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Sure, and it's not so much a defense of the writers who aren't as close to this as you, I or anyone else on the board is. They're going, superficially, on what they've seen in their time on their respective beats and perhaps conversations with our local writers. We all know the kind of talent...

They've been far superior to every other team in the division for a while. **** has happened. That's what the writers are basing their picks on. Doesn't impact the games this season one bit. As you mentioned in reiterating my point, last season's results should be what motivates the players...

Ok, so take the last 6 years where 6 different teams have won the Coastal. That's all these writers are basing their picks on. Virginia is up next on the roulette wheel. In the end, does it even matter?

Why would they be embarrassed? Take Miami out of the equation. How many other teams with no named QB1, a first year HC, coming off a 7-6 season, having only won its division once in 15 years, would you expect to suddenly have the media love to be named a consensus pick to win that same division...