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time in the long run.
The average college fb fan is a bit pissed off with CR and thinks that their good" old conference" and division rivalries are gone for good. Hence interest/attendance has dropped, and will continue to drop. The only savior is creating rivalries.
The ACC is the only conference which can overcome this with simple steps. i am still trying to work this out, but basically what they need to do is expand by 2 teams - UConn, and Cincy. Form an old school ACC division consisting of 8 teams : FSU, Clemson, Wake, NCS, GT, Duke, UNC, and UVA. Form a new school ACC division of 8 teams: Cuse, BCU, UM, VT, Pitt, UL, Cincy, and UConn. Thus you have two 8 divisions with huge history and rivalries. each division plays 7 games within and has 1 rotating outside division game. Or play a 9 game conference schedule with 2 floating outside division games.
Give ND 2 to 4 years to decide if they are in FB wise, if they agree then then tap one of USF/UCF/WVU as their complement expanding to 18 teams, or with an ND yes why not take all three forming a 20 team conference.
NO other conference can set up two divisions (old ACC and old BE) which reinforces huge rivalries and allows a larger conference to host a championship game and a free ticker to the 4 team NC format.
Right now the old school ACC fans (down here in NC) think the current set up is confusing and have little interest in Pitt, BCU, Cuse, etc. They long for the old ACC.
Duh - give them what they want!
Swoffort can easily have a 16 or 18 or 20 Super conference with two 8/9 or 10 team divisions that have historic rivalries and a feel of old school FB.
This is such a win/win situation it establishes this ACC as a power (maybe the power) conference and guarantees fan support for years. The southerns would love to follow the ACc division and the northerns would love to follw the old BE division. Add a conference champsionship that pips each winner against the other in FB and its gravvy.
In MBB it would be a joke. no other conference would come close. Swoffort would own NYC down to Miami.
The average college fb fan is a bit pissed off with CR and thinks that their good" old conference" and division rivalries are gone for good. Hence interest/attendance has dropped, and will continue to drop. The only savior is creating rivalries.
The ACC is the only conference which can overcome this with simple steps. i am still trying to work this out, but basically what they need to do is expand by 2 teams - UConn, and Cincy. Form an old school ACC division consisting of 8 teams : FSU, Clemson, Wake, NCS, GT, Duke, UNC, and UVA. Form a new school ACC division of 8 teams: Cuse, BCU, UM, VT, Pitt, UL, Cincy, and UConn. Thus you have two 8 divisions with huge history and rivalries. each division plays 7 games within and has 1 rotating outside division game. Or play a 9 game conference schedule with 2 floating outside division games.
Give ND 2 to 4 years to decide if they are in FB wise, if they agree then then tap one of USF/UCF/WVU as their complement expanding to 18 teams, or with an ND yes why not take all three forming a 20 team conference.
NO other conference can set up two divisions (old ACC and old BE) which reinforces huge rivalries and allows a larger conference to host a championship game and a free ticker to the 4 team NC format.
Right now the old school ACC fans (down here in NC) think the current set up is confusing and have little interest in Pitt, BCU, Cuse, etc. They long for the old ACC.
Duh - give them what they want!
Swoffort can easily have a 16 or 18 or 20 Super conference with two 8/9 or 10 team divisions that have historic rivalries and a feel of old school FB.
This is such a win/win situation it establishes this ACC as a power (maybe the power) conference and guarantees fan support for years. The southerns would love to follow the ACc division and the northerns would love to follw the old BE division. Add a conference champsionship that pips each winner against the other in FB and its gravvy.
In MBB it would be a joke. no other conference would come close. Swoffort would own NYC down to Miami.