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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. 
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9 years 9 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. 
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. No, but he can certainly influence the vote, and he did so by putting this option back on the table, probably knowing that he had a majority to side with it.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Your first conclusion is a simplistic rationalization. The second is an incorrect paranoid conspiracy rationalization.
The decision is based on a vote of AD's (and it's been a close one at that) not a decree from Swofford. Do you honestly think Whit's swing vote (which was to remain at 8 in the past and presumably currently) is driven by what Swofford or the league office think vs what is best for VT?
Does he also scratch his balls and sniff his fingers? Possibly NSFW gif?
Larry Fedora may be Joachim Low's cousin or something.
edit: removed, too wordy.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Also, why on earth did ESPN tell the ACC that they'd accept an 8+1 schedule? ESPN should recognize how #goacc the ACC really is and know that they could force the ACC into better schedule for ESPN. Doesn't make sense.
THIS! SO MUCH THIS!
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. I think this was done just to keep FSU and Clemson from whining about not having a 7-game home schedule. Second, I think the ACC leadership honestly doesn't really care about football as long as FSU and Clemson are happy and in contention for the playoff. It would take too much effort, creativity, and thought for John Swofford to do anything to fix the scheduling issues, so instead he just chooses to do nothing. As long as ACC Basketball is top in the nation, FSU and Clemson are happy, and the interests of the Carolina teams are satisfied, I think he just prefers to not do anything at all.
This wasn't even an option until Swofford put it back on the table. I could probably guess how the voting went:
FSU and Clemson obviously for status quo, major football influence
Louisville and GT in a similar scheduling situation but with less influence, still this favors them
Swofford probably was able to rally the Carolina mafia because they don't really care about football anyway, so there's the 8 majority
VT, BC, Miami, Pitt, 'Cuse all Big East refugees getting screwed. And UVa just kind of tagging along, but they had voted in favor of 9-game in the past, so there's your 6 minority.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. 
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Because a majority of the partner schools weren't in favor of a change, it's all because Clemson wants to play 2 cream puffs? Excellent analysis.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. 
This is literally the one option none of us wanted. We're stuck playing each team in the Atlantic once every 6 years, without requiring extra P5 teams in the non-conference schedule. I feel like this only satisfies FSU and Clemson. My main question is who else voted for this? I'll be rather disappointed if Whit voted for this.
Also, why on earth did ESPN tell the ACC that they'd accept an 8+1 schedule? ESPN should recognize how #goacc the ACC really is and know that they could force the ACC into better schedule for ESPN. Doesn't make sense.
EDIT: I said "one option no one wanted." I'll clarify that none of us did. I'm sure Clemson is thrilled with this decision.
My TKP powers have failed me
I typically just find an attractive co-ed at away games and show her the hokie pokey after we win.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. I don't know that it's historic so much as it's financial. Those non-conference Mid-major & FCS games were cash cows. However for a variety of reasons, they're becoming less so now.
so who are the riders of Rohan led by Gandalf in this scenario?
the only good thing about Morgantown was the penny pitcher night...can't remember what bar it was
I mean... I picked that metaphor for a reason.
VT having an effective/explosive offense has to be like Christmas coming early for Foster.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. What a joke, between this and the conference not being willing to move around cross division games we might as well not be in same conference as Louisville, Clemson and FSU. All because Clemson wants to play 2 cream puffs a year.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. the acc to ESPN:
Does Swafford's son still work at Raycom? Maybe he's trying to tank the ESPN deal so they can lock in the awesome setup we enjoy now.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Once they made that an option, it was clear to me that they'd go that direction.
I'd have much preferred EITHER the 9+1 or the 8+2.
I guess we get to keep the ECU rivalry. Oh boy.
Did the same after the Auburn Sugar Bowl...oh well, Bourbon St was still fun!
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Read up some and you'll see
Don't know how I didn't find this thread earlier!
My neighbor and I are planning on brewing a batch something in the next month or so.. it'll be his first in a few years and my first at home. I've brewed two other batches before, both a 'brew warehouse' where you use their equipment and leave it onsite to ferment.
My main question for you other homebrew guys would be regarding the fermenting process - I know its not ideal, but how much of an issue will it be if I need to move the bucket a few times during fermenting? Will it seriously mess up anything? I live in a tiny 700 sf apartment so I doubt I'll be able to keep it in one place for three weeks without needing to move it at least once. If it's going to be a huge issue I can try to borrow my parents basement whenever I want to brew.
It'll be nice to actual be able to start this as a real hobby like i've been wanting to!
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Seems to me that part of the problem is the insistence on cross-divisional partners using up one of the slots (which most teams don't need) as well, not just the addition of two teams.
There are also many other possible arrangements that have been proposed, including one that eliminates divisions altogether. Take a look at this proposal for the SEC: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/6/14/11895556/sec-football-schedule-format-divisions-rivalries-rotation
So even though the majority apparently voted to not go with 8+2 or 9+1, it was Swofford's evil doing that allowed the majority to vote as the majority? Makes sense now.