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Pitts Dline is really good. If they can take it up a notch and their offense can just throw 1 early haymaker that will be a good game.

If Tenn Speed (not players but pace) get off to a quick start that could get ugly quick.
 
Number1CanesFan said:
It's not pointless. When the league wins against SEC teams it matters.

The 2nd tier SEC teams are the foundation the league builds its reputation on and here's how they do it.

Every year you have 5-6 SEC teams ranked in the the top 25. Usually, 3 and sometimes 4 in the top 10. Because they're all ranked, when they play each other they don't drop in the rankings. They give the perception that their league is strong beyond Georgia and Alabama.

When FSU beat LSU, they removed a potential pillar from the conference. If LSU had won and then won a few more games, they'd be ranked when they play UF and AtM. Now, it's a meaningless game for UF and AtM. There's no bravado because FSU already took them down. They can't prop up LSU as a meaningful win.

The same goes for Tennessee and AtM. If Miami and Pitt win their games it puts us on par with all other teams that go onto best them outside of UGA and Bama.

If Pitt beats Tennessee, it diminishes the Florida vs Tennessee game on September 24th. Even if UF wins, they can't be elevated over Pitt because Pitt best UT 2 weeks prior.

Conversely, if Pitt loses to Tennessee, then the Florida vs UT game is likely between 2 ranked teams with the winner elevated in or near the top 10. Then, UF goes on to play UGA in a top 10 match-up getting all kinds of national attention. These are the dominoes that fall elevating or depleting a conference.

The SEC has the two best teams in Alabama and Georgia. However, the other SEC teams that are ranked hanging on their coattails are the ones that add "quality wins" and depth to the conference.

This is how college football works. People pay attention to the teams at the very top, but it's the 2nd level that makes it. These 2nd level teams elevate themselves and then the teams at the very top improve their resume because they've played and beat more ranked teams. The ranked teams that lose to Alabama and Georgia don't drop off much because they're playing the best teams and are expected to lose. It's a win/win for the SEC. This is how a conference builds strength. You have to chop the legs off by beating them and adding the strength of those wins to your own conference.

Pick off the ranked SEC teams and you diminish their conference while elevating your own. Then you'll see Miami, Pitt, and Clemson in or near the top 10 while the SEC would only have Alabama and Georgia with 1 or 2 others barely breaking the top 20.

Winning the non-conference SEC games means we could have more ranked teams in the ACC. That's better for the conference and Miami.

In 2017, Miami beat a ranked VT team and a ranked top 5 ND to to elevate itself to the #2 team in the CFP ranking. Having more ranked teams in your conference improves your CFP resume. Winning against the SEC improves your resume and also elevates your conference games because those conference foes that best the SEC are also ranked. It's like an extra bonus in power rankings.

If Miami beats AtM, UM is going to be a top 10 team and sets up for a top 10 primetime showdown against Clemson with all the national hype.

Beating the SEC matters.
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I get that but if you take care of business your in regardless. But your right, also I won’t sit here and root for fsu
 
Fck Pitt & that bum as 1994 Offense & The Narduzzi...

You guys are all pro ACC, but there’s a gigantic thread from like a few weeks ago where the large majority of you wanted us to leave the ACC & in particular, mostly to go to the SEC lol...

What kinda cognitive dissonance sh*t is that?!? 😂😂😂
 
^^ what's the problem? You think I wont put a bag over a chicks head and tear the *** outta a butterface?
 
Liberty City El said:
Fck Pitt & that bum as 1994 Offense & The Narduzzi...

You guys are all pro ACC, but there’s a gigantic thread from like a few weeks ago where the large majority of you wanted us to leave the ACC & in particular, mostly to go to the SEC lol...

What kinda cognitive dissonance sh*t is that?!? 😂😂😂
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We are in the ACC right now. I hate the ACC, but until we leave we need to make the most of it lol
 
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Number1CanesFan said:
It's not pointless. When the league wins against SEC teams it matters.

The 2nd tier SEC teams are the foundation the league builds its reputation on and here's how they do it.

Every year you have 5-6 SEC teams ranked in the the top 25. Usually, 3 and sometimes 4 in the top 10. Because they're all ranked, when they play each other they don't drop in the rankings. They give the perception that their league is strong beyond Georgia and Alabama.

When FSU beat LSU, they removed a potential pillar from the conference. If LSU had won and then won a few more games, they'd be ranked when they play UF and AtM. Now, it's a meaningless game for UF and AtM. There's no bravado because FSU already took them down. They can't prop up LSU as a meaningful win.

