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YLCANE said:
Which is stupid
Who are we all kidding w this Mickey Mouse conference
It’s a joke
No one wants to see a first round playoff game with a 25 point spread!!!
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****, I already went to visit my daughter at ole Miss and watched Ole Miss take apart Tulane

Now I want to go watch another TT game in Lubbock at my son’s school and they may host the same ****** team!
I want NDs *** in Lubbock
They won’t come out alive!
 
MiamiVice7 said:
Well **** if those are the two choices I’m good either way.
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The point Im making is that by going to the ACC-CG, winning it and not being in the top four would mean:

When the first round playoff game happens:
* The team will be playing their 9th consecutive game without a week off.
* 4th consecutive road game.
 
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SFbayCane said:
The point Im making is that by going to the ACC-CG, winning it and not being in the top four would mean:

When the first round playoff game happens:
* The team will be playing their 9th consecutive game without a week off.
* 4th consecutive road game.
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Wouldn’t we be more likely to draw a home game by adding an ACC-CG game win to our resume, than squeaking in as the last at large?
It’s all about seeding at that point.
 
ACC should grow some balls and say it is preparing a lawsuit against the playoff committee for acting in bad faith to keep Miami out. It is clear they put Utah at 12 so that they would have a buffer team- since Miami is 4 spots away at 13, they don’t have to “cluster” Miami with ND, where head to head would come into play. If I am the ACC commissioner and/or Miami AD, I would want a guarantee that if Miami wins out, it will be clustered with ND. Now if that means ND also gets kicked out, so be it. But it is absolutely bad faith and manipulation to put ND in and not Miami. Either both get in, Miami gets in, or both are out.
 
hurricaneman said:
So here's a stat:

In the month of November Miami ranks 4th in plays of 10+ yards and 13th in plays of 20+ yards. In October we were 124th in 10+ yards and 110th in 20+ yards. Miami is 17th in yards per play in November.
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A small part of that may be finally loosening the reigns and letting the offense have fun but only after losing to SMU and all but eliminating Miami from ACCCG and playoff contention. The much larger reason for that is that we played terrible defenses.

In the month of November so far we have played the 98th, 122nd, and 127th ranked defenses.

SMU has the 15th ranked rushing defense with the 133rd ranked passing defense. We lost this game and decided to #LetErRip in the following two games.
Syracuse has the 62nd ranked rushing defense with the 122nd ranked passing defense.
NC State has the 57th ranked rushing defense with the 134th ranked passing defense.

I truly hope we have turned a corner on offensive philosophy but I'm not convinced we won't see the October offense come back against any decent defense.

For future reference VT is 74th defense with the number 85 and 68 rush and pass defense while Pitt is 32nd with the number 9 and 92nd ranked rush and pass defense respectively.
 
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SFbayCane said:
The point Im making is that by going to the ACC-CG, winning it and not being in the top four would mean:

When the first round playoff game happens:
* The team will be playing their 9th consecutive game without a week off.
* 4th consecutive road game.
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Oh I follow, brother. We’ve just been down so long I have a hard time worrying about a scenario like that. I’d be delighted to have that problem.
 
Handsome Squidbum said:
ACC should grow some balls and say it is preparing a lawsuit against the playoff committee for acting in bad faith to keep Miami out. It is clear they put Utah at 12 so that they would have a buffer team- since Miami is 4 spots away at 13, they don’t have to “cluster” Miami with ND, where head to head would come into play. If I am the ACC commissioner and/or Miami AD, I would want a guarantee that if Miami wins out, it will be clustered with ND. Now if that means ND also gets kicked out, so be it. But it is absolutely bad faith and manipulation to put ND in and not Miami. Either both get in, Miami gets in, or both are out.
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It appears they are setting Miami up to be an at large bid as long as they take care of business. So likely Miami jumps Utah and BYU in the end and you have 2 teams from the ACC get in.

Whether Miami then jumps ND a spot or not is kind of moot, but in this scenario both should make it in.
 
RF-4CCane said:
Wouldn’t we be more likely to draw a home game by adding an ACC-CG game win to our resume, than squeaking in as the last at large?
It’s all about seeding at that point.
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I actually thought about that as I posted this post above. But I was already into it and figured it would be a good follow up discussion. Thanks for playing along. lol

I guess the big difference is that we dont get the week off. I'm thinking we'd be better off getting a bye week and play all road games in the post season than have to play an extra game (ACC-CG) and no bye week.

Edit: Is there still also a possibility that Miami could play in and win the ACC CG against a 3-4 loss team, get the automatic bid and still not be in the top six? That would truly be the nightmare scenario. Extra game, no week off, AND no home playoff game.
 
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Just an FYI, Josh Pate last night stated that the CFP committee does far less than most of us expect. He basically summarized that the rankings are just the old BCS model formula run and the committee simply reviews and make a decision to flip a couple spots. He said the entire presentation on Tuesday and explanation are only theatrics. The committee does not really evaluate teams or “watch the tape”.

Check out this twitter account comparing the results, seems plausible. If true, we are getting pulled up. Unfortunately Margin of Victory was not a big impact on the old BCS computer models as compared to wins and quality of opponents. However, the Margin of victory does impact the AP/Coaches poll voters which is included in the calc.

 
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