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5 ACC games this week aside from ours. Two of them have MAJOR implications in the race to Charlotte and for our situation, and another is interesting as well:

Stanford @ NC State, Noon, ACC Network -- We don't play either team, but Stanford played both SMU and Clemson (NC State plays only Clemson), so we should be rooting for NC State to beat Stanford here. NC State is a 9.5 point favorite currently. Not a major swing game by any means, but if you're checking the scores on Saturday during our game, it'd be in our better interest to have NC State win this game.

Virginia Tech @ Syracuse, Noon, The CW -- We play both these teams. Virginia Tech only plays Clemson, no SMU. Syracuse doesn't play either of SMU or Clemson. This one is tough, because on one hand we'd like VT to continue to win for our overall resume, but on the other hand, if Syracuse wins, that's a win in our "conference opponents" column that neither Clemson nor SMU would get. Also, you'd like to keep VT's momentum going as they play Clemson next week at Lane. Verdict here is, it's probably a win/win for us, but if I had to choose, I'll pull for Syracuse to get their record better as again we're the only team who plays them. Cuse is currently a 4 point dog at home.

UNC @ FSU, 3:30, ACC Network -- This game means nothing, as all of Miami, Clemson, and SMU all played FSU, and none of those teams play UNC. So, let's go Heels, continue to bury the One and Sevenoles. UNC is a 2.5 point favorite At Doak HAHAAH. Go Heels.

Louisville @ Clemson, 7:30, ESPN -- Now we get to the big ones. Obviously, ideally we don't want to deal with any of this tiebreaker bull****, so clearly this is a situation where we're pulling for Louisville. Louisville does have Miami, Clemson, and SMU all on the schedule, so this result doesn't impact the tiebreaker. Clemson is a 10.5 point favorite at home, currently. Let's hope Louisville pulls the upset.

Pitt @ SMU, 8:00, ACC Network -- First of all, what a pile of **** league this is, with a primetime game between two ranked teams with combined records of 14-1 playing on the ******* ACC Network. But I digress, just get me outta this dump, and fast. As far as the game, much like the situation above, we'd like to avoid any tiebreakers for making Charlotte, so with Clemson and Pitt still set to play later this year, we should definitely be rooting for Pitt to win on Saturday, especially with this looking like this is SMU's most difficult remaining game. SMU is currently a 7.5 point favorite, and Pitt's QB is uncertain with an injury, so no easy feat. If Pitt does lose, it's not ALL bad, since we don't play them but SMU and Clemson do, so it hurts their overall combined record, but we should definitely be pulling for the Nard Dog. H2P.

COMBINED ACC RECORDS AS OF TODAY:

Miami 7-13 (.350 winning percentage)
SMU 7-14 (.333 winning percentage)
Clemson 7-18 (.280 winning percentage)

So, if the season ended today, Miami would play SMU in Charlotte for the ACC Championship. Obviously a lot of ball to be played.

Bye Weeks:

Boston College
Cal
Georgia Tech (a nice week off before we come to town, lovely)
Virginia
Wake Forest
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
5 ACC games this week aside from ours. Two of them have MAJOR implications in the race to Charlotte and for our situation, and another is interesting as well:

Stanford @ NC State, Noon, ACC Network -- We don't play either team, but Stanford played both SMU and Clemson (NC State plays only Clemson), so we should be rooting for NC State to beat Stanford here. NC State is a 9.5 point favorite currently. Not a major swing game by any means, but if you're checking the scores on Saturday during our game, it'd be in our better interest to have NC State win this game.

Virginia Tech @ Syracuse, Noon, The CW -- We play both these teams. Virginia Tech only plays Clemson, no SMU. Syracuse doesn't play either of SMU or Clemson. This one is tough, because on one hand we'd like VT to continue to win for our overall resume, but on the other hand, if Syracuse wins, that's a win in our "conference opponents" column that neither Clemson nor SMU would get. Also, you'd like to keep VT's momentum going as they play Clemson next week at Lane. Verdict here is, it's probably a win/win for us, but if I had to choose, I'll pull for Syracuse to get their record better as again we're the only team who plays them. Cuse is currently a 4 point dog at home.

UNC @ FSU, 3:30, ACC Network -- This game means nothing, as all of Miami, Clemson, and SMU all played FSU, and none of those teams play UNC. So, let's go Heels, continue to bury the One and Sevenoles. UNC is a 2.5 point favorite At Doak HAHAAH. Go Heels.

