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[QUOTE="AcAndAc, post: 5328182, member: 10310"]
Absolutely the schedule.  You are going to need depth to survive the bigger/faster/better players next year.  Forget about injuries, which can be random... just the sheer physicality presented by the opponents.  Clemson has a 6th year guy coming back and is not losing that much. Even Dabo is pulling in a few portals this year.  They are looking to be much bigger/better/faster/stronger next year.  Notre Dame/Tennessee are going to be bigger/better/faster/stronger than UNLV/Ohio.  And so on.

But forget about the top of our schedule.  BC ran over our defense last year.  Our defense loses several key players... but our young guys will be a year older.  But isn't BC in the same boat?  Their offensive will be a year older too and they have  young guys to rise up.  yetthey are also bringing in an Alabama QB and some portal OL help.  It is not going to be our 2025 defense vs their 2024 offense.  It will be our 2025 defense (however improved) against their 2025 offense (however improved).

The point is that our opponents and peers have returning talent, but are still supplementing areas of need with the portal.  To not go crazy in the portal is one thing.  To not add ANYONE on defense is perplexing.  If we could not tackle the slower/smaller players on our schedule last year, how will we tackle faster/stronger players.
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