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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4747778, member: 27"]
Agree 9 games is unlikely.  ESPN doesn't want to pay more and the ACC schools that play an SEC rival every year don't want to lose a easy FCS win.

That said, if I were the commissioner, I would be pushing for 8 x 8.  It is the best way to build a true conference, develop rivals and ensure everyone plays everyone regularly.

But this means an enormous amount of extra travel.  All the existing ACC schools would be guaranteed a road trip to California every year.  And a trip to Dallas every other year.  And the newbies would be forced to travel a lot more too.

I think Otto's suggestion of 2 rivals and playing the other 14 3 times over 7 years is a good compromise allowing the most important rivalry games to b3e played annually while still allowing every school to play every other school in the conference regularly.

I hope this one passes.

Not a fan of 4x4x4x4.  Too many annual rivalries.  Some will be forced.  Teams play the rest of the conference too infrequently.

So they will probably choose this one.
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