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Message: [QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 740153, member: 3201"] [COLOR=#000000]The reason it doesn't work this way is because there is no way you should believe right now that you are good enough to beat the other teams not named FSU and Clemson. How are you going to get better? Most are recruiting better than you guys, and they will continue to do so because they will be able to point to a winning trajectory for their program. And most of them are already closer to the talent than you. You cannot get the kids you need to run the ACC slate (minus FSU/CU) unless you show you are a team that wins and is one the right track. Baby steps. The way you get to the place you are describing is by scheduling three sure wins, and one higher profile game that you have a good chance to win. Go into the Clemson game 4-0 and play on prime time on ESPN, instead of on Raycom at 12:30. Have all your recruiting targets at that game and a packed dome. Lose that game, maybe bad, and tell your recruits "This is the kind of atmosphere you guys can play in at Syracuse. But you can see we need you, and now. You could have started this game." Hell, play that Clemson game close or win, and its just gravy.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Lose to FSU, lose two other ACC games, and finish 8-4. Play in a bowl game close to New Years against an SEC or B1G school. Get your kids and coach and extra month of practices. Win that game, and you've won 9 games.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Now, instead you'll be 2-2, enthusiasm for the Clemson game will be muted considerably, and if you play out the season exactly the same way, you are 6-6 at best and playing in the Birmingham bowl against UConn or something. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I know it's hard to wrap your head around and it's against what we grew up with, but that's just how it works.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]As for SOS, Syracuse is a long way from that mattering. Worry about that when you get to where FSU and Clemson are, and they're taking on big games. You adjust your philosophy with the state of the program obviously.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]And if everyone took this philosophy the conference schedule would more than make up for it. Hell, if UVA had been satisfied with BYU, that win would look tremendous today and UVA would probably be ranked. Instead, they insisted on taking on Oregon on one week's prep, after Oregon had a warm up game. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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