Louisville @ Clemson, 7:30, ESPN -- Now we get to the big ones. Obviously, ideally we don't want to deal with any of this tiebreaker bull****, so clearly this is a situation where we're pulling for Louisville. Louisville does have Miami, Clemson, and SMU all on the schedule, so this result doesn't impact the tiebreaker. Clemson is a 10.5 point favorite at home, currently. Let's hope Louisville pulls the upset.

Pitt @ SMU, 8:00, ACC Network -- First of all, what a pile of **** league this is, with a primetime game between two ranked teams with combined records of 14-1 playing on the ******* ACC Network. But I digress, just get me outta this dump, and fast. As far as the game, much like the situation above, we'd like to avoid any tiebreakers for making Charlotte, so with Clemson and Pitt still set to play later this year, we should definitely be rooting for Pitt to win on Saturday, especially with this looking like this is SMU's most difficult remaining game. SMU is currently a 7.5 point favorite, and Pitt's QB is uncertain with an injury, so no easy feat. If Pitt does lose, it's not ALL bad, since we don't play them but SMU and Clemson do, so it hurts their overall combined record, but we should definitely be pulling for the Nard Dog. H2P.

COMBINED ACC RECORDS AS OF TODAY:

Miami 7-13 (.350 winning percentage)
SMU 7-14 (.333 winning percentage)
Clemson 7-18 (.280 winning percentage)

So, if the season ended today, Miami would play SMU in Charlotte for the ACC Championship. Obviously a lot of ball to be played.

Bye Weeks:

Boston College
Cal
Georgia Tech (a nice week off before we come to town, lovely)
Virginia
Wake Forest
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One and Sevenoles

LOL
 
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Can't wait for Clemson to lose to either Lville or VT. Can't stand the media sucking them off at the same time they're bashing us. We're 4-0 against FPI top 40 teams, Clemson on the other hand has only played one team in the top 40 and got dog walked (pun intended) and nearly shut out by them. We also currently have the #2 strength of record right behind Georgia which measures how likely another team would have our record, given the teams we've already played. Clemson is #20 strength of record.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
5 ACC games this week aside from ours. Two of them have MAJOR implications in the race to Charlotte and for our situation, and another is interesting as well:

Stanford @ NC State, Noon, ACC Network -- We don't play either team, but Stanford played both SMU and Clemson (NC State plays only Clemson), so we should be rooting for NC State to beat Stanford here. NC State is a 9.5 point favorite currently. Not a major swing game by any means, but if you're checking the scores on Saturday during our game, it'd be in our better interest to have NC State win this game.

Virginia Tech @ Syracuse, Noon, The CW -- We play both these teams. Virginia Tech only plays Clemson, no SMU. Syracuse doesn't play either of SMU or Clemson. This one is tough, because on one hand we'd like VT to continue to win for our overall resume, but on the other hand, if Syracuse wins, that's a win in our "conference opponents" column that neither Clemson nor SMU would get. Also, you'd like to keep VT's momentum going as they play Clemson next week at Lane. Verdict here is, it's probably a win/win for us, but if I had to choose, I'll pull for Syracuse to get their record better as again we're the only team who plays them. Cuse is currently a 4 point dog at home.

UNC @ FSU, 3:30, ACC Network -- This game means nothing, as all of Miami, Clemson, and SMU all played FSU, and none of those teams play UNC. So, let's go Heels, continue to bury the One and Sevenoles. UNC is a 2.5 point favorite At Doak HAHAAH. Go Heels.

Louisville @ Clemson, 7:30, ESPN -- Now we get to the big ones. Obviously, ideally we don't want to deal with any of this tiebreaker bull****, so clearly this is a situation where we're pulling for Louisville. Louisville does have Miami, Clemson, and SMU all on the schedule, so this result doesn't impact the tiebreaker. Clemson is a 10.5 point favorite at home, currently. Let's hope Louisville pulls the upset.

