Are you kidding us? If we recruit like those two coaches we’ll be in the hunt for the Coastal every year. Then we can see what kind of coach Collins is. So far all we know is that Collins can’t win P5 games with G5 type players. We gave Gailey several years to recruit and coach. Collins deserves the same time. And I’d take Patenaude over Nix every Saturday.
No my point is being ranked not the number of wins. We were relevant in college football.
This has way more to do with scheduling than it does the state of college football. O’Leary’s teams only played 11 game schedules and the ACC Championship game didn’t exist. Now every team plays 12 games, with the best teams playing as many as 15. With bowl expansions almost everybody plays 13, and conference championship games ensure that 20 teams will play at least 14 games.
You realize Paul is 63 yrs old and rich.... he isn't coaching anywhere again....
But we are building something not sure what it is but hope he is finished building it this year.
Syracuse is also playing their 2nd and 3rd string QB. They were down 6 to Clemson at the end of the third qtr with their backup QB.
In this Modern Day Era of "The Portal" as soon as our Previous HC is announced at Vandy, the outgoing Portal would be full, he'd have 15 Players left behind willing to play for him
Sets your roster back light years in the ACC, imagine an SEC trying to recover and their 3-4 seasons with Triple Option players after.
Juice
This is the top current cop out excuse.
Don't forget that the 12 game season started in 2006.
Cop out from what?
While this is true (except for 2001 when we did play 13), it doesn't really change much. At least two of those years wouldn't have a chance of finishing in the top 25 today. Another one would be close if you give him an extra win. It's not so much the number of wins as the credibility given to smaller programs these days. Far more smaller programs are finishing ranked every year than in the past.
