http://theclemsoninsider.com/2016/08/17/nc-state-man-up-and-play-somebody/
"It’s simple really, when it comes to something that affects basketball in the ACC then North Carolina and Duke should have first say in the matter. They are the two main reasons why the conference is well respected around the country when it pertains to basketball. The conference owes them that respect.
When something such as changing the ACC football schedule from eight games to nine comes up, the conference in return should listen more to what Clemson and Florida State have to say than those schools in the Triangle.
ESPN has publicly said if it was not for Clemson’s and Florida State’s success in football over the last five years, the World Wide Leader in Sports would not have signed its new deal in helping the ACC launch its own television network in 2019.
As you know, ESPN has asked the conference to either expand its conference schedule to nine games while playing one game against a Power 5 non-conference opponent, or keep it at eight games and require all conference teams to play at least two games against Power 5 non-conference opponents.
Obviously because of their in-state rivalry games against SEC foes, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Louisville are in favor of the 8-plus-2 model.
According to ESPN, even Duke is in favor of the 8-plus-2 model, and all the teams mentioned above have already scheduled multiple games against Power 5 non-conference opponents for years on out.
“I am an eight-plus-two guy. That is what I have been since I got the job. That is pretty much what we have been as a program,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said following Tuesday’s practice. “We are going to play South Carolina every year and then I love to be able to go play another Big Boy, if you will, and measure up.”
Given the ACC’s perception as a basketball conference, it benefits Clemson and Florida State more to play teams like Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State when it comes to the College Football Playoff than playing another ACC game against a team like Virginia.
There is also the factor of wanting to play seven home games every year that comes into play, and if a ninth ACC game is added, it gives Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Louisville no choice but to end that that second game against a Power 5 non-conference opponents. So that means no more games against Auburn, Georgia and Texas A&M.
Teams like North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Miami, Virginia and Boston College want to move to nine games because they want play more games against teams in the other divisions instead of having to schedule two Power 5 non-conference games. Also keep mind, ether way, these teams will easily be able to keep the luxury of scheduling seven home games every year regardless of how the schedule is set up.
Even on years when they have to play at Notre Dame, which the ACC requires, it will not affect their scheduling. So basically, these schools want to have their cake and eat it too.
I understand ESPN wanting to make sure the television network they will invest so heavily in has better matchups than Boston College playing at UMass or NC State hosting William & Mary or Old Dominion. I get that.
The 8-plus-2 model is a win-win for everybody. So NC State man up and play real competition outside the ACC for a change and stop trying to snowball your way into playing Duke and Virginia every year to make it look like you have played somebody.
Let’s be honest here. If the basketball schools had more of a say in changing the basketball schedule from 18 to 20 games, then shouldn’t Clemson and Florida State have more of a say when it comes to football because without Clemson and Florida State, the ACC would be just like the American Athletic Conference, just a bunch of basketball schools trying to make it to basketball season every year.
I hope the ACC’s other athletic directors keep that in mind when they vote in October."
CB
2016 OOC Games vs Power 5 Schools by Conferencepic.twitter.com/jJyQXwbiVL
David HaleVerified account
David Cutcliffe says he's "completely against" a 9-game conference schedule in the #ACC.... http://es.pn/2b1KQqV pic.twitter.com/LrWXH3vemO
Mike Dougherty
ACC has 9.6 P5 games per team.
B12 has 9.8,
B1G has 10.3,
Pac 12 has 9.8+,
SEC has 8.9
David HaleVerified account
Expanded sched is all about inventory for TV. Conf gms+P5 OOC in 2015:
ACC - 78
B1G - 71
SEC - 68
P12 - 64
B12 - 53
David HaleVerified account
Include B1G’s P5 “exception” schools & “big game” inventory in 2015:
ACC - 81
B1G - 75
SEC - 70
P12 - 65
B12 - 53
By all accounts FSU, Clemson, UL and GT are against 9. Per the News-Observer, UNC's Fedora is against 9. Duke/Cutcliffe are against 9. I've seen it suggested that VT and Pitt are against 9.
ReplyDeleteThere is NO WAY 9 games is approved if FSU, Clemson, UNC and Duke are against it. No. F'ing. Way.
Miami, Wake, NC State, UVA, Cuse and BC simply don't matter when it comes to making conference-wide decisions. Not when compared to the clout of the other group.
The 8-2 group needs to flip one of the 9-1 teams.
ReplyDeleteNo it doesn't. There are already enough to block 9 games.
DeleteThe weak programs run the ACC....#1 issue of this conference.
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