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midatlantech said:
Yes, but I said a ridiculously hard schedule is absurd. We have balance and plenty of it. The ACC boasts a healthy difficult schedule. Add in UGA. Add in one or more SEC teams just about every year OR a Notre Dame.
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We don't need Notre Dame, or another SEC team that's not a bottom dweller. All we need is Georgia, and an ACC that's twice as weak as it was this past year, and we'll make the national championship game with an undefeated season.

If our goal was a national championship, we should root for all ACC teams to be terrible, according to the current BCS formula.
 
beej67 said:
We don't need Notre Dame, or another SEC team that's not a bottom dweller. All we need is Georgia, and an ACC that's twice as weak as it was this past year, and we'll make the national championship game with an undefeated season.

If our goal was a national championship, we should root for all ACC teams to be terrible, according to the current BCS formula.
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It's not a lock that we would get into the MNC game under your scenario. Suppose the SEC, PAC-10 and Big-12 champs were also undefeated? What would our chances be coming out of a weak ACC? But, even if you are right, that will merely get us in the game. In order to WIN the game and get the national championship (as you said), we need to get better. Much, much better. Witness the butt-kicking from LSU.

I do not want to back into the game because of our scheduling strategy, and then get our butts handed to us again - this time on the biggest night in college football. We don't need a scheduling strategy to get us in the game. We need to get better. JMHO.
 
As long as Miami has Randy Shannon, I will not be scurred of playing them.
 
beej67 said:
We don't need Notre Dame, or another SEC team that's not a bottom dweller. All we need is Georgia, and an ACC that's twice as weak as it was this past year, and we'll make the national championship game with an undefeated season.

If our goal was a national championship, we should root for all ACC teams to be terrible, according to the current BCS formula.
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I acutally think the oppostie is true. We will have to have a good strength of schedule to get there. If the ACC is looked at as the weakest conf., then we'll need some help to make it...like no one else being undefeated. If the ACC is weaker than it is now and we are one of three undefeated teams, we're on the outside looking in...
 
gt_thwg said:
I acutally think the oppostie is true. We will have to have a good strength of schedule to get there. If the ACC is looked at as the weakest conf., then we'll need some help to make it...like no one else being undefeated. If the ACC is weaker than it is now and we are one of three undefeated teams, we're on the outside looking in...
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Beating UGA is plenty enough (especially due to the timing) for voters to take notice - assuming (obviously) that we've taken care of ACC business first. UGA's overinflated reputation will make up for any perceived conference weakness.
 
/agree

The surest path to a national championship is to schedule UGA and fill the rest of our OOC schedule with the weakest possible competition we can find.
 
beej67 said:
/agree

The surest path to a national championship is to schedule UGA and fill the rest of our OOC schedule with the weakest possible competition we can find.
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I can somewhat agree with that, but I think they should all at least be D1-A opponents. I'd say a good setup would be 1/2 Non-BCS teams and 1/2 weaker BCS team. Similar to '09 OCC but replace Jax State with a C-USA team or Sun Belt Team. Same skill level, better rep.

I can only agree though because I think you need to get in by having the rep of being your conferences champion. Basically the route to the BCS champ game should be through your conference, not your OCC.
 
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