It's official - ACC to expand

They'd simply call it something like the NACC (North Atlantic Coast Conference)... that way they could get away with it... and it didn't stop any of the other conferences from doing the same

 

ACC will now be the best conference in football and basketball. This is great for the league IMO. Just getting a shot at Miami in football is worth it. Next step will be a championship game in football - similar to the Big 12. Will they split into 2 divisions?? Thats the next question.

 

But what does Pac-10 stand for? 'Pacific-10 Conference'. No mention of a coast at all.

 

And the question after that is, will they set up a deal to play the title game in Charlotte for years and years to come?

 

I don't think location really matters as long as the teams are relative to the East Coast. History must not be that big of a deal or they wouldn't expand either. I don't care what they do as long as they keep the main rivalrys in basketball.

I really don't want FSU and Miami in the same bracket though, while that conference would be stacked the other one would be weaker. FSU and Miami could still play eachother every year while not in the same bracket and then if each wins their bracket they could even play twice a year.

 

Both strong in football, both weak in basketball. They'll probably be in the same division.

 

The East and West divisions... how I see them fitting best...

East: Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Syracuse and Maryland

West: Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Virginia and the Boston College(or Virginia Tech)

How this would benifit each group--
East: This would allow the Big 4 to continue to play each other in home-and-home series in basketball. As far as football these are also the teams that are at the "not quite elite" level and would give them a chance to reach the ACC Championship game every year, and would build them up to later compete better with the West division. It would allow them to recruit better due to making the Championship game.

West: This helps Florida State and Miami achieve their goal of still making a BCS Bowl without cutting each other's throat. If they play early in the year the loser will be able rebound come BCS bid time. Likewise this side is weaker basketball wise and the extra wins in this division would allow lower level teams to move up by extra recruits the wins would bring.

 

. FSU and Miami could still play eachother every year while not in the same bracket and then if each wins their bracket they could even play twice a year.



that does work but it screws up the rotation of playing other teams in a diffrent division more often. Alabama and Tennessee play each other every year but then it takes a little longer to play other teams. FSU and Miami should be in the same bracket otherwise they would be playing each other in the ACCCG almost every year.

 

I just don't want one division to be a cakewalk in football and the other one tough as hell.

 

I must be missing something...where does it state that the football and Basketball conferance alignment would have to be the same? You need the big four in the B-ball conferance, but in football those big four are..well at the bottom of the food chain and as such they need to be split so they "can improve" with time.

Basketball:
UNC, Fluke,Wake,NCSU, Virginia,Miami

V-Tech or BC, Virginia, Fla State, G-Tech,Clemson, Suckacuse, Maryland.

This gives maryland and suckacuse a good rivalry to work on and maintains a competative balance while allowing the real ACC teams to play on Tobacco road...adding Miami.

Football:
Miami, UNC,Wake,Virginia, V-Tech or BC, Clemson

Fla State, Suckacuse, Maryland, G-Tech, NCSU, Fluke.

Fluke and UNC are going to get trampled in football, clearly Miami, FSU, BC or V-Tech and suckacuse are stronger programs. Sprinkle in the occasionaly good Maryland, Clemson and NCSU program and this seems like a reasonable balance and these proposals mix in some natural rivalry as well. IE having V-Tech and Virginia together in Football ect ect.