GlennW
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I was just reading an SI.com article, and they used, basically, a boxer analogy as to why FSU wouldn't want to play us in the ACCC:
This next one won’t affect the committee’s opinion, but it could produce a less-than-ideal matchup for a contender. If North Carolina beats Duke on Thursday, Georgia Tech would win the ACC Coastal Division. That would mean Florida State would have to play three consecutive inside-the-tackles, run-heavy offenses (Miami, Boston College and Florida) before having a week to prepare for an option team in the ACC championship. This would definitely fall under FoxSports.com writer Bruce Feldman’s "Body Blow" Theory, which posits that teams playing a week after facing power-running foes are at an automatic disadvantage. The Seminoles have to face three such teams in a row. Adding an option team behind that trio would be brutal for Florida State’s front seven. The 'Noles would much rather Duke beat North Carolina and Wake Forest and win the Coastal. That would offer a much better matchup after three weeks of pounding.
www.si.com/college-football/20...ances-dear-andy
This next one won’t affect the committee’s opinion, but it could produce a less-than-ideal matchup for a contender. If North Carolina beats Duke on Thursday, Georgia Tech would win the ACC Coastal Division. That would mean Florida State would have to play three consecutive inside-the-tackles, run-heavy offenses (Miami, Boston College and Florida) before having a week to prepare for an option team in the ACC championship. This would definitely fall under FoxSports.com writer Bruce Feldman’s "Body Blow" Theory, which posits that teams playing a week after facing power-running foes are at an automatic disadvantage. The Seminoles have to face three such teams in a row. Adding an option team behind that trio would be brutal for Florida State’s front seven. The 'Noles would much rather Duke beat North Carolina and Wake Forest and win the Coastal. That would offer a much better matchup after three weeks of pounding.
www.si.com/college-football/20...ances-dear-andy
