(09-19-2021 10:52 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  I definitely take issue with
(1) how the ACC teams schedule OOC games (too many on week 2, not enough later in the season),
(2) how ESPN pits ACC games against others (e.g. Clemson-GT against, say, UGA-SC)
(3) putting too many of the best ACC games on weeknights

ACC scheduling is negatively impacted by the 4 year end SEC games.

That takes Clemson, FSU, GT, and Louisville out of a game that is important to the conference race.

What are you left with?

UNC, NC State, WF, and Duke by the end of November you are lucky if one is shooting for a 10 win season. How many season end games involving Syracuse or BC matter? On top of that we have VT and UVA the last week. This is what is stupid and this is not controlled by ESPN.

The first or second week in November should be devoted to intra league rivalries such as VT/UVa, UNC/UVa, NC State/WF, NC State/Duke, etc., etc.

Clemson in particular needs to move it's game with SC Big Thursday used to be the third week of October. It should go back to the third week of October or Clemson should threaten the continuation of the game. SC must have this game for their ego.
Louisville and UK could move to the same weekend.

That allows Clemson, Louisville, NC State, UNC, Syracuse, Pitt, VT, and UVa to play a meaningful game the last weekend of the regular season.

That also moves 4 games of interest to spots earlier in the year.