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Expected NCAA Legislation Could Help Syracuse Football Escape Atlantic Division Challenges (PS; Carlson)
CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd reported on Tuesday that the NCAA is expected to pass legislation removing many of the rules surrounding conference championship games by 2016.
Dodd's source was Bob Bowlsby, the chairman of the new NCAA Football Oversight Committee and the Commissioner of the Big 12.
The current rules state that in order to hold a conference championship game, conferences must have at least 12 teams and play a round-robin schedule within its divisions. Deregulation would allow conferences, including the ACC, to set title game participants by any metric that it preferred.
The current rules, and the ACC's response to them them, have created a pair of clear challenges for the Syracuse's football program since it transitioned into the ACC.
By virtue of its placement in the Atlantic Division, Syracuse must finish ahead of current ACC powers Florida State and Clemson in order to win a division title and make a championship game. The Coastal Division currently lacks a perceived powerhouse, giving teams a better chance of winning it annually.
The divisional setup also creates an unbalanced schedule with Syracuse facing some conference rivals once in a seven-year span. Under the current system, Syracuse would visit recruiting hotbeds like Miami and Atlanta once every 14 years.
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NJ WR/CB KJ Gray Impressed with SU's Facilities and Enthusiastic Coaches on Visit (PS; Bailey)
St. Peter's (Jersey City, N.J.) Preparatory School junior wide receiver/cornerback KJ Gray took his first visit to Syracuse for the spring game on Saturday.
Traveling with teammate Kolton Huber, Gray was impressed with the Orange's facilities, including the new $14 million Ensley Athletic Center, and the enthusiasm of the coaching staff. SU wide receivers coach Bobby Acosta spent the most time with Gray before the scrimmage and he met with defensive backs coach Fred Reed when the recruits split into positional groups later that afternoon.
"I sat in the defensive backs meeting and I really liked their flexible scheme," Gray said via text on Monday. "I chatted with Coach Acosta after everything and talked about wide receivers. It seems like they aren't really sure themselves (which position they want me for).
"I have a feeling wide receiver will be the position, but I am more than prepared to take on the cornerback position."
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ACC News
What is the Future of the ACC Divisions? (cbssports.com; Patterson)
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Chip Patterson: OK Jerry, if -- big "if" -- the three divisions idea has legs, we have to think it includes a closer relationship between the ACC and Notre Dame, right? If Notre Dame was previously listing its status as "It's Complicated," the Irish will at least have to start tagging the ACC in its pictures and maybe even upgrade their relationship status. The ACC has 14 full members, and a three-division model requires 15 teams for balance. So that has to include Notre Dame, a full ACC member in all other sports, at least moving into the apartment or something.
Jerry Hinnen: Oh, they're definitely going to have their own toothbrush next to the ACC's sink, no doubt. The question is how you assign Notre Dame to a division and still have it make good on its promise to spread the scheduling love across the conference. Given the TV and ticket-selling benefits that come with having the Irish on the schedule, the ACC teams not graced with Notre Dame's presence in their division wouldn't be too thrilled, I imagine. You got a solution?
CP: I think the idea I like is best is a massive 15-team rotation that creates new five-team divisions every two years (ensuring home-and-home rivalries between "division" opponents). It's more "pod" scheduling than actual divisions, but at least dropping the amount of "required" games from six (in the current seven-team divisions) to four will allow for teams to each other more often. That, really, has been the real bummer for fans. Virginia Tech and Clemson will play each other in 2017 but then not again until 2024. In-state foes NC State and Duke have a similar break in their series. Keep one protected rivalry and rotate the rest of the eight-game schedule with four "division" games and three or four (depending on the division rotation) "non-division" games.
Am I crazy? Does that seem too much like 11-year-old Chip doodling in his English notebook?
JH: Are you crazy? Let's remember that the question you're attempting to answer: "How should the ACC divide its 14- or possibly 15-team conference into three divisions, so it can play a championship game between the two highest-ranked winners of its divisions?" It's not possible to generate an answer that's any crazier than the question itself. And this answer -- what scheduling flexibility would go a long way towards protecting traditional rivalries and let Notre Dame remain on the "play everybody the same number of times" plan -- is probably far less crazy than most.
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If the ACC Goes to Three Divisions, It Could Look Like This: (sbnation.com; Volk)
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Splitting 14 teams into three divisions is not easy, so let's assume partial friend Notre Dame is included. The Irish would likely be the impetus for such a move anyway, as well as avoiding bad teams playing in the conference title game.
Here's what such an arrangement could look like (we're just throwing this out there).
On the whole, these divisions are geographically based, but there are some exceptions. Wake Forest is separated from its North Carolinian brethren for competitive balance and to ensure the two Virginia schools are paired together. Miami is in the Conference because of historic rivalries with Big East schools and so more schools get access to Florida recruiting.
Above all else, this is speculation for fun, something surely no one will take too seriously.
