SU bowl projections

[sutomcat]

if we only lose 1 or 2 games its likely the orange bowl will be in play for us assuming clemson is in top 4 as its not a playoff host this year so #2 acc team would slot there

Agree. If you assume that Clemson goes undefeated and makes the playoff, the 2nd best team in the ACC will almost surely go to the Orange Bowl.

I would say with Leary out for the season and NC State’s offensive woes, they are now out of consideration.

So is everyone else but UNC, Wake Forest and Syracuse.

If it came down to Wake and Syracuse for the spot and the teams were relatively even, I think we would probably get the nod. Wake is so small and does not travel well.

It is a shame the refs boned Duke Saturday and gave UNC a victory. If it is close between them and us, I fear the Tar Heels would get the spot. I am rooting for the Tar Heels to lose a couple of times before the season is out.

 

[Chip]

Chip just sent a note and said he wants to be our Cinderfella.

You could do worse.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Agree. If you assume that Clemson goes undefeated and makes the playoff, the 2nd best team in the ACC will almost surely go to the Orange Bowl.

I would say with Leary out for the season and NC State’s offensive woes, they are now out of consideration.

So is everyone else but UNC, Wake Forest and Syracuse.

If it came down to Wake and Syracuse for the spot and the teams were relatively even, I think we would probably get the nod. Wake is so small and does not travel well.

It is a shame the refs boned Duke Saturday and gave UNC a victory. If it is close between them and us, I fear the Tar Heels would get the spot. I am rooting for the Tar Heels to lose a couple of times before the season is out.

While I have no idea how our season will end, I have a hunch UNC is going to have some games where they fall apart.

 

[TexanMark]

I got here first lol The gator bowl would be a good opponent and a great place to tailgate

You will get a chance to learn grasshopper. I need the local help

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

IMDb: : Cinderfella
Cinderfella (1960) - IMDb

Oh, that clears it up.

 

[llandz]

Oooo. Just checked. I have good flight options from Phoenix to Miami. It is doable. Even better and cheaper options into Ft. Lauderdale, but then have to get to Miami.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

IMDb: : Cinderfella
Cinderfella (1960) - IMDb

...

wat

 

[Crusty]

Agree. If you assume that Clemson goes undefeated and makes the playoff, the 2nd best team in the ACC will almost surely go to the Orange Bowl.

I would say with Leary out for the season and NC State’s offensive woes, they are now out of consideration.

So is everyone else but UNC, Wake Forest and Syracuse.

If it came down to Wake and Syracuse for the spot and the teams were relatively even, I think we would probably get the nod. Wake is so small and does not travel well.

It is a shame the refs boned Duke Saturday and gave UNC a victory. If it is close between them and us, I fear the Tar Heels would get the spot. I am rooting for the Tar Heels to lose a couple of times before the season is out.

How is Clemson going to be undefeated after we beat them next week? Must be a misprint.

 

[TexanMark]

Agree. If you assume that Clemson goes undefeated and makes the playoff, the 2nd best team in the ACC will almost surely go to the Orange Bowl.

I would say with Leary out for the season and NC State’s offensive woes, they are now out of consideration.

So is everyone else but UNC, Wake Forest and Syracuse.

If it came down to Wake and Syracuse for the spot and the teams were relatively even, I think we would probably get the nod. Wake is so small and does not travel well.

It is a shame the refs boned Duke Saturday and gave UNC a victory. If it is close between them and us, I fear the Tar Heels would get the spot. I am rooting for the Tar Heels to lose a couple of times before the season is out.

Wildhack can show the Orange can travel to Florida (Camping World Bowl). We might get the nod over UNC with similar records.

 

[TexanMark]

Oooo. Just checked. I have good flight options from Phoenix to Miami. It is doable. Even better and cheaper options into Ft. Lauderdale, but then have to get to Miami.

Actually FLL is a very viable option. THE Orange Bowl (Hard Rock Stadium) is only 20 mins from Ft Lauderdale's airport.

 

[TexanMark]

Oh, that clears it up.

Ha Ha...basically I helped my wife deep clean the house before they arrived and I was her on call Uber driver to make three trips to the airport, dish washer, step and fetch, etc...

Basically earning free Orange Coins for future use.

 

[sutomcat]

Wildhack can show the Orange can travel to Florida (Camping World Bowl). We might get the nod over UNC with similar records.

I hope so. I don't think it is a given though.

Another predator that I did not discuss is ND. We will be contending for bowl spots with the Irish. The good news is with ND, as with Wake, we have a chance to play them head to head and if we win, it makes it difficult to pick the other team.

