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[QUOTE="goodroc, post: 2068980, member: 20"]
Apparently the trend now is to talk unbalanced schedules and claiming We have the easiest schedule in league due to playing the top of league at home and the 3 teams that we play 2x.

1.  If you look at the 3 teams we play 2x -- with BC and PITT being 2 out of the 3 teams i would say that this does make this aspect of our schedule a little softer than some of the other ACC teams.  
2.  We do play UL 2x which I would say is the 3rd best team in conference and unless you play UNC 2x - or UVA dont think you can play a more difficult team 2x.

The real debate in my opinion is the fact that our schedule is heavily weighted with the stronger teams at home.  I believe strong case can be made that you actually would rather have the top 3 or 4 teams on the road and the lower half of the league at home.   The thinking is that all road games are extremely difficult so why not lose to the UNC's of the world on road rather than at home.

With the way our schedule works out a large majority of our home games are difficult and like i mentioned all road games are tough.  As it turned out we actually beat FSU and UVA at home however this is hindsight.

If conference record was the measuring stick i would rather play FSU UVA UNC on road and say Clemson, Miami, Wake at home .  In this mini 6 game example which example do you think a team would have a better record? vs if it was flipped.

i would say playing clemson , miami and wake at home we have better chance of being 3 and 3 then we would if situation was reveresed.

Does anyone see my point?
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