One game closer to the SEC/ACC challenge...I wrote this in the comment section on a random post about a month ago, I still want this to happen:
I've been thinking about it from the SEC standpoint. Why would they want to do this? Most teams in the SEC pad their out of conference schedules with FCS and LOLUVA-level programs because of the grueling nature of SEC football. At first glance, most teams would balk at the idea of giving up a guaranteed home game against a bad opponent in exchange of a home game with ACC opponent every other year. If I were an SEC coach, I wouldn't like giving up my flexibility.
Then I realized how this could make sense from an SEC standpoint: money.
Theoretically, the ACC covers the following markets that the SEC doesn't: New York (Syracuse), Boston (Boston College), Washington DC (VT/UVA), Pittsburgh (PITT) & Charlotte/R-D (UNC, Duke, WF, NCST). That represents the #1, #6, #9, #23 & #27 markets in the United States.
If you make the SEC matchups into neutral site games (instead of home games for the ACC), the SEC would expand their influence into the north and make a ton of money in the process.
Here's what I'd like to see happen (Made a couple of changes based on comments below):
1) Keep the current ACC/SEC matchups. That includes:
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
Florida vs. Florida State
Kentucky vs. Louisville
South Carolina vs. Clemson
Vanderbilt vs. Wake Forest
2) Create the following matchups based on market size:
Syracuse vs. LSU (Neutral Site: Metlife Stadium)
Boston College vs. Alabama (Neutral Site: Gillette Stadium)
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee (Neutral Site: Bristol)
Pittsburgh vs. Auburn
UNC vs. Texas A&M & NC State vs. Mizzou (Neutral Site: Bank of America Stadium)
3) Fill-in other matchups that make most geographic sense and/or create the most compelling matchups:
UVA vs. Ole Miss
Duke vs. Arkansas
Miami vs. Miss State
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