New ACC Schedule Format Reveal

[orientalnc]

 

[awbuzz]

... Every team we play will have a bye week the week prior to playing us?
... We get Clemson, FSU, Stanford, Cal, and SMU on our permanent games, all away games no less.

 

[AUFC]

I want Stanford or Cal away. A long weekend in SF sounds fantastic!

 

[RyanS12]

Will it just be our opponents or will they have the actual dates set too? I know some conferences like the B10 and SEC have their schedules set a few years out.

 

[CuseJacket]

Will it just be our opponents or will they have the actual dates set too? I know some conferences like the B10 and SEC have their schedules set a few years out.

Neither. It’s a reveal of the format. At most I expect we will learn the revised permanent rivalries and then an overview of how schedules will be optimized and rotated.

I suppose they could surprise me, but I expect that our opponents and dates for next year will come later.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

I want Stanford or Cal away. A long weekend in SF sounds fantastic!

You’re mighty rich for a young man!

 

[AUFC]

You’re mighty rich for a young man!

Step 1: don’t get married
Step 2: don’t have kids
Step 3: love the Jackets

 

[bensaysitathome]

Neither. It’s a reveal of the format. At most I expect we will learn the revised permanent rivalries and then an overview of how schedules will be optimized and rotated.

I suppose they could surprise me, but I expect that our opponents and dates for next year will come later.

Agreed. This is a "model release" so they'll just describe permanent rivalries, how often we'll play other teams, and travel protocol for the West Coast.

I doubt it will be particularly revealing, as the commissioner already tipped his hand. One trip to the west coast every other year for the old guard.

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

Step 1: don’t get married
Step 2: don’t have kids
Step 3: love the Jackets

Wrong! Grandkids are the miracle that keeps on giving!

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

Back on topic. Anyone want to guess at the number of conference games?
7, 8, 9, 10?
And where does ND fit in?

 

[orientalnc]

Back on topic. Anyone want to guess at the number of conference games?
7, 8, 9, 10?
And where does ND fit in?

I heard (somewhere) that the ACC would stick with 8 conference games. At least for a while.

ND will continue playing five ACC opponents in non-conference games. Stanford and Cal can schedule ND in the years they are not in the ND rotation. Those games will not count toward the five contracted ND games.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

I want Stanford or Cal away. A long weekend in SF sounds fantastic!

Have you been to SF recently?

 

[LongforDodd]

Wrong! Grandkids are the miracle that keeps on giving!

And with any luck the grandkids can one day buy you all of the west coast trips you might ever want.

 

[slugboy]

Have you been to SF recently?

You should go. Dollaritas are back.

(Credit to Bluesky.app)

 

[Thwg777]

Anything better than having the perennial toughest schedule will be a victory

 

[cpf2001]

I was in SF a couple weeks ago but forgot to stop by Applebees, thanks for ruining my trip in retrospect! The area around the stadiums seemed quite nice, though.

 

[slugboy]

I was in SF a couple weeks ago but forgot to stop by Applebees, thanks for ruining my trip in retrospect! The area around the stadiums seemed quite nice, though.

When I think of Fisherman’s Wharf, I think of Applebees. How could you think of anything more iconic to SF?

 

[cpf2001]

If I was gonna fly in to go to a game at Stanford, though, I'd suggest considering something a bit different, like fly into San Jose and then stay near Half Moon Bay. Probably too much of a drive to Cal, but a nice change of pace from the peninsula burbs.

 

[stech81]

Does anyone think UNC will ask the ACC to take us off their schedule every year.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Does anyone think UNC will ask the ACC to take us off their schedule every year.

They should. We seem to own them.

It turns my stomach a little to say this but it reminds me of years past in which uga used to beat Tech even when we had a better team. It can really start to get in your head as a program.