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We have to win out.

What I'm rooting for Non ACC:
1. Florida to beat UGA, UTenn, and Ole Miss. All 3 of those would be critical wins in our CFP chances.
2. Iowa to beat Oregon + USC, But lose to Nebraska
3. USC to beat Oregon
4. Vanderbilt to beat UTenn
5. BYU to beat TexasTech 2x
6. South Carolina to beat Ole Miss
6. MissSt to beat UGA

What I'm rooting for ACC:
1. Vtech to beat Louisville + UVA + FSU (just cause)
2. Cal to beat UVA + Louisville
3. NCSt to beat GTech + FSU (just cause)
4. Clemson to Beat Duke + FSU (just cause)
5. ND to beat Pitt
6. GTech to beat UGA
 
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dycane said:
God bless anyone who believes we’re a lock for the playoffs if we win out. Pay attention to the narrative in the media as it evolves. More and more pundits will start to put ND ahead of Miami. If two ACC teams other than Miami finish with 1 loss and ND doesn’t lose again, I think we’re in trouble.
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CaneinBroward said:
You're basing that off of the AP poll and how things would fall down the line. Remember, the playoff committee creates their own rankings beginning next week. We may be surprised to find Miami is like #15 according to the committee so that down the line, the SEC/B1G get the benefits.
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All the projected college football playoff simulators have us higher than we are in the ap
 
Calinative said:
What I'm rooting for Non ACC:
1. Florida to beat UGA, UTenn, and Ole Miss. All 3 of those would be critical wins in our CFP chances.
2. Iowa to beat Oregon + USC, But lose to Nebraska
3. USC to beat Oregon
4. Vanderbilt to beat UTenn
5. BYU to beat TexasTech 2x
6. South Carolina to beat Ole Miss
6. MissSt to beat UGA

What I'm rooting for ACC:
1. Vtech to beat Louisville + UVA + FSU (just cause)
2. Cal to beat UVA + Louisville
3. NCSt to beat GTech + FSU (just cause)
4. Clemson to Beat Duke + FSU (just cause)
5. ND to beat Pitt
6. GTech to beat UGA
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Hot take: I don't think we want Notre Dame to beat Pitt. Two-loss Notre Dame is going to be competition for two-loss Miami for the final spot and the committee will find a way to put ND in despite the head to head.

Three-loss Notre Dame is out but still good and Pitt beating Notre Dame improves our overall schedule.

I'd also like South Florida to win out. That loss to Memphis was not great for our overall resume but if they win out and win the American, that makes two-loss Miami look more interesting as well.
 
CaneinBroward said:
You're basing that off of the AP poll and how things would fall down the line. Remember, the playoff committee creates their own rankings beginning next week. We may be surprised to find Miami is like #15 according to the committee so that down the line, the SEC/B1G get the benefits.
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why stop at 15 when making imbecile predictions, why not unranked
 
MikeyCanez said:
Hot take: I don't think we want Notre Dame to beat Pitt. Two-loss Notre Dame is going to be competition for two-loss Miami for the final spot and the committee will find a way to put ND in despite the head to head.

Three-loss Notre Dame is out but still good and Pitt beating Notre Dame improves our overall schedule.

I'd also like South Florida to win out. That loss to Memphis was not great for our overall resume but if they win out and win the American, that makes two-loss Miami look more interesting as well.
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Two loss Miami will put us at some ******* bowl in Iowa or Montana somewhere..
 
tdjones34 said:
why stop at 15 when making imbecile predictions, why not unranked
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Awww, why be so butthurt? It's just an opinion. No better or worse than yours. I hope you're right and Miami gets a fair shake, even if they don't get to the ACC Championship, but I doubt it. The writing is on the wall that losses in the SEC/B1G are worth less and wins are worth more than in the ACC. We shall soon see.
 
dycane said:
God bless anyone who believes we’re a lock for the playoffs if we win out. Pay attention to the narrative in the media as it evolves. More and more pundits will start to put ND ahead of Miami. If two ACC teams other than Miami finish with 1 loss and ND doesn’t lose again, I think we’re in trouble.
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Miami goes 11-1 their ranked between 5 & no lower than 10 they are in. 2 loss ND will not get in a head of 1 loss Miami.
 
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It’s been a chaotic season overall. To try to predict who needs what at this point is foolish.

Not directed at the OP as it’s a legitimate talking point. But the nerds in the media, most of who never made it past little league is laughable.
 
