ACC announces new FB schedule format for 2023
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I agree with this, especially from a competitive standpoint. An 8 conference game slate with a required P5 OOC ensures more chances for teams outside the conference to see Big 12 teams in action, and have a more direct comparison between the conferences. Plus this opens up more variety in scheduling year to year.
Does everyone here realize that ISU has played the same 10 teams every year since 2012 (Exception of no Iowa in 2020)? The only flexibility in our current schedule is the two OOC games that we typically get a MVC team, and some random G5. Since 2012 we have played 8 games against the Missouri Valley, 4 against the MAC, 2 each against the AAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt, and even one against the the Pioneer league (Drake which was supposed to be South Dakota State game)
Outside of bowl games, there is little opportunity for ISU to play in front of new crowds, and generate much attention outside the Big 12. The new Big 12 means we will get to travel to new areas on a more consistent basis. But the real boon would be if we had the room in the schedule for adding an additional P5 OOC.
The Big 12 should do a 3-3-3 format.
Three permanent opponents in three groups of four...
"NEW KIDS"
Brigham Young
Central Florida
Cincinnati
West Virginia
"OLD BIG EIGHT"
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
"TEXAS TEA"
Baylor
Houston
TCU
Texas Tech
Play 3/4 in the opposite groups every season for another three and three to add up to nine.
Guarantee everybody one road game in Texas per year.
No divisions -- best two play in the CCG.
Three permanent opponents in three groups of four...
"NEW KIDS"
Brigham Young
Central Florida
Cincinnati
West Virginia
"OLD BIG EIGHT"
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
"TEXAS TEA"
Baylor
Houston
TCU
Texas Tech
Play 3/4 in the opposite groups every season for another three and three to add up to nine.
Guarantee everybody one road game in Texas per year.
No divisions -- best two play in the CCG.
I've seen worse ideas.
Don't mean that to sound like a back-handed compliment ... It does allow playing maximum teams in the other two-thirds. Only flaw, to me, BYU being too far removed geographically from the Far East. Maybe swap BYU & Houston (would have to rename the divisions).
To be fair a 20 team conference can basically be 2, 10 team divisions with a round robin each. Top 2 in each division go to quarter final of conference, winners to conference Championship. Conference champions go to 4 team, National championship Playoff.
I believe the SEC was hinting of an internal playoff a few weeks ago, although I doubt they were thinking beyond their own conference.
3, 20 team conferences... 4 playoff spots = 3 champs and an at-large or G5. Or maybe you go 4, 20 team conferences, But that would mean elevating enough G5 teams to fill in the extra spots to get to the 80 teams.
Probably would never happen but it would work.
I believe the SEC was hinting of an internal playoff a few weeks ago, although I doubt they were thinking beyond their own conference.
3, 20 team conferences... 4 playoff spots = 3 champs and an at-large or G5. Or maybe you go 4, 20 team conferences, But that would mean elevating enough G5 teams to fill in the extra spots to get to the 80 teams.
Probably would never happen but it would work.
On this avenue, do we think they will make a special system like this for a couple years just for OUT. Giving them their own 3 teams?
I would say we only make their guaranteed game is each other, otherwise they play a random schedule for the remaining years they are in conf. Otherwise it just causes us to make a new system twice....if we do something like this.
Everyone gets 3 teams, OUT only hast each other. Simply for scheduling purposes. But maybe we cant do such a thing.
As an NCSU fan secondarily, excited about this for the most part. Glad to be playing Duke and UNC every year finally. And bummed about Wake Forest. For those unaware, NCSU-WF has been played every single year since 1902, with 0 breaks. It's really sad to lose this annual tradition, and I would have preferred the 3 rivals to be Clemson, UNC, and Wake. But besides that, glad to see the ACC is embracing the future.
