New ACC Football Divisions Could be Decided Next Week

by furrer4heisman on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 PM EST in Virginia Tech Football

From the one and only David Teel of the Newport News Daily Press:

First, a glance forward to next week's ACC winter meetings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

In between poolside margaritas - on the rocks, with salt, barkeep! - league and school officials could well finalize football divisions for the 14-team alignment created by the addition of Syracuse and Pittsburgh.

As Teel states, and has been said all long by ACC big wigs, Cuse and Pitt are just going to be plugged into the current six-team divisions. Teel does a good job of going over the pros and cons of having either in the Coastal and while he said Pitt, which is closer in proximity to Virginia Tech and UVa, should be the preferred Coastal team, I'd rather see Cuse.

Yes, Syracuse is a longer road trip than Pitt, but it's one we were used to making for over a decade as a member of the Big East. Plus, it would likely mean the Hokies' new permanent Atlantic game would be switched from Boston College to Pitt.

Currently, the Hokies are the only team in the ACC that has to play at Boston College and at Miami (the league's North and South Pole) in the same season consistently, which they do every even-numbered year. The difference between Syracuse and Boston is about 140 miles one way.

What's your preference for which team gets placed in the Coastal?

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Personal Preference- Pitt

If we have to choose, I’d rather play Pitt every year. If we can play both by taking Cuse in the coastal, lets do that. For my money, I’d rather realign the divisons (yeah, i know, ain’t gonna happen.). And I want to know why we can’t make the permanent-inter-division game, the rivalry game for each team. I mean, tell me it wouldn’t be cool to play UVA in the ACC Championship. Maybe i really have no idea what I’m talking about, but I want to see divisions like this:

Atlantic: Coastal:
FSU Miami
Clemson GT
BC Syracuse
Wake NC State
Duke UNC
Pitt Maryland
UVA VT

6 divisional games, a permanent-crossover-RIVALRY, and one or two floating crossovers. Tell me that’s not a recipe for success.

by redneckwes387 on Jan 25, 2012 11:46 PM EST reply actions

Would have killed Cuse-Pitt which is a long-standing rivalry.

Editor, BC Interruption

by Brian Favat on Feb 7, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions

I'd prefer Pitt

It wouldn’t matter in basketball, and for football-centric reasons I would say the Hokies could bite the bullet with the long road trips to improve their caliber of opponent even if the difference between Pitt and Syracuse is marginal at this point.

by chicagomaroon on Jan 26, 2012 6:25 AM EST reply actions