New ACC Schedule Format Reveal

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

If you spend enough time on this board, you’ll realize Georgia Tech has just as many dumbasses as any other school lol

 

[LT 1967]

See attached comments concerning the new ACC schedules pulled from "The Desk of J Batt" (Batt's Athletic Up-Date). I will leave to your interpretation whether he had any objection to No Protected Opponents for GT.

 

[LT 1967]

I saw Dabo on ACC PM talking about the GT game.

Packer asked him about losing the GT game as an every year opponent. His basic comment was " that one goes way back". That pretty much ended his comments on the subject. There was NO comment like "hate to lose that one".

I remember that Dabo proposed doing away with the crossover games when the issue of rotating more ACC games first came up a couple of years ago. I am probably paranoid, but I sense a certain distain for GT coming from him. Then, there is the 73-7 score in 2020. Maybe I am looking for a villain that is not there.

 

[UgaBlows]

I saw Dabo on ACC PM talking about the GT game.

Packer asked him about losing the GT game as an every year opponent. His basic comment was " that one goes way back". That pretty much ended his comments on the subject. There was NO comment like "hate to lose that one".

I remember that Dabo proposed doing away with the crossover games when the issue of rotating more ACC games first came up a couple of years ago. I am probably paranoid, but I sense a certain distain for GT coming from him. Then, there is the 73-7 score in 2020. Maybe I am looking for a villain that is not there.

He’s a turd, itks ok to hate him

 

[stinger78]

Nah, I like Dabo. I think he's a good coach who knows how to hire good coaches and let them do what they do w/o stepping in their soup constantly.

 

[Bogey]

He doesn't hate us, he was friends with Paul. But i don't thnk he cared for Collins though, like a lot of us.

 

[ibeattetris]

Rank	Team	W-L	SoS Rank
1	Ohio State	8-0	35
2	Georgia	8-0	76
3	Michigan	8-0	72
4	Florida State	8-0	32
5	Washington	8-0	7
6	Oregon	7-1	29
7	Texas	7-1	16
8	Alabama	7-1	4
9	Oklahoma	7-1	30
10	Ole Miss	7-1	25
11	Penn State	7-1	30
12	Missouri	7-1	52
13	Louisville	7-1	58
14	LSU	6-2	7
15	Notre Dame	7-2	44
16	Oregon State	6-2	48
17	Tennessee	6-2	15
18	Utah	6-2	3
19	UCLA	6-2	61
20	USC	7-2	1
21	Kansas	6-2	33
22	Oklahoma State	6-2	36
23	Kansas State	6-2	21
24	Tulane	7-1	98
25	Air Force	8-0	128
		Average	38.44
NR	Georgia Tech	4-4	42

From the data above, we can see that we play a tougher schedule than many teams with better records and rankings. We knew that already, so let's resort the data:

Rank	Team	W-L	SoS Rank
1	Ohio State	8-0	35
2	Georgia	8-0	76
3	Michigan	8-0	72
4	Florida State	8-0	32
5	Washington	8-0	7
25	Air Force	8-0	128
6	Oregon	7-1	29
7	Texas	7-1	16
8	Alabama	7-1	4
9	Oklahoma	7-1	30
10	Ole Miss	7-1	25
11	Penn State	7-1	30
12	Missouri	7-1	52
13	Louisville	7-1	58
24	Tulane	7-1	98
15	Notre Dame	7-2	44
20	USC	7-2	1
14	LSU	6-2	7
16	Oregon State	6-2	48
17	Tennessee	6-2	15
18	Utah	6-2	3
19	UCLA	6-2	61
21	Kansas	6-2	33
22	Oklahoma State	6-2	36
23	Kansas State	6-2	21

From this data, we can see that with a few exceptions (Washington, Alabama, etc.), teams with better records and higher rankings have weaker schedules.

In some ways, this makes sense. For example, while WE have to play Georgia, they get to play us as a scrimmage game preparing for the SEC CG. Thus, our schedule is tougher and theirs is weaker as a result of the same game.

I also think it is highly relevant that SEC and Big 10 teams play tougher schedules simply by virtue of living in tougher neighborhoods than the ACC. But then, they also have good TV contracts, big stadiums, big money, etc., etc. Advantages Tech does not have (and, I fear, never will as long as we remain in the ACC).

FWIW, I didn't pay close attention to my statistics class four decades ago, so if someone else wants to draw better conclusions from this, I'm all ears.

Washington. 8-0. 7th best SOS. Rank 5.