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The SEC's recent decision to stick with an eight-game league schedule leaves the ACC as the lone conference among the Power Five that has yet to determine its future conference schedule, and the athletic directors throughout the ACC remain undecided as a potential vote could be just weeks away at the league's annual spring meetings in Amelia Island.

ESPN.com recently interviewed every athletic director in the ACC about their scheduling preference, and there was no overwhelming majority. Half of the athletic directors -- including a surprising vote from Georgia Tech, which already has a built-in rival against Georgia -- were in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. Three schools -- Boston College, Virginia Tech and North Carolina -- didn't give a specific preference, and three schools -- Duke, Clemson and Florida State -- would prefer to stay at eight games. Louisville AD Tom Jurich, who was simply thrilled to be a member of the conference this summer, was indifferent.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...references

(04-29-2014 08:37 AM)Maize Wrote:  From the article:

The SEC's recent decision to stick with an eight-game league schedule leaves the ACC as the lone conference among the Power Five that has yet to determine its future conference schedule, and the athletic directors throughout the ACC remain undecided as a potential vote could be just weeks away at the league's annual spring meetings in Amelia Island.

ESPN.com recently interviewed every athletic director in the ACC about their scheduling preference, and there was no overwhelming majority. Half of the athletic directors -- including a surprising vote from Georgia Tech, which already has a built-in rival against Georgia -- were in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. Three schools -- Boston College, Virginia Tech and North Carolina -- didn't give a specific preference, and three schools -- Duke, Clemson and Florida State -- would prefer to stay at eight games. Louisville AD Tom Jurich, who was simply thrilled to be a member of the conference this summer, was indifferent.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...references

I like your AD ....

(04-29-2014 08:39 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 08:37 AM)Maize Wrote:  From the article:

The SEC's recent decision to stick with an eight-game league schedule leaves the ACC as the lone conference among the Power Five that has yet to determine its future conference schedule, and the athletic directors throughout the ACC remain undecided as a potential vote could be just weeks away at the league's annual spring meetings in Amelia Island.

ESPN.com recently interviewed every athletic director in the ACC about their scheduling preference, and there was no overwhelming majority. Half of the athletic directors -- including a surprising vote from Georgia Tech, which already has a built-in rival against Georgia -- were in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. Three schools -- Boston College, Virginia Tech and North Carolina -- didn't give a specific preference, and three schools -- Duke, Clemson and Florida State -- would prefer to stay at eight games. Louisville AD Tom Jurich, who was simply thrilled to be a member of the conference this summer, was indifferent.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...references

I like your AD ....

We do as well...right now we are extremely grateful that the ACC picked us and now we have a Home and Home with Notre Dame and we open the 2015 Season in Atlanta vs. Auburn...all due to the ACC....

(04-29-2014 08:42 AM)Maize Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 08:39 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 08:37 AM)Maize Wrote:  From the article:

The SEC's recent decision to stick with an eight-game league schedule leaves the ACC as the lone conference among the Power Five that has yet to determine its future conference schedule, and the athletic directors throughout the ACC remain undecided as a potential vote could be just weeks away at the league's annual spring meetings in Amelia Island.

ESPN.com recently interviewed every athletic director in the ACC about their scheduling preference, and there was no overwhelming majority. Half of the athletic directors -- including a surprising vote from Georgia Tech, which already has a built-in rival against Georgia -- were in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. Three schools -- Boston College, Virginia Tech and North Carolina -- didn't give a specific preference, and three schools -- Duke, Clemson and Florida State -- would prefer to stay at eight games. Louisville AD Tom Jurich, who was simply thrilled to be a member of the conference this summer, was indifferent.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...references

I like your AD ....

We do as well...right now we are extremely grateful that the ACC picked us and now we have a Home and Home with Notre Dame and we open the 2015 Season in Atlanta vs. Auburn...all due to the ACC....

(04-29-2014 08:39 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 08:37 AM)Maize Wrote:  From the article:

The SEC's recent decision to stick with an eight-game league schedule leaves the ACC as the lone conference among the Power Five that has yet to determine its future conference schedule, and the athletic directors throughout the ACC remain undecided as a potential vote could be just weeks away at the league's annual spring meetings in Amelia Island.

