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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2143614, member: 622"] Agree, this is a tough schedule. Much like the pre-Big East days. My point is that the paradigm has shifted. HCDB is cutting against the grain of traditional wisdom in CFB. He is changing the way opponents take can dictate via defense how one plays offense by dictation g the speed at which opponents play defense. Opponents take lose the ability to place specialists on the field for traditional running/passing downs. Even punting is facing fundamental changes. Does this open the defense up to issues, yes. However, most offenses are not geared to keep up with HCDB's. Further, HCDB is NOT dispensing the running game, he loves it and expects 2,000+ yards per season! (Yes, last year was a fluke in his system but we all know the issues, many of which will be improved this season). Nor is HCDB forgetting about defense, he is merely willing to bet we can out score opponents. I am not saying we run the table but plugging a 3-4 win season and calling it a day is NOT on the agenda. This team, though beaten down, injured, in a new offense and a new defense beat a very good, ranked VATech team. To not expect more from kids that had little experience, less size, little to no backups, etc., seems unrealistic. We all expect players to develop year over year. Writing off five games because teams had/have names is fruitless. Syracuse has had a name. Miami has been running g for decades on the 80s, with a few good years here and there but have not lived up to the hype, generally. VATech has been a paper tiger for decades failing g to win big, important games, falling short most of the time. LSU and Clemson lose important leaders on their respective teams. Can someone step up? Yes. Will they? Who knows. Does it matter? Possibly not. FSU is the best because they lose little, should be overall improved and has the depth. However, this offense could expose their defense like Clemson did to Alabama-great defense but not prepared for an offense that dictated the play of the game (limited substitutions, players in plays that a specialist would normally play, no rest, fast paced). Sure, we can argue in the spring about many details but to write off games before they season starts is harsh. We are NOT Rutgers! [/QUOTE]

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