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Well the SEC doesn't have any problem incorporating the protected

cross-division game in their conference schedule for football.

SEC's protected cross-division games
Auburn-Georgia
Alabama-Tenn
LSU-Florida
Miss-Vandy
Miss State-Kentucky
Arkansas-Missouri
TAMU-SC

The only reason the SEC has the protected cross-division game is because of the value it places on 2 rivalries; Auburn-Georgia (aka The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) and Alabama-Tenn (aka The Third Saturday in October). In fact, when the SEC started using divisions each team had 2 protected cross-division games and 1 rotating cross-division game. I think the SEC waited about 10 years before making the switch to 1 protected cross-division game and 2 rotating cross-division game.

Now that Oklahoma and Texas are joining the SEC, the SEC may decide to eliminate the protected cross-division game (assuming Alabama and Auburn switch to the East Division). Although, I guess it is possible that the SEC could adopt the Big Ten's scheduling model and keep the Arkansas-Missouri as the conference's only protected cross-division game (reference to Indiana-Purdue being the Big Ten's only protected cross-division game). The down side to opting for that model is it will create quirks in the rotation pattern because every year 1 team will get bumped from taking its turn to play Arkansas or Missouri to make room for the Arkansas-Missouri game. It is possible that teams, who got bumped in previous years, could also impact the rotation for some of the years.

(In response to this post by Stech)

Posted: 11/13/2021 at 5:39PM

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ACC needs marquee matchups, stop the cross over & rotate 2 each year -- Stech 11/12/2021 4:31PM

I think getting rid in divisions help -- Mercury 11/13/2021 01:09AM

Yep get rid of the divisions, use Quads for scheduling, up for my post. -- Stech 11/13/2021 07:27AM

I see you slid in navy grin in your campaign HAH HAH -- Mercury 11/13/2021 10:02AM

Check out my original post above, I do it with & without WVU, focus on the -- Stech 11/13/2021 10:09AM

Now if we can crazy in pods -- Mercury 11/13/2021 2:27PM

Yes, the Coalition scheduling can easily happen w/ no Divisions & Pod sched -- Stech 11/13/2021 2:34PM

Best one-on-one strategy against Allen Iverson: Just stop the crossover. ** -- KCHokie2 11/13/2021 12:20AM

The problem though is a majority of the ACC schools have rivals as -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 10:17AM

The ACC has bigger problems than protecting "rivalry" games -- Vippie1 11/15/2021 6:03PM

The ACC could eliminate the division if it wants to right now, -- VTHokie2000 11/15/2021 6:10PM

Let them schedule them as OOC games. ** -- EDGEMAN 11/13/2021 11:02AM

Do you honestly believe VT and UVA would be willing to reserve an OOC -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 11:09AM

We are currently in the same division, so it isn't required ** -- EDGEMAN 11/13/2021 2:12PM

I know that, but my point is Stech is suggesting that the majority -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 5:21PM

👍 ** -- Stech 11/13/2021 06:20AM

The problem with stopping the protected cross-division game is -- VTHokie2000 11/12/2021 4:41PM

The UVA-LOU was forced -- mrcaniac 11/14/2021 3:40PM

Yes, but in terms of forced rivalries the ACC only has 2 -- VTHokie2000 11/15/2021 07:38AM

7-8-9 team conferences produced more rivalries -- mrcaniac 11/16/2021 9:01PM

As I noted below, the SEC doesn't seem to have any problem -- VTHokie2000 11/17/2021 10:08AM

Rearrange divisions to fix that. ** -- wwhokie1 11/12/2021 10:59PM

There are too many rivalries that schools want to protect though -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 10:08AM

Allow schools to have only one rivalry protected. ** -- wwhokie1 11/13/2021 5:41PM

That won't fly with most schools though because majority have more than 1 -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 5:56PM

That's just what happens when you expand conferences and form divisions -- wwhokie1 11/13/2021 6:43PM

Hence why the teams will vote to continue with the protected -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 6:49PM

Play that game OOC, it can be fixed that way just like Wake and UNC did Sat ** -- Stech 11/12/2021 4:51PM

That was once in a blue moon though. Neither school is willing to dedicate -- VTHokie2000 11/12/2021 4:58PM

I’d rather they do my initial proposal, but what you propose is better than -- Stech 11/12/2021 5:08PM

The problem with your proposal is that VT isn't making the same sacrifice -- VTHokie2000 11/12/2021 5:19PM

The whole Conference has a problem with not playing other divisions teams -- Stech 11/12/2021 6:00PM

If the whole conference has a problem with it, then they have the power -- VTHokie2000 11/12/2021 6:13PM

I think frustration is building from not playing more, but time will tell** -- Stech 11/12/2021 6:41PM

If frustration is building, then the schools and only the schools -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 10:12AM

Agree it’s on them & Swofford’s lack of leadership on scheduling. -- Stech 11/13/2021 10:34AM

Given that the ACC has a lot of rivalries worth protecting. -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 10:45AM

One of the reasons we lack passionate matchups is the zipper model, all we -- Stech 11/13/2021 1:12PM

Well the SEC doesn't have any problem incorporating the protected -- VTHokie2000 11/13/2021 5:39PM

Problem is that the ACC does not have -- 133193Hokie 11/12/2021 4:34PM

Not at there level now, but we had them in 2003 and doing 2 would increase -- Stech 11/12/2021 4:39PM

Well the SEC doesn't have any problem incorporating the protected

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