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1 - The A.C.C. will improve. Virginia Tech just hired a big name and committed significant funds to get a better roster. Florida State isn't staying "down" forever. Clemson will surge back, too. These games weren't good for our schedule strength this year, but I wouldn't make long-term decisions based on the conference quality in 2025 with so many moving parts.

2 - We're not in a great position to pull out right now. The S.E.C. and Big Ten both are questioning the value of putting us on their schedules at the moment. Yeah, we laughed at Narduzzi's dumb comments, but he's just dumb enough to say out loud what many others are thinking. There isn't a great advantage if you're in a big-time conference to including us on your schedule, because the schedule is already solid enough. This guarantees us 6 games against Power4 opponents. I don't see that being easy to replace right now.

We do need to make our (strong) case regarding officials that are used. We may not have the leverage to demand it in road games, but there is zero reason that we can't use other officials for the home games. It hasn't been satisfactory for quite a long time.