QuattroCane said:
We have zero room for error if we want to make the CFP. The standard we’re being held to is getting laughable.
I just read, and I quote “Miami droppped after getting off to a slow start and avoided what would have been a devastating loss to a sub .500 team at home”
Winning by 35 is avoiding loss, what the actual F?
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QuattroCane said:
We have zero room for error if we want to make the CFP. The standard we’re being held to is getting laughable.
I just read, and I quote “Miami droppped after getting off to a slow start and avoided what would have been a devastating loss to a sub .500 team at home”
Winning by 35 is avoiding loss, what the actual F?
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Calinative said:
What I'm rooting for Non ACC:
1. Florida to beat UGA, UTenn, and Ole Miss. All 3 of those would be critical wins in our CFP chances.
2. Iowa to beat Oregon + USC, But lose to Nebraska
3. USC to beat Oregon
4. Vanderbilt to beat UTenn
5. BYU to beat TexasTech 2x
6. South Carolina to beat Ole Miss
6. MissSt to beat UGA

What I'm rooting for ACC:
1. Vtech to beat Louisville + UVA + FSU (just cause)
2. Cal to beat UVA + Louisville
3. NCSt to beat GTech + FSU (just cause)
4. Clemson to Beat Duke + FSU (just cause)
5. ND to beat Pitt
6. GTech to beat UGA
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Seeing this almost made me miss the Coastal when every week we’d have an updated who to cheer for and against in light of every team in the coastal maybe going 4-4 lol. Almost.
 
dycane said:
God bless anyone who believes we’re a lock for the playoffs if we win out. Pay attention to the narrative in the media as it evolves. More and more pundits will start to put ND ahead of Miami. If two ACC teams other than Miami finish with 1 loss and ND doesn’t lose again, I think we’re in trouble.
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I agree with other points you've made in this thread, but this take.... nd ahead of us... lol
 
BishopEli said:
Perception only matters for non sec/b10 teams... Oregon and bama both one loss teams struggled and looked like **** against inferior opponents... neither are held to the same standard, we have a much better resume than Oregon... doesn't matter. Yes we have to win out.
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Alabama was five minutes away from losing to a team that was also under 500 that would be too under 500 losses yet they leak out the wind and they are five spots ahead of Miami
 
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Mario loses in November every year.

Since at Oregon, Mario from November on...

24 - 1-3
23 - 1-4
22 - 1-3
21 - 3-3
20 - 4-3 (COVID year)
19 - 6-1 (Thanksgiving weekend loss to Arizona State on the road)
18 - 4-1 (Early November loss to Utah on the road)
17 - 2-2 (loss to Washington on the road)

22-20 total record from November 1st through the end of the season.

Man don't know how to close it out.

@SMU 11/1
@Pitt 11/29

Hold on to your butts.
 
*****-Wan Kanobi said:
I agree with other points you've made in this thread, but this take.... nd ahead of us... lol
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There is precedent. In 1978 USC beat Alabama head to head (@Bama). Both teams finished 11-1 and the AP awarded the national championship to Alabama because they had a better showing in the bowl game.

USC beat 10-win Michigan 17-10.
Alabama beat 10-win Arkansas 24-10.
They also criticized USC for losing to unranked Arizona State but ASU finished 9-3.

Im not saying DyCane is correct but I also would not be surprised if it were to happen if ND beats Pitt by a wider margin than we do.
 
BoxingRobes said:
Mario loses in November every year.

Since at Oregon, Mario from November on...

24 - 1-3
23 - 1-4
22 - 1-3
21 - 3-3
20 - 4-3 (COVID year)
19 - 6-1 (Thanksgiving weekend loss to Arizona State on the road)
18 - 4-1 (Early November loss to Utah on the road)
17 - 2-2 (loss to Washington on the road)

22-20 total record from November 1st through the end of the season.

Man don't know how to close it out.

@SMU 11/1
@Pitt 11/29

Hold on to your butts.
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dycane said:
God bless anyone who believes we’re a lock for the playoffs if we win out. Pay attention to the narrative in the media as it evolves. More and more pundits will start to put ND ahead of Miami. If two ACC teams other than Miami finish with 1 loss and ND doesn’t lose again, I think we’re in trouble.
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If we played a rematch right now, Notre Dame is favored anywhere. Home, neutral, and yes, even at Miami (it’s small). Pretty much everyone that matters has them power rated higher.

But H2H has to matter (as it should, otherwise why play the games), and they will not jump us so long as we win out.

We win out, we’re probably 6th-8th range depending on how the rest of the games shake out. Can’t really see us jumping OSU, Indiana, TA&M unless one of those teams really stumbles down the stretch, or has key players injured.

Bama, Ole Miss and Oregon are better (I might push back on Oregon, if only I had more confidence in what I’ve seen from Miami the last three weeks), but those teams are not without flaws just like us. I personally think ND is better than all three of the aforementioned teams.
 
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