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Will 2008 finally be the year?

Submitted by Charlie on April 15, 2008 – View Comments

Will this finally be the year the Big Ten wins the Commissioner’s Cup awarded to the winner of the Big Ten/ACC challenge.

Penn State will face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta for the Big Ten/ACC challenge next year.

The Nittany Lions beat the Hokies of Virginia Tech at Bryce Jordan Center this year scoring a point for the Big Ten, but the ACC has won the Commissioners Cup the last 9 times. The last time the Lions and Yellow Jackets faced each other was two seasons ago when the Lions lost a thrilling 77-73 game in Atlanta.

The announced Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchups are as follows:

Home Away
Virginia Tech Wisconsin
Purdue Duke
Illinois Clemson
Miami Ohio State
Minnesota Virginia
Boston College Iowa
Michigan State* North Carolina
Wake Forest Indiana
Maryland Michigan
Northwestern Florida State
Georgia Tech Penn State

*Game will be played at Ford Field (technically a home game for the Spartans)

Here is a recap of last year’s Challenge which the ACC won, 8-3. Numbers in the brackets are the final conference standings of the teams at the end of last season. Basically, the ACC managed to win all the games they should have, in addition to pulling off 3 upsets; Florida State over Minnesota, Duke over Wisconsin, and Clemson over Purdue.

Home Away
(8) Iowa 47 *(7) Wake Forest 56
*(3) Indiana 83 (9) Georgia Tech 79
*(8) Florida State 75 (6) Minnesota 61
*(10) Virginia 94 (11) Northwestern 52
*(2) Duke 82 (1) Wisconsin 58
*(3) Clemson 61 (2) Purdue 58
*(4) Michigan State 81 (11) NC State 58
*(6) Maryland 69 (9) Illinois 61
(10) Michigan 64 *(12) Boston College 77
(5) Ohio State 55 *(1) North Carolina 66
*(7) Penn State 66 (4) Virginia Tech 61

BIG TEN / ACC Challenge by the Numbers:

  • Since its inception in 1999, the ACC has won all 9 Commissioner’s Cups
  • In its 9 year history, the home team has won 83% of the matchups (60 of the 83 games played)
  • The road team has won 28% of the matchups (23 of the 83 games played)
  • In the 3 neutral site games (Maryland – Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2000), (Iowa – Duke, Chicago 2001), (Duke – Ohio State, Greensboro 2002), the ACC has won twice (Duke in 2001 and 2002)  and the Big Ten once (Wisconsin in 2000).
  • Duke (9-0) and Boston College (2-0) are the only two participants that are still undefeated in the Challenge.

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