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Predictions/Thoughts on the Last 4 Games

CaneDaddy said:
Explain yourself because UVA is absolutely garbage this year. Is it a London > Golden thing?
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Nah. Vt has our number. We could win that one but i dont expect it. Uva is winless in the acc thus, we should lose like we did to maryland last year. All 4 games are winnable so 2-2 is likely.
 
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I want to say 4-0 but can't help but think we lay an egg against somebody. It's just been our MO...

I think we should best everybody left though. And in am looking forward to seeing FSU again.
 
I had us at 8-4 before the season, so I have to say we win out.

Luckily, it's entirely possible. Maybe even likely. VT is bad, and they're the best team left on the schedule. Duke is a ******* fraud. In this conference, they're contenders, but only because the Coastal is one of the worst divisions in BCS, if not the worst. I think we win both, and I think we win UVA and USF solidly. You certainly can't say Duke or VT should be the favorites forthe Coastal, and someone has to win it.

And for the douche-rag wet blanket who'll be posting this later "Peeps say this **** every year," in regards to my thoughts on us winning the Coastal. Go leap off a third floor balcony onto a guardrail. This year is different. Mainly because everyone else sucks so much ***. We're not the favorites because we're some greatly-improved dynamo. We're solidly in contention, again, because everyone else sucks do much ***. That hasn't been the case in previous years. At least GT or UNC or VT had talent or chemistry. UNC is out, and the other two blow. Duke may not win another game. We got this ****.

Or we choke. Which would greatly dishearten me. I expect more out of this staff.
 
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really think we beat VT this week but have a bad feeling about UVA or Duke (god forbid). nothing based on those teams strengths just our tendency to drop a game like UVA on the road.

USF will be a dog fight too I would imagine but we probably pull that one out
 
4-0. VT is off their high horse this year and are completely beatable....UVA is garbage......USF is garbage.....and Duke's stretch of playing well has finished it seems. 8-4...I'll be very happy.
 
If we beat VT I think we run the rest of the regular season.

If we lose to VT, it could get ugly.
 
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3-1 with a soul crushing loss at Duke on senior day.

C. Vernon goes for 300 yards
 
Our bye week was timed good for a change this year, how many years has it been early in the season and we had to go 6-8 games straight to end the season? I think we go 3-0 heading into the Duke game to end the year. That one leaves all kind of questions. I think we get VT thursday night, they are down, but still believe they are up, perfect. UVA and USF not so good but they have that what do we have to lose mentality when they play us so we gonna have to be ready but I still think those are wins. Duke, who knows, they have Vernon but who else? Surely if we know we gotta beat em to get the coastal we will come hard right?
 
For Goldens sake, it better be 4-0. All winnable games. Morris needs to settle down a bit and get some touch on those short routes. And it would help if he had a TE who could catch. Defense is coming around, and needs to get off the **** field so we can control the clock. Regardless, all winnable games.
 
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If we lose to UVA........Wow. That is a really bad football team. If there is only 1 game I expect us to win out of the last 4, it's that one.
 
4 games is tough to predict with this team, especially coming off of a bye week.

I'll try, complete with scores.

VT - 38-28, Canes. We keep Logan Thomas under 60% passing, and he breaks a few big runs for a couple of TD's and throws for 1 more. The difference will end up being our *gasp* special teams. Beamerball isn't that special/is really special this year, depending upon which definition of "special" you want to apply. They've had some major miscues on special teams, and that may allow us to break Duke open for a kickoff return, or we might *gasp* block a punt, even...maybe both. Our offense will look better with Morris healthy and back on the same page as his WR's. No Clements in the run game will mean a few touches for Dallas Crawford, who may surprise us with his ability, especially catching the football out of the backfield.

@ UVA - 45-17, Canes. UVA's running game isn't what it was a year ago, and that's what hurt us worse than anything. Michael Rocco, who we made look like Tom Brady last season, isn't even the starter this year--that's Phillip Sims, the Virginia-native who transferred from Bama b/c he was stuck behind AJ McCarron. He's not really a mobile QB--more EJ Manuel than Colin Klein or Logan Thomas...but still, he's a threat. If we have some success containing Thomas, it may help us going down the stretch with guys like Sims and the rest of the QB's we'll face. I think the weather will be in the high 60's/low 70's by the time Miami gets up to Charlottesville, which will bode well for the Canes. We will have too many explosive plays for UVA to hang with us, and the defense should look better against this putrid UVA offense.

USF - 28-10, Canes. BJ Daniels could come out on fire and put up nice numbers on us, but this game will come down to how well we run the football. USF is 77th in the nation in sacks, and dead last in interceptions at the moment. While that could change before we play them, establishing the run should neutralize their pass rush and set up playaction, and with the lack of ballhawks in their secondary, we should have a big day through the air. Control the clock, force Daniels into bad throws while playing from behind, and we'll be alright. Need a quick start against these guys--tons of guys on that roster that feel like they should be Canes, and if they have early success and start believing, this game could tighten up quick.

