Going forward, 1/3 of the ACC should start their season on week 0 (or the new week 1) so that it ends in mid-November, these would include the traditional hoops or northern schools; Duke, Wake, SU, BC, NCSU, UNC, UConn.

Why does this work? The fans from the cold weather teams don't want to freeze their butts off in late November. Football season just about wraps up when basketball season begins, thusly selling more tickets and getting more views without dividing fans attention.

The football cultured schools including those with end season OOC rivalry games start in week 1 (or the new week 2) and end on the usual week of November. It's a win-win for everybody.

Notre Dame is at Syracuse November 28.

(10-25-2026 09:29 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Notre Dame is at Syracuse November 28.

You’re right, weird that I did not see another game on sports.yahoo after 11/21.

Syracuse plays in a dome so the cold weather isn’t much of a factor. Is it colder in North Carolina than in Virginia or Kentucky? I don’t see the weather as much of a factor here but if they wanted to end their regular season early & just use a bye week at the end of the season that would be fine. I don’t see anyone eliminating games though. UConn isn’t in the ACC so they can do whatever they want.

(10-25-2026 09:50 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Syracuse plays in a dome so the cold weather isn’t much of a factor. Is it colder in North Carolina than in Virginia or Kentucky? I don’t see the weather as much of a factor here but if they wanted to end their regular season early & just use a bye week at the end of the season that would be fine. I don’t see anyone eliminating games though. UConn isn’t in the ACC so they can do whatever they want.

I’ve included SU because they are a serious hoops school, same with UConn…if they were to become ACC members.

(10-25-2026 09:50 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Syracuse plays in a dome so the cold weather isn’t much of a factor. Is it colder in North Carolina than in Virginia or Kentucky? I don’t see the weather as much of a factor here but if they wanted to end their regular season early & just use a bye week at the end of the season that would be fine. I don’t see anyone eliminating games though.

UConn isn’t in the ACC so they can do whatever they want.

True, that.

Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

(10-26-2026 11:50 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

Don’t forget: Also a TCU fan since they are on top of my expansion big board.

18/20 ACC - season ends for these teams:

2nd week Nov. - SU vs BC, Wake vs Duke, UNC vs NCSU, UConn vs UMass/random ACC team

3rd week Nov. - Pitt vs UM, SMU vs TCU, Cal vs Stan

4th week Nov. - FSU vs UF, Clem vs USCe, GT vs UGA, UL vs UK, UVA vs VT, Stan vs ND

In week 4, you will have 1 Friday game, 2 ESPN/ABC, 1 ACCN, 1 SECN, 1 ESPN2, 1 NBC/ESPN.

The CW and ACCN will start to air a lot of basketball in week 3

(10-26-2026 11:50 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

“Well, it IS Halloween.”

(10-26-2026 11:50 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

Whether he is masquerading as a Uconn fan or not has not been established. One thing that I do know is that he usually presents decent topics for discussion here and not flaming the board. He conducts himself like a gentleman, even when provoked.

(10-27-2026 08:17 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(10-26-2026 11:50 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

Whether he is masquerading as a Uconn fan or not has not been established. One thing that I do know is that he usually presents decent topics for discussion here and not flaming the board. He conducts himself like a gentleman, even when provoked.

True, that.

Well, I dissent from one detail. I find the topics not so much ‘decent’ as ‘repetitious to the point of suicide-inducing’—but I can manage if allowed attempts at humor as a coping mechanism. If all roads are going to continue to lead to Storrs, I prefer levity to hanging myself on a basketball hoop.

But my own aim is not to drive anyone away. I agree that this bit of folklore has not been factually established, that it takes all kinds to make a world, and that Garrettabc does often, in his way, show more patience than he usually gets shown.

(10-28-2026 12:12 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 08:17 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(10-26-2026 11:50 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

Whether he is masquerading as a Uconn fan or not has not been established. One thing that I do know is that he usually presents decent topics for discussion here and not flaming the board. He conducts himself like a gentleman, even when provoked.

True, that.

Well, I dissent from one detail. I find the topics not so much ‘decent’ as ‘repetitious to the point of suicide-inducing’—but I can manage if allowed attempts at humor as a coping mechanism. If all roads are going to continue to lead to Storrs, I prefer levity to hanging myself on a basketball hoop.

But my own aim is not to drive anyone away. I agree that this bit of folklore has not been factually established, that it takes all kinds to make a world, and that Garrettabc does often, in his way, show more patience than he usually gets shown.

Maybe we pin a UCONN thread and at least centralize (minimize) the noise?

(10-28-2026 06:41 AM)swardy76 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 12:12 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 08:17 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(10-26-2026 11:50 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  Every stinking time! Lol, I still can’t believe you guys allow this obvious UConn fan to post as a Florida State fan.

Whether he is masquerading as a Uconn fan or not has not been established. One thing that I do know is that he usually presents decent topics for discussion here and not flaming the board. He conducts himself like a gentleman, even when provoked.

True, that.

Well, I dissent from one detail. I find the topics not so much ‘decent’ as ‘repetitious to the point of suicide-inducing’—but I can manage if allowed attempts at humor as a coping mechanism. If all roads are going to continue to lead to Storrs, I prefer levity to hanging myself on a basketball hoop.

But my own aim is not to drive anyone away. I agree that this bit of folklore has not been factually established, that it takes all kinds to make a world, and that Garrettabc does often, in his way, show more patience than he usually gets shown.

Maybe we pin a UCONN thread and at least centralize (minimize) the noise?

No don’t do that.

(10-28-2026 06:41 AM)swardy76 Wrote:  Maybe we pin a UCONN thread and at least centralize (minimize) the noise?

That would be a welcome development.

(10-25-2026 09:09 AM)Garrettabc Wrote:  Going forward, 1/3 of the ACC should start their season on week 0 (or the new week 1) so that it ends in mid-November, these would include the traditional hoops or northern schools; Duke, Wake, SU, BC, NCSU, UNC, UConn.

Why does this work? The fans from the cold weather teams don't want to freeze their butts off in late November. Football season just about wraps up when basketball season begins, thusly selling more tickets and getting more views without dividing fans attention.

The football cultured schools including those with end season OOC rivalry games start in week 1 (or the new week 2) and end on the usual week of November. It's a win-win for everybody.

Football on Thanksgiving is a high school tradition all over New England. Its not usually uncomfortably cold until mid-December. January is the worst.

(10-25-2026 09:09 AM)Garrettabc Wrote:  Going forward, 1/3 of the ACC should start their season on week 0 (or the new week 1) so that it ends in mid-November, these would include the traditional hoops or northern schools; Duke, Wake, SU, BC, NCSU, UNC, UConn.

Why does this work? The fans from the cold weather teams don't want to freeze their butts off in late November. Football season just about wraps up when basketball season begins, thusly selling more tickets and getting more views without dividing fans attention.

The football cultured schools including those with end season OOC rivalry games start in week 1 (or the new week 2) and end on the usual week of November. It's a win-win for everybody.

Pretty sure Georgia Tech should end their season right about now too.