Would you stop complaining about the new ACC schedule?
I've never designed a schedule for a conference that will someday have as many members as the United Nations. But if there were a way to ensure that North Carolina and N.C. State played twice a season in basketball, wouldn't the ACC do it?
Expansion has critics because change has critics. But in today's market a conference either grows or atrophies. Pittsburgh and Syracuse were ready to bolt, and if the ACC had not recruited them, somebody else would have.
Not every ACC expansion move has worked. Boston College made and makes no sense. BC can't deliver the Boston market. Hey, Boston Market. The Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots and Bruins are Boston's teams.
It would be nice if the ACC would remain a North Carolina-centric conference that revolved around UNC, Duke, N.C. State and Wake Forest. It would be nice if big malls hadn't put neighborhood ma and pa stores out of business, and if NASCAR were still racing in North Wilkesboro, and if Junior Johnson would take me on one of his moonshine runs.
But things change, and those who adjust succeed and those who don't play in Conference USA.
I kind of like the idea of Pittsburgh and Syracuse in the ACC.
No matter how big the conference gets, two qualities won't change: the ACC will be terrible in football, and North Carolina and Duke will be the greatest rivalry in the state and, during basketball season, in the sport.
no matter the conferences.....SEC will own football and the non football school in the SEC(KY) will own basketball.
suck it ACC fans!!!!
Posted by: sugar smacks | February 07, 2012 at 12:29 PM
sugar smacks- The ACC has won 5 NCAA Basketball championships since UK last won theirs. Not real sure what they own but, it's not the NCAA basketball championship in recent history.
Posted by: Ncdoc | February 07, 2012 at 12:50 PM
I'm thinking the best idea is revoking the ACC's BCS status.
Sad thing is Syracuse and Pitt will make the ACC better in football. Other than Chapel Hill and Duke, basketball has sucked too. Here's some conference RPIs:
1 Big Ten 0.5896
2 Big East 0.5768
3 Big 12 0.5762
4 Southeastern 0.5737
5 Mountain West 0.5677
6 Atlantic Coast 0.5641
7 Atlantic 10 0.5468
8 Missouri Valley 0.5393
9 Conference USA 0.5309
10 Pacific-12 0.5270
Posted by: Rick F | February 07, 2012 at 01:01 PM
Tom,
No one would expect a Minnesota grad to understand so don't even try.
TractorTech, nice grammar and sentence structure there. Did you learn that in Swahili 401 or did you just "arrove" at that on your own? Nevermind, it is likely you have never stepped foot on a college campus, much less Cheater Hill.
Posted by: James Reed | February 07, 2012 at 01:50 PM
That is without a doubt the most gay looking thing I have ever seen a grown man do.
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i guess thats because youre always facing the other way, haha!
Posted by: dar456 | February 07, 2012 at 01:56 PM
Enjoy the great rivalry game tomorrow night...the two great ACC schools that lost to Florida State this year.....hahaha.
Posted by: big gulps | February 07, 2012 at 02:19 PM
Tractor, you need some new material, your stuff is decades old. Anyway, the LGBT population in CHeater Hill is 17 times that at State so your gay bashing is rather hollow. You must have come up with that one while watching one of the football whippings we gave you the last 5 years.
Posted by: James Reed | February 07, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Pretty sure more NC State fans would be upset if they actually had beaten UNC in the last 6 years. Now instead of two guaranteed conference losses each year, you'll only have to deal with one. Consider this a gift from UNC to your Cow College.
Posted by: Dook Sucks | February 07, 2012 at 03:53 PM
Only Puppy fans are crying about this. Us Heels fans are happy. We get to play a team that has a shot, not another easy win. NCSU is no competition, and have not been in over 25 years.
Posted by: pharmacy reviews | February 08, 2012 at 06:03 AM
State and UNC should play a non-conference game in December every year.
For those quoting stats, check out the records in the NCAA tournament.
Posted by: Ben | February 08, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Too bad it's all about the money. China is down with basketball, right?
Posted by: Truth N. More | February 11, 2012 at 08:05 PM
When you open any one of the shoes history, every one of the senior players will be on the inside wrote
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