so of our remaining games which ones do we win and why?
I'm not sold on NDWell, let's be blunt, it all hinges on can we limit mistakes and turnovers and make adjustments.
For argument sake let's say we do.
Wins
Pitt
Duke
NC State
BC
Maybe Miami
Losses
Clemson ND.
Now if we revert in all these games we could lose every one of them
The toughest of the maybe wins. BC.
I tend to agree with you pretty much across the board, here. Maybe we'll see a couple of those other teams look better or worse as the season rolls on and they play more teams but at the moment I think you've nailed it.Aside from UCF we have probably played the easiest games on our schedule. I don't see much of a chance against Clemson or ND. The rest are winnable but will be tough. 5 wins seems like the ceiling to me. Needed that Syracuse win to get above .500.
Bowl games will not require 5-6 wins this year. In theory if a 3 or 4 win team can draw viewers they may go over better teams.Losing to Cuse REally hurts our chances of a bowl, thats part of starting a freshman qb i guess. Like most everyone else i think Clempson and ND are longshots, ND less so, thats our chance to get a BIG upset. The rest of these games are tossups, IF Sims continues to improve, mature and limits the turnovers we are going to score plenty of points on everybody (Except prob Clem), the real question is can our defense get better? Get good at SOMEthing like stopping the run for God’s sake! Field goal and XP Kicking game is going to bite us hard too if some Kind of drastic Improvement is not made.
So, how long have you been watching ACC football?Where is the confidence vs BC coming from? I see one likely (Duke), two highly unlikely (duh) and three 50/50 at best (Pitt/BC/NCSt.)