Especially if they have a couple more losses.

 

[Orangello]

Actually FLL is a very viable option. THE Orange Bowl (Hard Rock Stadium) is only 20 mins from Ft Lauderdale's airport.

Thats if your smart enough to take the FL Turnpike and avoid a flaming wreck on I-95.

 

[OrangeinOmaha]

I believe the selection for second best team in the ACC is through the CFP Rankings so we would just have to be ranked higher than UNC and Wake at the end of the season. If I remember right in 2018 if the Orange bowl would not have been a semi final game we would have been sent there with Clemson in the playoff.

Also completely forgot Pitt was the coastal rep that year with a 7-5 record.

 

[JRHEETER]

I believe the selection for second best team in the ACC is through the CFP Rankings so we would just have to be ranked higher than UNC and Wake at the end of the season. If I remember right in 2018 if the Orange bowl would not have been a semi final game we would have been sent there with Clemson in the playoff.

Also completely forgot Pitt was the coastal rep that year with a 7-5 record.

Yup it’s the next highest rated team IF an ACC team goes to the CFP

 

[suorange08]

Oooo. Just checked. I have good flight options from Phoenix to Miami. It is doable. Even better and cheaper options into Ft. Lauderdale, but then have to get to Miami.

Orange Bowl is played between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, so either way you will probably want a car. It's about 20 miles away from both. My experience is that FLL is easier to get in and out of, especially if you have TSA PreCheck.

 

[suorange08]

Wildhack can show the Orange can travel to Florida (Camping World Bowl). We might get the nod over UNC with similar records.

I was at the UNC-Miami game a couple of weeks ago and I only saw a few UNC fans and not much blue in the stands. I was surprised.

 

[sabach]

I hope so. I don't think it is a given though.

Another predator that I did not discuss is ND. We will be contending for bowl spots with the Irish. The good news is with ND, as with Wake, we have a chance to play them head to head and if we win, it makes it difficult to pick the other team.

Especially if they have a couple more losses.

ND is 3 and 3 with road games at SU, Clemson and Southern Cal. They should beat BC, Navy and UNLV. But they should have beaten Marshall and Stanford. It is not out of the question that ND does not qualify for a bowl this year.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[blust2i3d4]

Agree. If you assume that Clemson goes undefeated and makes the playoff, the 2nd best team in the ACC will almost surely go to the Orange Bowl.

I would say with Leary out for the season and NC State’s offensive woes, they are now out of consideration.

So is everyone else but UNC, Wake Forest and Syracuse.

If it came down to Wake and Syracuse for the spot and the teams were relatively even, I think we would probably get the nod. Wake is so small and does not travel well.

It is a shame the refs boned Duke Saturday and gave UNC a victory. If it is close between them and us, I fear the Tar Heels would get the spot. I am rooting for the Tar Heels to lose a couple of times before the season is out.

CBS projected that we will finished 8-4 (win over Notre Dame but lose 4 ACC games) and get the fifth best bowl. They projected Pitt will be ahead of us.

 

[sabach]

CBS projected that we will finished 8-4 (win over Notre Dame but lost lose 4 ACC games) and get the fifth best bowl. They projected Pitt will be ahead of us.

We could be 13-0 and Jerry Palm from CBS would still have us in the Fenway Bowl against some outlier from the AAC even though by rule we have to be in at least the Orange Bowl by virtue of winning the ACC Championship.

Years ago, it was already announced that we were in the Texas Bowl and he still projected us out of a bowl in his final projection.

Pay no attention to Jerry Palm.

 

[blust2i3d4]

We could be 13-0 and Jerry Palm from CBS would still have us in the Fenway Bowl against some outlier from the AAC even though by rule we have to be in at least the Orange Bowl by virtue of winning the ACC Championship.

Years ago, it was already announced that we were in the Texas Bowl and he still projected us out of al bowl in his final projection.

Pay no attention to Jerry Palm.

CBS hates us because ACC is pure ABC property.

 

[djorange1989]

it has been said before, Palm is a lazy ass, he barely updates the "smaller" bowls

 

[gbo]

ND is 3 and 3 with road games at SU, Clemson and Southern Cal. They should beat BC, Navy and UNLV. But they should have beaten Marshall and Stanford. It is not out of the question that ND does not qualify for a bowl this year.

Clemson travels to ND this year.

 

[sabach]

Clemson travels to ND this year.

Oops. That's right. But that's still a tough game for ND, especially seeing how Marshall and Stanford beat the Irish at home.