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ltrepeter2000's picture ltrepeter2000
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| 12 years 5 months # | Men's BB VT 8-13 at Pitt 19-4

The bright side is they are taking a ranked team to overtime. The dark side is that they should have already won this game

RetiredHokie13's picture RetiredHokie13 | 12 years 5 months # | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD

Yep - Stiney tried for years to put this recruiting structure in place. It took the arrival of Shane, followed by Loeffler, Moorehead, and the recently departed Grimes to add support for implementing the new plan. It's pretty obvious that Searels has already bought into it and is already recruiting.

CFB is also doing far more than he has in the past like attending games and doing more visits.

SevenLayersofPlayers's picture SevenLayersofPlayers
669TH MEMBER OF TKPC
| 12 years 5 months # | Bitter blog - Would you rather see a 9-game ACC schedule or a yearly ACC-SEC matchup?

At the end of the day, the ultimate goal of the conference is to develop an environment that would maximize the number of consistent national championship contenders in the league (duh).

In my mind, there are only two programs that are currently consistent national championship contenders: Clemson and Florida State. Virginia Tech, Louisville and Miami could be in that conversation in the next three years.

The secondary goal should be to maximize the amount programs that could consistently become bowl-eligible.

So the answer of this question should be looked at from this framework: How does each choice help UVA become consistently bowl-eligible? How does each choice help Florida State cement its status and raise Virginia Tech to the Seminoles level?

That being said, my preference is the 8+SEC model. I'd rather see the conference that a risk than play it safe.

Rightfully so, most people believe the SEC is a superior conference to the ACC. Recruits would rather play in the SEC because playing against the best collegiate competition will prepare them for the next level. There are two ways for the ACC to break that perception: 1) To have as many teams compete for the NC as possible 2) To beat the SEC consistently in 1-on-1 matchups.

By only playing eight conference games instead of nine, you minimize programs "beating up on each other". In a conference game, it's guaranteed one ACC team gets a win and one gets a loss. In a non-conference game, nothing is guaranteed. By replacing a ninth conference game with a SEC game, you create a higher variance of total NC contenders and bowl-eligible teams in the conference. Given that the ACC is the "little brother" to the SEC, this is the preferable option.

Trivially, if ACC teams beat SEC teams regularly, the perception of the ACC changes.

Of course, this could end badly for the ACC. If the SEC dominates these matchups, the schedule would be counterintuitive to the ACC's ultimate goals.

Hokies semper liberi's picture Hokies semper liberi | 12 years 5 months # | Men's BB VT 8-13 at Pitt 19-4

That was an incredible play by Wilson. Amazing with how many minutes hes been playing

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