FSU football: How one ACC scheduling model makes zero sense

FSU football is hoping there will be a college football season in 2020. ACC officials are floating one scheduling model that makes zero sense.

FSU football fans want to see their Noles in action this fall. It’s a pivotal moment for the program on many fronts.

It’s the beginning of a new era under Mike Norvell, and they need to show a better product on the field to give recruiting the boost it needs.

A fall without college football would be devastating to the Noles and all of its athletic teams. Some staff have already been laid off or asked to take pay cuts.

It’s a tough situation, no doubt, and of course, there are COVID-19 risks with teams playing actual games. There have been several teams that have had to pause their workouts due to clusters of players testing positive. Luckily, FSU football has been able to avoid that as they continue to work as if a season will take place.

The ACC announced they would be delaying their decision a week or so in terms of if they will follow suit and play conference-only games like the BIG 10. However, one scheduling model is being discussed per the tweet below:

Thoughts

I don’t see how this makes sense. If they’re going to play 10 games, they might as well play a normal 12 game schedule. How would this scheduling model be any more effective against the risk of COVID-19? How would they go about choosing the five teams for each school to play?

I suppose they’re saying it’s because they would be limiting the schedule to five specific teams? However, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to that. NC State just had less than five players test positive for the virus, while UNC had over 20 players to test positive, and they are less than 30 miles apart.

This virus isn’t going away anytime soon, and FSU football needs to have a season. I’m all for trying to be creative so a season can happen, but I’m not sure this is remotely close to the best option.