Game you most want to win in 2020

[tatertot1]

FSU and Louisville

 

[gtfan021]

Notre Dame is next to the Dwags as my least favorite team. Would love to beat that *** and get an ACC win at the same time!

 

[jacket_fan]

My initial reaction to the question was Miami. But Notre Dame would be a huge win this season.

 

[BuzzDraft]

Looks to me that beating Notre Dame vs the "Johnny Come Lately" F$U and ThugU is a generational thing. I see those two as recent additions to both our schedule and national prominence when you're considering Tech history before 1985. I don't consider either to be traditional rivals at all, but ND is. Tradition goes back a lot longer than their relevance.

 

[Coachstick12]

FSU... I'm not the smartest guy but if you don't win the first one, you can't win them all.

 

[CrackerJacket]

Sooo many good choices here. Heads, SonsOfClem, tails, the Domers. Flip.... it’s the Domers! To hell with Rudy!

 

[wesgt123]

In order of preference
1. Notre Dame- I hate them and their easy *** path to a 10 win season every year. Maybe we can derail them. It would be amazing to shock the Irish.
2. Clemson- I don’t hate them but we haven’t gotten a win over them in years, much less been competitive with them. It would be a sweet victory and long overdue.
3. Miami- BECAUSE EFF THEM, THATS WHY!

 

[MWBATL]

My hate for Notre Dame was reduced considerably by my visit to South Bend a few years ago. Their fans were so welcoming and polite that I find it hard to hate them.

Miami fans are poor sports.

Clemson is my second favorite ACC team, so while I would enjoy beating them, I don't feel any burning hatred for them. Their fans are also cool.

I am not sure I have any "must-win" games this year with UGa off the schedule, but Miami probably is the closest...

But the game most important to me is FSU. A win there would garner nation attention. A loss would put us into the "yeah, they were expected to be last in the league, and they are" bucket.t

 

[slugboy]

1. Clemson
2. Notre Dame
3. UNC
4. Miami
5. UCF

 

[Wrecked]

Notre Dame, especially this year because it counts in the conference

 

[dmel25]

I wamt to beat Duke and Notre Dame more than anyone.

Duke - because they are the freaking monkey on our back. I would like to beat them to get it off our back.

Notre Dame - I just hate how much the committee circle jerks to Notre Dame and makes them out to be better than they are every year just because they are ND, they always get the benefit of the doubt. I would like to put them in their place especially since ND thinks they are hot **** and don't want to officially join the ACC, yet we bailed them out this year.

 

[orientalnc]

FSU. It's always the case with me. Winning the next game is always better than winning some other future game.

 

[orientalnc]

FSU - a win in Tallahassee to start the season could catapult us to a 6+ win season.

Duke and UNC are close seconds. Would also be nice to beat UCF

Beating Alabama in Birmingham in 1981 catapulted us to a 1-10 record.

 

[GTFLETCH]

This Year!!! DUKE (they have owned us lately... the last time they owned us was like in the 1930-40s)
Normal Seasons:
1. Georgia (COFH)
2. Clemson
3. VT

 

[Deleted member 2897]

FSU. Start strong and send a message we aren’t the bottom of the list.

after being picked to finish dead last, it would be totally awesome to ruin that prediction after just one game.

 

[CuseJacket]

We were picked last.
We're on national TV week 1.
Therefore week 1 opponent is the team I most want to beat.
This is independent of the cliches of "next game is most important".
Winning would mean a lot for perception and reality (projecting results forward).

 

[CuseJacket]

This thread is also ripe for a poll. Added one up top. Poll closes Friday afternoon.

The poll only allows 10 choices, so I lumped the Syracuse and BC games together.

 

[dmel25]

This Year!!! DUKE (they have owned us lately... the last time they owned us was like in the 1930-40s)
Normal Seasons:
1. Georgia (COFH)
2. Clemson
3. VT

We don't play Georgia or VT this year. Unless we play VT in the ACCCG, or Georgia in a bowl game.

 

[Techfan02]

Beat georgia in the natty

 

[MidtownJacket]

My hate for Notre Dame was reduced considerably by my visit to South Bend a few years ago. Their fans were so welcoming and polite that I find it hard to hate them.

Miami fans are poor sports.

Clemson is my second favorite ACC team, so while I would enjoy beating them, I don't feel any burning hatred for them. Their fans are also cool.

I am not sure I have any "must-win" games this year with UGa off the schedule, but Miami probably is the closest...

But the game most important to me is FSU. A win there would garner nation attention. A loss would put us into the "yeah, they were expected to be last in the league, and they are" bucket.t

Agree they are super friendly there.