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It's amusing to me that some mock my post and/or "funny take".
Here's the thing. Nowhere did I say that the acc performance is no big deal as the consequences of the bowl season will be felt next year. The likelihood that the acc gets a second CFP bid next year over potential teams in the Big 10, Sec, and the Big 12 is near zero now until the ACC wins head-to-head matchups against other p4 conferences.
Tech must beat uga vs dominating them but yet still losing on the scoreboard.
On the other hand, I won't join the sky is falling and the acc sucks crowd either.
Geez. Some that are going into the mode that the ACC is the worst conference and every team sucks because of let's be honest irrelevant bowl games. Games during the season carry more weight than bowl games imo but to use the 1-9 metric as the only metric doesn't take into account the new world of NIL, portal season, CFP playoffs, and conference realignment.
Let's be real here. The world of college football is waiting to see what happens with the grant of rights lawsuit against the acc by the noles and tigers. If the acc wins, the acc will be around till 2036. If it loses, the acc is toast and we head to super conferences controlled by the Sec and the Big 10.
To the sky is falling crowd that the acc sucks for going 1-9, you at least have to look into why the acc went 1-9 objectively instead of a blanket statement that the acc sucks.
Yes, it matters that Nebraska and Vandy both were highly motivated teams that had few starters hit the portal unlike Tech and Boston College. Both tech and bc had critical pieces leave. That matters.
It matters that nc state was driving to win and a tipped pass int caused the L.
It matters that Pitt and Toledo went 6 ot's in a great football game.
It matters that Miami's hired mercenary quit because of $$$.
Does fsu beat uga last year in the orange if 35 plus players don't opt out, likely no. With Jordan Travis healthy though, they might but i guarantee you they don't lose by 50+ either.
This is the garbage argument made about conference superiority. Indiana and Osu are in the same conference, but Smu and Indiana are both called out that they don't belong, and Bama, USC or Ole Miss should've made the playoffs, yet NO ONE said anything about Tn getting SMOKED by OSU. No one said ...."The sec sucks and should only get two teams in". And for the crowd that boasts about Oregon in the Big 10 and Texas in the SEC winning for their conference just proves the insane conference superiority arguments. Texas is a legacy SWC and Big 12 located NOWHERE near the sec footprint. They are just a hired gun. Same with Oregon regarding the Big 10. I feel the exact same about Cal and SMU in the ACC. Do they count as losses but this is the first year in the conference, so they don't represent how much the conference is good or stinks. Same with Tx & Oregon. Take out Tx win and the SEC is 3-3.
Here's the thing. Why play into the narrative that the acc sucks. The media will carry that water all year. The acc is now behind the 8 ball and likely will only get the championship team in next year unless a team finishes the year ranked in the top 5 that doesn't win the conference.
if you hate the acc and want us out, email Cabrera or J Batt. I feel they will put us in the right place.
Batt and Key have our program moving in the right direction and personally the acc is wide open for us to win it as I think Tech should be favored to win the conference next year.
I could care less if duke and va tech both lose and the conference goes 1-11 but I know based on media perception, they almost have to win.
It's why i like ncaa baseball and basketball with regionals, supers, Omaha, and ncaa march madness because you have teams competing for a championship. Does Tn winning the baseball championship show that SEC rules from last year. No not really. Same in basketball, I guess UConn is the greatest team in the greatest conference in basketball. Who cares about sec v acc record in basketball. It will matter for nothing come March. In fact, the sec has only really become relevant lately as Kentucky used to be the only real power in the Sec in the 90's. In fact, it used to be the Big east/acc challenge. Then it moved to the Big 10/Acc challenge and I'll remind many on here that the Big 10 usually won those challenges even the acc took home more titles. Ok, the acc is down in basketball. Again, my argument applies with the new world of college sports as both the Uva and Miami coaches both quit due to the problems with the portal, unrestricted free agency basically and NIL. UVA won a natty less than a decade ago. Btw...the last SEC national champion is Kentucky 2012. Doesn't sound like a dominant conference to me so congratulations to the SEC on their participation trophy win in dominating the acc this year in the sec/acc challenge. I'll wait for a champion to be crowned before I care.
Also, since the sec's last champion in 2012, the acc has had four different championship teams during the last 11 years.
If you think I wasn't ticked about tech losing to Vandy despite the garbage with the refs and the portal, you are completely wrong but I'm not going to take an * victory by Vandy as an acc sucks thought.
I won't be a sky is falling type.
