So You're Saying There's A Chance...

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You’ve outdone yourself champ. This is better than usual bowel movement reading. So good in fact I’m not sure I even need to wipe. Clean kill.
 
txsting said:
60/1 for the ACC? we better than that
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I tend to agree, once we get to the title game. Our cross division with Clemson, and Miami having FSU in the first year with a new coach sort of puts a hurting on that, though. We will probably have to play perfectly in our division to get to the title game. Scenarios where that happens:

1) We are undefeated in conference. Not likely.
2) We drop only Clemson. Much more likely, but still not likely.
3) We drop only Clemson and one other, but beat Miami, and Miami also loses to FSU or one other. This is our most likely path, and even that is a tall order.
4) Miami and VT both drop 3 or more games, we lose only to Clemson and Miami or Clemson and VT. This is our second most likely path, but it's difficult to see Miami losing 3 ACC games and one of them not being us.
5) Minor variations of the above, or the some kind of insane Coastal 4 loss gridlock occurs and we win tiebreaker number 26. With Miami having the competent form it does today, this seems a very remote possibility.

VT's odds are the ones that really surprise me. With their defense taking a beating and drawing FSU cross division, they don't have their usual scheduling advantage and could have difficulty with their usual strongest unit. I don't really view them as nearly the perennial contender for the title game as they have become accustomed to being, this year. Then again, I suck at all this stuff.
 
A few things that hearten me to getting back to the ACC CG:

Only 90% probable loss is Clemson (at least as long as we try to cut block NFL linemen)
Miami - We ALMOST beat Miami in Miami in the Rain last year. The loss was largely due to a bad defense and dumb luck. I see this year's game against Miami as much more winnable.
VPISU - They are obviously on a down slide with the departure of Beemuh. Why Foster tolerated not being HC and staying is beyond me. Now down an assistant coach and a lot of starters this will likely be a "Rebuilding Year" for Foster's D.
Lousiville - No Lamar Jackson and a pedestrian rest of the team. Even match, perhaps slightly in our favor since they have yet to play the Spread Option (Think Syracuse in 2013)

The rest of our ACC Games are a "who knows?" Pitt, UNC, and Duke could all be tough losses or easy wins, or maybe embarrassing losses or tough wins. Who knows?
UVA is the only easy win I foresee. But overall I think we have a much better chance to make it to Charlotte this year.
 
I'm going to wait to see how we do on opening weekend before making this kind of grandiose predictions.

But if we play well and win handily... I'll be certain we've got a strong chance of running the table.
 
Wait, VT and Miami both play FSU this year?

Which if either plays Clemson?
 
beej67 said:
Wait, VT and Miami both play FSU this year?

Which if either plays Clemson?
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Neither. FSU is VT's revolving atlantic opponent this year, BC is their permanent one. Miami gets FSU every year, and their revolving one is also BC this year. BC gets Clemson too obviously. BC's conference schedule is pretty brutal.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...tball-conference-championship-odds-2018-vegas

Those are better odds than usual, right?
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I heard Colin Cowherd ranting about the conference favorites article while discussing the Golden State Warriors dynasty. Not exactly verbatim, but his point was the P5 favorites Ohio State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Miami, Clempsen, FSU, Washington, USC, Alabama, Georgia were basically the same thirty years ago and would be very much the same 30 years from now. The elite stay the elite, and his idea was that having elite programs is what makes college football so popular. The fact that there is no dominant players on the PGA tour now hurts the ratings. People hate the Patriots, but they watch the Patriots. I am not sure if college football is his forte, but he made a point.
 
Yukonwreck said:
I heard Colin Cowherd ranting about the conference favorites article while discussing the Golden State Warriors dynasty. Not exactly verbatim, but his point was the P5 favorites Ohio State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Miami, Clempsen, FSU, Washington, USC, Alabama, Georgia were basically the same thirty years ago and would be very much the same 30 years from now. The elite stay the elite, and his idea was that having elite programs is what makes college football so popular. The fact that there is no dominant players on the PGA tour now hurts the ratings. People hate the Patriots, but they watch the Patriots. I am not sure if college football is his forte, but he made a point.
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Yeah, Miami was a lock for the ACC crown back in 1988. Lol.

Anybody arguing Clemson has been elite for 30 years needs to hang up their couch cleats.
 
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