Wake has much more clout in the ACC than our fans think we do.
Was Wellman one of the top people involved with bringing some of the teams for expansion?
Explain with examples, please.
Explain with examples, please.
Having all these rotations would confuse the shit out of people. One year we're in a division with abc, next xyz, then axy.
I can just imagine sports writers and fans being confused. Although it's a good idea I just think it makes things too difficult. Think about how confusing the Leaders and Legends divisions were in the Big 10
1. Wake was the lead in bringing Notre Dame into the conference. The final meeting to vote on adding Notre Dame was not held at ACC headquarters but at Wake.
2. Virtually none of the ACC expansions would have happened with our support. We were a key vote in each one.
3. When the ACC went to divisions, we were not shafted with a 3-1 split of Tobacco Road.
4. Duke was taken from Maryland as a home and home opponent in basketball and given to Wake Forest. This happened before Maryland decided to leave for the Big 10.
5. In picking who to take from the Big East, it was Wake's vision to target the private schools BC and Syracuse over the public options UConn and Rutgers.
6. When the ACC formed, Wake was safely in from the start. Virginia Tech, Virginia and West Virginia were not included in the original membership.
7. The first ACC commissioner was from Wake Forest and many Wake Forest men have occupied important posts in ACC headquarters.
8. Wake has often served as a go between for the other schools in the conference when there was a problem between them.
1. Wake was the lead in bringing Notre Dame into the conference. The final meeting to vote on adding Notre Dame was not held at ACC headquarters but at Wake.
2. Virtually none of the ACC expansions would have happened with our support. We were a key vote in each one.
3. When the ACC went to divisions, we were not shafted with a 3-1 split of Tobacco Road.
4. Duke was taken from Maryland as a home and home opponent in basketball and given to Wake Forest. This happened before Maryland decided to leave for the Big 10.
5. In picking who to take from the Big East, it was Wake's vision to target the private schools BC and Syracuse over the public options UConn and Rutgers.
6. When the ACC formed, Wake was safely in from the start. Virginia Tech, Virginia and West Virginia were not included in the original membership.
7. The first ACC commissioner was from Wake Forest and many Wake Forest men have occupied important posts in ACC headquarters.
8. Wake has often served as a go between for the other schools in the conference when there was a problem between them.
Yes, it will be confusing, but they'll complain about anything that's not a straight geographic split. The frequent rotation is necessary to deal with the problems of ACC scheduling. In the end, the conference will have to decide if it wants those problems fixed or not. The upside is you see traditional rivals and regional opponents much more often, and you get to see far more teams.
Wake was left in as good of a position in football scheduling as any other Big 4 school. We did have to deal with the GT rivalry in basketball for several years, but the recent scheduling has us with protected basketball rivalries against 2 other Big 4 schools, just the same as every other Big 4 team.
Duke and State haven't had any protected rivalries in either Football or Basketball since expansion until now.
The idea that the ACC is going to put the other 3 big four schools in one division and leave Wake in the other. Has that happened in any other scheduling situation so far?
What exactly does this part of your quote mean? Duke had protected rivalries with UNC and Maryland (now Wake) in basketball, and NC State had protected rivalries with UNC and Wake Forest from the very beginning of expansion.
But doesn't the conference have scheduling setup for years in advance? Maybe not specific dates, but which teams play each other.
Would they be willing to adjust to having 9 months notice for which teams play each other the next season?