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Big Four fans cheated by ACC football schedule

There is only a quartet of Big Four games on the overinflated ACC football schedule this year, down from five in 2009:

Duke at Wake Forest, Sept. 11

N.C. State at Wake Forest, Nov. 13

N.C. State at North Carolina, Nov. 20

North Carolina at Duke, Nov. 27

Wake doesn't play Carolina. Duke doesn't play State.

Instead, Duke plays "historic rivals" Boston College and Miami. Carolina gets to travel to Miami instead of to Winston-Salem. State hosts Boston College but not Duke. And Wake also gets to tangle with BC Eagles but not Tar Heels.

Disappointing. Breaking traditional rivalries is not only bad for fans but for the schools. Wouldn't Carolina bring more fans to Groves Stadium than Boston College? How about Wallace Wade Stadium half-filled with red-clad fans for a State-Duke game? How many BC followers are going to visit Durham for that matchup? And then there's the difference in travel costs between a drive down Tobacco Road and a flight to Miami.

For this traditionalist, these schedules have a couple of big holes.

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Posted by Doug Clark on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:04 am

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Connie Mack Jr

February 5, 2010 - 5:41 pm EST

How many BC followers are going to visit Durham for that matchup? * Doug

At least 50 thousand BC fans will, if they are rank number 1 the week before the Duke game. I bet you didn't know the Pope could move that many Catholics in the Popemobile down Interstate 85 from Boston!