You got him all wrong, AE. It's the numbers. The numbers made believe.
The numbers.
(FCS removed)
2011: NC State (W, 45-35 ... NCST with 14 pts in the last 60 seconds)
2011: Virginia (L, 21-24)
2011: Virginia Tech (L, 26-37)
2011: Utah (L, 27-30)
2010: MTSU (W, 42-14)
2010: North Carolina (W, 30-24) <-- Highest quality ACC win listed here, and it was an ugly squeaker and the only win against a bowl opponent that year
2010: NC State (W, 45-28)
2010: Miami (L, 17-33)
2010: Virginia Tech (L, 21-28)
2010: Georgia (L, 34-42)
2010: Air Force (L, 7-14)
2009: Iowa (L, 14-24)
2008: North Carolina (L, 7-28)
2008: Georgia (W, 45-42) <-- Highest quality win overall listed here
2008: LSU (L, 3-38)
2008: 1-2
2009: 0-1
2010: 3-4
2011: 1-3
Total: 5-10 (.333)
Overall record excluding the above games: 29-9 (.763)
Tech went to the Orange Bowl the year nobody had extra time to prepare during the regular season except the FCS kickoff cupcake. Interesting on the scheduling front, 6 teams magically got extra time the following season. Wonder how THAT happened? In case you weren't already tin foil hat enough regarding Swofford and the NC mafia ... NC State got extra time every time they've played CPJ, UNC and VT get extra time 50% of the time.
CCCI U(sic)GA also gets extra time 50% of the time. FSU, BC, Duke, WF, BC, UMD, Clemson, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, and Kansas never got extra time. Those are combined to manage just two wins against CPJ (1 Kansas, 1 Clemson).