(08-31-2015 12:44 PM)ren.hoek Wrote: (08-31-2015 12:30 PM)ken d Wrote: (08-31-2015 12:26 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote: (08-31-2015 12:04 PM)Marge Schott Wrote: (08-31-2015 10:54 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote: Correct, 3x5 works pretty good.
ND, BC, Pitt, Cuse, Ville
FSU, Clemson, GT, Miami, VT
NC, Duke, NC St, WF, Virginia
I'm fine with this as long as the winner of the FSU division is guaranteed an ACC CG spot. The Crapbacco Road division is weaker than my pinky finger.
deregulation does not mean 3 divisions, it means NO divisions.
We won't know what it means until somebody makes a decision about it.
my best guess...
WHEN deregulation passes, we'll continue with the status quo.
after that...
IF Notre Dame joins without a 16th, we'll go divisionless.
IF Notre Dame joins with a 16th, we'll go with 2 divisions with rotating pods of 4.
When all is said and done, I don't believe the ACC is that far away from having a schedule that everybody could be fairly happy with with the rules just the way they are. If the league has also come to that same conclusion, they might not be a sure bet to vote for deregulation.
I think one small adjustment in the divisions would answer a lot of scheduling concerns.
I would do nothing except switch Miami and Wake Forest. Here is what that one move accomplishes.
The northern schools from the OBE now would get to play Miami every year. BC, Syracuse and Louisville because they are in the same division, and Pitt which gets the Canes as their permanent crossover.
FSU, Clemson and Louisville get an improved (that is to say, tougher) division schedule. FSU and Clemson's schedules can be further enhanced by letting them alternate between VT and GT as their permanent crossovers (VT one year, GT the next).
The core group of GT, UNC, Duke and Virginia get to stay together, and they get kindred spirits like Pitt, VT and Wake for a reasonably geographically compact group. Wake gets UNC every year, which they seem to want badly enough to schedule the Heels OOC. They also get VT and UVa every year, which is I believe almost as big a plus for them as UNC is.
NC State has UNC as their permanent rival, while Wake and Duke can alternate BC and Syracuse the way VT and GT alternate. By alternating between BC and Cuse, the southern schools in the Atlantic division only have to make one trip a year to the far north. If the league is smart, they will have FSU and Miami travel north in September and host those two in November. Same principle with Miami and Pitt.
So who needs deregulation, anyway?