(12-13-2019 10:07 AM)ken d Wrote: Essentially, what something like this would do is concede the audience during Championship Week to the other P5 conferences and to a lesser extent to the AAC. Why watch two mediocre ACC teams who happen to be rivals when you could watch LSU-Georgia of Alabama-Florida or Ohio State-Wisconsin?
Those ACC games aren't going to broadcast on a major platform. They'd be on the ACCN or ESPN+ or some such outlet. And your champion isn't going to get the benefit of attracting the selection committee's eyeballs just before they vote on the CFP participants.
Why watch Clemson-Virginia? Because Clemson has a playoff shot or because you are a fan of either team. You'd definitely keep that big game in its current network timeslot and then add content for all 14 fanbases (1 or 2 other games will probably be picked up as filler before the rest go to the ACCN or ESPN+). TV execs will continue to pay for that 1 game, whether Clemson is playing Virginia or Florida State or Notre Dame or UNC.
True, that removing the ACCCG to 2 weeks earlier
can appear as conceding a loss to other conferences, particularly harmful when a conference like the American matched the ACC's numbers. Or, it can be spun as an opportunity to capitalize on an earlier week that lacks marquee matchups (particularly among college football fans in the South and East, as that is FCS weekend in the SEC), AND provide depth in a now very-shallow final week of the season.
Yes, it's a risk, but the potential is definitely there.
(12-13-2019 11:16 AM)Garrettabc Wrote: I’d be in favor of dropping the ACCCG all together and spread out the bye weeks out a little and go divisionless. FSU ends with UF which is going to be a better opponent than what they will usually play in the ACCCG anyway, but if it pleases the ACC it could be a Clemson vs FSU the week after and then both schools get their big opponent.
If the ACCCG is a must, then move the game to Friday or early Saturday.
Clemson-FSU would be a mighty fine game to have that weekend; for now still the two best programs in the conference. "If the ACCCG is a must, then move the game to..." Mid-November. Cash in on those rivalries (Virginia-Virginia Tech, Wake-Duke, Pittsburgh-Syracuse, FSU-Clemson) that final week.
(12-13-2019 11:30 AM)Wolfman Wrote: The Notre Dame thing won't work. You can't penalize a team for losing to #10 Notre Dame and reward another team for beating an unranked Uconn. Even if you could find a team roughly comparable to ND that would all change next year.
It might help the CCG ratings but it would likely hurt the ratings of games after that. Everything after that would essentially be a consolation game.
I actually am not sure what penalty or reward you are refering to, with Notre Dame and UConn. I imagine playing Notre Dame would be the reward, because your team would then face a bigger, national brand. These games are post-championship, so conference standings are not at stake.
I look forward to the Florida State-Florida game every year, even when my team is not in contention for the playoff or a conference title (even when its a "consolation game"). I imagine it is similar for certain other matchups too. The only case where I could see my enthusiam wane is if we played in the early-CCG and lost. Had we won, we'd be steaming toward a potential playoff spot; had we already lost too much in our division, the end-of-year rivalry game would still be in my sights.
