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<blockquote data-quote="bensaysitathome" data-source="post: 731964" data-attributes="member: 2309"><p>Hey everyone. I don't post a lot, but the general lack of sports has me getting antsy. Here's a thought I had this morning.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot of talk right now about how the ACC would react if ND makes the move to permanent football member. Usually, this is about who would be the potential 16th member. Right now, that looks like maybe WVU? A G5 school? Not a lot of desirable choices. So, what if we stayed at 15 teams?</p><p></p><p>I think three 5-team pods would work really well for the ACC. The proposed pod rosters below could be reworked, but there are definite benefits. You can keep 8 conference games for our OOC games, and at the end of the season you take the two highest Pod Champs by record, using tie-breakers. That way there's little chance of a 6-6 team sneaking in, and you would almost certainly have a more TV-friendly ACCCG matchup. The races would really matter to the end of the year (even if you've secured your pod, you care about the records of other winners). Plus you would have played every team once every four years, so theoretically, a student that plays four seasons sees every opponent at least once.</p><p></p><p>4 permanent matchups in your pod</p><p>1 permanent matchup from each of the other pods</p><p>1 rotating matchup from each of the other pods</p><p>(you could also rotate all 4 out-of-pod matchups, but this allows you to keep games like UVA-UNC, and GT-Clemson on a yearly basis)</p><p></p><p><u>POD A</u></p><p>BC</p><p>Syracuse</p><p>Pitt</p><p>VT</p><p>UVA</p><p></p><p><u>POD B</u></p><p>Duke</p><p>WF</p><p>NCSU</p><p>UNC</p><p>Clemson</p><p></p><p><u>POD C</u></p><p>ND</p><p>Lville</p><p>GT</p><p>Miami</p><p>FSU</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bensaysitathome, post: 731964, member: 2309"] Hey everyone. I don't post a lot, but the general lack of sports has me getting antsy. Here's a thought I had this morning. There's a lot of talk right now about how the ACC would react if ND makes the move to permanent football member. Usually, this is about who would be the potential 16th member. Right now, that looks like maybe WVU? A G5 school? Not a lot of desirable choices. So, what if we stayed at 15 teams? I think three 5-team pods would work really well for the ACC. The proposed pod rosters below could be reworked, but there are definite benefits. You can keep 8 conference games for our OOC games, and at the end of the season you take the two highest Pod Champs by record, using tie-breakers. That way there's little chance of a 6-6 team sneaking in, and you would almost certainly have a more TV-friendly ACCCG matchup. The races would really matter to the end of the year (even if you've secured your pod, you care about the records of other winners). Plus you would have played every team once every four years, so theoretically, a student that plays four seasons sees every opponent at least once. 4 permanent matchups in your pod 1 permanent matchup from each of the other pods 1 rotating matchup from each of the other pods (you could also rotate all 4 out-of-pod matchups, but this allows you to keep games like UVA-UNC, and GT-Clemson on a yearly basis) [U]POD A[/U] BC Syracuse Pitt VT UVA [U]POD B[/U] Duke WF NCSU UNC Clemson [U]POD C[/U] ND Lville GT Miami FSU [/QUOTE]
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