Expected NCAA Legislation Could Help Syracuse Football Escape Atlantic Division Challenges (PS; Carlson)
CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd reported on Tuesday that the NCAA is expected to pass legislation removing many of the rules surrounding conference championship games by 2016.
Dodd's source was Bob Bowlsby, the chairman of the new NCAA Football Oversight Committee and the Commissioner of the Big 12.
The current rules state that in order to hold a conference championship game, conferences must have at least 12 teams and play a round-robin schedule within its divisions. Deregulation would allow conferences, including the ACC, to set title game participants by any metric that it preferred.
The current rules, and the ACC's response to them them, have created a pair of clear challenges for the Syracuse's football program since it transitioned into the ACC.
By virtue of its placement in the Atlantic Division, Syracuse must finish ahead of current ACC powers Florida State and Clemson in order to win a division title and make a championship game. The Coastal Division currently lacks a perceived powerhouse, giving teams a better chance of winning it annually.
The divisional setup also creates an unbalanced schedule with Syracuse facing some conference rivals once in a seven-year span. Under the current system, Syracuse would visit recruiting hotbeds like Miami and Atlanta once every 14 years.
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NJ WR/CB KJ Gray Impressed with SU's Facilities and Enthusiastic Coaches on Visit (PS; Bailey)
St. Peter's (Jersey City, N.J.) Preparatory School junior wide receiver/cornerback KJ Gray took his first visit to Syracuse for the spring game on Saturday.
Traveling with teammate Kolton Huber, Gray was impressed with the Orange's facilities, including the new $14 million Ensley Athletic Center, and the enthusiasm of the coaching staff. SU wide receivers coach Bobby Acosta spent the most time with Gray before the scrimmage and he met with defensive backs coach Fred Reed when the recruits split into positional groups later that afternoon.
"I sat in the defensive backs meeting and I really liked their flexible scheme," Gray said via text on Monday. "I chatted with Coach Acosta after everything and talked about wide receivers. It seems like they aren't really sure themselves (which position they want me for).
"I have a feeling wide receiver will be the position, but I am more than prepared to take on the cornerback position."
...
ACC News
What is the Future of the ACC Divisions? (cbssports.com; Patterson)
...
Chip Patterson: OK Jerry, if -- big "if" -- the three divisions idea has legs, we have to think it includes a closer relationship between the ACC and Notre Dame, right? If Notre Dame was previously listing its status as "It's Complicated," the Irish will at least have to start tagging the ACC in its pictures and maybe even upgrade their relationship status. The ACC has 14 full members, and a three-division model requires 15 teams for balance. So that has to include Notre Dame, a full ACC member in all other sports, at least moving into the apartment or something.
Jerry Hinnen: Oh, they're definitely going to have their own toothbrush next to the ACC's sink, no doubt. The question is how you assign Notre Dame to a division and still have it make good on its promise to spread the scheduling love across the conference. Given the TV and ticket-selling benefits that come with having the Irish on the schedule, the ACC teams not graced with Notre Dame's presence in their division wouldn't be too thrilled, I imagine. You got a solution?
CP: I think the idea I like is best is a massive 15-team rotation that creates new five-team divisions every two years (ensuring home-and-home rivalries between "division" opponents). It's more "pod" scheduling than actual divisions, but at least dropping the amount of "required" games from six (in the current seven-team divisions) to four will allow for teams to each other more often. That, really, has been the real bummer for fans. Virginia Tech and Clemson will play each other in 2017 but then not again until 2024. In-state foes NC State and Duke have a similar break in their series. Keep one protected rivalry and rotate the rest of the eight-game schedule with four "division" games and three or four (depending on the division rotation) "non-division" games.
Am I crazy? Does that seem too much like 11-year-old Chip doodling in his English notebook?
JH: Are you crazy? Let's remember that the question you're attempting to answer: "How should the ACC divide its 14- or possibly 15-team conference into three divisions, so it can play a championship game between the two highest-ranked winners of its divisions?" It's not possible to generate an answer that's any crazier than the question itself. And this answer -- what scheduling flexibility would go a long way towards protecting traditional rivalries and let Notre Dame remain on the "play everybody the same number of times" plan -- is probably far less crazy than most.
...
If the ACC Goes to Three Divisions, It Could Look Like This: (sbnation.com; Volk)
...
Splitting 14 teams into three divisions is not easy, so let's assume partial friend Notre Dame is included. The Irish would likely be the impetus for such a move anyway, as well as avoiding bad teams playing in the conference title game.
Here's what such an arrangement could look like (we're just throwing this out there).
On the whole, these divisions are geographically based, but there are some exceptions. Wake Forest is separated from its North Carolinian brethren for competitive balance and to ensure the two Virginia schools are paired together. Miami is in the Conference because of historic rivalries with Big East schools and so more schools get access to Florida recruiting.
Above all else, this is speculation for fun, something surely no one will take too seriously.
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