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Canes #3 in coaches and AP Poll

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TheShredder said:
ND has two loses but has proven to be legit because?
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Even though I despite ND I still think they’re one of the best 12. Losing @Miami (who we think could be one of the best 2 teams in the nation) and then losing to A&M (who also is proving to be one of the best) and losing those games by a combined 4 points doesn’t take much away from them imo.

Beating Purdue was meh but Iv been impressed by their offense the last two weeks. Putting 63 on Purdue and 56 on Arkansas (and 40 on A&M)

Yes they’re still 2-2 and yes Arkansas and Purdue aren’t formidable opponents but they’re averaging 45ppg over their last 3 games in just Quarters 1-3…against 2 SEC & 1 Big10 team
 
Stingarov said:
I agree, though it was A&M, not *** to mouth.
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Here's my outlook for the remaining slate:

If we don't dominate FSU, I think that is a Cristobal problem and not a team problem. I expect we dominate them. Then we have the untimely bye week, but that gives time to prep for a home game against Louisville, which I think is the 2nd toughest game in the remaining schedule after FSU. After that we get a woeful Stanford team at home. Miami needs to take advantage of that game and just run away with it early so we can rest the starters in the second half.

Then we have SMU on the road. They aren't as good as last year but they are good enough to pull an upset. I think this is the 3rd toughest game on the remaining post-FSU slate. Getting the starters some rest against Stanford should help.

Syracuse stinks (and Brown literally does as he doesn't shower after losses, and they are going to be losing a lot of games). If on the road, I might get a little nervous but getting that at home mitigates that possibility.

Next up is NC State at home. Decent team but again, getting them at home lowers the chances of a surprise upset.

VT is a bad team. Weather will be our biggest opponent.

Then last up are the Fightin' Narduzzis. I rank this as the toughest game on the schedule. Like in 2017, I think they might be looking at a sub .500 season, so we could be their bowl game. It's going to be cold as a witch's ****y. They will be looking to spoil our undefeated season. And in the unlikely event that we get the "Mario special" and drop one that we shouldn't along the way, then if we take a second loss against Pitt, we miss the ACC championship and possibly the playoffs again. Could be a big game for both of us.

We SHOULD run the table to the ACC championship. Given our style of play (safe ground and pound, not risking TOs by pushing the ball downfield for explosive plays), every team will probably be in games until the end of the 3rd quarter, so Stanford may be the only game where we can rest players around halftime. It's a gauntlet. UM should use the malpractice of the ACC schedulemakers in its legal case to get out of the ACC.
 
I know we're all (mostly) slurping here, but if anything we're still over-ranked.
Regardless, just keep winning and ignore the rat poison.
 
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PUNCICANE said:
Undefeated Louisville stays unranked but they should make a big jump if they beat Virginia next week which would give us another ranked opponent in 2 weeks
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Imagine an undefeated SEC team this far into the season being unranked.

The bias is real.
 
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