Jimbo Fisher lobbies for ACC rivalry games to be on set weekends

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AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher says he brings the topic up at just about every ACC meeting, and he is usually met with blank stares.

Fisher wants the biggest ACC rivalry games on set weekends every year, just like Michigan-Ohio State, Texas-Oklahoma, Auburn-Alabama (and so on in the SEC).

For the Seminoles, does that mean a set annual date for Miami or for Clemson or …?

“All of the above,” Fisher says. “We have quite a few rivalries. It builds tradition. You build history, and how you play your season, how you plan your season, how you gauge your season of working up to it, how you set your timetables. When people know, they set their schedules based off that. They can set vacation, they can set off time. I know I’m going to Florida State-Clemson; I know I’m going to Florida State-Florida; I know I’m going to Florida State-Miami. Think about how many times you have to plan to go to that.”

Fisher coached for many years in the SEC, a league that has more set dates for rival games than most. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says he had a stronger belief in set dates when he was playing and coaching in the SEC.

“I did when I was at Alabama,” Swinney said. “Tennessee, I grew up it was third week in October. You played Auburn at the end of the year. That’s just the way it’s always been. I still feel that way about South Carolina. It ought to be an end-of-the-year game. I’m a traditionalist in that regard. But as far as the other games …

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