The 2026 ACC Football Championship Game will kickoff at Noon Saturday
The ACC Championship Game used to be in prime time on Saturday, but the ratings were pretty bad because it had to compete with the B10 CG.
ESPN would want to maximize viewership, so moving the ACC CG makes sense for them.
Interestingly, the Big 12 CG is moving to Friday night from Saturday noon, and the ACC is taking the noon time slot.
So the lineup will be.
Friday night: B12 on ABC
Saturday noon: ACC on ABC
Saturday afternoon: SEC on ABC
Saturday primietime: BIG on FOX
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6mo
That Saturday primetime slot was a disaster.
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Vippie1
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and accepted reality of its place in the pecking order
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6mo
Espn willing to pay bucks for this venue and all everything is about for conference is generate revenue to the memberss
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6mo
At some point, Phillips stopped talking about the “gap.” And that’s actually a right call.
Due to structural difference (football brands, alumni base, fan interest, etc.), closing the gap is just an impossible goal.
Instead, the ACC should focus on staying at #3.
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6mo
power to be attractive to the P2.
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Stech
6mo
should be embarrassing, but politicians have a very high threshold on getting embarrassed. :-)
PS Start the season a week earlier and let every school play to replace them. If structured right, there should be way more money than 10 Conference Championship games.
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6mo
There are some who may call that a "blow out," but Tide fans can smile knowing in our hearts that it was all just a bad dream.
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6mo
But if they are gonna play them, its past time the networks and the ACC be realistic. Even their best possible matchup is gonna lose a ratings war to almost any B1G match up.
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6mo
It's supposed to have a roof. Plus, it looks pretty cool. Supposed to be done in 2030.
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Stech
6mo
Location wise it would pretty much be in the center of most of the schools in the Conference, but I unfortunately will believe it when I see it.
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SMU Pony
6mo
Which I believe is when the new DC stadium opens
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6mo
Big ask. I know.
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6mo
on 2 fields that crisscross each other at midfield.
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6mo
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6mo
simultaneously recover a fumble from the other game near midfield.
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6mo
When ACC was looking for new host city for conference, State of NC gave 8 million to ACC to pay for relocation of headquarters to Charlotte from Greensboro. WIth that was guarantee of hosting numerous ACC championships football basketball other sports. Other site considered was DC area, but that got squashed by the NC insiders.
I agree; ACC has not leveraged the market share of VT and UVA in the DMV area. (VT alumni in DVM gets very close to Maryland.
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SMU Pony
6mo
But yes, it's been great for us. Average attendance was over capacity in football this year -- if you'd told me that ten years ago I would've referred you to a psych ward
Also, love the road trips. Went to Cameron for the first time ever a few weeks ago. Just booked Tallahasse for the Labor Day game.
Hope some of you make it down for the VT game in November. Visiting fans love the Boulevard for tailgate (it's like the Grove at Ole Miss) and hopefully it will be a game with ACCCG implications for both teams.
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