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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. ACC is legit
I wouldn't go that far....is the ACC getting there? Yes, I believe so. I don't think it's quite there yet, though.
I'm just pissed we didn't have a role in legitimizing it.
oh, don't you worry, we will!
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9 years 10 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Ditto.
The ACC Wheel of Destiny is put to bed. ACC is legit. I'm just pissed we didn't have a role in legitimizing it.
I was so pumped for #AllMaroonEverything. Random Hokie fan next to me questioned why I was so excited for Maroon unis. Then we proceed to get demolished.
Gotta have faith!
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9 years 10 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. I don't disagree with you..but the odd thing with sports fans, for some reason, is that for the ACC the conference needs to have sustained success instead of "flash-in-the-pan" years. People need to see the ACC dominate non-conference match-ups for at least 3 or 4 seasons before they really believe the ACC is one of the premier leagues.
I don't agree with that logic but that's what we're up against as a league.
did he put you in a choke hold too?
First thing I thought when I saw it. That's a kickoff time, I'd imagine.
Just don't spray it with full cans of Axe...
It's almost like Fuente is the Platonic Form of a coach. If you asked me what I thought the ideal coach response to something was, Fuente is basically batting 1.000 at giving those responses.
Maybe it's a 3:30 tv start time but kickoff is 3:45ish?
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9 years 10 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. I feel like 9 conference games is a precursor to eventually expanding to a 13 game regular season schedule.
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
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9 years 10 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. with the national perception that the ACC is among the worst of the P5 conferences it's a bad look for ND to have a losing record against that conference.
That perception is changing... rapidly
The Atlantic division is widely regarded as one of the toughest in the country right now with Clemson, UofL, and FSU doing their thing (FSU being 2016 FSU isn't helping, but they still get the name cred for the time being). And quietly the Coastal is shaping up as a pretty tough beast as well with Miami in the Top 10, UNC in the Top 20, and VT ranked. Even if the trio in each beat each other up this year, we should just be trading ranking spots, which should really help our our perception fast.
Even more mind blowing that it, according to VT, actually started with jingling on "offensive" third downs
https://www.unirel.vt.edu/history/students_alumni/traditions.html
Key Play
In the early to mid-1980s, probably 1984, Hokie football fans began removing keys from their pockets and shaking them at the beginning of a third-down offensive play, indicating a "key play." The tradition did not originate at Virginia Tech but has become a significant tradition at football games.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. How can you argue that?
With a nine conference game setup, the ACC hands us a nine game schedule. That's it. That's the level of commitment have: accepting the schedule we're given.
With the 8+2, we have the mandate to schedule two P5 opponents, and no assistance in actually scheduling them. Of all non-conference games, a P5 is the most difficult to schedule. P5 programs often have their non-conference games scheduled years in advance. (See the future schedules section of HokieSports as an example.) So when does the mandate start? Immediately? Good luck.
And P5 non-conference games are notorious for postponements. Wisconsin has postponed our home and home two or three times now. With a two game mandate, if a P5 opponent postpones/cancels and we're required to replace that game with another P5, that's going to be basically impossible on short notice.
No, it's not even in the same zip code as far as scheduling difficulty is concerned. The 9+1 format would actually make scheduling easier for the AD (by reducing non-conference games needing to be scheduled from 4 to 3 each year), while the 8+2 completely handcuffs the AD and might damn well require the impossible. The only way an 8+2 might work is if they allow counting ND as a P5 opponent and also enter into an agreement with another P5 conference akin to the B1G/ACC Challenge in hoops.
I got curious and looked it up. Top 5 in the AP were tOSU, Mich St, Ole Miss, TCU, Baylor. Interestingly enough Clemson and Bama were 12 and 13.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2572701-ncaa-football-rankings-2015-w...
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9 years 10 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. FWIW the mandated start date for either model is 2019.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. with the way the ACC is improving I have a hard time believing ND will ever go 5-0 against the league AND lose 3 other games which is basically what it would take to fulfill your example. ND will be in denial over the need for joining a conference if they're losing 3+ games every year. They hold themselves in such high regard that they'll make coaching changes to try going undefeated before they'll join a conference IMO
T.L. Hannah was no slouch. I played against Ben Boulware my junior year. He knocked me out of the game actually. Fun memories.
Home field usually accounts for 3 points, but there were A LOT of tickets available for this game last week before UNC played FSU, giving VT fans ample opportunity to buy them up in droves. This is ripe for a stadium takeover, and the Hokies have had 2 weeks to prepare for the Heels.
I also would not be surprised if we're favorites by kickoff.
is it really?
Wow, there have been some heavy movement on our lines for the last 2 weeks. For ECU we opened as something like a 3 or 6 point favorite only to see it balloon up to 14 or 15 by kickoff. Now, UNC opens as a TD favorite, and barely 24 hours later, its down to a FG favorite or so far as even up.
Rankings matter to young impressionable sports fans. I can think of a few that we could impress. So yeah, it doesn't matter except that it does.
Plus ECU had 5 turnovers against UCF.
This is a good point. If you have 5 turnovers, then you're likely to lose the game, and inflate the other team's score (e.g. our game against Tennessee).
That spread might tighten further. UNC is in prime shape for a let down game and we are coming off a bye. If I am an impartial betting man (I'm not) I would push my money toward the hokies in this one. Also, the homer in me thinks that we match up well with unc and I expect a win.
I believe its even now
I have to agree with Random Hokie. I've always thought this forum's interest bordering on obsession in what we wear is a trifle odd.