ACC weighing elimination of divisions

[GTFLETCH]

“One model being discussed is each football program having three permanent opponents — but not necessarily pods of 3 — and the other five programs rotating on and off the schedule every other year,” Thamel wrote. “There’s also a potential model with 2 permanent opponents and 6 teams rotating on and off, in the same manner.

“These models would allow every ACC team to host every other ACC team every four years. This would bring more variety to the schedule.”

Report: ACC discussing major changes to conference, scheduling at spring meetings

The ACC is expected to discuss some major changes, including scheduling, at the league meetings, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel.

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[ClubSeats]

Great. I pick Duke, Syracuse, and Boston College as our permanent opponents.

 

[Techbert]

Great. I pick Duke, Syracuse, and Boston College as our permanent opponents.

You will get Clemson, Miami, and FSU and like it!

 

[Tampa Jacket]

CFB needs to split off the UGAs Bamas and institutes that only exist for sub-pro NFL. Georgia Tech needs no part of that. The NIL is bogus. It’s ruined true college football.

 

[OmnipoTech]

I'd think Clemson and Duke, and then either VT or UVA or UNC.

 

[Jmonty71]

“One model being discussed is each football program having three permanent opponents — but not necessarily pods of 3 — and the other five programs rotating on and off the schedule every other year,” Thamel wrote. “There’s also a potential model with 2 permanent opponents and 6 teams rotating on and off, in the same manner.

“These models would allow every ACC team to host every other ACC team every four years. This would bring more variety to the schedule.”

Report: ACC discussing major changes to conference, scheduling at spring meetings

The ACC is expected to discuss some major changes, including scheduling, at the league meetings, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel.

www.on3.com

I cannot say I am for or opposed to this. I think it will open the door to more competitive games. However; I think if the ACC is to survive the ever changing NCAA, they need to focus on bringing in 2-4 quality teams. I would keep the 2 divisions, but change to where the schools closer to each other play. Which means, we'd get FSU. I personally see Clemson and possibly FSU getting poached, down the road.

 

[77GTFan]

Pay attention. We will not get Duke. This is a provincial move by the NC schools. Any doubt which three schools they would play each year?

Why not let the fourteen schools schedule their own eight teams they wish to play every year? Give the AD’s a deadline for submitting their conference schedules. Or, put them in a room with a draft like order to select their preferred games. Use the schedule for two years to play home and home. Championship game will be between the top two highest rated teams.

If you end up with a bad schedule it would be your own fault, not the result of the Conference’s unfairness. This would be similar to how the twelve team SEC operated in the fifties and sixties - they just did not have a championship game.

 

[WracerX]

I’ve run this with a pod system to create regional rivalries and playing everyone every 2 years.

Personally, I think a GT, Miami, Clemson, and FSU division is best for our ticket sales but you can arrange them in any way you want.

A4 - unc, wake, ncst, duke
B4 - gt, fsu, clemson, miami
A3 - pitt, vt, UL
B3 - uva, bc, cuse

Even years
A4+A3, B4+B3
Odd years
A4+B3, A3+B4

A4 plays 2 of B4 every year
B3 plays 2 of A3 every year

That is an 8 game schedule. If you want 9, add an extra crossover. The norther teams will get a little more crossover action, but hopefully that cements the rivalries. It also keeps UVa from getting stuck in a mini big east, which they would hate.

 

[QuadF]

Or the acc could fix the divisions to keep them regional so as to encourage fans to travel to away games instead of watching on TV.

 

[00Burdell]

Can we just get at least one decent B1G team on the schedule? Everybody is bored with our ACC schedule. Penn St., Michigan St., Michigan even.

Heck Auburn played PSU last year on top of an SEC schedule that included Bama.

We need some OOC juice to build interest and anticipation.

 

[FHstinger]

For best regional rivalry games, put all the former Big East teams in the Atlantic (north).

Atlantic(north)...............Coastal(south)
Miami...........................F$U
VT.................................Virginia
Louisville......................UNC
BC................................Clemson
Pitt................................GT
Syracuse.......................NC State
Wake.............................Duke

 

[ElCidBUZZingFAN]

Or the ACC could kick Miami, VT, BC, Cuse, UL, and Pitt out the door. Then, play everyone every year in football and have a Home/Away every year in basketball.

I'm just spit balling here.

 

[Techfan02]

I would love if the SEC did this and actually give the mutts a west opponet that they wont just walk over

 

[Tampa Jacket]

Clemson, FSU, and Miami will not all still be in the ACC years from now. They are all factories that exist justice support football programs, and not academics.

 

[gtrower]

Add WVU / ND.
4 pods of 4
9 Game Schedule
1 permanent rival in each division
Play your division each year (3)
Play another rotating division each year (4)
Play remaining two permanent rivals each year (2)


North: ND, BC, Pitt, Cuse
East: UNC, NCSU, Duke, WF
Atlantic: Miami, WVU, Lville, VPI
South: Clemson, FSU, GT, UVA

Keeps Big East teams together. Keeps NC schools together. UVA will wine about that, but they’d still keep UNC as a permanent rival. Atlantic is the only non-regional division but they all have history together.

I have all the permanent rivals worked out based on maximizing historical rivalries (number of times played). Tech’s would be Duke, Pitt, and WVU. Not the most exciting for us specifically, but add in Clemson, FSU, UVA and that’s not a bad permanent schedule. And you’d play everybody else once every 3 years.

 

[ricejacket]

The catalyst for this is the NCAA scrapping a rule later this month that a conference must play a full round-robin schedule to hold a championship game if it does not have two divisions. Seems every other conference is going to go with the same system and scrap divisions.

 

[ibeeballin]

CFB needs to split off the UGAs Bamas and institutes that only exist for sub-pro NFL. Georgia Tech needs no part of that. The NIL is bogus. It’s ruined true college football.

Scapegoat for NIL CFB issues. Tech needs every part of that or it will be nonexistent

 

[ibeeballin]

Clemson, FSU, and Miami will not all still be in the ACC years from now. They are all factories that exist justice support football programs, and not academics.

FSU & Miami are not factories lol. Stop hyperventilating! Neither have the financials to do so

 

[Tampa Jacket]

Scapegoat for NIL CFB issues. Tech needs every part of that or it will be nonexistent

Georgia Tech is nonexistent now. We were nonexistent the last 3 years of Paul Johnson’s career, who is among the top four coaches to ever coach for Georgia Tech. And Georgia Tech will be extremely nonexistent in the new college football landscape. Don’t kid yourself. Wake up. But we don’t need that crap. And that’s exactly what NIL and free agency through the portal is. It’s crap, not CFB.

 

[vapspwi]

Georgia Tech is nonexistent now. We were nonexistent the last 3 years of Paul Johnson’s career, who is among the top four coaches to ever coach for Georgia Tech. And Georgia Tech will be extremely nonexistent in the new college football landscape. Don’t kid yourself. Wake up. But we don’t need that crap. And that’s exactly what NIL and free agency through the portal is. It’s crap, not CFB.

We beat U[sic]GA and won a NYD bowl game against a P5 opponent in 2016. I’d take that level of “nonexistent” about now.

JRjr