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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 2349135, member: 2585"]
No, not this year.

But hear me out. I've been a fan since I was 8 or 9. I turn 40 next week. Honest question: does our place in a P5 make it easier to get a National Championship than our BE days? I mean, before we'd be battling perception (NE team, BE not considered a top tier conference) where perception played an outsized influence (polls, then BCS).

Seems to me like the distance between getting into the playoffs (though the odds are still rough) has gotten clearer, and maybe even easier. Has there been a clearer path since I've been a fan?

Now: win all of your games, maybe you can lose one if you play a tough schedule, win your conference championship game = You are IN the playoffs where it's decided on the field

Then: win all of your games, impressing everyone enough to take your seriously even though you don't play a ton of top teams and then maybe voters will take notice and a bunch of name brand schools lose enough that you get enough votes (way back) or (during the BCS era) you somehow sneak into the BCS game over a 1 loss SEC team that's gamed the system, etc.

This all plays into Dino building it here (Syracuse? Why not Syracuse!)... I think the most limiting factor might be the BoT and the commitment to the football program (who knows where they are on that, truly).

Just my 2 cents. Go Orange!
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