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Jul
15
2020

Could pods be the scheduling answer for the ACC? via @ByDavidTeel

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With the COVID-19 raging across the United State, if we even have football, conferences need to be creative with their schedules.

@ByDavidTeel  proposes a pod system in his article “Geographic ‘pods’ could be the key to salvaging ACC football season”. 

One proposal league athletic directors are considering is dividing the ACC’s 15 schools — traditional football independent and partial conference member Notre Dame would be included — into three geographic pods of five. Teams would play each pod rival twice, accounting for eight games.

The aim then would be, in concert with the Southeastern Conference, to add a ninth, and hopefully 10th, contest for each school, preserving the four annual ACC-SEC in-state rivalries: Clemson-South Carolina, Florida State-Florida, Georgia Tech-Georgia and Louisville-Kentucky.

Within Teel’s article is multiple proposals for pod setups, and he also describes the travel cost savings that pods could provide.

Frankly, I think everything is an option at this point and pods are one possibility.

How about we really think outside the box?

48 teams would play only 2 games on the season. That would significantly reduce travel costs for a lot of teams.

I’d certainly be for all conference games, maybe with pods over a playoff. That would be more games, but if we want an semblance of a season no format should be off the table.

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