(08-29-2019 06:21 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote: 4+4 model will create some bogus permanent rivalries, but it also won't leave any out. I'd prefer 4+4.
I'm not sure how (or even whether) 4+4 works with 14 teams. But with 3+5, which means an 8 game league sked, any school that wants to play a fourth rival every year (instead of every other year) is free to do so OOC. There probably wouldn't be many of those. Even with just three permanent opponents, some of those aren't rivalries - they are just matchups mandated by accommodating schools that do have three opponents they want to play every year. I'm guessing only the VA and NC schools would play OOC.
If each of us were to independently prepare a list of three "rivals" for each school, we might not see any that were identical to someone else's. My personal choices are not what I would prefer, but what I think the schools would prefer if they could only have three.
BC.............Pitt, Syracuse, Miami
Syracuse....BC, Pitt, Wake
Pitt............BC, Syracuse, Louisville
Louisville....Miami, Pitt, NC State
Va Tech......Virginia, Clemson, Wake
Virginia......Va Tech, UNC, Duke
UNC..........Duke, Virginia, NC State
Duke.........UNC, Virginia, Ga Tech
NC State....UNC, Wake, Louisville
Wake.........NC State, Va Tech, Syracuse
Clemson.....Ga Tech, Florida St, Va Tech
Ga Tech......Clemson, Florida St, Duke
Florida St....Miami, Clemson, Ga Tech
Miami.........Florida St, BC, Louisville