ACC to go to 18 game conference schedule in 2012

[CuseLegacy]

http://www.abc24.com/sports/story/A...e-schedule/SYYjZMTmpUGuP3zb_vHt9Q.cspx?rss=64

 

[SkanSU]

Let's keep ou fingers crossed that we're part of that schedule

 

[AlaskaSU]

the good news is that there is no mention of a north and south division. How will they decide who gets the home and home: random, equal over time, or by power rankings? I want home and home with the two big boys and Pitt. No one else counts.

 

[TexanMark]

the good news is that there is no mention of a north and south division. How will they decide who gets the home and home: random, equal over time, or by power rankings? I want home and home with the two big boys and Pitt. No one else counts.

I'd also want Maryland (even though they kinda suck) It will be a home game for Cuse fans around the Beltway.

 

[AlaskaSU]

agree, we need presence in this important pipeline

 

[CuseLegacy]

the good news is that there is no mention of a north and south division. How will they decide who gets the home and home: random, equal over time, or by power rankings? I want home and home with the two big boys and Pitt. No one else counts.

ACC has no intentions of divisions for BB.

http://www.dailypress.com/sports/te...to-current-divisions-20111202,0,2468075.story

 

[Cuseology]

Weakens or rpi unless ACC gets better. OOC needs to improve.

 

[Knicks411]

They may not officially have divisions, but they could have them for scheduling purposes. think the B12 and now SEC do this.

 

[Townie72]

I'd also want Maryland (even though they kinda suck) It will be a home game for Cuse fans around the Beltway.

Not in this lifetime, Mark.

Tickets to UMD Conference games are just about impossible to get.

As opposed to Georgetown or Rutgers, there's a huge Terrapin fan base in DC.

 

[adk(roc)CUSE]

Would 'Cuse take over Charlottesville? Spent a little time in Fairfax back in the day and recall Charlottesville being only about a 2 hour drive? Would be cool to see Syracuse Orange take over UVA's court.

 

[TexanMark]

Not in this lifetime, Mark.

Tickets to UMD Conference games are just about impossible to get.

As opposed to Georgetown or Rutgers, there's a huge Terrapin fan base in DC.

Well for the FIU game the place looked nearly empty.

 

[raf4488]

Well for the FIU game the place looked nearly empty.

Maryland averaged 14,910 fans per game last year at the 17,950 seat Comcast Center. That means that, on average, the place was filled to about 83% capacity for the 2010-11 season.
For reference, the Carrier Dome was at 82% capacity on average for SU football games this past season.

 

[Townie72]

Maryland averaged 14,910 fans per game last year at the 17,950 seat Comcast Center. That means that, on average, the place was filled to about 83% capacity for the 2010-11 season.
For reference, the Carrier Dome was at 82% capacity on average for SU football games this past season.

Ahh, the mean average as a descriptive statistic.

The ACC games at UMD are sold out. Attendance for some of the OOC schedule is weak.

You cannot buy season tickets. I have tried and there's a huge waiting list along with all sorts of requirements.

When you average the OOC games and the ACC games together you get 14,910.

Let me remake the point. Syracuse fans are not going to come within a 1,000 miles of taking over the UMCP gym for an ACC game. It won't happen.

Same with UVA. It's a hard 2 hour drive from DC and traffic for the first part of that is horrific.

I have been to many, many Terp games and the visiting crowd is a complete non-factor. The ACC games are filled to the rafters.

 

[Niastri]

One disadvantage to putting 30k in the Dome is that invariably some of the seats, usually whole blocks of them, are filled with the visiting team's supporters. When Syracuse gets down, you can hear the opposing fans. When you have comparatively small arenas like many of the other ACC teams, the seats are all filled by home fans, and the most you can do is quiet the crowd as a visitor, not actually take it over.

 

[orange79]

Interesting - I know it means nothing, but the 'Info' for today's game on ESPN2 closes with "Syracuse joins the Wolfpack in the ACC next season."

Does ESPN know something we don't?

 

[Bayside44]

Would 'Cuse take over Charlottesville? Spent a little time in Fairfax back in the day and recall Charlottesville being only about a 2 hour drive? Would be cool to see Syracuse Orange take over UVA's court.

Not like you could tell because they all wear orange too...but takeovers will be tougher in gyms with schools with loyal fanbases. BC however...

 

[Bayside44]

Well for the FIU game the place looked nearly empty.

Right, the FIU game.

 

[Bayside44]

Ahh, the mean average as a descriptive statistic.

The ACC games at UMD are sold out. Attendance for some of the OOC schedule is weak.

You cannot buy season tickets. I have tried and there's a huge waiting list along with all sorts of requirements.

When you average the OOC games and the ACC games together you get 14,910.

Let me remake the point. Syracuse fans are not going to come within a 1,000 miles of taking over the UMCP gym for an ACC game. It won't happen.

Same with UVA. It's a hard 2 hour drive from DC and traffic for the first part of that is horrific.

I have been to many, many Terp games and the visiting crowd is a complete non-factor. The ACC games are filled to the rafters.

The drive is less horrific when Billy Orange is driving and you're knocking back beers. Or a bus for a football game, not like anyone here would know. couchburn

 

[orange79]

The drive is less horrific when Billy Orange is driving and you're knocking back beers.

You were on the back of his bicycle drinking beers? Bold move. Hope you had your helmet.

 

[SkanSU]

Interesting - I know it means nothing, but the 'Info' for today's game on ESPN2 closes with "Syracuse joins the Wolfpack in the ACC next season."

Does ESPN know something we don't?

Didn't you know ... haven't you been reading their crap for the last month? ESPN knows everything ...and what they don't know they make up or manipulate.