We need to also push for Pitt and BC to be split. That will give us one Northeast road ACC game a year. Would be great if we had 6-7 Dome games and 2 Northeast road games. That would mean 8-9 games a year in the Northeast. We would have 3 ACC road games in the South and ND/P12 OOC away from the Northeast. That IMO would be ideal.
Year 1 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at Temple, at Notre Dame, 3 ACC, BC, MD, FCS
Year 2 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Maryland, 3 ACC, Pitt, Temple, P12, FCS
Year 3 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at Army, at P12, 3 ACC, BC, RU, UConn
Year 4 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Rutgers, 3 ACC, Pitt, Army, Notre Dame, FCS
Year 5 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at UConn, at P12, 3 ACC, BC, Penn State, FCS
Year 6 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Penn State, 3 ACC, Pitt, UConn, P12, FCS
That would give us:
51 games in the Northeast
... 39 games in Syracuse, NY
... 3 games in Boston, MA
... 3 games in Pittsburgh, PA
... 1 game in College Park, MD
... 1 game in Piscataway, NJ
... 1 game in State College, PA
... 1 game in Philadelphia, PA
... 1 game in West Point, NY
... 1 game in Hartford, CT
18 games in the South (although 3 of those will be in VA which isn't too far South)
2 games in the West
1 game in South Bend, IN
If the FCS games go away I would try for 2 for 1s with UMass, Buffalo, or Ohio MAC schools to keep as many games in the Northeast as possible.
Edit
The 18 Southern games would likely yield:
6 games in NC (1 yearly game)
3 games in VA (game every other year)
3 games in FL (game every other year)
3 games in KY (game every other year... assuming we get stuck with Louisville as a yearly game)
1-2 games in GA
1-2 games in SC
Edit II
Plenty of variety too:
6 games vs
... BC
... Pitt
... Louisville
3 games vs
... UVA
... VA Tech
... Miami
... FSU
... GA Tech
... Clemson
... UNC
... NC State
... Duke
... Wake
... UConn
2 games vs
... MD
... RU
... PSU
... ND
... P12 Team A
... P12 Team B
... Temple
... Army
1 game vs
... Colgate
... Holy Cross
... MEAC Team A
... MEAC Team B
... MEAC Team C
That is 27 different opponents over a 6 year span.
Or if FCS games go away add 3x vs UMass (2 for 1) and 2x vs Ohio MAC Team A, for 24 different teams played. That would knock it down to 50 Northeast games (down to 37 in Syracuse, NY but add 1 in MA) and add one game to OH. Yes, 21 of those 24 teams would be the same 21 teams over and over. Only the P12 games and Ohio MAC games would be outside of that. But it is still 21 teams which doesn't make things stale.
Edit III
While this would be great from SU's perspective, it takes 2 to tango.
Penn State- 2 games vs SU in 6 years is too much given desirable ACC games vs BC, Pitt, UVA, VA Tech, FSU, Miami. Might need to change them to 2 games in 12 years. We can have Northwestern replace the 2 less games. That is one less Northeast game and adds Chicago, IL to the list.
Rutgers- desirable games vs old ACC foes in Pitt, BC, VA Tech, and Miami. We might be able to pull off 2 games in 6 years.
Maryland- every other ACC team except Louisville. Probably need to change them to 2 games in 12 years. I guess we could rotate through the rest of the B1G. Gives plenty of variety. One less Northeast game and adds another game in the Midwest to the list.
Temple- they definitely want closer games given their conference. But with historical Penn State, Pitt, BC, RU, VA Tech, MD, Cincy all nearby it will be hard. So we are looking at 2 games in 12 years. We would need to replace them with UMass, Buffalo, or an Ohio MAC (meaning 1 less NE game and one more OH game). I would also consider Tulane, who we have a history with. Going to New Orleans once every 12 years seem like a good idea.
Army and UConn we can probably pull off given their need for games as Independents.
So it would be more like:
Year 1 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at Temple, at Notre Dame, 3 ACC, BC, MD, FCS
Year 2 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Maryland, 3 ACC, Pitt, Temple, P12, FCS
Year 3 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at Army, at P12, 3 ACC, BC, RU, UConn
Year 4 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Rutgers, 3 ACC, Pitt, Army, Notre Dame, FCS
Year 5 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at UConn, at P12, 3 ACC, BC, Penn State, FCS
Year 6 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Penn State, 3 ACC, Pitt, UConn, P12, FCS
Year 7 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at UMass, at Notre Dame, 3 ACC, BC, Northwestern, FCS
Year 8 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Northwestern, 3 ACC, Pitt, UMass, P12, FCS
Year 9 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at Army, at P12, 3 ACC, BC, RU, UConn
Year 10 at 3 ACC, at BC, at Rutgers, 3 ACC, Pitt, Army, Notre Dame, FCS
Year 11 at 3 ACC, at Pitt, at UConn, at P12, 3 ACC, BC, B1G, UMass
Year 12 at 3 ACC, at BC, at B1G, 3 ACC, Pitt, UConn, P12, FCS
12 games vs
... BC
... Pitt
... Louisville (really hope we don't get stuck with them)
6 games vs
... UVA
... VA Tech
... Miami
... FSU
... GA Tech
... Clemson
... UNC
... NC State
... Duke
... Wake
... UConn
4 games vs
... RU
... ND
... Army
3 games vs
... UMass
2 games vs
... MD
... PSU
... Northwestern
... B1G Team A
... P12 Team A
... P12 Team B
... P12 Team C
... P12 Team D
... Temple
... Colgate
1 game vs
... Holy Cross
... MEAC Team A
... MEAC Team B
... MEAC Team C
... MEAC Team D
... MEAC Team E
... MEAC Team
That is 35 different schools over a dozen years.
100 games in the Northeast
... 78 games in Syracuse, NY
... 6 games in Boston, MA
... 6 games in Pittsburgh, PA
... 1 game in College Park, MD
... 2 games in Piscataway, NJ
... 1 game in State College, PA
... 1 game in Philadelphia, PA
... 2 games in West Point, NY
... 2 games in Hartford, CT
... 1 game in Foxborough, MA
36 games in the South
... 12 games in NC (yearly game)
... 6 games in VA (game every other year)
... 6 games in FL (game every other year)
... 6 games in Louisville, KY (game every other year... assuming we get stuck as a yearly game)
... 3 games in Atlanta, GA
... 3 games in Clemson, SC
4 games in the West
... 4 different locations (hopefully UCLA, ASU, Colorado are 3 of those)
4 games in the Midwest
... 2 game in South Bend, IN
... 1 game in Chicago, IL
... 1 additional location
Edit IV
If FCS goes away then you try to get 2 for 1s vs 3 of the 6 Ohio MAC schools. That would drop Syracuse, NY to 75 and the Northeast to 97. Midwest goes up to 7 games with 3 in Ohio. We would have 3 Ohio MAC schools 3x each. Overall it is 6 less teams played, or 29 total. If we can't get an Ohio MAC team to bite we can offer Buffalo (keeps game in NE), Tulane (adds a game in the South), or Marshall (NE?) a 2 for 1 deal. Worst case you move onto the Directional Michigan MAC schools as 2 for 1s.
