Sorry, Labor Day weekend*
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Thanks. Googleās AI telling me it stood for Lane Departure Warning didnāt make any sense to me in this case 
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Can we now sign some random Brazilian soccer player who can kick 60 yarders?
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The article itself says itās on LDW. Iād guess we have a bye the weekend after.
Edit: Nope Iām wrong. Play Norfolk State on Sept 12 and then we have that stupid WVU game in Charlotte Sept 19 followed by Delaware Sept 26
So we only have 6 home games, but we only play 4 true road games. Theyāre doozies though, @FSU, @SMU, @Wake and @VT. Home schedule of Cal, Duke, Cuse and UNC plus the 2 buy games might be a tough sell for season tickets.
No clue what anyoneās rosters might look like, but that seems like a manageable 6-9 win schedule.
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I meanā¦ if this far fetched scenario occurs and UVa does qualify while on their byeā¦ I could easily see Coach Elliott resting his starters. Actively marketing he is resting his starters and have Cole Greer go out there to start the game. There would be no reason to play the starters.
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Yeahā¦ I hadnāt really looked at next yearās schedule yet, and weāre going to lose a lot after this year, but if CTE can do a good job putting the team together that could absolutely be an 8-9 win season. On the heals of a 9+ win season, thatād be pretty fantastic.
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I see ~7 wins there.
The travel with no bye after sounds crazy to me, but I guess we donāt have any trips to the west coast on that schedule so this is just making up for that.
Except for you know.. beating VT
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As a Charlotte resident Iām pretty excited about this one
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As a player it is a cool ass trip.
Practically as a fan and former coach I think itās dumb.
TIL that next year half the conference will play 9 games and half will play 8. Then in 2027 16 teams will play 9 and the 17th will play 8 (I did know this would happen because itās mathematical impossible to have 17 teams play 9 games). The 8 game team will rotate through the conference (presumably that team will have ND on their schedule that year). Of course thereās no way weāll actually make it through a full rotation since the cage gates are unlocked in 2031. This isnāt Coastal Chaos producing 7 different division winners in 7 consecutive years.
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Miami creeping up in the CFP rankings. They may end up getting in with a little luck. A USC win over Oregon, beating Pitt, and a little help from the Big 12 taking BYU or Utah out and theyāre probably in.
Notre Dame above Alabama is crazy to me, but Iām admittedly in the tank for the tide.
JMU looking like itāll get boxed out by the eventual American champion thank god
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Hahahahha. And Leons getting laaaarger
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No way. Wouldnāt want to give the committee a reason to have two G5 winners jump us.
Plus itās VPI. And screw them.
Win it, then win in Charlotte. Thatās the only way to guarantee it.
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The season ticket number will be fine coming off an ACC championship/CFP season!
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I just realized that UVA MBB will be playing in Charlotte on the same day of the ACC Championship Game.
That will be a fun doubleheader.
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Brad Brownell, undisputed king of the ACC, somehow okey-doked both Ryan, Odom and Dabo Swinney
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Yeah what were the odds we would be the one playing in Charlotte that day and not Clemson?
This football season may just be a karmic windfall for Clemson ducking us in that game because they thought theyād be playing that night.
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The CFP rankings arenāt that relevant to us since we canāt get high enough to earn an at large bid, but itās interesting that Miami won 2 home blowouts the past 2 weeks and jumped idle GT 2 weeks ago and idle Vandy this week.
OU beat Bama and jumped ND. USC had to come back to beat a then ranked Iowa at home and passed GT who struggled with BC.
But we dominated at Duke yet stayed behind a Michigan who needed a FG at the gun to beat Northwestern.
It seems like the committee is doing its best to elevate Miami into contention, but keeps dropping GT and not moving us up like they have for other schools. The Miami thing could also be a result of the replacement of the Baylor AD with a new person with other ideas.
If Miami blows out VT, and Utah and/or BYU struggle even a little bit, Iād watch to see if the committee jumps Miami up to 11 next week which would be the first spot out and potentially would get in if Oregon or another top 10 team falters.
Also, Bama behind Oregon and ND is ridiculous. Bamaās beaten 4, 14, 20 and 23 and lost to 8 and inexplicably FSU. NDās beaten 15 and lost to 3 and 13. UO has beaten no ranked teams, lost at home by double digits to 2 Indiana and struggled and needed OT against a Penn State who we now know is mid.
But could putting Bama as the last team in mean that a loss in the SECCG knocks them out? Last year SMU dropped from 8 to 10 after the loss but still stayed in the playoff. Penn State and Texas both dropped a spot after losses in their CCGs. A few years back USC dropped out of the top 4 after a CCG loss and missed the playoff. Could the SEC runner-up with the resume noted above miss the playoff in favor of Miami and 3 other SEC teams that didnāt play in the CCG?
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