ACC schedule change coming?

[Moontan]

If the other conferences go 9+1 there won’t be enough to fill those 2 in an 8+2. Unless we start counting the PAC as a power conference. Then it will be easy.

More long trips won't make it easy.

If we could get semi-frequent 1-1's with Rutgirls (puke), WVU, Indiana, Purdue, & Cincy then it could work out. Add in a decennial 1-1 with a PAC team and that would be OK.

Going to 9+1 would still allow FSU, Loserville, GT, and Clempsun to maintain their annual in-state rivalry games. Clempsun could get in a bad spot... 9+SC+ND would be a tough annual schedule.

 

[Scooch]

Someone want to explain why the conference needs to expand to go to 9 games? I don’t follow the math.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Someone want to explain why the conference needs to expand to go to 9 games? I don’t follow the math.

17 X 9 / 2 teams per game =76.5 games. Can’t have 1/2 a game.

 

[longtimefan]

17 X 9 / 2 teams per game =76.5 games. Can’t have 1/2 a game.

I think any odd number yields that problem.

 

[sufandu]

This is all so stupid. These conferences are so stupid. OOC games are fun. But I guess we shouldn't bother with fun at all in sports.

Not only should everyone be playing more OOC games, they should have some of them midseason. But I give up. Let's just play all games in conference.

 

[sutomcat]

I think any odd number yield that problem.

Correct. I agree it also.seems untenable for all ACC schools to schedule 2 P4 opponents every season. Not with the other P4 conferences going to,9 games. Best case it is going to lead to a lot of expensive buy outs of existing contracted games and a lot more travel for ACC schools.

I think the ACC is extremely likely to go to 9 conference games as well. It will lead to more and better content for the ACCN and help build rivalries and make the ACC more of a conference and less of a confederation.

Assuming the league expanded to 18 schools for football, I would like to see the ACC assign each school 2 rivals. They would play these schools every season.

They would play 7 of the other 15 schools in the league each year. So you would play every school but one at least every other season. You wouldn’t skip a given school 2 years in a row except once every 15 years.

That would be a true conference.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Correct. I agree it also.seems untenable for all ACC schools to schedule 2 P4 opponents every season. Not with the other P4 conferences going to,9 games. Best case it is going to lead to a lot of expensive buy outs of existing contracted games and a lot more travel for ACC schools.

I think the ACC is extremely likely to go to 9 conference games as well. It will lead to more and better content for the ACCN and help build rivalries and make the ACC more of a conference and less of a confederation.

Assuming the league expanded to 18 schools for football, I would like to see the ACC assign each school 2 rivals. They would play these schools every season.

They would play 7 of the other 15 schools in the league each year. So you would play every school but one at least every other season. You wouldn’t skip a given school 2 years in a row except once every 15 years.

That would be a true conference.

Too many schools would be upset with just 2 perms I would think. 1+8 would be the best too.

 

[sufandu]

Correct. I agree it also.seems untenable for all ACC schools to schedule 2 P4 opponents every season. Not with the other P4 conferences going to,9 games. Best case it is going to lead to a lot of expensive buy outs of existing contracted games and a lot more travel for ACC schools.

I think the ACC is extremely likely to go to 9 conference games as well. It will lead to more and better content for the ACCN and help build rivalries and make the ACC more of a conference and less of a confederation.

Assuming the league expanded to 18 schools for football, I would like to see the ACC assign each school 2 rivals. They would play these schools every season.

They would play 7 of the other 15 schools in the league each year. So you would play every school but one at least every other season. You wouldn’t skip a given school 2 years in a row except once every 15 years.

That would be a true conference.

A true conference would have 9 teams, so everyone played everyone every year (and you'd have a full double round robin in basketball). There would be no arguments about who had the tougher non-conference schedule and no need for a conference championship game. Take each conference champion and put them in a playoff.

I know none of this will ever happen again.