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Message: [QUOTE="Hokie Mark, post: 3104359, member: 3409"] The problem is simple: Syracuse lost to the one team they couldn't afford to lose to - Maryland. Why was that game so important? Because when New Year's Six bowl selection time rolls around, you'll be graded on how you looked relative to other conferences for those at-large bids (and let's face it, the Orange went into the season with a legitimate shot at that kind of bowl). Now they'll probably be relegated to whatever bowl they're guaranteed, based on ACC finish - but there's often a big gap between what you're guaranteed and what you could have earned! The 'Cuse have a long-standing reputation of blowing high-profile non-conference P5 games, they upsetting someone in conference... but that is NOT the formula for getting an at-large bid. [/QUOTE]