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[QUOTE="adbern7, post: 839021, member: 3954"]
These divisional threads are entertaining.  Something everyone has to understand is:
1) There will not be a North/South split.  UVA, VaTech, even Pitt will never go for this.  Schools like UVA will not "suck it up" for the sake of the conference.  Not everyone is equal, certain entities will get taken care of.  Anyone who's ever been a partner in a business understands this.  Maybe in 10 years the dynamics shift, and other schools will have leverage.  But things will never be equal.

2) ND is NOT joining full time.  Spend five minutes with their alum and you'll understand this.  They would rather shutdown the football program.  Simple game theory allows ND to keep their sweetheart status: No conference wants to see them join any other conference.  So they'll be taken care of in any playoff/bowl scenario.  I don't like it, I remember what that partial-member crap did to the old BE, but it's reality.  Yes, I understand they're on the ACC website.  That's not what we're talking about here, let's have a big boy discussion.

3) Assume that the NCAA does not allow non-divisional pods anytime soon.

Given the constraints above, the current setup is pretty good for Syracuse.  We play BC and Pitt every year (adding Louisville to that next year).  It's tough to be in the same division as FSU/Clemson, but keep in mind those two teams probably had their best squads in decades this year.  It won't always be flat-out impossible to contend in the Atlantic.

The only realistic improvement would be going to a 9-game schedule.  The southern schools would resist this because they already have their annual SEC rivalry game, so in years they have ND that would mean a very inflexible schedule...but if the SEC adopts a 9-game slate then the ACC probably will too.
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