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Not alluding to coincidental CFP matchups or random bowl games meaningless December exhibitions.
I'm talking about scheduled regular-season games with either a home-and-home series or one-offs at "neutral" sites around our state.
From an ESPN article last night discussing the ACC's dilemmas on adding a ninth conference game:
(An ACC with nine conference games plus annual non-conference matchups like FSU-UF and Clemson-South Carolina) leaves little room for marquee matchups such as Clemson-LSU or Florida State-Alabama, two games that did monster ratings in Week 1 of this season, each drawing more than 10 million viewers.
Miami AD Dan Radakovich noted that games like this week's showdown with Florida are unlikely to be played moving forward due to the constraints of a larger conference schedule, but he said he will continue to have conversations with Florida AD Scott Stricklin.
"It's going to be a real tough sell because Florida has their nine SEC games and their rivalry game with FSU," Radakovich told ESPN. "Scott and I will have some chats to see if it can happen but it's going to be some tough sledding."
DanRad's statement is a hardly a surprise because we all could see this conclusion coming from a mile away once the SEC went to nine conference games while also requiring a 10th game against a Power Conference opponent.
Those 11th and 12th games on the schedule are — 99 times out of 100 — going to be with non-power conference schools that won't require home-and-home agreements, an arrangement that allows the SEC+B1G schools (in particular) to ensure themselves seven home games each season.
Our chance of playing UF in the regular-season going forward likely will come down to either joining the SEC or potentially being a part of the "SEC-B1G Challenge" that's been floated in the media and obviously would be a massive moneymaker.
LINK: Sources: ACC eyes 10 Power 4 games in new schedule format
I'm talking about scheduled regular-season games with either a home-and-home series or one-offs at "neutral" sites around our state.
From an ESPN article last night discussing the ACC's dilemmas on adding a ninth conference game:
(An ACC with nine conference games plus annual non-conference matchups like FSU-UF and Clemson-South Carolina) leaves little room for marquee matchups such as Clemson-LSU or Florida State-Alabama, two games that did monster ratings in Week 1 of this season, each drawing more than 10 million viewers.
Miami AD Dan Radakovich noted that games like this week's showdown with Florida are unlikely to be played moving forward due to the constraints of a larger conference schedule, but he said he will continue to have conversations with Florida AD Scott Stricklin.
"It's going to be a real tough sell because Florida has their nine SEC games and their rivalry game with FSU," Radakovich told ESPN. "Scott and I will have some chats to see if it can happen but it's going to be some tough sledding."
DanRad's statement is a hardly a surprise because we all could see this conclusion coming from a mile away once the SEC went to nine conference games while also requiring a 10th game against a Power Conference opponent.
Those 11th and 12th games on the schedule are — 99 times out of 100 — going to be with non-power conference schools that won't require home-and-home agreements, an arrangement that allows the SEC+B1G schools (in particular) to ensure themselves seven home games each season.
Our chance of playing UF in the regular-season going forward likely will come down to either joining the SEC or potentially being a part of the "SEC-B1G Challenge" that's been floated in the media and obviously would be a massive moneymaker.
LINK: Sources: ACC eyes 10 Power 4 games in new schedule format
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