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Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

At least you get FSU this year. Could be worse. We host Duke this year, so it will be 12 years before we get to see any appreciable amount of visiting fans from the Coastal other than GT.

(08-26-2013 05:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

At least you get FSU this year. Could be worse. We host Duke this year, so it will be 12 years before we get to see any appreciable amount of visiting fans from the Coastal other than GT.

You'll get to see me next year.

(08-26-2013 07:13 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 05:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

At least you get FSU this year. Could be worse. We host Duke this year, so it will be 12 years before we get to see any appreciable amount of visiting fans from the Coastal other than GT.

You'll get to see me next year.

and 11 other UNC fans

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

After 2015; GT won't get FSU again in Atlanta till 2029. That's just plain stupid... We're the closest ACC school to them (270 miles) and it would be a sellout at both stadiums.

Geographic realignment needs to happen sooner than later.

(08-26-2013 08:13 PM)gpburdell Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

After 2015; GT won't get FSU again in Atlanta till 2029. That's just plain stupid... We're the closest ACC school to them (270 miles) and it would be a sellout at both stadiums.

Geographic realignment needs to happen sooner than later.

SHHHHHH! You as a GT fan are taking away the argument that everybody else on here has that only a few FSU fans want FSU/GT.

We need to move to 9 conference games and get rid of some annual crossover games.
No need for VT and BC or UVA and Louisville to play annually. I want to cycle through the other schools in the Atlantic division faster.

(08-26-2013 09:01 PM)Star City Hokie Wrote:  We need to move to 9 conference games and get rid of some annual crossover games.
No need for VT and BC or UVA and Louisville to play annually. I want to cycle through the other schools in the Atlantic division faster.

No to 9 conference games. I don't want to give up interesting OOC matchups like Auburn and UGA for Duke or UVA more often.

And no way in hell do I want to give up GT annually for anybody in the Atlantic, including VT.

After the Big Ten decided to go to 14 there were 2 things I considered the highest priority, 1. divisions with no locked crossovers, 2. 9 conference games. We mostly got it, although I feel bad for Indiana/Purdue (whom need a locked crossover to play each other). I still think the conference messed up by not doing inner/outer. It would have been negatively received at the time, but would have been far more balanced geographically, population wise, and name brand wise, and required zero locked crossovers. That said, they mostly met what I was hoping for.

I get the reasons against 9 conference games in the ACC. I also get the difficulty of setting things up to minimize locked crossovers. Eventually though, I bet the conference will decide on one or the other. Either the divisions have to be redone so that a minimum number of crossover are necessary or 9 conference games are adopted. I'd bet on the divisions, although still think it's a ways off.

(08-26-2013 08:15 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 08:13 PM)gpburdell Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

After 2015; GT won't get FSU again in Atlanta till 2029. That's just plain stupid... We're the closest ACC school to them (270 miles) and it would be a sellout at both stadiums.

Geographic realignment needs to happen sooner than later.

SHHHHHH! You as a GT fan are taking away the argument that everybody else on here has that only a few FSU fans want FSU/GT.

I've been vouching for geographical realignment since Pitt joined the league.

North
Boston College
Louisville
Miami
Pitt
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech

South
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
NC State
Wake Forest

Miami - Florida State and Virginia - North Carolina both continue yearly cross-division. Play a 9 game conference schedule. Boom.

(08-26-2013 09:30 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  North
Boston College
Louisville
Miami
Pitt
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech

South
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
NC State
Wake Forest

Miami - Florida State and Virginia - North Carolina both continue yearly cross-division. Play a 9 game conference schedule. Boom.

It was only a matter of time until this turned into everyone's favorite conversation...

(08-26-2013 09:31 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  It was only a matter of time until this turned into everyone's favorite conversation...

All the cool kids are talking about it.

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

VT won't see Louisville at home at all on this scheduling cycle.

(08-26-2013 09:09 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 09:01 PM)Star City Hokie Wrote:  We need to move to 9 conference games and get rid of some annual crossover games.
No need for VT and BC or UVA and Louisville to play annually. I want to cycle through the other schools in the Atlantic division faster.

No to 9 conference games. I don't want to give up interesting OOC matchups like Auburn and UGA for Duke or UVA more often.

And no way in hell do I want to give up GT annually for anybody in the Atlantic, including VT.

Amen brother. As a GT fan, I want to play Clemson, FSU, and UNC every year. Everyone else can be rotated. Though I would prefer to see VT and NC St as much as possible.

Yeah I don't like the 9 conference games either. I would like GT to keep rivalries alive with teams like Auburn and Alabama. It's a shame that the upcoming series with Bama has been indefinitely postponed because of the uncertainity of a 9 game conf schedule.

(08-26-2013 10:13 PM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 05:18 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Damn... We won't see FSU at home again until 2027...

VT won't see Louisville at home at all on this scheduling cycle.

Well UMD=Louisville on the schedule. To keep the home/away working right you play the first year of the next cycle before you play the return of the current cycle.

Bun Division
FSU
Clemson
Miami
GTech
Pitt
Syracuse
BC


Meat Division
Louisville
VTech
UNC
NCSt
UVA
Wake
Duke

(08-26-2013 11:41 PM)ULdave Wrote:  Bun Division
FSU
Clemson
Miami
GTech
Pitt
Syracuse
BC


Meat Division
Louisville
VTech
UNC
NCSt
UVA
Wake
Duke

When I first saw your post, I thought geez you've got to have better division names than that. Then I got it North/South in one and middle in the other.

For the record, I'd be fine with that. All 6 division opponents are an easy drive from Blacksburg and heavier populated Virginia. I'd really miss GT, Miami, Pitt and not playing the former coastal opponents FSU and Clemson. But you have to give up something and having a whole division in easy driving distance is worth that.

(08-27-2013 02:08 AM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(08-26-2013 11:41 PM)ULdave Wrote:  Bun Division
FSU
Clemson
Miami
GTech
Pitt
Syracuse
BC


Meat Division
Louisville
VTech
UNC
NCSt
UVA
Wake
Duke

When I first saw your post, I thought geez you've got to have better division names than that. Then I got it North/South in one and middle in the other.

For the record, I'd be fine with that. All 6 division opponents are an easy drive from Blacksburg and heavier populated Virginia. I'd really miss GT, Miami, Pitt and not playing the former coastal opponents FSU and Clemson. But you have to give up something and having a whole division in easy driving distance is worth that.

Ugh! No thanks! Close - sure - but not very appealing. If closeness is the only factor then let's play Radford and Richmond and VMI... the ONLY way this works, IMO, is pods (even uneven pods > bun & meat)