Re: ACCCG changes incoming?

Wild Blu, I would never give Phillips credit for coming up with an idea that would benefit the ACC .

I DON'T know and could be wrong, but I can see no one proposing this idea if it was not already shopped to Phillips by ESPSUX who has offered to pay more money in tv broadcast of this 4 game conference playoff championship series. There would be no reason or benefit to any acc team to propose such a change unless it meant more revenue for the conference or certain teams.

ESPSUX wants to control the ACC schedule by game time start, day game is played, and who plays who. ESPSUX IS looking for a big match up for Black Friday. The day following Thanksgiving. They tried to get Clemson to reschedule the game with the Coots last year from Sat. To Black Friday. Clemson refused.

I could be 100% wrong but I am speculating that this 4 game ACC conference championship series would have the first semi acccg game played on Black Friday and the second semi acccg game on Sat. The ACCCG would then be played in Charlotte on it's regular schedule. The semi games could be played on highest seeded home field.

I think this is what is going to happen. ESPSUX in my opinion will pay more for this and may pick the Semi Sat game as the Game Day broadcast. The black Friday game could be a 3pm game or Friday night prime time night game.

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Jan 19, 2025, 9:18 PM

Honestly, I like the idea of a 4-team conference playoff. Though, I'd prefer the ACC to create 4 pods for teams based on geography - I proposed a similar idea a few weeks ago: https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-forum/message/ive-got-a-cool-idea-conference-playoffs-36161699#36161699

ACC shores up the West Coast with two more teams to get to 20. Split into 4 pods of 5 teams by geography.

North
- BC
- Cuse
- Pitt
- Virginia
- VT

Appalachian
- UNC
- NCST
- Duke
- Wake Forest
- Louisville

South
- Clemson
- FSU
- GT
- Miami
- SMU

West
- Boise State (New)
- Cal
- Oregon State (New)
- Stanford
- Washington State (New)

Notes:
- 8 Conference games with a 9th game being the conference championship game.
- Pods play each other (5 games).
- Pods play 2 other conference pod teams alternating. Ideally you'd be able to arrange this year-to-year with home + home games so you'd have the option to pair the best teams against each other from each pod or create more exciting conference games.

TWIST - Teams won't know the final conference game until after the 7th game is played and here is how that'd work with a conference playoff.

- Top 4 pod teams play each other based on seeding (highest ranked vs lowest ranked). Higher seeds have game at home. Championship game at neutral site if preferred (ATL, Charlotte, Orlando, Las Vegas, etc.) though I wouldn't mind making these home games for the higher ranked seed.

- Remaining teams play last game against conference foes. This is where it can get interesting because you could have the higher seeds play each other from other pods to bolster someone's shot at an at-large bid if they didn't qualify for the conference playoff.

ACC could generate interest by having something like above that is different and interesting. You cover conference games coast to coast similar to B1G and that could increase revenue opportunities with the first conference championship playoff.

TLDR:
- First Conference Championship Playoff.
- Coast to Coast teams and pods based on geography.
- End of the season twist that would create matchup interest.

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