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Message: [QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 1621927, member: 1145"] So, if we rotate teams in divisions, to get us all around to everyone quicker than we can do now, we have to do so in a way that prevents anyone from getting livid. Van it be done? As simple as possible is best. Alsacs dividing the league into 2 basic divisions, one of the 6 teams in NC and VA and the other of the 8 teams in other states, is the only way to start. And his division of the NC-VA group into UNC-Dook-UVA and Moo-Wake-VT is also perfect. Those groups of 3, then, will always be in opposite divisions. Then you have permanent cross-divisional rivals: UNC-Moo; Dook-Wake; UVA-VT. Can we get GT and Dook to give up their annual game? If not, it all falls apart. Dook should see the benefits, but GT people are, as every old SEC fan base will attest, a strange bunch as likely as not to cut off their own nose to spite their face. The next matter is arranging the 8 into annual cross divisional rivalries so those games can be preserved. FSU-Miami and Clemson-GT are obvious, and both of those games are annual musts. I think the league then would prefer that Cuse be paired with BC (2 private schools in border states, the 2 most northerly in the ACC) and Pitt with Louisville (2 river towns). Simple would be 2 groups of 4 that swap every 2nd year: FSU-Miami Clemson-GT BC-Cuse Louisville-Pitt It might seem that the left side will be a permanently tougher 4some, but Richt is a nice coaching upgrade at Miami and could have the Canes back to Top 10 by his 2nd year. Narduzzi is the best Pitt HC since Jackie Sherrill. He could make Pitt a permanent bowl team able to make a run for a division title a couple of times per decade. Babers is a potential game changer for Cuse. He could assemble enough talent on offense to make that dome a show place. And PJ's offense always causes trouble, making GT a tough out even when not very good - see the FSU game this past season. And when all goes well for PJ, he can finish Top 10 with 2 Ws over Top 10 SEC teams. [/QUOTE]

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