ACC 2020 Schedule: 10+1?

[billybud]

Heck...the Irish are pro's at getting their way...

The ACC will let them play as a conference member for a year hoping that it will entice them...while the Notre Dame AD bats his eyelashs and flirts..."come a little bit closer..you're my kind of man"

We all know how this one will go.

 

[kingdobbs]

Heck...the Irish are pro's at getting their way...

The ACC will let them play as a conference member for a year hoping that it will entice them...while the Notre Dame AD bats his eyelashs and flirts..."come a little bit closer..you're my kind of man"

We all know how this one will go.

I don’t even think there’s any question how the relationship exists and will continue going forward.

Both sides understand that these are extenuating circumstances, and that while the Irish are at best a football partner to the ACC, it helps both the Irish and the ACC football membership to have a temporary arrangement that will benefit everyone during these “uncertain times”. The Irish won’t have a giant hole blown in their schedule, and while they won’t get Navy, USC or Stanford, there’s five teams in the current ACC that the Irish have played in at least 20 seasons (BC, Pitt, Miami, UNC, Ga Tech). Give them Syracuse for another game in the “subway alumni” region, Clemson for the national attention, Louisville for a close by matchup, Duke or Wake for a challenging but probable win, and UVA or Va Tech for another strong matchup. Then let them work out their +1 to get a fellow independent like BYU or Army a game, or use them in leverage with the SEC to negotiate a +1 deal for the league across the board to give someone like LSU or Bama a big NC game since they don’t really have an out of league rival like SC-Clemson or UF-FSU.

Then whenever COVID calms down, both sides can pretend like none of this ever happened.

 

[huskymedic]

>>It’s important to remember: No matter what coaches or ADs say, the presidents will call this shot. Unlike athletic directors, who are usually pretty transparent and predictable, academic leaders can be a bit of a wild card in these situations.

They’re the ones, above all else, who will have to rationalize bringing athletes back to campus in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic when it’s been deemed unsafe for many students — and accept the responsibility for that decision if it backfires.<<

 

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[Hoophound]

Does he mean permanently or just this season?

 

[Exit 4]

We’d be a lot cheaper... we’ll settle for $5 mil

 

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[billybud]

The ACC has it somewhat right with Notre Dame...hit them with the carrot and make them eat the stick....but the Irish just do not need money.

No way will $35 million tempt the Irish to leave their independent ways....they get 8 games and they will be happy this year and wait for next...

Eight plus Navy and and a fill in..10 games.

 

[nd73]

35 Million is attractive during Covid . ND has plenty of money, but they will be hurt by lack of fans and donations during an economic downturn. Right now they have a perfect excuse for a money grab and not many ND fan's would question the reasoning. You would have some vocal alums that would threaten donation withdrawals but in general it would be received with a which you gonna do attitude (shoulder shrug).

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Exit 4]

Blauds now doing fantasy. I don't see how one COVid wracked season causing ND to fold on independence. Click bait.

 

[huskymedic]

Have to see what happens whether UConn remains on UVA and UNC schedules:

>>All non-conference game opponents, selected by the respective school, must be played in the home state of the ACC institution, and all non-conference opponents must meet the medical protocol requirements as agreed upon by the ACC<<

 

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>>All non-conference game opponents, selected by the respective school, must be played in the home state of the ACC institution, and all non-conference opponents must meet the medical protocol requirements as agreed upon by the ACC<<

So if we want to be a +1 to the ACC we have to hit the road....over and over again. Crud.

I could see all parties mutually agreeing for the UNC and UVA games to be swapped to Syracuse and BC.

Its about go time now on the game of chicken. Does AD David Benedict book some games and commit this school to fall football or does he turn off the phone? The moment of decision is upon us.

 

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UConn schedule - Based on the ACC news of the 10+1 schedule and SEC rumors of conf only schedule.

Looks like UConn will officially have four games left on the schedule when the does settles.

• 09/03 - UMass
• 09/12 - at Illinois (Canceled)
• 09/19 - at Virginia <--Expected
• 09/26 - Indiana (Canceled)
• 10/03 - Old Dominion
• 10/10 - Maine (Canceled)
• 10/24 - at Ole Miss <--Expected
• 10/31 - Liberty
• 11/07 - at North Carolina <--Expected
• 11/14 - at San Jose State <--Expected
• 11/21 - Middle Tennessee
• 11/28 - Army

ND's old schedule before 10+1 was announced

• 09/05 - at Navy <--presumably cancelled
• 09/12 - Arkansas <--do they keep this game?
• 09/19 - Western Michigan <--presumably cancelled
• 09/26 - vs Wake Forest (in Charlotte, NC)
• 10/03 - vs Wisconsin (in Green Bay, WI) (Canceled)
• 10/10 - Stanford (Canceled)
• 10/17 - at Pitt
• 10/31 - Duke
• 11/07 - Clemson
• 11/14 - at Georgia Tech
• 11/21 - Louisville
• 11/28 - at USC (Canceled)

 

[billybud]

So if we want to be a +1 to the ACC we have to hit the road....over and over again. Crud.

I could see all parties mutually agreeing for the UNC and UVA games to be swapped to Syracuse and BC.

Its about go time now on the game of chicken. Does AD David Benedict book some games and commit this school to fall football or does he turn off the phone? The moment is about to come.

Made to order for Clemson, FSU, GT, Louisville and OK for North Carolina, Virginia...but what about Pitt, Cuse, and the others?

 

[huskymedic]

UConn schedule

• 09/03 - UMass
• 09/12 - at Illinois (Canceled)
• 09/19 - at Virginia
• 09/26 - Indiana (Canceled)
• 10/03 - Old Dominion
• 10/10 - Maine (Canceled)
• 10/24 - at Ole Miss
• 10/31 - Liberty
• 11/07 - at North Carolina
• 11/14 - at San Jose State
• 11/21 - Middle Tennessee
• 11/28 - Army

Ole Miss

 

[gioff2323]

ACC did ND a huge favor - check out their home/away schedule

 

[Exit 4]

Sources tell me UConn moving closer to a 5 game series each with Army and UMass. Sources not too serious...yet.

AD David Benedict probably has until about Friday 8/7 to make some decisions. Schedule replacement games or shut it down.

The problem - no FBS program has quit yet.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

IF there is football, UConn and BC should be playing each other.

 

[pepband99]

ACC did ND a huge favor - check out their home/away schedule

This assumes fans in stands. unlikely, even at small percentage capacity. It could be played on mars to same impact.

 

[metsfan2323]

UCONN should wait as long as they can to make a decision. There is no benefit to being the first to fold up shop, nobody would follow our lead.

I would expect the start date on the season to be pushed back at least a couple weeks to buy more time, plus they should let the NFL start the season and see if there is anything to be learned from them.

 

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Will Navy reverse plans to travel to South Bend for the +1 game? TBD

 

[huskymedic]

IF there is football, UConn and BC should be playing each other.

It would have to be @ BC.

Maybe they finagle the 2022/2023 home and home series.