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Our next six opponents are as follows:

GT
FSU
UNC
VT
ND
Pitt

GT plays Clemson during our bye week. We have a bye week and we'll have a lot of game tape to study from Clemson.
FSU plays UNC before they come to Miami. We'll have great game tape for both FSU and UNC.
UNC plays VT before they come to Miami. UNC will be coming off back-to-back challenges and we'll have game tape for both teams.
While VT gets a Thursday night home game against us, they have a road game at Syracuse and will also be operating on short rest.

In addition, 3 of the 4 Coastal teams that can compete for the division have to play a more difficult cross-division opponent (GT and Pitt play Clemson & UNC plays FSU).

While it is a tough slate, the only two teams that really have a scheduling advantage are Pitt and ND as they both have bye weeks before they play us.

Obviously, we all want to run the table, but if you had to chalk one or two games up as a loss, which losses would be more or less favorable to our ACCCG aspirations?
 
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ND wouldn't count in ACC play, and I think GT will lose more than two ACC games. Now, I think we'll smash GT, but if I had to choose two losses, those two would get us to the ACC title game. I simply can't see us losing to GT, and can't stomach the thought of losing to ND, so here's hoping we go undefeated and don't have to worry about any of that mess.
 
We can't go worse than 4-2 over that stretch and one of those wins has to be UNC. UNC is the make or break game this year to get us to the ACC title game.
 
Miami04 said:
We can't go worse than 4-2 over that stretch and one of those wins has to be UNC. UNC is the make or break game this year to get us to the ACC title game.
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YES UNC is going to play much better imo than they did vs. UGA as FEDORA always craps his pants in the opener vs. SEC teams, and refuses to run Elijah Hood.

Then they run a well balanced offense during conference play, and are much tougher to defend.

Miami has to beat UNC in Miami to win the Coastal IMO.

I think if UNC goes 6-2 in league, those losses are on the road @FSU, and [MENTION=690]Miami[/MENTION].
 
If I had to pick one loss, it would be VT. Even with the loss, I think that would be enough to win the ACC.

If I was forced to pick a second, I think beating FSU is more important to the program than beating ND. Obviously, losing to ND would have no bearing on the ACCCG.
 
In this day and age it is weird. If you told me I have to pick 2 games in that stretch we will lose then it has to be FSU and ND. Two of our most hated rivals but at the same time we need to make the ACC title game and losing to only those two has no real affect on the season. If we are undefeated in our division we are going to Charlotte...er Washington er Orlando or where ever.
 
These are all reasonable, well thought out positions, but this is the coastal. Does anyone doubt that it'll come down to a 3 way tie between Miami, Duke and uva with nd somehow winning the tiebreaker?
 
I hate when Miami play on Thursday night. This year it will be at Va. Tech.
 
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I do not want to lose to FSU. We have to step in their throat. They throat. They have two games against two up tempo teams. USF and UNC I believe. That will be toxing against their defense, while we play against a team who wants to shorten the game. The chop blocks will be an issue but, not the play count. We are going to truck stick FSU.

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I really like what I see on the field .... but it is against 3 non power five teams - few years ago Al and the boys had one of the best D's in the country through the first few games and then reality struck
- are we better -heck yes
- but at this point there is NO way we can really understand how good based on the competition
- I know Tenn is overrated an that is about it
 
ncncanes said:
I really like what I see on the field .... but it is against 3 non power five teams - few years ago Al and the boys had one of the best D's in the country through the first few games and then reality struck
- are we better -heck yes
- but at this point there is NO way we can really understand how good based on the competition
- I know Tenn is overrated an that is about it
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The scheme is different. We may not have the depth or skill players that we need, but it's clear we're going to see this team play to their realistic expectation OR overachieve. That's what a real coaching staff can do.
 
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