ESPN.com recently interviewed every athletic director in the ACC about their scheduling preference, and there was no overwhelming majority. Half of the athletic directors -- including a surprising vote from Georgia Tech, which already has a built-in rival against Georgia -- were in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. Three schools -- Boston College, Virginia Tech and North Carolina -- didn't give a specific preference, and three schools -- Duke, Clemson and Florida State -- would prefer to stay at eight games. Louisville AD Tom Jurich, who was simply thrilled to be a member of the conference this summer, was indifferent.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...references

I like your AD ....

Me too. He may be the best AD in the country.

I feel like the ACC & SEC should explore a 1-game scheduling alliance. Let the 4 rivalry pairs play (UK-UL, UGA-GT, UF-FSU, SC-Clem) and then let the other ten members of each conference rotate.

(04-29-2014 08:42 AM)Maize Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 08:39 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 08:37 AM)Maize Wrote:  From the article:

The SEC's recent decision to stick with an eight-game league schedule leaves the ACC as the lone conference among the Power Five that has yet to determine its future conference schedule, and the athletic directors throughout the ACC remain undecided as a potential vote could be just weeks away at the league's annual spring meetings in Amelia Island.

ESPN.com recently interviewed every athletic director in the ACC about their scheduling preference, and there was no overwhelming majority. Half of the athletic directors -- including a surprising vote from Georgia Tech, which already has a built-in rival against Georgia -- were in favor of a nine-game conference schedule. Three schools -- Boston College, Virginia Tech and North Carolina -- didn't give a specific preference, and three schools -- Duke, Clemson and Florida State -- would prefer to stay at eight games. Louisville AD Tom Jurich, who was simply thrilled to be a member of the conference this summer, was indifferent.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...references

I like your AD ....

We do as well...right now we are extremely grateful that the ACC picked us and now we have a Home and Home with Notre Dame and we open the 2015 Season in Atlanta vs. Auburn...all due to the ACC....

Better hope Tobacco Road treats Louisville more fairly than they did Maryland

(04-29-2014 10:00 AM)westwolf Wrote:  Better hope Tobacco Road treats Louisville more fairly than they did Maryland

Obviously this is just my opinion, but I don't think the Tobacco Road schools have as much power as they once did. If it were up to them, UConn would have replaced Maryland... but BC's dislike of UConn and Clemson's and FSU's desire for a school that played better football helped Louisville get the final spot (for now). Of course, time will tell.

With the High profile TV Games We bring I don't see Tobacco rd snubbing Us like They did Maryland. Some might get annoyed if We were to beat some of Them very often. I look forward to Louisville help making the ACC the Biggest name in Basketball and helping make the ACC a Very Competitive Conference that wrecks havoc in OOC games.

(04-29-2014 10:00 AM)westwolf Wrote:  Better hope Tobacco Road treats Louisville more fairly than they did Maryland

We heard the same thing when we joined The Big East. The reality is competition takes place between the lines. You either hold your own or you don't. Tom Jurich makes sure UofL has the facilities, coaches and resources to compete at the highest level. Everything else is up to the players, coaches and fans.

Jurich attitude toward The ACC is reflective of most Louisville fans. We are not the Johnny come lately to the party type that want to change everything upon arrival. We are simply thankful for the party invite.
CJ

(04-29-2014 09:57 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I feel like the ACC & SEC should explore a 1-game scheduling alliance. Let the 4 rivalry pairs play (UK-UL, UGA-GT, UF-FSU, SC-Clem) and then let the other ten members of each conference rotate.

+1.

I'll even go a step further: only play 4 more ACC vs. SEC games, and let the other 6 teams in each conference play someone else so that the alliance never becomes stale.

(04-29-2014 09:57 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I feel like the ACC & SEC should explore a 1-game scheduling alliance. Let the 4 rivalry pairs play (UK-UL, UGA-GT, UF-FSU, SC-Clem) and then let the other ten members of each conference rotate.

That'll never happen since the ACC has teams above the Mason-Dixon line.

