Coach Fedora's record by opponent

[Raising Heel]

I needed a distraction today, so took a few minutes to throw these charts together.

The disclaimers:
- Results reflect Fedora's record as the head coach at UNC starting in 2012.
- Notre Dame is counted as an Independent, not an ACC team.
- Fedora's record against the ACC includes the ACC Championship Game last season
- Louisville was in the Big East when UNC played them in 2012
- Maryland was in the ACC when UNC played them in 2012
- Unless I've missed something, ECU is the only opponent to play in different conferences during Fedora's tenure. They were in Conference USA for the first two games against UNC (1-1) and in the American Athletic Conference for the third game against UNC (0-1).

 

[Archer2]

Nice work, thanks.

Didn't realize we hadn't played FSU since we beat them 37-35 in the 2010 season.

 

[TarHeelNation11]

Didn't realize we hadn't played FSU since we beat them 37-35 in the 2010 season.

And won't again until 2021. Thanks expansion.

Not to hijack this thread but it pisses me off that the ACC announced it won't entertain the notion of divisional reallignment / and that the NCAA won't eliminate its "round robin" requirement for having a championship game.

A 3+5 setup would solve so many damn problems.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

Not to hijack this thread

I think you revived it, not hijacked it. What would the 3+5 setup mean for scheduling?

 

[TarHeelNation11]

I think you revived it, not hijacked it. What would the 3+5 setup mean for scheduling?

Finishing up a quote at work. Let me get back to you in an hour (unless someone else wants to answer)

 

[Raising Heel]

I think you revived it, not hijacked it. What would the 3+5 setup mean for scheduling?

tl;dr version:

Basically each team in the conference is assigned 3 permanent rivals they play every year. The other 5 conference games rotate on an annual basis.

So for example, UNC's schedule might look like this:

Permanent Rivals (3):
dook
NC State
Virginia

Floating Rivals (5) - Year 1:
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville

Floating Rivals (5) - Year 2:
Miami
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

This ensures you play every team in the conference once every two years. And by scheduling home/away with each group of 5, it ensures you play every team in the conference at home once every four years (and away once every four years as well).

#3+5ForLife

 

[TarHeelNation11]

^^ yes. And it would mean scrapping divisions and just having the teams with the two best records play in the ACCCG. Yes, that could be messy some years, but the pros by far outweigh the cons. Expansion scheduling is unfair to fans -- and it basically splits the conference in two halves that never see each other. It's bad for TV networks (missing out on Clemson-UNC / FSU-UNC / Miami-Clemson / Miami-Louisville / VT-Clemson / VT-FSU 5 out of every 6 seasons), it's bad for fans, and it's bad for conference identity and loyalty.

It's a brilliant plan and works perfectly with our odd number of 15 schools. ND can keep touching itself over in the corner while the cool kids hook up with lots of different girls on a regular basis. Everyone wins. Hallelujah, amen. Where's the Tylenol?

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

Ya, agreed that seems like the better play. I could hear an argument for the divisions if they were anything close to resembling geographical divisions (say, Virginia and up is the North, NC and down is the South - give WF to the North to even it out) because that would at least make travel arrangements easier. The way they have it now with BC and FSU in the same division, and Pitt and Miami makes no sense travel-wise.

I like the idea of playing every team at least once every 2 years. I think I've made my complaint heard a few times on this board that UNC played @BC my junior year in college I think it was (fall 2008), and won't play up here again until 2021 or something. Plus, I'd figure the conference would like it better that way so it could have truly marquee championship games. There are years where Clemson/FSU should be the ACC championship game... but obviously that'll never happen in the current format.

 

[WoadBlue]

3+5(5) scheduling is the best possible for all teams with 14 members. I first wrote about it at Southern Pigskin 3 years ago. What it would mean is variety. Every team in the league would play every other team at least twice over a 4 year period.

The ACC would benefit from that, and so would the SEC and Big Ten.

 

[TarHeelNation11]

3+5(5) scheduling is the best possible for all teams with 14 members. I first wrote about it at Southern Pigskin 3 years ago. What it would mean is variety. Every team in the league would play every other team at least twice over a 4 year period.

The ACC would benefit from that, and so would the SEC and Big Ten.

Yes, it works for leagues with 14. I don't know why I put 15 in my previous post. Thanks for the correction.

Ya, agreed that seems like the better play. I could hear an argument for the divisions if they were anything close to resembling geographical divisions (say, Virginia and up is the North, NC and down is the South - give WF to the North to even it out) because that would at least make travel arrangements easier. The way they have it now with BC and FSU in the same division, and Pitt and Miami makes no sense travel-wise.

Unfortunately, this won't work because the Virginia schools are supposedly dead set against being included in any Northern geographical division.

 

[WoadBlue]

Yes, it works for leagues with 14. I don't know why I put 15 in my previous post. Thanks for the correction.


Unfortunately, this won't work because the Virginia schools are supposedly dead set against being included in any Northern geographical division.

They are, and I do not blame them.