(08-05-2014 03:41 PM)ken d Wrote: (08-01-2014 04:00 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote: (08-01-2014 03:54 PM)ken d Wrote: (08-01-2014 02:51 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote: Here how I see them:
Boston College
at UMass Win
USC Loss
Maine Win
Colorado State Win
Clemson
at Georgia Win
South Carolina State Win
Georgia State Win
South Carolina Win
Duke
Elon Win
at Troy Win
Kansas Win
Tulane Win
Florida State
Oklahoma State (Arlington) Loss
The Citadel Win
Notre Dame Win
Florida Win
Georgia Tech
Wofford Win
at Tulane Win
Georgia Southern Win
at Georgia Loss
Louisville
Murray State Win
at Florida International Win
at Notre Dame Win
Kentucky Win
North Carolina
Liberty Win
San Diego State Win
at East Carolina Win
at Notre Dame Loss
NC State
Georgia Southern Win
Old Dominion Win
at USF Win
Presbyterian Win
Miami
Florida A&M Win
Arkansas StateWin
at Nebraska Loss
Cincinnati Loss
Pittsburgh
Delaware Win
at Florida International Win
Iowa Loss
Akron Win
Syracuse
Villanova Win
at Central Michigan Win
Maryland Win
Notre Dame Win
Virginia
UCLA Loss
Richmond Win
at BYU Loss
Kent State Win
Virginia Tech
William & Mary Win
at Ohio State Loss
ECU Win
Western Michigan Win
Wake Forest
at UL-Monroe Win
Gardner-Webb Win
at Utah StateLoss
Army Win
So a total of 45-11 (80%) this year? That's rarefied air. The ACC has never even sniffed at that many wins.
Well, we should, because there are certainly enough cup cakes on the schedule!
For the sake of comparison, I calculated how many losses the ACC would have based on their overall Win% for the last four seasons.
2010 - 21 losses
2011 - 23 losses
2012 - 24 losses
2013 - 18 losses
2014 - 11 losses (projected above)
Either we're getting a whole lot better or our opponents are getting a whole lot worse.
Either of those are acceptable. There is no advantage to overscheduling out of conference. We need as many teams to get into conference play undefeated as possible, or with one loss at the most. Having a team like UNC or Syracuse take two losses OOC last year, but beat ACC teams, is horrible for the image of this conference.
That just can't happen. Do your losing in conference, where at least someone else in the conference benefits.
I would like to see, with the possible exception of teams that are legitimately in the hunt for the playoffs or are bound by a mandated rival, for ACC teams to schedule no more than one loseable game, and never schedule a game that they are clearly a huge underdog.
One toss up game, one halfway respectable MAC/Sun Belt/service academy team, one very bad FBS team, and one FCS opponent. That's the proven schedule that works.
Winning 50/50 toss up games will get this conference respect. The idea that BC-USC or UVA-Oregon or Duke-Alabama is going to do anything for conference image is misguided.
Repeat until this conference rights it's image.