(04-29-2014 10:00 AM)westwolf Wrote:  Better hope Tobacco Road treats Louisville more fairly than they did Maryland

I am curious to know how exactly that "Tobacco Road" mistreated Maryland.
If nothing else please explain what you mean by Tobacco Road. Are you speaking of the people of North Carolina, the "press" in North Carolina, or the four ACC schools located in the State of North Carolina. Maybe you meant NC highway 98 which runs between Durham and the town of Wake Forest (since both Dook and Wake Forest ((which is now located in Winston-Salem)) have been heavily funded by tobacco money).

(04-29-2014 10:52 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 09:57 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I feel like the ACC & SEC should explore a 1-game scheduling alliance. Let the 4 rivalry pairs play (UK-UL, UGA-GT, UF-FSU, SC-Clem) and then let the other ten members of each conference rotate.

+1.

I'll even go a step further: only play 4 more ACC vs. SEC games, and let the other 6 teams in each conference play someone else so that the alliance never becomes stale.

VT-Tennessee makes sense as a rivalry, but for most of the other ACC teams that don't already have an annual SEC rival, there's no reason to have an annual pairing with a particular SEC team.

Why not just do the same thing the SEC did and have 8 conference games plus at least one P5 opponent. The ACC teams that play SEC teams are covered, every team that has ND on the schedule that year is covered, and it's easy for everyone to plug in at least one P5 opponent in years when they don't play ND.

(04-29-2014 12:10 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 10:52 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 09:57 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I feel like the ACC & SEC should explore a 1-game scheduling alliance. Let the 4 rivalry pairs play (UK-UL, UGA-GT, UF-FSU, SC-Clem) and then let the other ten members of each conference rotate.

+1.

I'll even go a step further: only play 4 more ACC vs. SEC games, and let the other 6 teams in each conference play someone else so that the alliance never becomes stale.

VT-Tennessee makes sense as a rivalry, but for most of the other ACC teams that don't already have an annual SEC rival, there's no reason to have an annual pairing with a particular SEC team.

Why not just do the same thing the SEC did and have 8 conference games plus at least one P5 opponent. The ACC teams that play SEC teams are covered, every team that has ND on the schedule that year is covered, and it's easy for everyone to plug in at least one P5 opponent in years when they don't play ND.

Totally agree with you.

The problems with more permanent ACC/SEC games are:
* The schools in NC would all want to play either S Carolina or Tennessee
* VT would want Tennessee for themselves
* Miami would want Florida
* FSU would like to play a 2nd SEC team, but no one on that side seems to be willing to do it
* as WildThing (BC fan) cracked, SEC teams probably don't want to play North of the Mason-Dixon line (Pitt, Syracuse, BC).

Therefore, a very informal agreement is probably best - just require the P5 game and see how it all falls out.

Yeah, I thought an SEC-ACC partnership would work because in addition to the 4 rivalries I mentioned earlier they play a kickoff game in Atlanta too, plus with B12, B1G and PAC doing 9 games, it might be harder to get teams from those conferences.

Of course, some other games would make more sense, particularly from the SEC side - Mizzou v Kansas or KState, A&M vs Texas (not gonna happen) or another Texas B12 school, etc.

The SEC already stated they are working on scheduling Big 12 and other conferences--don't think they'd want to just match up with ACC schools since FSU and Clemson are already taken.

Well if the Big 10 and Pac 12 couldn't work out a deal, I don't know how any other conference could. Every school has their own priorities. Its really not a good idea for the conference to do that from the standpoint of anything other than the TV contract. It works in basketball because everyone has about a dozen non-conference games, not just 3 or 4.

did they poll the AD's yes/no on divisions?

(04-29-2014 01:38 PM)Tbringer Wrote:  The SEC already stated they are working on scheduling Big 12 and other conferences--don't think they'd want to just match up with ACC schools since FSU and Clemson are already taken.

Really?
What SEC Big 12 match-ups?
There is absolutely zero interest for match-ups with Big 12 teams outside of Texas and Oklahoma. The SEC is an ESPN property as is The ACC. Why would ESPN be interested in having one of its prime properties put money in Fox's pocket?
CJ