ACC just made a brilliant move to protect its national championship chances:

[73Card]

https://footballscoop.com/news/the-...to-protect-its-national-championship-chances/

We’re always making up the rules as we go in college football, but especially so in 2020. And in that spirit, the ACC made a brilliant adjustment on Tuesday.

The three ACC teams still in contention for the league championship — Notre Dame, Clemson and Miami — will now be evaluated on 9-game conference schedules, not 10. As a result, the Notre Dame-Wake Forest and Clemson-Florida State games have now been canceled. The Irish, 8-0 in conference play, have now officially clinched a berth in their first and only ACC Championship; 7-1 Clemson clinches a berth with a win at Virginia Tech. In the event of a Clemson loss, Miami can win their way in with wins over Duke and North Carolina. (Notre Dame hosts 1-8 Syracuse on Saturday.)

Here’s what this move really does:

1. By cancelling Notre Dame, Clemson and Miami’s Dec. 12 games, it allows those three teams to effectively enter a bubble starting Dec. 6, thereby giving them the greatest chance possible of playing the ACC Championship.

2. It avoids the no-win situation of the ACC “forcing” Clemson to return to Tallahassee a second time for a game Dabo Swinney and company clearly don’t want to play.

3. It protects all three teams’ resumes by removing the possibility of a season-altering upset. Beating Wake Forest and/or Florida State was never going to put Notre Dame and Clemson in the Playoff, but losing to them might.


“Should a game(s) involving Clemson, Miami or Notre Dame not be played this weekend, the ACC has the option to reschedule games on Dec. 12 as needed,” the ACC said.

 

[LeFors4Ever]

Money in our pockets in a BAD financial year for college sports.

 

[73Card]

Honestly, at this point, I don't believe we are going to see any college play off games this year. Not with the current - projected virus numbers, teams dropping games right and left. The college football TV schedule for Saturday is just terrible but I among others will be watching as always.

 

[beantowncard]

There will definitely be a “playoff”. The “committee”, with their “resumes “ “eye tests” and other sorcery, will once again use opinions to decide who gets to play in the “playoff”. It’s nothing but the BCS plus one and entirely fraudulent.

 

[zipp]

More bankruptcies will be looming without postseason games that bring in big money. The NCAA itself is on the clock with basketball...

 

[Knucklehank1]

More bankruptcies will be looming without postseason games that bring in big money. The NCAA itself is on the clock with basketball...

I agree with this. I will now go disinfect myself.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Sun Bowl cancelled but El Paso is going through it big time right now. It is possible other bowls might have to cancel, but I think the majority will be played, and I believe they will have an alternative site for playoff games if forced with that or a cancel.

 

[Morgantown Card]

Honestly, at this point, I don't believe we are going to see any college play off games this year. Not with the current - projected virus numbers, teams dropping games right and left. The college football TV schedule for Saturday is just terrible but I among others will be watching as always.

I once felt as you did, I didn't think this season would get past the quarter mile pole. But I was wrong; there's too much money to be made. There will be a CFP; the teams involved will be under huge pressure (and peer pressure among teammates) to stay in a bubble and virus-free.

 

[73Card]

SEC Not Happy:
SEC Commissioner Reacts To ACC’s Scheduling News

The ACC made waves on Tuesday when it announced changes to the schedule that, among other things, essentially gave bye weeks to Notre Dame and Clemson. The move has SEC commissioner Greg Sankey close to calling foul.


Speaking to Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, Sankey said he was surprised by the ACC announcement. He suggested that such a move might not have been made if Clemson and Notre Dame weren’t ranked in the top four in the College Football Playoff ranking.

“I was surprised to see the announcement,” Sankey said. “It begs one question: If their two most highly ranked teams were, for instance, [ranked] five and six in the CFP Rankings, would this decision have been made?”

Sankey went on to say that he would not be moving for the SEC to make a similar move. He reiterated that he is committed to have all SEC teams play 10 in-conference games this season.

This entire season has been a giant mess if we’re being honest about it. Each of the Power Five conferences have had their own unique challenges and bizarre handlings of the COVID-19 situation.


The SEC has seen a number of games rescheduled that they are still committed to playing. Meanwhile, the Big Ten is outright canceling games. That could cause major problems for their College Football Playoff contender, Ohio State.

If something happens that prevents the SEC from one teams into the CFP, they can only blame their own handling.

What should the SEC do in response to the ACC scheduling move?

https://thespun.com/sec/sec-commissioner-reacts-to-accs-scheduling-news

 

[Mike'sMarbles]

Honestly, at this point, I don't believe we are going to see any college play off games this year. Not with the current - projected virus numbers, teams dropping games right and left. The college football TV schedule for Saturday is just terrible but I among others will be watching as always.

I think it's already proven they are going to play on. All they have to do is put the 4 teams in a bubble right after the conference championships and everyone will be healthy and ready to play.

 

[chevelle99]

Hope you are right. But it’s going to require keeping college football teams, with their large number of student athletes, in a bubble. I’d guess that is harder than a pro basketball team with a smaller number of players to begin with.

 

[Mike'sMarbles]

They had 20+ teams in the NBA bubble... The Playoff would only have 4. The numbers might be similar?

 

[Knucklehank1]

They had 20+ teams in the NBA bubble... The Playoff would only have 4. The numbers might be similar?

The questions is if college teams can handle being in a true bubble. You are talking upfront isolation, testing and then 100% commitment to the bubble.

 

[beantowncard]

Hope you are right. But it’s going to require keeping college football teams, with their large number of student athletes, in a bubble. I’d guess that is harder than a pro basketball team with a smaller number of players to begin with.

Not so sure. NBA players have all the appetites and desires of college players- but with bank.