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Message: [QUOTE="007, post: 5449619, member: 393"] I hear you and I think the point you are making is especially applicable when predicting a soft SOS. I also agree that SOS is fluid in season. But, having "no idea what this schedule will be like" seems like a bridge too far given the projected strength, returning production, elite year over year recruiting, and historical performances of several of the teams on the schedule. There is precedence and data to support that the probability of those teams living up to the preseason projections. Of course there are exceptions almost every season. But, exceptions do not disprove the correlations. There are 4 road games (3 true road games and 1 "neutral-site") against teams that played in CFP last season. We also travel to Miami. Of Bill Connelly’s top 14, Syracuse’s SOS is just one of two outside of teams in the SEC, joining Wisconsin. So yeah, I think we do have an idea of the strength of this schedule. [/QUOTE]