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Shutdown Fullcast was discussing the possibility of a Northwestern-Indiana CCG if those teams can win this weekend, and whether that would be the weirdest CCG ever in the Power 5.

They compared it to an Arkansas-Vanderbilt SEC title game, where you've got one school who has never been there vs. a school that has had pockets of success, but has been generally mediocre to subpar.

But what are the weirdest ones we've had?

Tennessee-Mississippi State didn't feel super weird at the time, because Tennessee was the #2 team in the SEC for about a decade there, so while they weren't Florida, it wasn't weird at the time.  Sure feels weird now.  So Auburn-South Carolina?  Auburn-Missouri?

Oklahoma or Texas has been in every Big XII CCG except for 1997 and 1998, so I'll go with the one year KSU got past the Huskers, Texas A&M-Kansas State in 1998

Big Ten is even tougher, because Wisconsin has played in 6 of 9, and Ohio State 5 of 9.  The only one that didn't have either school was MSU-Iowa.  So maybe that?  But MSU is the only other school with multiple trips (3), so MSU being there for the 3rd time in 5 years didn't seem weird.  Even though OSU was on the other side, Northwestern being there sure seemed weird.

ACC is real easy, Wake Forest-Georgia Tech, 2006.  The 9-6 final score is what that game deserved.

Pac 12 is also tough, because only 3 North teams have made it, and it's the 3 you'd expect.  No Oregon State, WSU or Cal in the mix.  So I guess Washington-Colorado?

What's the "best" matchup of first time teams we could get?

SEC - Kentucky vs. Texas A&M
Big XII - Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State
ACC - Louisville vs. Miami (all 6 Coastal teams have made it, but of the ones who have been once, Miami is most interesting)
Big Ten - Michigan vs. Minnesota
Pac 12 - California vs. Arizona State (all 6 South teams have made it, but of the 3 who have gone once, ASU is the most interesting)

The weirdest "potential" CCG match up would be Purdue-Indiana playing a rematch in Indianapolis one week later.

Good call, for multiple reasons

I was in Vegas in 2009 when the Civil War (Oregon-Oregon State) was the de facto P10 CCG. That was the strangest CCG I can remember. Obviously it's not possible nowadays, but it's a data point.

That game fattened up my bankroll rather nicely for the rest of the weekend.

ACC: Miami-Florida State