The same goes for Tennessee and AtM. If Miami and Pitt win their games it puts us on par with all other teams that go onto best them outside of UGA and Bama.

If Pitt beats Tennessee, it diminishes the Florida vs Tennessee game on September 24th. Even if UF wins, they can't be elevated over Pitt because Pitt best UT 2 weeks prior.

Conversely, if Pitt loses to Tennessee, then the Florida vs UT game is likely between 2 ranked teams with the winner elevated in or near the top 10. Then, UF goes on to play UGA in a top 10 match-up getting all kinds of national attention. These are the dominoes that fall elevating or depleting a conference.

The SEC has the two best teams in Alabama and Georgia. However, the other SEC teams that are ranked hanging on their coattails are the ones that add "quality wins" and depth to the conference.

This is how college football works. People pay attention to the teams at the very top, but it's the 2nd level that makes it. These 2nd level teams elevate themselves and then the teams at the very top improve their resume because they've played and beat more ranked teams. The ranked teams that lose to Alabama and Georgia don't drop off much because they're playing the best teams and are expected to lose. It's a win/win for the SEC. This is how a conference builds strength. You have to chop the legs off by beating them and adding the strength of those wins to your own conference.

Pick off the ranked SEC teams and you diminish their conference while elevating your own. Then you'll see Miami, Pitt, and Clemson in or near the top 10 while the SEC would only have Alabama and Georgia with 1 or 2 others barely breaking the top 20.

Winning the non-conference SEC games means we could have more ranked teams in the ACC. That's better for the conference and Miami.

In 2017, Miami beat a ranked VT team and a ranked top 5 ND to to elevate itself to the #2 team in the CFP ranking. Having more ranked teams in your conference improves your CFP resume. Winning against the SEC improves your resume and also elevates your conference games because those conference foes that best the SEC are also ranked. It's like an extra bonus in power rankings.

If Miami beats AtM, UM is going to be a top 10 team and sets up for a top 10 primetime showdown against Clemson with all the national hype.

Beating the SEC matters.
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This should be required reading to the people that wonder why it matters.

Our conference is a joke right now. Two of the Carolina schools almost lost to non P5 teams. Boston College lost to Rutgers and Virginia Tech lost to Old Dominion
 
Number1CanesFan said:
It's not pointless. When the league wins against SEC teams it matters.

The 2nd tier SEC teams are the foundation the league builds its reputation on and here's how they do it.

Every year you have 5-6 SEC teams ranked in the the top 25. Usually, 3 and sometimes 4 in the top 10. Because they're all ranked, when they play each other they don't drop in the rankings. They give the perception that their league is strong beyond Georgia and Alabama.

When FSU beat LSU, they removed a potential pillar from the conference. If LSU had won and then won a few more games, they'd be ranked when they play UF and AtM. Now, it's a meaningless game for UF and AtM. There's no bravado because FSU already took them down. They can't prop up LSU as a meaningful win.

The same goes for Tennessee and AtM. If Miami and Pitt win their games it puts us on par with all other teams that go onto best them outside of UGA and Bama.

If Pitt beats Tennessee, it diminishes the Florida vs Tennessee game on September 24th. Even if UF wins, they can't be elevated over Pitt because Pitt best UT 2 weeks prior.

Conversely, if Pitt loses to Tennessee, then the Florida vs UT game is likely between 2 ranked teams with the winner elevated in or near the top 10. Then, UF goes on to play UGA in a top 10 match-up getting all kinds of national attention. These are the dominoes that fall elevating or depleting a conference.

The SEC has the two best teams in Alabama and Georgia. However, the other SEC teams that are ranked hanging on their coattails are the ones that add "quality wins" and depth to the conference.

This is how college football works. People pay attention to the teams at the very top, but it's the 2nd level that makes it. These 2nd level teams elevate themselves and then the teams at the very top improve their resume because they've played and beat more ranked teams. The ranked teams that lose to Alabama and Georgia don't drop off much because they're playing the best teams and are expected to lose. It's a win/win for the SEC. This is how a conference builds strength. You have to chop the legs off by beating them and adding the strength of those wins to your own conference.

Pick off the ranked SEC teams and you diminish their conference while elevating your own. Then you'll see Miami, Pitt, and Clemson in or near the top 10 while the SEC would only have Alabama and Georgia with 1 or 2 others barely breaking the top 20.

