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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 956703" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>Vespidae has a point, but it’s worse than it looks. Like you said, roadkill, we have flexibility with one FBS game a year—maybe two. Because of the ACC contract with Notre Dame, sometimes one of our games is Notre Dame. We can count one FCS game towards bowl eligibility, and only one. The other games have to come from FBS.</p><p></p><p>From 2007 through 2018, we stayed generally in the top half of FBS teams, and sometimes really good. We were reliably a solid team. The last four years, we were #100, #101, #97, and #92. When you’re at that level, you’re not scheduling a win in FBS, someone else is scheduling you as a win in FBS. We had a game against Northern Illinois in 2021 and lost.</p><p></p><p>From 2019 on, we were looking up at most of the G5 teams. I don’t care how “bare the cupboard” was, we tumbled massively under Collins. </p><p></p><p>There are only 131 FBS teams. We arguably didn’t have any reliable wins under Collins, even against the bottom 30 teams, but we would need to schedule Akron or UMASS or Rice and outbid the other teams trying to schedule them.</p><p></p><p>Far right column is our strength of schedule. While strength of schedule is a problem, having the #112 offense and possibly the worst special teams is a bigger problem.</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Season</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Rec</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>FBS</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>FEI</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Rk</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>OFEI</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Rk</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>DFEI</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Rk</strong></p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>ELS</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Rk</strong></p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2007</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">7-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">6-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.14</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">52</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.51</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">67</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.63</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">50</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.71</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">51</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2008</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">9-4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">7-4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.32</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">30</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.03</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">32</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.69</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">45</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.53</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">72</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2009</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">11-3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">10-3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.63</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">12</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.92</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">2</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.15</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">75</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.05</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">25</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2010</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">6-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">5-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.05</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">62</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.31</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">62</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.08</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">74</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.72</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">70</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2011</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">8-5</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">7-5</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.19</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">42</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.51</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">13</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.02</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">76</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.33</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">91</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2012</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">7-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">6-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.21</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">47</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.65</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">14</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.08</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">68</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.01</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">41</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2013</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">7-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">5-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.33</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">36</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.25</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">32</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.35</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">61</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.71</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">68</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2014</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">11-3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">10-3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.79</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">11</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.28</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">2</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.18</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">63</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.16</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">32</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2015</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">3-9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">2-9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.14</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">56</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.44</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">78</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.45</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">52</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.08</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">18</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2016</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">9-4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">8-4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.30</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">37</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.43</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">29</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.06</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">67</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.92</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">44</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2017</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">5-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">4-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.26</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">39</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.40</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">25</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.49</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">41</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.56</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">20</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2018</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">7-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">6-6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.11</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">56</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.52</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">18</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.44</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">103</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.52</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">19</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2019</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">3-9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">3-8</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.44</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">100</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.60</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">97</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.40</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">101</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.24</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">37</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2020</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">3-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">3-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.43</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">101</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.51</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">92</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.29</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">92</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">.65</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">39</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2021</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">3-9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">2-9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.39</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">97</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.39</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">76</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.62</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">112</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.34</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">21</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center">2022</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">5-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">4-7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.33</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">92</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">-.92</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">112</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">.44</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">41</p> </td><td></td><td><p style="text-align: right">1.45</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center">25</p> </td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 956703, member: 282"] Vespidae has a point, but it’s worse than it looks. Like you said, roadkill, we have flexibility with one FBS game a year—maybe two. Because of the ACC contract with Notre Dame, sometimes one of our games is Notre Dame. We can count one FCS game towards bowl eligibility, and only one. The other games have to come from FBS. From 2007 through 2018, we stayed generally in the top half of FBS teams, and sometimes really good. We were reliably a solid team. The last four years, we were #100, #101, #97, and #92. When you’re at that level, you’re not scheduling a win in FBS, someone else is scheduling you as a win in FBS. We had a game against Northern Illinois in 2021 and lost. From 2019 on, we were looking up at most of the G5 teams. I don’t care how “bare the cupboard” was, we tumbled massively under Collins. There are only 131 FBS teams. We arguably didn’t have any reliable wins under Collins, even against the bottom 30 teams, but we would need to schedule Akron or UMASS or Rice and outbid the other teams trying to schedule them. Far right column is our strength of schedule. While strength of schedule is a problem, having the #112 offense and possibly the worst special teams is a bigger problem. [TABLE] [TR] [TD][CENTER][B]Season[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER][B]Rec[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER][B]FBS[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]FEI[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER][B]Rk[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]OFEI[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER][B]Rk[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]DFEI[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER][B]Rk[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]ELS[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER][B]Rk[/B][/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2007[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]7-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]6-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].14[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]52[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.51[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]67[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].63[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]50[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].71[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]51[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2008[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]9-4[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]7-4[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].32[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]30[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.03[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]32[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].69[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]45[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].53[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]72[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2009[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]11-3[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]10-3[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].63[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]12[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].92[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]2[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].15[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]75[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.05[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]25[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2010[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]6-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]5-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.05[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]62[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.31[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]62[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].08[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]74[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].72[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]70[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2011[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]8-5[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]7-5[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].19[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]42[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].51[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]13[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].02[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]76[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].33[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]91[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2012[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]7-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]6-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].21[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]47[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].65[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]14[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].08[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]68[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.01[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]41[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2013[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]7-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]5-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].33[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]36[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].25[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]32[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].35[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]61[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].71[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]68[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2014[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]11-3[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]10-3[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].79[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]11[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.28[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]2[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].18[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]63[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.16[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]32[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2015[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]3-9[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]2-9[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].14[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]56[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.44[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]78[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].45[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]52[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.08[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]18[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2016[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]9-4[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]8-4[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].30[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]37[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].43[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]29[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].06[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]67[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].92[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]44[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2017[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]5-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]4-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].26[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]39[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].40[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]25[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].49[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]41[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.56[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]20[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2018[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]7-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]6-6[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].11[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]56[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].52[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]18[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.44[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]103[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.52[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]19[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2019[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]3-9[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]3-8[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.44[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]100[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.60[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]97[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.40[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]101[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.24[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]37[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2020[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]3-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]3-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.43[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]101[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.51[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]92[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.29[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]92[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].65[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]39[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2021[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]3-9[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]2-9[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.39[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]97[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.39[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]76[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.62[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]112[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.34[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]21[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]2022[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]5-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][CENTER]4-7[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.33[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]92[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]-.92[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]112[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][RIGHT].44[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]41[/CENTER][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1.45[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][CENTER]25[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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