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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Isn't that just poor scheduling? 10 team conference should allow you to play 9 conference games against every team. Rotate every other year home and away. Even if you go to 12 teams, it's 2 teams that rotate out each season so you'd only miss playing them once every 4-5 years.
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I was mostly just pointing out that, however logical it might be, it hasn't always been done that way (i.e. the whole "more or less played everyone in your conference once a year")
I suppose that's one reason that, from a "OMG we haven't played X in a long time" standpoint, I'm not really bothered much by it now. From a Ga Tech fan perspective, I miss playing Tulane regularly more than I'd ever miss Boston College for example. I'd never have the slightest sense of sadness at never playing Cal or Stanford.
Tech played Tulane 50x between 1916 and 2015
Tech has played BC 13x between 1972 and 2025, despite being in the same conference for the past 21 seasons.
Tech has been in the ACC since 1983, when it was an 8-team conference.
FSU didn't join until '92, it wasn't until '04 when Miami & Va Tech joined.
I miss games against Auburn (86x from 1902-2005) and even Alabama (52x from 1902-1984) more than I'd ever miss even FSU who they've still only played 27x (1955-2024) despite being in the same conference for 30+ years and more than a decade of that being when everybody played everybody in the ACC.
That said, Duke & Clemson are GT's 2nd & 3rd most played opponents but that has history far before ACC membership (1903 and 1902 respectively)