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ND wouldn't join due to scheduling.
To even have a possibility of it working, Wake would need to be voted out and Navy also voted in to have a 16 team conference with two 8 team divisions. We'd have to have a 7 game conference schedule and ND would have to be able to select their division. They'd likely be in a division with Stanford, Navy, Pitt and BC and whichever other 3 schools they'd want to play annually. (FSU, Miami and GT, perhaps?)
ND would then have 4-5 OOC games to schedule at their leisure each year to fit in USC, Michigan, Purdue, whoever. Then, you'd let all the other ACC teams schedule rivals from the opposing ACC divisions as non conference games. Then have the two division champs meet for the title. So you'd have true round robins within your 8 team divisions.
Wouldn't work. But that's how you'd do it.
Thread Replies (25)
Born in '54 a third gen. and have always felt the east coast holds ...
-- GodfatherHokie
Aug 24, 2023 at 09:12 PM ET
GodfatherHokie
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08/24/23 09:12 PM ET
Giving away the house to Notre Dame might be the only way. All the big
-- TDVick
Aug 26, 2023 at 02:59 AM ET
TDVick
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08/26/23 02:59 AM ET
55 here, can’t put that Jennie back in the bottle. Future generations are F**
-- cricket77
Aug 25, 2023 at 10:08 AM ET
cricket77
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08/25/23 10:08 AM ET
Didn’t mean for that post to look that way. Let me finish. Future
-- cricket77
Aug 25, 2023 at 10:11 AM ET
cricket77
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08/25/23 10:11 AM ET
Unfortunately, your way of thinking no longer applies to how realignment
-- HokieToph
Aug 25, 2023 at 07:47 AM ET
HokieToph
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08/25/23 07:47 AM ET
Notre Dame would just join the Big East for other sports
-- HokiesACC2004
Aug 25, 2023 at 06:58 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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08/25/23 06:58 AM ET
Or you have to be in a Power Conf. to qualify for the Championship game.**
-- arcadtect
Aug 25, 2023 at 08:34 AM ET
arcadtect
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08/25/23 08:34 AM ET
They wouldn’t even join then.
-- hokieZ71
Aug 25, 2023 at 07:28 AM ET
hokieZ71
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08/25/23 07:28 AM ET
ND wouldn't join due to scheduling.
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-- hokieZ71
Aug 25, 2023 at 06:44 AM ET
hokieZ71
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08/25/23 06:44 AM ET
Unfortunately, academics is now an afterthought in "college" football...
-- MP4VT2004
Aug 25, 2023 at 12:25 AM ET
MP4VT2004
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08/25/23 12:25 AM ET
The intra-conference equality dilemma: should everyone be treated equally?
-- Maroon Baboon
Aug 24, 2023 at 10:37 PM ET
Maroon Baboon
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08/24/23 10:37 PM ET
I think revenue should be paid by a team's commitment to each sport
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 25, 2023 at 08:36 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/25/23 08:36 AM ET
This is what I think should be done. The smaller schools will vote it down.**
-- 132863Hokie
Aug 25, 2023 at 09:42 AM ET
132863Hokie
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08/25/23 09:42 AM ET
I think if you step back, the issue is the equal distribution
-- Big12 guy
Aug 25, 2023 at 08:00 AM ET
Big12 guy
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08/25/23 08:00 AM ET
It's not just winning. VT is down now but they can fill stadiums at times.
-- 132863Hokie
Aug 25, 2023 at 09:30 AM ET
132863Hokie
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08/25/23 09:30 AM ET
That changes dramatically if Wake wins and is in the playoffs.
-- Big12 guy
Aug 25, 2023 at 09:47 AM ET
Big12 guy
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08/25/23 09:47 AM ET
Must’ve been nice being the only P2 school in OH for so long
-- Marooned
Aug 25, 2023 at 07:12 PM ET
Marooned
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08/25/23 07:12 PM ET
Miami does not fill up its stadium. I don't know what the numbers say
-- IB4TECH
Aug 25, 2023 at 11:23 AM ET
IB4TECH
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08/25/23 11:23 AM ET
ya, i added in Miami late in the post as an example of a small private that
-- Big12 guy
Aug 25, 2023 at 11:26 AM ET
Big12 guy
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08/25/23 11:26 AM ET
Miami also has students who come from all over and they have a past/brand.
-- 132863Hokie
Aug 25, 2023 at 12:03 PM ET
132863Hokie
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08/25/23 12:03 PM ET
People do follow winners but there are also varying degrees, like said.
-- 132863Hokie
Aug 25, 2023 at 09:58 AM ET
132863Hokie
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08/25/23 09:58 AM ET
It’s what ultimately killed the BE football conference **
-- corvt2000
Aug 24, 2023 at 11:19 PM ET
corvt2000
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08/24/23 11:19 PM ET
Almost killed the Big-12 as well
-- I85Hokie
Aug 25, 2023 at 09:22 AM ET
I85Hokie
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08/25/23 09:22 AM ET
The Basketball only schools just loathed the Div-1A football schools...
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 25, 2023 at 06:15 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/25/23 06:15 AM ET
Virtually every conference.....
-- 2hhoop3
Aug 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM ET
2hhoop3
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08/25/23 12:00 AM ET