Pitt @ SMU, 8:00, ACC Network -- First of all, what a pile of **** league this is, with a primetime game between two ranked teams with combined records of 14-1 playing on the ******* ACC Network. But I digress, just get me outta this dump, and fast. As far as the game, much like the situation above, we'd like to avoid any tiebreakers for making Charlotte, so with Clemson and Pitt still set to play later this year, we should definitely be rooting for Pitt to win on Saturday, especially with this looking like this is SMU's most difficult remaining game. SMU is currently a 7.5 point favorite, and Pitt's QB is uncertain with an injury, so no easy feat. If Pitt does lose, it's not ALL bad, since we don't play them but SMU and Clemson do, so it hurts their overall combined record, but we should definitely be pulling for the Nard Dog. H2P.

COMBINED ACC RECORDS AS OF TODAY:

Miami 7-13 (.350 winning percentage)
SMU 7-14 (.333 winning percentage)
Clemson 7-18 (.280 winning percentage)

So, if the season ended today, Miami would play SMU in Charlotte for the ACC Championship. Obviously a lot of ball to be played.

Bye Weeks:

Boston College
Cal
Georgia Tech (a nice week off before we come to town, lovely)
Virginia
Wake Forest
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This thread is a really cool idea. That fsu game means the world to me though. I may never get to see another 1-11 season.
 
Kinda torn on UL-Clemson. On the one hand, if UL wins, our win over them appears better. However, if we play a one-loss Clemson in the ACCCG and beat them, that would likely improve our resume (as opposed to a two-loss Clemson team).

I kinda think UL wins though. If I was a betting man, I'd bet on UL. I think they can score and I don't trust Clemson's offense in a higher scoring game.

Also, don't we kinda want FSU to win to improve our analytics? Their misery is fun but their misery doesn't help us either.
 
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AlexCane said:
Kinda torn on UL-Clemson. On the one hand, if UL wins, our win over them appears better. However, if we play a one-loss Clemson in the ACCCG and beat them, that would likely improve our resume (as opposed to a two-loss Clemson team).

I kinda think UL wins though. If I was a betting man, I'd bet on UL. I think they can score and I don't trust Clemson's offense in a higher scoring game.

Also, don't we kinda want FSU to win to improve our analytics? Their misery is fun but their misery doesn't help us either.
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fsu winning does nothing for us as all three teams also beat them and from a national pov 2-7 isn't any better than 1-8.
 
Might as well post the remaining ACC schedule for the ACC teams with fewer than 2 conference losses:

Clemson: @VT (11/9); @Pitt (11/16).

Pitt: UVA (11/9); Clemson (11/16); @Lou (11/23); @BC (11/30).

SMU: BC (11/16); @UVA (11/23); Cal (11/30).

VT: Clemson (11/9); @Duke (11/23); UVA (11/30).

UM: @GT (11/9); WF (11/23); @ Syracuse (1/30)
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
5 ACC games this week aside from ours. Two of them have MAJOR implications in the race to Charlotte and for our situation, and another is interesting as well:

Stanford @ NC State, Noon, ACC Network -- We don't play either team, but Stanford played both SMU and Clemson (NC State plays only Clemson), so we should be rooting for NC State to beat Stanford here. NC State is a 9.5 point favorite currently. Not a major swing game by any means, but if you're checking the scores on Saturday during our game, it'd be in our better interest to have NC State win this game.

Virginia Tech @ Syracuse, Noon, The CW -- We play both these teams. Virginia Tech only plays Clemson, no SMU. Syracuse doesn't play either of SMU or Clemson. This one is tough, because on one hand we'd like VT to continue to win for our overall resume, but on the other hand, if Syracuse wins, that's a win in our "conference opponents" column that neither Clemson nor SMU would get. Also, you'd like to keep VT's momentum going as they play Clemson next week at Lane. Verdict here is, it's probably a win/win for us, but if I had to choose, I'll pull for Syracuse to get their record better as again we're the only team who plays them. Cuse is currently a 4 point dog at home.

UNC @ FSU, 3:30, ACC Network -- This game means nothing, as all of Miami, Clemson, and SMU all played FSU, and none of those teams play UNC. So, let's go Heels, continue to bury the One and Sevenoles. UNC is a 2.5 point favorite At Doak HAHAAH. Go Heels.

Louisville @ Clemson, 7:30, ESPN -- Now we get to the big ones. Obviously, ideally we don't want to deal with any of this tiebreaker bull****, so clearly this is a situation where we're pulling for Louisville. Louisville does have Miami, Clemson, and SMU all on the schedule, so this result doesn't impact the tiebreaker. Clemson is a 10.5 point favorite at home, currently. Let's hope Louisville pulls the upset.

