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[QUOTE="Archbold44, post: 5487992, member: 10528"]
I agree re: Tennessee.  But I also think you need to schedule in competition with your peers.  Tennessee is playing 9 P4 games.  We are playing 10.  Why?  As you can see, the ACC can put together a difficult schedule.  Why do we want to tie one hand behind our own backs.  What if we end up 9-3 in a situation where 10-2 would have gotten us in?  I get not being scheduling wimps.  But Tennessee and Notre Dame in one year is stupid.

Let's compare schedules:
Tennessee: Syracuse (N), E Tenn State (H), Georgia (H), UAB (H), MIssissippi State (A), Arkansas (H), Alabama (A), Kentucky (A), Oklahoma (H), New Mexico State (H), Florida (A), Vanderbilt (H).

H: ETSU, Georgia, UAB, Arkansas, Oklahoma, NMSU, Vandy
A: Miss. State, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida
"N": Syracuse  
7.5 Home Games, 4 Away games.   Right now... 4 ranked opponents  #4 (GA), #13 (FL), #18 (OK), #21 (AL).

Let's look at Syracuse:

H: UConn, Colgate, Duke, UNC, Pitt, BC
A: Clemson, SMU, George Tech, Miami, ND
N: Tennessee

6 Home Games, 5.5 Away Games.   Right now.. 5 ranked opponents.  #5 Miami, #8 Clemson, #9 ND, #17 SMU, and #22 Tennessee.  Georgia Tech could/should be ranked.

In what world are we smart to be playing a tougher schedule than Tennessee????
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