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Friday October 31st

UNC @ Syracuse 7:30 pm ESPN


Saturday, November 1st

Miami @ SMU 12 noon ESPN
Duke @ Clemson 12 noon ACCN


Louisville @ Va Tech 3:30 pm The CW
Pitt @ Stanford 3:30 pm ACCN
ND @ Boston College 3:30 pm ESPN
UVA @ Cal 3:45 pm ESPN2

Wake Forest @ FSU 7:30 pm ACCN
Ga Tech @ NCST 7:30 pm ESPN2
 
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hurricaneman said:
GT losing to NC State and Louisville losing to Va Tech. Those two things happen and we're back in control if we win out.
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Just asking, don’t shoot the messenger, but doesn’t make sense to root for an undefeated Georgia Tech and be their opponent in the ACC championship game?
 
All the top ACC teams going on the road makes me feel like 1-2 are bound to lose (totally not nervous about it being Miami).
 
canesstevealum08 said:
Just asking, don’t shoot the messenger, but doesn’t make sense to root for an undefeated Georgia Tech and be their opponent in the ACC championship game?
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No, it don’t make sense. Miami is not in control of whether they make the ACC championship at this point. If the scenario of GT & Louisville losing plays out, then Miami would be back in control.
 
canesstevealum08 said:
Just asking, don’t shoot the messenger, but doesn’t make sense to root for an undefeated Georgia Tech and be their opponent in the ACC championship game?
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In the scenario where GT goes undefeated, UVA would either have to lose two games or lose to VT and hope the tie breakers favor us. That's asking a lot,

My perspective comes from the fact that I'd rather be back in the ACCCG as soon as possible because it's a guaranteed spot in the playoff, even if everyone says we're in at 11-1. You're crazy if you don't think a ticket to the ACCCG is a good thing. But if I could craft the perfect scenario that provides Miami with the most to gain, it would be yours:

-GT goes undefeated and is likely ranked in the top 5
-UVA losses two games
-Louisville loses one more

That's a very, very unlikely scenario but Miami would then be given a top 10 matchup in the ACCCG and a chance to get a first round bye.

Of course, Miami could come out and s*** the bed this weekend, or any weekend over the next month. So I really just want them to win out.
 
I’m not Pro ACC but I am Anti SEC/Big10 so for the slight possibility that the Big10/SEC gets ****ed by the ACC having 3 successful teams I’d take it.

- If GT wins out and loses the ACC championship and goes 12-1 they’re in.
- If Louisville wins out and WINS the ACC championship they’re in
- Miami at 11-1, with their ONLY loss to the ACC champ, they are IN.

I have no faith in UVA. They’ll drop a couple.

On the other hand if the top ACC teams just keep getting upset by the ****** ones it just solidifies this conference as ****. We already argue all the time about “SEC Bias” when it comes to rankings. The more games Louisville loses the WORSE it looks for us.

and I’d rather the CFP not become the SEC invitational.

We should also be rooting for Pitt Vs ND in a couple weeks. That’s a huge game for us. If ND loses they’re done + if Pitt WINS that’s another chance at a quality road game for us

What’s funny is the board harps on the voters picking SEC teams over ACC teams and then hopes for those same ACC teams to lose because “this is a trash conference” and “we need to run the table” which, I fully disagree with IF the ACC proves to have several high end teams. Which I think Miami/Louisville & GT are, UVA got lucky af but they’re a good story, Pitt has a chance to finish 9-3, Wake has been a good surprise this year too imo

We already know Miami is in @11-1. Idgaf about the ACC championship game at this point that horrendous conference will just make sure we don’t win it one way or another. But i DONT want to see 5-6 SEC teams In the playoffs that’s for **** sure.

Most likely it’ll be

- 4 SEC
- 3 Big10 (no chance at 4 imo)
- ACC 2
- Big12 - 1-2
- G5 - 1
- ND or 1 more SEC/ACC or Big12 (I’d prefer another ACC)
 
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hurricaneman said:
In the scenario where GT goes undefeated, UVA would either have to lose two games or lose to VT and hope the tie breakers favor us. That's asking a lot,

My perspective comes from the fact that I'd rather be back in the ACCCG as soon as possible because it's a guaranteed spot in the playoff, even if everyone says we're in at 11-1. You're crazy if you don't think a ticket to the ACCCG is a good thing. But if I could craft the perfect scenario that provides Miami with the most to gain, it would be yours:

-GT goes undefeated and is likely ranked in the top 5
-UVA losses two games
-Louisville loses one more

That's a very, very unlikely scenario but Miami would then be given a top 10 matchup in the ACCCG and a chance to get a first round bye.

Of course, Miami could come out and s*** the bed this weekend, or any weekend over the next month. So I really just want them to win out.
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Miami has the tiebreaker against Virginia but not against Louisville.
 
RightSaidFred said:
Miami has the tiebreaker against Virginia but not against Louisville.
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Miami doesn't have a tie breaker against Virginia. Virginia beat Louisville and is currently undefeated in ACC play (NC State game does not count and is considered OOC). They would have to lose two games or lose to VT.
 
hurricaneman said:
GT losing to NC State and Louisville losing to Va Tech. Those two things happen and we're back in control if we win out.
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hurricaneman said:
Miami doesn't have a tie breaker against Virginia. Virginia beat Louisville and is currently undefeated in ACC play (NC State game does not count and is considered OOC). They would have to lose two games or lose to VT.
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Huh??? NC State isn’t an ACC team?
 
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As I did last week, here are the only games that matter:

Duke @ Clemson (-2.5) Noon -- Duke is 3-1 in the league. A loss here eliminates them from Charlotte. Clemson is already eliminated.

Louisville (-10.5) @ VT 3:00 -- Louisville is 3-1 in the league and has the head-to-head tiebreaker over Miami. I continue to maintain the best possible scenario for Miami is being 11-1 and missing the ACCCG, but I understand the desire to win the league. If we want that to happen, VT upsetting Louisville would be very big for us.

UVA (-4.5) @ California 3:45 -- UVA is undefeated in the ACC (4-0). Go Cal.

GT (-5.5) @ NC State 7:30 -- GT is undefeated in the ACC (5-0) and will be favored by more than this 5.5 number in both of their last 2 league games. On paper, this is GT's toughest game remaining. We need Mr. Bailey to do work

That's it. This is a 7 team race for Charlotte, IMO (anyone with 2 losses is done). We play 2 of the teams, and we know for this to even continue being a weekly discussion, we need to win out. So that 7 team race is really 5. Miami, GT, Louisville, Duke, and UVA. We need 3 of them to lose (Duke plays UVA, so one of those will take care of itself). May as well get it out of the way this week.
 
hurricaneman said:
Gee thanks.

Then tell me what tiebreaker Miami has over Virginia currently, other than the fact that Virginia hasn't lost an ACC game and they beat a team we lost to?
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Tiebreakers don't mean anything right now because this is almost certainly going to come down to winning percentage of conference opponents, which still has a ton of games left to go.

There are a few ways head to head could come in (GT goes 8-0, Miami and Louisville both go 7-1, everyone else has 2+ losses), but more than likely this is going to come down to who has the hardest schedule in the league, essentially. So, it'd be nice if the teams on our schedule can win some games. Right now (obviously only 3 out of 8 games in) it ain't great. FSU and Stanford ******* blow.
 
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