ACC vs SEC

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http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/58581/acc-coaches-have-theory-on-sec-advantage

Since 1953, in the entire history of the conference, the ACC has only had two seasons in which it had a winning record against opponents ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 – 1998 (8-4) and 1999 (6-5). Since 1996, the ACC has gone 50-77 against the SEC, and hasn?t had a winning record against that conference since 2003 (5-4).

I’m not sure I buy into this. I do understand the thinking. And maybe as a whole, it is true. The big boys of the ACC pack the house, big houses, all the time. Although teams like WF and Duke, packing the house is like going to a high school game.

But I dont think if WF had 85000 seat stadium it would mean they would compete in the SEC. Fans are very important, and at home even more so, but I think if WF played Alabama, they would be as jacked up as they could be no matter the number of seats the stadium holds.

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Which “big houses” do you speak of other than Clemson & FSU?

FSU - 82k
Clemson - 81k
Miami - 76k (and they never get more than 50k for any game)
VT - 65k
UNC - 63k
UVA - 61k
Pitt - 60k
NC State - 57k
Louisivlle -55k (next year)
MD - 51k
BC - 47k
Cuse - 49
WF - 31k
Duke - 33k

So, they do have a point! Not the biggest advantage out of the many the SEC benefits from but still an advantage.

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Well…nevermind, I’m not getting in on this one.

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The top 3.
But you help my argument with Miami. They have big stadium. Has that helped them compete at the sec level? Not lately, but they have in the past. So is it the stadium size…

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Btw. I say sec level only because that is what the acc coaches are saying.

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Originally posted by Fishb8

The top 3.
But you help my argument with Miami. They have big stadium. Has that helped them compete at the sec level? Not lately, but they have in the past. So is it the stadium size…

Miami has fickle fans. If they are not a top 10 team they don’t get butts in the seats. Mainly because the stadium is like 50 minutes from campus. Not sure how they fell so far from playing in two NC’s back to back in 02 & 03 to being so mediocre. Guess it was Randy Shannon?

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BTW just looked and the SEC has 7 stadiums bigger than the ACC’s largest. That’s crazy!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_football_stadiums_by_capacity

The top 4 have not won the title in some time.#5 is Bama.

Of the top 10 only 2 have won the NC in a long time. So my point is that stadium size is a silly excuse for performance.

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Originally posted by Fishb8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_football_stadiums_by_capacity

The top 4 have not won the title in some time.#5 is Bama.

Of the top 10 only 2 have won the NC in a long time.

That’s irrelevant to those coaches point.

Their point is that the SEC has the best atmospheres and the biggest stadiums collectively than any other conference. Each SEC team probably has 4 road games a year in 80K+ environments. And then the SECCG which is the biggest stage of them all outside of the NC.

Compared to the ACC playing 1 or maybe 2 big road games in similar sized stadiums with rabid loud fan bases.

They are saying it prepares the SEC for the big stage better.

Dont think its a real big advantage but see what they are getting at.

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Correction… acc vs SEC.

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