Expansion

USCJacket said:
Fair enough. At one point in time, I was in favor of ACC North, ACC South divisions. Problem is, that completely stacks the ACC South with a combo of Clemson, FSU, GT, Miami. While the ACC North would have been a much easier path with BC, Syracuse, UVA, VT, etc. Pitt would have loved that division.
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I think over time the teams will adapt to it. It may be rough at first though. The worst thing the acc did (other than invite Louisville, BC and Syracuse) was try to rig a championship game by putting fsu and Miami in separate divisions in hopes of a yearly blockbuster title game. Neither team held up their end of the bargain and everyone else got stupid divisions as a result.
 
savbandjacket said:
I think over time the teams will adapt to it. It may be rough at first though. The worst thing the acc did (other than invite Louisville, BC and Syracuse) was try to rig a championship game by putting fsu and Miami in separate divisions in hopes of a yearly blockbuster title game. Neither team held up their end of the bargain and everyone else got stupid divisions as a result.
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Let's not undersell the stupid in this. How many years did it take to get the championship game out of Florida?
 
USCJacket said:
Yeah sure. And then the same fans will complain about how the ACC “screws GT” with a schedule containing Clemson, FSU while GT plays UGA annually. While other ACC programs get a combo of Duke, Wake, BC and Syracuse for example.

So why drop UofL? Replace UofL with who?
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Replace UofL with Stanford, a trip to the west coast every other year could be fun. I really have little interest in UofL or Cal. I would also replace WF with Duke or VT. So then GT's regular opponents would be Clemson, Stanford, and either Duke or VT. As much as I enjoyed the FSU series, a slate of UGA, Clemson & FSU every year would be a little much.
 
So, anyways...

I've been thinking about what this merger means for the Gold Standard Thread and I support it.
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savbandjacket said:
I think over time the teams will adapt to it. It may be rough at first though. The worst thing the acc did (other than invite Louisville, BC and Syracuse) was try to rig a championship game by putting fsu and Miami in separate divisions in hopes of a yearly blockbuster title game. Neither team held up their end of the bargain and everyone else got stupid divisions as a result.
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The same thing is happening now. These conferences are being rigged up based on current performance. There's nothing static about college football. So much of this garbage about "forward thinking" is exactly nothing of the sort.
 
aeromech said:
Replace UofL with Stanford, a trip to the west coast every other year could be fun. I really have little interest in UofL or Cal. I would also replace WF with Duke or VT. So then GT's regular opponents would be Clemson, Stanford, and either Duke or VT. As much as I enjoyed the FSU series, a slate of UGA, Clemson & FSU every year would be a little much.
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Happened all through the 1990’s.
 
stinger78 said:
Happened all through the 1990’s.
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Oh no, not playing good games against good locally relevant teams, we shouldnt have nice things. Some people act like we should suck forever. You either play a P5 schedule or you don't. 15 years ago you couldn't find a Tech fan who would openly advocate for a weak ass schedule, now there is no shame at all.
 
GT flunkout said:
Oh no, not playing good games against good locally relevant teams, we shouldnt have nice things. Some people act like we should suck forever. You either play a P5 schedule or you don't. 15 years ago you couldn't find a Tech fan who would openly advocate for a weak ass schedule, now there is no shame at all.
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For years we played the toughest schedule around. It's one reason why Carson, Fulcher, Rodgers, and Curry struggled so much. A regular schedule of Auburn, UGA, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Clemson, along with Dook and Navy, with USCw, Michigan State, and Pitt, with AFA, Miami, UNC, UVA, to lighten things up... oh yes, and occasionally Alabama and Florida tossed in.

It's just what you did back then. And I'm talking late 60's, all the 70's, and early 80's.
 
USCJacket said:
Yeah sure. And then the same fans will complain about how the ACC “screws GT” with a schedule containing Clemson, FSU while GT plays UGA annually. While other ACC programs get a combo of Duke, Wake, BC and Syracuse for example.

So why drop UofL? Replace UofL with who?
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SMU
 
GT flunkout said:
Oh no, not playing good games against good locally relevant teams, we shouldnt have nice things. Some people act like we should suck forever. You either play a P5 schedule or you don't. 15 years ago you couldn't find a Tech fan who would openly advocate for a weak ass schedule, now there is no shame at all.
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It's cause everyone wants to follow the path the SEC big powers started of playing no one good (or if the other team isn't a complete joke, never leaving SEC territory to do it) and getting slobbered over by ESPN for it. Just look at UGA's schedule this year or most of Bama's schedules. Look at that factoid about UF, first (and maybe last) OCC road game outside the state in 22 years.
 
We need to find SMU's fan forum. Start talking some smack about how smart we are. I'm sure we can get those pony boy express mofos pissed off enough to hate us. Stay golden pony boys!
 
TechRush said:
We need to find SMU's fan forum. Start talking some smack about how smart we are. I'm sure we can get those pony boy express mofos pissed off enough to hate us. Stay golden pony boys!
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And point out that JJacket is a Methodist and is still gonna pull for GT to beat SMU
 
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