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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 1464542, member: 229"]
Bailey’s a doofus and doesn’t know anything about football.  It’s evident in the dumb articles he writes.  So I wouldn’t worry about it.

Here’s the way I look at it based on the head to head results of the last 2 years (and what transpired during those games; ie stats, yardage, flukey plays, turnovers, special teams etc.)

Here’s what I think :

You have to pencil in these 3 as wins:  URI, CMU and Wake (these are 3 games there’s no excuse to lose)

These 3 should be penciled as losses:  Florida State, LSU and Clemson

This means 3-3 out of the gate.

Every other game in my opinion is a toss up game.  Either team could win or lose.  In parens is Shafer’s record against them:

BC (1-1 game at home)

Pitt (0-2 game at home)

NC State (1-1 game on the road)

UVA (0-0)

LVille (0-1); the 2012 SU team beat LVille 45-26.  @LVille this is the team that leans more towards losing the game than winning but LVille has question marks.  We're coming off away at FSU, but LVille could be beat up by this time as well and having 4/5 losses of their own.

South Florida (0-0 on the road they’re the same level as us; this is my KEY game for the season)

Syracuse could go anywhere from 3-9 to 9-3.  A wide prediction but how could any of those 6 toss up games be penciled in as losses or wins right now.  IMO Syracuse is capable of beating them all.  They won't but they're all pretty even teams.
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