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VTHokie2000

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If the ACC ends up being the only conference to rotate divisions


then it could quickly become the black sheep of the power conference family. The Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC teams don't consider every division game to be a "rivalry." Only certain games are considered to be "rivalry games" for a variety of reasons. If they are fine with fixed divisions, then it shouldn't be a problem for the ACC too. Now I am not saying your complaint about having better matchups isn't justified because it is justified.

However, the ACC brought it upon itself by not establish a more true zipper model, balancing out the public football schools a little better, and by structuring the protected cross-division pairings to be true rivalries. The BC-UMD rivalry would have been the only artificial pairing at first, but would have eventually gone away with the addition of Pitt and Syracuse. Syracuse would have been paired with BC and Pitt with UMD.

(In response to this post by chuckd4vt)

Posted: 08/17/2016 at 12:39PM


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  VT and Pitt are the key votes on ACC future schedules. -- HOO86 08/16/2016 4:47PM
  It still doesn't solve the issue of playing FSU/Clemson once a decade... -- BROman Hokie 08/17/2016 2:20PM
  Winning the coastal would solve that. ** -- Genegantslet 08/17/2016 2:54PM
  I wouldn't mind going to their campus and having them to our place. -- Maroon Baboon 08/18/2016 7:43PM
  So does swapping places with Syracuse ** -- VTHokie2000 08/17/2016 3:51PM
  I like the 9-game ACC schedule BUT... -- MBHokie90 08/17/2016 12:57PM
  I would prefer to play an ACC team than ECU every year. -- Lakeridgehokie 08/17/2016 08:45AM
  Agree. -- Atlee Hokie 08/17/2016 08:53AM
  Wouldn't a 9 game schedule be better for the network? -- Maroon Doom 08/17/2016 06:49AM
  Should be even. 14 teams playing each other is 7 games. 14 playing OOC is -- daveinop 08/17/2016 08:36AM
  Smarty pants.... ;>) ** -- Femoyer Hokie 08/17/2016 12:38PM
  Good point, hadn't thought about it that way ** -- GusDaMan 08/17/2016 09:58AM
  Agree. ESPN must prefer the 9 game conference option. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 08/17/2016 08:19AM
  Name 2 bigger teams than FSU &/or Clemson -- mjfhokie 08/16/2016 10:34PM
  CU, FSU, GT and UL just need to sack up -- Hokies4Life 08/16/2016 9:54PM
  ND should count as a non conf game, because it is ** -- East Cobb Hokie 08/16/2016 6:18PM
  Don't understand Duke wanting 8 conference games... -- DRR72 08/16/2016 5:42PM
  They should do a compromise. -- ahokie4u 08/16/2016 5:28PM
  And get rid of the "rival cross-over" game! -- EDGEMAN 08/18/2016 10:19AM
  An sec vs acc challenge would help. -- ahokie4u 08/16/2016 5:46PM
  VT would still play WVU, Michigan, and Notre Dame -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2016 5:34PM
  Playin other ACC schools as OOC games is stupid. What -- Lead Dog 08/16/2016 5:22PM
  Until the Playoff Committee takes a public position on conference -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2016 5:03PM
  I'll bet we vote with the football schools. But I hope I am wrong. ** -- Mr. Touchdown 08/16/2016 4:52PM

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