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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4946739, member: 27"]
Okay, I back down on that.  Don't know much about the Dallas Morning News.  I assumed it was a reliable source of info on SMU football.  I guess not.

Given this, I think I said this before.  If we don't play Hawaii, I bet we play SMU.

Both schools are both in a bad place.  I am sure the ACC would like an attractive game under conference control that would solve the remaining schedule issues for the conference on one fell swoop.  They want this settled by tomorrow.

Maybe they are lobbying like crazy to get Syracuse to agree to a one off with SMU instead of taking the Hawaii opening?

Not sure if it would be better for the ACC and ESPN to get SMU vs Syracuse (only one game to cover) or SMU vs UMass and Syracuse vs Hawaii (two games).  It appears UMass is only going to play at home though, so they would control that game, so we are really looking at Syracuse vs Hawaii or Syracuse vs SMU.  I can see ESPN greatly preferring that.

SMU has been in some early top 25s.  I would much rather play Hawaii.  They aren't awful but I think SMU has a much better shot of beating us.  If ESPN forces us to play SMU, Syracuse better get the game at home and ESPN better make a special payment to both programs for accommodating their wishes.
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