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So, I caught some of the Miami / Duke game on the U.
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So, I caught some of the Miami / Duke game on the U.


Jul 27, 2016, 11:08 PM

It was unbelievably the #10 game of 2015 because of the KO return, that happened after 2:50 of an otherwise ###-####### game.

Duke entered 6-1 and there's NOBODY there in the stands, and it's Miami (5-3), all still in contention. Two years ago when Duke was on the way to the Coastal win it was also very poorly attended, and one was practically a division playoff game late in the season.

So that got me to thinking, out of 56 games that are played in the ACC annually, 14 of them - 25% - are annual games with next to zero schputz due to the division splits and assignments.

These games happen every single year in our conference.

Miami / Duke - Probably less in the stands in Miami, even when they're contenders.
Duke / Pitt
Miami / UVA
UVA / Louisville (permanent cross-division now in place of MD)
Wake / FSU
Wake / Clemson
Wake / Syracuse
Wake / Louisville
Clemson / Syracuse
BC / Va. Tech
BC / Clemson
BC / FSU
BC / NC State
NC State / Syracuse
NC State / Louisville

Sure, many are highly competitive, and strengths and fortunes ebb and flow, and it's littered with programs that are perennial strugglers, and you can find drama on any given Saturday, which we've certainly had our share of, but for 25% of our entire league football schedule to be comprised of the above year in and year out without fail - we're leaving an awful lot on the table by not mixing it up more often.

Doing away with divisions would still leave these games in place, but only half the time.

Following are 14 games that are lost in the 6-year division rotation that could be added into the mix and played just as often as the list above as they would all be part of a larger rotation:

Pitt / Clemson
Pitt / FSU
Pitt / Louisville
Clemson / Va. Tech
Clemson / Miami
Clemson / UNC
UNC / FSU
UNC / Louisville
Louisville / Va. Tech
Louisville / Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech / FSU
FSU / Va. Tech
Miami / BC
NC State / Va. Tech

We're gettin' robbed.

Go Tigers! Downtime nearing an end.


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Re: So, I caught some of the Miami / Duke game on the U.


Jul 28, 2016, 12:11 AM

Maybe its the booze, but that made my head hurt while trying to comprehend

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For relaxing times, make it Suntory time


Ironic? UNC is not on the list of 14 mostly meaningless


Jul 28, 2016, 3:06 PM

games, almost as if the divisions were created with their scheduling goals first then everything else scheduled to fit.

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