Of the teams you listed, only UCF or Army were eligible
by StetsonDan (2020-09-18 15:19:35)

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We couldn't play BYU or Cincinnati because the ACC rules said that we could only play a non-conference team from an ACC member's state. That means we couldn't play Cincinnati or BYU (no ACC school in Ohio or Utah).

We could have played UCF or Army (Florida State/Miami and Syracuse). UCF was already scheduled against Georgia Tech. As foolish as this may seem, I assume they wouldn't have wanted to favor Army when they couldn't play Navy.

Game had to be in ACC state, opponent didn't have to be
by gordonbombay  (2020-09-20 22:33:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Although given that most of the league just played a nearby tomato can or FCS school, it didn't much matter.
Army was scheduled for BYU this week - postponed because
by dickiebeev  (2020-09-18 15:35:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

they feared playing an academy that actually practiced football during football practice over the summer.