tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post874048200902185717..comments2023-11-02T12:10:41.494-04:00Comments on Awful Announcing: What We Learned From The Final Weekend Of College FootballDeROKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989933780728785428noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-61260396492138844662008-12-07T19:03:00.000-05:002008-12-07T19:03:00.000-05:00Miami and FSU were intentionally put in separate d...Miami and FSU were intentionally put in separate divisions, for the previous reasons stated of them being expected to play for title every year. And there is no way you can drive from Boston to Charlotte in less than a day.<BR/><BR/>The obvious geographic split would have been North/South, you could do East/West and keep Miami and FSU in separate divisions the dividing line would be pretty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-14446710017336332492008-12-07T18:26:00.000-05:002008-12-07T18:26:00.000-05:00I agree, that game needs to be in Charlotte perman...I agree, that game needs to be in Charlotte permanently.Justin F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03812894545867319859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-33227468048865459362008-12-07T17:14:00.000-05:002008-12-07T17:14:00.000-05:00It would have made sense to align the ACC by north...It would have made sense to align the ACC by north and south division. Miami, FSU, GT, clemson, UNC and Duke in the south and WF, NC State, UVa, Va Tech, Md, and BC in the north. With the championship game in the beautiful city of Charlotte permantly, it would be the most centralized location. Only Miami and BC are more than 8 hours away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-26678740459194964632008-12-07T16:16:00.000-05:002008-12-07T16:16:00.000-05:00Agreed that the ACC was definitely counting on at ...Agreed that the ACC was definitely counting on at least one (or both) of the Florida schools being in the championship game...that being said, could Jacksonville/Tampa really bank from a game featuring Miami against anyone other than Clemson or Florida State?<BR/><BR/>I doubt that Maryland or NC State would bring enough fans, much less BC or Wake Forest...now as for a possible local sales boost Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-35693147742135907772008-12-07T15:37:00.000-05:002008-12-07T15:37:00.000-05:00When Temple got kicked out from the Big East, VaTe...When Temple got kicked out from the Big East, VaTech, miami and BC egressed to the ACC.JamesCravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12825030950706835291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-51342782274846605652008-12-07T14:11:00.000-05:002008-12-07T14:11:00.000-05:00Anon, I don't mean a rematch per se, I just mean t...Anon, I don't mean a rematch per se, I just mean that the ACC brass obviously put the first few championship games in Jacksonville and Tampa because it expected a Florida team to make up one half of the game at the time.<BR/><BR/>The conference championship needs to stay in Charlotte for sure once it gets there in 2010.Signal to Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128427529258396556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-82084680920636077612008-12-07T14:05:00.000-05:002008-12-07T14:05:00.000-05:00They should just hold the game in Charlotte and re...They should just hold the game in Charlotte and realign the divisions so that at (the very least) BC and Miami are in the same division to ensure that at least one of the championship game's participants is within a day's drive, not to mention that the current bowl arrangements would not allow an ACC runner-up to play its bowl game there. Ask the Gator Bowl how it liked hosting Virginia Tech (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-85997334201219062852008-12-07T13:38:00.000-05:002008-12-07T13:38:00.000-05:00Secor - ACC championship is headed to Charlotte in...Secor - ACC championship is headed to Charlotte in 2010. Unfortunately, next year is still in Tampa, and thus the conference better pray that Miami, Florida, or Georgia Tech comes out of the Coastal in 2009 or it's going to be worse.Signal to Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128427529258396556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-50785190067840912082008-12-07T13:28:00.000-05:002008-12-07T13:28:00.000-05:00The Big East's BCS bid should have gone with Bosto...The Big East's BCS bid should have gone with Boston College, Miami, and Virginia Tech. It only became a football conference when the U decided to join.<BR/><BR/> As for the ACC playing to an empty house in Tampa, it was dumb when they did that for the basketball tournament and dumb for doing it in football. The middle of the conference is located somewhere near Charlotte or Greensboro, North Secor314https://www.blogger.com/profile/03623264622501353471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-9292452709264511472008-12-07T12:38:00.000-05:002008-12-07T12:38:00.000-05:00Oh, I apologize, I should have referred to ESPN's ...Oh, I apologize, I should have referred to ESPN's resident Pac-10 homer as "shrutebag," as said precipitating incident first introduced me to this site...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-14171466082486841552008-12-07T12:37:00.000-05:002008-12-07T12:37:00.000-05:00http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/6270202http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/6270202Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-7339089967234877972008-12-07T12:36:00.000-05:002008-12-07T12:36:00.000-05:00What is the deal with Dennis Dodd, and how was I n...What is the deal with Dennis Dodd, and how was I not aware of how much he *really* sucked until very recently?<BR/><BR/>He "projected" *Georgia* Tech vs. Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl and then stated that "This isn't a BCS matchup, its an Astro Bluebonnet Bowl from 1984"...(please tell me someone has the original screenshot)...<BR/><BR/>First of all, Cincinnati's program was never of a stature toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-21820578941234524842008-12-07T12:08:00.000-05:002008-12-07T12:08:00.000-05:00It's gotten worse for Seattle! http://www.theonio...It's gotten worse for Seattle! http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/seattles_disastrous_sports<BR/><BR/>The Onion has a very good sports section.testing thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882014458283509104noreply@blogger.com