Duke - 52-45, Canes. We'll need to win a shootout against Duke. They will score on us--really nice receiving corps, 2-headed QB with both of them talented passers, and 3-deep at RB with quality guys. At this point in time, we should be 5-2 in the conference (4-1 in the Coastal). Duke should be 4-3 in the conference (4-1 in the Coastal). So, with a win against us at their house, Duke would be headed to Charlotte. Here's the crazy part--with all of the talk about how young this team has been, by game 12--we should be well-seasoned. And, though we've lost big to the likes of Kansas State and Notre Dame, it's those big-game environments that will help us win a nail-biter against Duke. The FSU game that Duke played last week was dubbed as the biggest in the football program's history...and they **** the bed, 48-7...going down 31-0 early in the 2nd quarter and never quite recovering. K-State and ND drubbed us too, but at least for a half in the ND game, we looked competitive in a super-hostile and cold environment. AND--we showed we could play with FSU for about 3 quarters, while FSU blew the doors off of Duke. I'm sorry, but Wallace Wade Stadium will not be nearly intimidating enough, even with the Coastal division on the line, to compare to the atmospheres that Miami has seen this season...and we should thrive.
 
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This team has sadly lived up to expectations. The general consensus was 5 to 8 wins.
 
PipelineU said:
If we lose to UVA........Wow. That is a really bad football team. If there is only 1 game I expect us to win out of the last 4, it's that one.
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Maryland was dreadful last year. We are more talented than uva but they are going to play us hard.
 
BWCD said:
4 games is tough to predict with this team, especially coming off of a bye week.

I'll try, complete with scores.

VT - 38-28, Canes. We keep Logan Thomas under 60% passing, and he breaks a few big runs for a couple of TD's and throws for 1 more. The difference will end up being our *gasp* special teams. Beamerball isn't that special/is really special this year, depending upon which definition of "special" you want to apply. They've had some major miscues on special teams, and that may allow us to break Duke open for a kickoff return, or we might *gasp* block a punt, even...maybe both. Our offense will look better with Morris healthy and back on the same page as his WR's. No Clements in the run game will mean a few touches for Dallas Crawford, who may surprise us with his ability, especially catching the football out of the backfield.

@ UVA - 45-17, Canes. UVA's running game isn't what it was a year ago, and that's what hurt us worse than anything. Michael Rocco, who we made look like Tom Brady last season, isn't even the starter this year--that's Phillip Sims, the Virginia-native who transferred from Bama b/c he was stuck behind AJ McCarron. He's not really a mobile QB--more EJ Manuel than Colin Klein or Logan Thomas...but still, he's a threat. If we have some success containing Thomas, it may help us going down the stretch with guys like Sims and the rest of the QB's we'll face. I think the weather will be in the high 60's/low 70's by the time Miami gets up to Charlottesville, which will bode well for the Canes. We will have too many explosive plays for UVA to hang with us, and the defense should look better against this putrid UVA offense.

USF - 28-10, Canes. BJ Daniels could come out on fire and put up nice numbers on us, but this game will come down to how well we run the football. USF is 77th in the nation in sacks, and dead last in interceptions at the moment. While that could change before we play them, establishing the run should neutralize their pass rush and set up playaction, and with the lack of ballhawks in their secondary, we should have a big day through the air. Control the clock, force Daniels into bad throws while playing from behind, and we'll be alright. Need a quick start against these guys--tons of guys on that roster that feel like they should be Canes, and if they have early success and start believing, this game could tighten up quick.

Duke - 52-45, Canes. We'll need to win a shootout against Duke. They will score on us--really nice receiving corps, 2-headed QB with both of them talented passers, and 3-deep at RB with quality guys. At this point in time, we should be 5-2 in the conference (4-1 in the Coastal). Duke should be 4-3 in the conference (4-1 in the Coastal). So, with a win against us at their house, Duke would be headed to Charlotte. Here's the crazy part--with all of the talk about how young this team has been, by game 12--we should be well-seasoned. And, though we've lost big to the likes of Kansas State and Notre Dame, it's those big-game environments that will help us win a nail-biter against Duke. The FSU game that Duke played last week was dubbed as the biggest in the football program's history...and they **** the bed, 48-7...going down 31-0 early in the 2nd quarter and never quite recovering. K-State and ND drubbed us too, but at least for a half in the ND game, we looked competitive in a super-hostile and cold environment. AND--we showed we could play with FSU for about 3 quarters, while FSU blew the doors off of Duke. I'm sorry, but Wallace Wade Stadium will not be nearly intimidating enough, even with the Coastal division on the line, to compare to the atmospheres that Miami has seen this season...and we should thrive.
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It's a nice run-down but you are giving our offense WAY too much credit IMO.

You really think we drop 38 on VT? 52 and 45 on two other teams?

This offense is sputtering to say the least and yes we have played some good defenses but Morris is going to seriously have to get his **** together if we want to put up points like that.

Hope you're right though. We put up 38 on VT and we are going 4-0.
 
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