Winning the non-conference SEC games means we could have more ranked teams in the ACC. That's better for the conference and Miami.

In 2017, Miami beat a ranked VT team and a ranked top 5 ND to to elevate itself to the #2 team in the CFP ranking. Having more ranked teams in your conference improves your CFP resume. Winning against the SEC improves your resume and also elevates your conference games because those conference foes that best the SEC are also ranked. It's like an extra bonus in power rankings.

If Miami beats AtM, UM is going to be a top 10 team and sets up for a top 10 primetime showdown against Clemson with all the national hype.

Beating the SEC matters.
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Well said.
 
Liberty City El said:
Fck Pitt & that bum as 1994 Offense & The Narduzzi...

You guys are all pro ACC, but there’s a gigantic thread from like a few weeks ago where the large majority of you wanted us to leave the ACC & in particular, mostly to go to the SEC lol...

What kinda cognitive dissonance sh*t is that?!? 😂😂😂
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Their are a bunch of cucks on CIS. It's an infestation that @RVACane and @IndayArtHauz will have to clean out without me.
 
cway313 said:
Their are a bunch of cucks on CIS. It's an infestation that @RVACane and @IndayArtHauz will have to clean out without me.
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Go on the Canes 247 Board. I think you have access. Their Canes writers are talking about how good it is when FSU and the gator win. And then you have a decent contingent of their loyalist poRsters defending it. It’s some of the weirdest **** I’ve seen. It’s embarrassing. I wanted to hurl.
 
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RVACane said:
Go on the Canes 247 Board. I think you have access. Their Canes writers are talking about how good it is when FSU and the gator win. And then you have a decent contingent of their loyalist poRsters defending it. It’s some of the weirdest **** I’ve seen. It’s embarrassing. I wanted to hurl.
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See. Looks like @skyman hurled.
 
RVACane said:
Go on the Canes 247 Board. I think you have access. Their Canes writers are talking about how good it is when FSU and the gator win. And then you have a decent contingent of their loyalist poRsters defending it. It’s some of the weirdest **** I’ve seen. It’s embarrassing. I wanted to hurl.
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I understand the sentiment hating FSU and UF, agree mostly, but aren’t Cane fans favorite wins when they were good, and we were better?

Wide Right 1, 2, 3, and Wide Left 1 were the best. Took their NC in 1991, defended it in 1992, and made a statement The U is back in 2000. Broke their girly hearts in 2002. And in 2001, ended the Noles’ home ‘undefeated’ streak. 2003, ST26 took over the game in the rain. And finally 1994, a catharic win at home at night, first home game after the upset loss to Washington. All wins over ranked teams, even both teams in the Top 5 a few times.

Those games resonate far more than Manny’s 52-10 win. Or Kirby Freeman’s game-winning TD in a game between two bad teams.

We haven’t played the Gaytor enough, but the Sugar Bowl win in 2000, the 41-16 trashing at The Swamp in 2002, and Brock Berlin’s comeback win in 2003, the first two when UF was ranked Top 10, far exceed Al Golden’s ‘signature’ win over Will Muschump’s 4-8 team in 2013.

I‘m not rooting for FSU or UF, to be clear, but I‘d rather beat them at their best. Hurts them more.

JMO.
 
TemplarCane said:
I understand the sentiment hating FSU and UF, agree mostly, but aren’t Cane fans favorite wins when they were good, and we were better?

Wide Right 1, 2, 3, and Wide Left 1 were the best. Took their NC in 1991, defended it in 1992, and made a statement The U is back in 2000. Broke their girly hearts in 2002. And in 2001, ended the Noles’ home ‘undefeated’ streak. 2003, ST26 took over the game in the rain. And finally 1994, a catharic win at home at night, first home game after the upset loss to Washington. All wins over ranked teams, even both teams in the Top 5 a few times.

Those games resonate far more than Manny’s 52-10 win. Or Kirby Freeman’s game-winning TD in a game between two bad teams.

We haven’t played the Gaytor enough, but the Sugar Bowl win in 2000, the 41-16 trashing at The Swamp in 2002, and Brock Berlin’s comeback win in 2003, the first two when UF was ranked Top 10, far exceed Al Golden’s ‘signature’ win over Will Muschump’s 4-8 team in 2013.

I‘m not rooting for FSU or UF, to be clear, but I‘d rather beat them when at their best. Hurts them more.

JMO.
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When they lose it hurts their fan base either way, so tears will flood the streets regardless.
 
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