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[prez41]

Already has Pitt under the ACC on the Opponent Links dropdown menu. I can't wait for that move.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

My sig already has the divisions and cross division rivals planned out!

 

[prez41]

I would be more than happy with that layout, though I would miss playing Syracuse annually. I have a ton of respect for you guys.

 

[rrlbees]

I would be more than happy with that layout, though I would miss playing Syracuse annually. I have a ton of respect for you guys.

We could be the crossover, which is what a lot of people think might happen. But we might get BC instead as a crossover too which then your crossover would make most sense to be someone like MD or VT.

 

[javadoc]

We could be the crossover, which is what a lot of people think might happen. But we might get BC instead as a crossover too which then your crossover would make most sense to be someone like MD or VT.

I like the idea of keeping crossovers in-state where possible. So you get:

FSU - Miami
Virginia - Virginia Tech
UNC - NC State
Duke - Wake

Splitting a state's teams between divisions also ensures that everyone in the conference plays at least one team from that state each year, which maximizes exposure.

I think Syracuse is a better fit with Pittsburgh culturally, with Boston matching Maryland better. So I would be happy with that arrangement. Clemson and GT are last men standing so they get paired. I can understand an eventual pairing with BC, though.

 

[Moontan]

Syracuse-BC should happen every year. There's a reason that there's a long term series on the schedule. Having that end because they're now in the same conference is ridiculous.

 

[Orangello]

Syracuse-BC should happen every year. There's a reason that there's a long term series on the schedule. Having that end because they're now in the same conference is ridiculous.

Pitt is the longer rivalry. We've played Pitt 67 times versus 46 for BC. I'd like to keep both of them on the schedule every year but if I had to pick, I'd keep Pitt.

 

[ImperialOrange]

Syracuse-BC should happen every year. There's a reason that there's a long term series on the schedule. Having that end because they're now in the same conference is ridiculous.

Say it and keep BC on the schedule as a non conference game

 

[OrangeCrush22]

I like the idea of keeping crossovers in-state where possible. So you get:

FSU - Miami
Virginia - Virginia Tech
UNC - NC State
Duke - Wake

Splitting a state's teams between divisions also ensures that everyone in the conference plays at least one team from that state each year, which maximizes exposure.

I think Syracuse is a better fit with Pittsburgh culturally, with Boston matching Maryland better. So I would be happy with that arrangement. Clemson and GT are last men standing so they get paired. I can understand an eventual pairing with BC, though.

That's not really a problem since they are already cross division rivals.

I wouldn't mind the divisions looking like this.
Atlantic------------Coastal
Clemson-----------Georgia Tech
Duke---------------Wake Forest
North Carolina----NC State
Florida State-------Miami
Virginia------------Virginia Tech
Maryland----------Pittsburgh
Boston College-----Syracuse

UVA is happy as they keep both UMD and UNC every year.
FSU gets Miami and Clemson every year.
VaTech gets into southern states, and keeps GaTech, Miami, and UVA every year.
Syracuse gets Pitt, BC, VT, UM, and GT every year which is good for recruiting and rivalries.
BC gets UMD, SU, and Clemson every year so they still get at least 3 rivals.
UMD gets UVA, BC, UNC, and Pitt every year.

GaTech is still annoyed about not playing FSU every year.
NC schools are still annoyed about not playing each other every year.

 

[javadoc]

I wouldn't mind the divisions looking like this...

I could live with that. At least the Pitt-MD and SU-BC rivalries would involve neighboring states that share a border. The Pitt game could be called the Mason-Dixon Bowl.

 

[Chip]

Syracuse-BC should happen every year. There's a reason that there's a long term series on the schedule. Having that end because they're now in the same conference is ridiculous.

SU - BC has to be annual, and I think SU - Pitt has to be annual. The big question is, does Pitt - BC have to be annual? If not, and I sense that answer is not necessarily, then it will be easy to fit SU and Pitt into divisions.

SU goes in BC's division, Pitt goes in the other, and SU-Pitt is the crossover. Done.

 

[Alsacs]

Syracuse to the Atlantic and Pitt to the Coastal is my guess. With Pitt as our cross-over game this doesn't affect the status quo. If we go to the Coastal then SU-BC doesn't happen unless VPI-Pitt became crossover opponents. I would personally prefer the Coastal that way we would have Miami, VPI on the schedule every year and we would have Ga Tech every year which would help with the Ga recruiting we have been successful with recently. If we lose the Pitt rivalry every it would tough but I would trade losing Pitt for gaining BC, Miami, VPI every day of the week as Pitt would do the same trade of SU for Maryland,Florida St and Clemson every year.

 

[Scooch]

SU - BC has to be annual, and I think SU - Pitt has to be annual. The big question is, does Pitt - BC have to be annual? If not, and I sense that answer is not necessarily, then it will be easy to fit SU and Pitt into divisions.

SU goes in BC's division, Pitt goes in the other, and SU-Pitt is the crossover. Done.

I figure that's the easiest path for the ACC to take too. Put us in the Atlantic and have Pitt be our cross-over. Every year we'd play:

Boston College
Clemson
Wake Forest
Florida State
Maryland
NC State
Pitt

And then probably 2 more from the Coastal Division.

That's schedule is roughly 14,000 times more appealing to me than anything we've played in the Big East since 2003.