Schedule is out.
http://theacc.com/news/2020/1/21/acc...-schedule.aspx
Schedule is out.
http://theacc.com/news/2020/1/21/acc...-schedule.aspx
Sept. 5 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
Sept. 12 ELON
Sept. 17 CHARLOTTE (Thurs.)
Sept. 26 at Pitt
Oct. 3 WAKE FOREST
Oct. 10 at NC State
Oct. 17 NORTH CAROLINA
Oct. 31 at Notre Dame
Nov. 7 at Georgia Tech
Nov. 13 VIRGINIA (Fri.)
Nov. 21 VIRGINIA TECH
Nov. 28 at Miami
One Thursday game, one Friday game. Boo to both!
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
This is about all we could expect really. With @Notre Dame on the schedule and with our division schedule and Wake, that's not a lot of "easy" games to be had. Aside from getting Syracuse (again), it wasn't going to be much easier. Three winnable games outside of the conference, one game we're likely to lose. And a bunch of tough but mostly winnable conference games.
Basically, gotta hope we win our 3 winnable conference games and then go at least 3-5 in conference.
yessir, the Cut formula has been win at least 3 out of our four out of conference games (I think that's what you meant) and win three in the ACC...putting Bama on the schedule in lieu of a cupcake cost us a bowl, not that we deserved one...
At some point it would be nice to go at least .500 in the league, something we haven't done in some years...
Yep, and thanks for correctly interpreting my typo. Indeed: win three NON-conference games and hope to go 3-5 or better in conference.
And/But...
Totally agree. The program seemed to have made progress in the early/mid 10s. Not so much since. Word around the program is that the talent is there, but the coaching (read: assistants, not Cut) is not. Hopefully a bit of coaching shakeup - if if happens - will get the ship headed in the right direction. But regardless, getting the program winning 4+ conference games would be a wonderful thing.
Defense does seem to be improving, it kept us in several games last year (e.g. Pitt) where the offense did zip. Two good co-coordinators there, Guerrieri and Albert.
Hope we see a similar improvement on the offensive side...
Nice beginning of the season, three relatively (emphasis) easy games to break in a new QB, OC, etc...
Three likely non-conference wins (as opposed to two this year) make a bowl bid much more attainable. I also second the opinion of many who have mentioned that the easy start will be useful for getting our QB situation settled.
Our home/road split also seems reasonably favorable. Virginia and Virginia Tech may be two of the harder games on the schedule, but getting them at home (and towards the end of the season, when Cut has had time to work his magic with our new QB) will make a victory a non-trivial possibility.
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At first blush, I see three wins (MTSU, Elon and GTech). The rest, as of today, seem like losses or toss-ups (Charlotte, Miami, Cheats) at best.