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Each November, the conference’s 14 football programs submit up to three scheduling preferences — they usually revolve around the schools’ respective academic calendars — for the following season. The league generally can accommodate 65-75% of those requests, said Michael Strickland, the ACC’s senior associate commissioner for football.
With computer assistance and considerable input from ESPN, Strickland has the thankless task of crafting the football schedule each winter — the unveiling usually comes in mid-to-late January. ESPN assigns game times and networks throughout the season, usually 12 days before kickoff, occasionally six.
The 2016 Black Friday contest between North Carolina State and division co-leader North Carolina was scheduled for noon, as was the 2017 Black Friday game featuring Pittsburgh and undefeated Miami — the latter matchup attracted a strong viewership of more than 4.5 million. Strickland said the ACC’s “scheduling philosophy for the Friday of Thanksgiving is to rotate that window, in particular among” Miami-Pitt, UNC-N.C. State and Virginia Tech-Virginia.
Each November, the conference’s 14 football programs submit up to three scheduling preferences — they usually revolve around the schools’ respective academic calendars — for the following season. The league generally can accommodate 65-75% of those requests, said Michael Strickland, the ACC’s senior associate commissioner for football.
With computer assistance and considerable input from ESPN, Strickland has the thankless task of crafting the football schedule each winter — the unveiling usually comes in mid-to-late January. ESPN assigns game times and networks throughout the season, usually 12 days before kickoff, occasionally six.
The 2016 Black Friday contest between North Carolina State and division co-leader North Carolina was scheduled for noon, as was the 2017 Black Friday game featuring Pittsburgh and undefeated Miami — the latter matchup attracted a strong viewership of more than 4.5 million. Strickland said the ACC’s “scheduling philosophy for the Friday of Thanksgiving is to rotate that window, in particular among” Miami-Pitt, UNC-N.C. State and Virginia Tech-Virginia.