Pitt @ SMU, 8:00, ACC Network -- First of all, what a pile of **** league this is, with a primetime game between two ranked teams with combined records of 14-1 playing on the ******* ACC Network. But I digress, just get me outta this dump, and fast. As far as the game, much like the situation above, we'd like to avoid any tiebreakers for making Charlotte, so with Clemson and Pitt still set to play later this year, we should definitely be rooting for Pitt to win on Saturday, especially with this looking like this is SMU's most difficult remaining game. SMU is currently a 7.5 point favorite, and Pitt's QB is uncertain with an injury, so no easy feat. If Pitt does lose, it's not ALL bad, since we don't play them but SMU and Clemson do, so it hurts their overall combined record, but we should definitely be pulling for the Nard Dog. H2P.

COMBINED ACC RECORDS AS OF TODAY:

Miami 7-13 (.350 winning percentage)
SMU 7-14 (.333 winning percentage)
Clemson 7-18 (.280 winning percentage)

So, if the season ended today, Miami would play SMU in Charlotte for the ACC Championship. Obviously a lot of ball to be played.

Bye Weeks:

Boston College
Cal
Georgia Tech (a nice week off before we come to town, lovely)
Virginia
Wake Forest
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This breakdown is appreciated, thanks!
 
cway313 said:
This thread is a really cool idea. That fsu game means the world to me though. I may never get to see another 1-11 season.
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JHallCanes said:
I know it’s a message board and we all share opinions on topics

But us being undefeated and FSU being 1-7

I just feel like I wanna live in this moment forever
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I'm rooting hard for Cal in their remaining ACC games. Not for strength of schedule or tiebreakers. I want them to jump ahead of FSU in the conference rankings. Need to see FSU at the bottom of the list.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
COMBINED ACC RECORDS AS OF TODAY:

Miami 7-13 (.350 winning percentage)
SMU 7-14 (.333 winning percentage)
Clemson 7-18 (.280 winning percentage)

So, if the season ended today, Miami would play SMU in Charlotte for the ACC Championship. Obviously a lot of ball to be played.
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are these numbers right? i read this article this morning and it has completely different numbers for opponents' ACC records, putting clemson and miami comfortably above SMU. and at a glance, the number of games played seems a little low. https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article294736244.html
 
No_Fly_Zone said:
I'm rooting hard for Cal in their remaining ACC games. Not for strength of schedule or tiebreakers. I want them to jump ahead of FSU in the conference rankings. Need to see FSU at the bottom of the list.
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The “I root for FSU to be good crowd” is entitled to having the complete wrong opinion

I’ve been waiting a long time for this

I feel like I could write a few ballads based on how I feel this year
 
AlexCane said:
Kinda torn on UL-Clemson. On the one hand, if UL wins, our win over them appears better. However, if we play a one-loss Clemson in the ACCCG and beat them, that would likely improve our resume (as opposed to a two-loss Clemson team).

I kinda think UL wins though. If I was a betting man, I'd bet on UL. I think they can score and I don't trust Clemson's offense in a higher scoring game.

Also, don't we kinda want FSU to win to improve our analytics? Their misery is fun but their misery doesn't help us either.
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But would it matter? If we beat a 2 loss or 1 loss or a 4 loss clemson (or whoever) team in the ACC championship arent we guaranteed a top 4 seed?

In that event, assume UGA wins out and Oregon wins out then no way, even beating a 1 loss clemson team, jumps us over either of them so I guess we would be fighting over the 3 vs 4 seed. However even assuming BYU wins out or Iowa I just dont see them (or any other big 12 team) jumping us for the 3 seed.

I just think practically the situation or scenario where that would be relevant would be minimal. Something like Oregon losing a close game to like washington. Where do you put in a 1 loss Oregon higher than undefeated miami? Then yes I think it is relevant. Oregon's schedule the rest of the way is cake. Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin and Washington. If they have a bad loss to one of those teams then I think we would jump them regardless of clemson.

The SEC is a little easier to parse down. No SEC team is left undefeated. If UGA wins out, nothing we could do. If they lose one more but still win SEC championship then I think we get the nod over a 2 loss SEC team if we are undefeated. Texas/Texas A&M play eachother the last game of the season so one of those 2 will have 2 losses, and Tenn and UGA also play in a few weeks so again, one of them will have 2 losses. Every other SEC team aside from those four already has 2 losses.
 
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