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Jonnyblaze said:
If there is one thing you can bank on with the 12 team playoff it is that a one loss Notre Dame is absolutely getting in.
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Man it's going to be hard if there are a bunch of 2 loss SEC teams hanging around the top 12. There are bad losses, then there is losing to a team that is currently 9th in the MAC.
 
CaneLife93 said:
Best case scenario -

Louisville beats Clemson
Pitt beats SMU
Clemson beats Pitt

They all have one loss and they can fight over second place 😂

Edit:
If VT beats Clemson instead and they win out it’s a 4 way tie for 2nd
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My eyes tell me VT is the second best team in the ACC. They look really good. If not for a stupid penalty against Vandy, they win that game.
 
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ThomasM said:
My eyes tell me VT is the second best team in the ACC. They look really good. If not for a stupid penalty against Vandy, they win that game.
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VT is the squad least want to play. I think SMU is our most favorable matchup with Clemson/Pitt being somewhere in the middle of degree of difficulty.
 
FWIW, last week the look-ahead line was Clemson -1.5 -115 vs Miami in the ACCCG.

We would be favored against any other team.
 
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History says The chances of Miami, Clemson and SMU all winning out are extremely low. Typically somewhere between 5 and 7 power 4 teams TOTAL will finish 11-1 or 12-0. In the last 20 years or so, Only one time (2015) did the ACC even have two of those teams in one year.

Someone is almost certainly going to lose a remaining regular season game.
 
Damiencane86 said:
Clemson most talented but Drones to me is better, more dangerous than Klubnik so that's why I would prefer to play Clemson. Plus, the optics of beating Clemson looks best for us.
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Clemson has the bodies on D (pause) to make that game more difficult imo.

Why do you think Drones is more dangerous?
 
ThomasM said:
Ball State just beat NIU, who beat ND. That SHOULD put a stake through the heart of ND's playoff chances, while actually helping ours.

I hate it when it comes down to BS like opponent win percentage, because it doesn't tell the whole story.

As for Florida, they have actually become a decent team. I'm going to laugh my rear end off if they beat Georgia, after we took UF to the woodshed. I'd love to see the spin on that one.
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Yea they should have easily won against UTjr as well
 
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genxcane said:
Yes but if Duke had not pulled a Manny, then SMU would no longer be undefeated in conference. How the F do you lose with 6 turnovers? SMU was trying to give them that game and Duke would not take it.
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Two former Canes won the game. Harvey jumped over the line and blocked the game winning field goal. Brashard shot out of a cannon and scored the winning run in OT. Pretty crazy how they built a good team with ex Miami players. Smith x2, Harvey, Hunte, Rooster, Roberts. A few other players I can’t think of names.
 
Damiencane86 said:
Clemson most talented but Drones to me is better, more dangerous than Klubnik so that's why I would prefer to play Clemson. Plus, the optics of beating Clemson looks best for us.
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It really makes little difference who we play in the ACC Championship game, as we are guaranteed a playoff bye. But yes, beating a one-loss Clemson may get us a slightly higher seed. I am getting way ahead of myself here.
 
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407cane said:
no it's conference opponents win% within conference, so even less in our control

according to gramilch / macclain - luckily for us as of last week's games - our conference opponents win % within conference was better than Clemson's and SMU's

Louisville, VT, Cal all won so we should still be the best in that scenario

need those 3 to win as much as possible just like Syracuse, GT, duke, and Wake
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Or we need Pittsburgh to beat one of them, maybe both
 
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