because Clemson considers Ga. Tech there second favorite ACC game besides Florida State. I don't know if Ga. Tech considers it a must keep rivalry. Plus there is always this.

 

[Chip]

I wonder if the cross over game will be a home/away rotation.

2013 - VT A
2014 - VT H
2015 - Duke A
2016 - Duke H
etc.

I wouldn't think so, would be too long between playing teams. I think they do:

2013 - VT H
2014 - Duke A
2015 - GT H
2015 - UVA A
2016 - UNC H
2017 - Miami A

Then flip them.

It's the best way to keep opponents and regions fresh with something this limiting.

If ND ever joins full time, I wish they'd go 3 five team divisions.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

I believe Villanova is our 1-AA opponent next year, but you nailed our schedule. I wish the ACC would follow the SEC's model and only protect cross-over games that are necessary for tradition. like Alabama-Tennessee, Georgia-Auburn. The only 3 crossover games the ACC needs to protect are Florida State-Miami, NC State-North Carolina, and Clemson-Georgia Tech.

I'd throw UMD and UVA in with those. Wake Forest would have a sh@t fit not playing UNC and Duke every year. Syracuse and Pitt will soon be each others most played opponent. But breaking up BC and VT wouldn't cause any problems.

The SEC is also staying with 8 conferences games. 6 division, 1 permanent cross division, 1 rotating cross division.

Alabama-Tennessee
Auburn - Georgia
Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
Miss State - Kentucky
LSU - Florida
TAMU - Mizzou
Arkansas - South Carolina

 

[sufan]

I think they should go to pods now in FB. Easiest way to make 8 games work.

Pod A- Pitt, SU, BC
Pod B- VT, UVA, MD
Pod C- UNC, NC St, Duke
Pod D- Clemson, GA Tech, Wake

Then have FSU and Miami on opposite sides every year. So

FSU with A + B, then A + C, then B + C and so on
Miami with C + D, B + D, A + D

If you rotate the pods then you will play two teams every year. FSU/Miami every other year. The other schools at least once in 3 years. That leaves room for 2 cross over games a year.

Then if/when ND comes they slide in with Pod A, UConn/RU with Pod B, FSU with Pod C, and Miami with Pod D. It would be an easy transition when going to 16.

That would be a big change from current divisions, but I'd like to see the schools play more frequently.

With pods as above, which seem like good regional combinations, and only one crossover game, each school would be playing each other at least every 2 years, plus ND every 3 years.

Crossovers: FSU-Miami, UNC-UVA, others (?)

2) I like the suggestion of another poster to perhaps limit crossover games to must play games for selected teams allowing more frequent games against everyone else.

3) Obviously FSU, Clemson, GT wanted this to allow them to play their annual SEC game plus ND every 3 years.

I hope SU schedules RU and UConn regularly as northeast games, assuming PSU will be twice every 10 years or so.

4) The SEC channel is reportedly set to begin in 2014. With the Big 10 set to renegotiate their TV contract in 2016, and with the PAC network being established, I would expect there may be a push to add a 13th game in the next few years.

 

[GoSU96]

This will work out fine. I can't believe people are upset about any of this, be thankful you are in.

 

[Alsacs]

I'd throw UMD and UVA in with those. Wake Forest would have a sh@t fit not playing UNC and Duke every year. Syracuse and Pitt will soon be each others most played opponent. But breaking up BC and VT wouldn't cause any problems.

The SEC is also staying with 8 conferences games. 6 division, 1 permanent cross division, 1 rotating cross division.

Alabama-Tennessee
Auburn - Georgia
Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
Miss State - Kentucky
LSU - Florida
TAMU - Mizzou
Arkansas - South Carolina

http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/2197837-123/sec-athletic-directors-discuss-scheduling.html
Wake doesn't play UNC as its cross-over it plays Duke and while they may prefer to play each other it isn't a "rivalry"
The SEC is looking into scrapping guaranteed cross-over games except Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia.
Where did you hear the SEC is officially keeping it the status quo. I just think with staying at 8 conference games you need to scrap guaranteed cross-over games UNLESS for tradition like Bama-Tenn and Auburn-UGA, FSU-Miami, NCSU-UNC. So that the kids play at each stadium in conference at least once over a 4-5 yr career. Or else the conference is exactly what SU2NASA said it is 2 7 team divisions playing under 1 banner.

 

[Alsacs]

That would be a big change from current divisions, but I'd like to see the schools play more frequently.

With pods as above, which seem like good regional combinations, and only one crossover game, each school would be playing each other at least every 2 years, plus ND every 3 years.

Crossovers: FSU-Miami, UNC-UVA, others (?)

2) I like the suggestion of another poster to perhaps limit crossover games to must play games for selected teams allowing more frequent games against everyone else.

3) Obviously FSU, Clemson, GT wanted this to allow them to play their annual SEC game plus ND every 3 years.

I hope SU schedules RU and UConn regularly as northeast games, assuming PSU will be twice every 10 years or so.

4) The SEC channel is reportedly set to begin in 2014. With the Big 10 set to renegotiate their TV contract in 2016, and with the PAC network being established, I would expect there may be a push to add a 13th game in the next few years.

After we play RU this year I never want to play a regular season game against them. That fanbase makes me sick with their ridlicious beliefs as to where they are on the college football landscape. I never want to playRutgers again, we gain nothing if we win and having to deal with their fans if we lost we would make me need to get a radioactive scrubdown. UConn is fine as while I don't like them atleast they don't give me utter contempt.
We should rotate UConn, UMass, Temple, Penn State if we want a Northeastern game each year out of conference.

 

[sufan]

After we play RU this year I never want to play a regular season game against them. That fanbase makes me sick with their ridlicious beliefs as to where they are on the college football landscape. I never want to playRutgers again, we gain nothing if we win and having to deal with their fans if we lost we would make me need to get a radioactive scrubdown. UConn is fine as while I don't like them atleast they don't give me utter contempt.
We should rotate UConn, UMass, Temple, Penn State if we want a Northeastern game each year out of conference.

Correct me if I am wrong, but are you saying you don't want to play RU regularly as OOC games?

 

[Alsacs]

Correct me if I am wrong, but are you saying you don't want to play RU regularly as OOC games?