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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 3908521, member: 628"]
It's not... for a while... to a point... then it is.

Like, going 4-8 one year against a very difficult schedule may mask program health, improvement, etc.  However, going 4-8 for four years against similarly difficult schedules might mean that opposition is simply the way it is, and a program needs to be better to achieve a winning record against it.

Generally speaking, SU's schedule is pretty static.  We play the same 7 opponents every year.  Sure, those team's quality varies, but its the same 7 programs.  We tend to play 1 FCS, and 1 FBS mid-major -- sure, Liberty may be better than UConn, but neither is Clemson.

SU's SOS over the past few years has been in a narrow range:

2018:  57
2019:  73
2020:  49

I can't imagine this year's is going to be top 50, given our OOC slate and the general meh-ness of the ACC.

So while your point about using SOS as a comparison to past seasons is valid, I'm not sure it means much for the current state of our program.  Dino's last few schedules have been very manageable (credit to JW for that), and it doesn't appear 2021 or 2022 will be any more difficult.  Schedule should neither be a "reason" nor an "excuse" for how we perform in the immediate future.
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