A hard OOC schedule makes you more relevant, sparks more interest, and puts more butts in the seats. On top of that, it has nothing to do with your conference schedule, and if you win the conference, you're in the playoff. I don't think the OOC schedule should be brutal but playing four patty cakes is just boring. Tech has it right - Ugag, one other P-4, a G-5, and one patty cake. That's a reasonable OOC schedule, IMO.
I didn't initially like Clemson being dropped as a perineal conference opponent, but given the structure of the playoffs, with the conference champ getting a near automatic bid, I can see why it was done.
It’s almost like we have people in charge who think ahead.
Except overall record does matter if you don't win your conference. SMU would have no chance to make the playoffs with 3 losses even though they went undefeated in ACC. If UGA remains a permanent OOC opponent, I would rather have 3 very winnable games.
A team that didn’t even make the ccg would have a good argument to get in with 10 wins, hell even dook would have been in the mix if they had one more win this season. I’m good with playing uga and three local tomato cans-(mercer, ga state, ksu, west ga, etc) please just keep your unnecessary Ole Miss, UCF, etc beatdowns, save your plays, strategies and your players health for conf play.
One P-4 (say, Colorado), one G-5 and one patsy seems reasonable to me. I know SMU got in with a weak SOS but that was a make up call for last year's snub of FSU IMO.
Some years maybe but this year (and maybe most every year going forward because of transfer/nil parity) everyone had 2-3 losses, any P4 team with 2 or fewer losses would have been in. I don’t believe the committee cares about a make-up call to the acc for ‘23 fsu for a second.
Colorado, in Boulder freaking mile-high CO is a team that may very well beat us- even if we are really damned good next season. That alone could be enough to keep us out of the playoffs, even if we have a great rest of the season. It could be the difference btwn 10 or 9 wins, Why risk it?
It’s a non-conference game and if you have only one loss earlier in the season is better.
Because that's what makes it fun and exhilarating as opposed to beating a cream muffin, which is boring and pointless. Also puts a lot more eyes on the program.
They’ll be favored, I’m sure
Which means we'll probably win :=)
Being acclimated to the altitude - or not - is a thing.
After some consideration, I agree.
Us ol' timers just have a hard time with this. We want to believe but have a hard time letting go of our past fears and insecurities. I saw the exact same thing today on the hallmark channel, where there was this big time female CEO who was very succesful but also very lonely. She went on a quick getaway to the mountains to clear her head where she meets a guy with a golden retriever who carved duck decoys and built furniture for a living. He was a widower who lost his wife early in a tragic fly fishing incident. I won't ruin the rest of it for you but PM me if you want more details. BTW, it's replaying tomorrow at 3 PM EST, 2 PM CST. If you watch it you will want some Kleenex. According to my friend of course who saw it.
Or it could vault us up in the rankings assuming they start the season ranked. The problem for teams like us is we don't get to start the season ranked in the top ten like the blue bloods making it harder to reach the CFP. We have to have signature wins to leapfrog teams in the rankings whereas there are some teams that get that level gifted to them and just have to win to maintain their status.
And besides all that, we're supposed to be the "brave and bold", not the timid and timorous.