The comishes may indeed want the extra home games for the $$, but they had better be aware that many season-ticket fans are fed up with the cupcake games, plus many like me are angry about seeing longtime rivalries (like Duke, UVA and GT) cut back to about one home game every decade. The less conference games we’re allowed to play, the less often we’ll get to see the likes of VT, Miami and Pitt at C-F.
I predicted on this site a few weeks ago that the ACC football schedule would NOT be expanded to 9 games because it’s what the FANS want. TO HELL WITH THE FANS is the clear message coming out of the spring meetings.
NCSU has proven over and again that they no longer have control of their own schedule, the proof being the loss of home-and-away games with Tennessee and LSU. To blame for much of this is our failure to establish ourselves not only nationally but even regionally. The Atlantic Division also has much to do with this. Playing in the Coastal certainly didn’t hurt
Duke, did it?
If any of the Wolfpack brass are reading this, they can be assured that my next football season will be my last LTR football purchase. I’ve flat had it with buying a season-ticket package that will feature only 4 conference home games every season, dictated by a mandate that we continue playing Boston College, Syracuse and Wake Forest EVERY year. What was the point of bringing Miami and Virginia Tech into the league in the first place when the States and the Wakes will never be able to play them enough to establish a good rivalry? VT and State is a rivalry waiting to happen, but decisions like limiting the ACC slate to only 8 games a season will never allow it.
Enough is enough. I’ve had it.
