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VTHokie2000

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If the pods are not going to be based purely on geography


then it might be in the ACC's best interest to use a zipper model for each pod. Basically, the ACC would divide up the 16 schools by regions, then place 1 or 2 schools from each region in each pod. 1 might be more preferred, but it would mean placing 1 NC school in each pod which may be out of the question.

It would also mean pairing up the pods to ensure each team has 1 protected cross-division game similar to what the ACC has now. The only differences would be that new pairings would be created for some teams (i.e. VT-UVA, BC-Syracuse, etc). If the 16 members included Notre Dame and WVU, then the 4 pods could look like this:

Pod A: UNC, UVA, Pitt, FSU
Pod B: Duke, VT, WVU, Miami
Pod C: Wake, Notre Dame, BC, GT
Pod D: NC State, L'ville, Syracuse, Clemson

Pod Pairing: A-B and C-D

If the 4 NC schools have to be split between 2 pods, then it could look like this:

Pod A: Duke, UNC, UVA, GT
Pod B: Wake, NC State, VT, Clemson
Pod C: BC, Notre Dame, Pitt, Miami
Pod D: Syracuse, L'ville, WVU, FSU

Pod Pairing: A-B and C-D

The downside to this proposal is that VT-Miami, VT-WVU, and Clemson-FSU will no longer be annual conference games. If the ACC wants to preserve most of the rivalry games as annual conference games, then having 1 NC school in each pod may be the best compromise. If the ACC went with strictly geographically based pods, then the NC Pod would be paired with the VT-UVA Pod which means neither pod will get to play the southern schools annually because the Southeast Pod (Clemson, GT, FSU, Miami) would be paired with the North Pod.

(In response to this post by Millpoint)

Posted: 06/04/2018 at 1:44PM



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