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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeMojo, post: 2047501, member: 268"] the Big East was so bad in 2004, that all SU needed to do to be outright champion and go to the Fiesta Bowl was beat a 1-8 Temple team whose only win was against a 1-aa FAMU team. SU still tied for 1st in that big east - in a year where SU lost by a combined score of 102-14 to Purdue and GT. Purdue and GT each had conference records of 4-4 that season. The top ranked team on that schedule was FSU who finished ranked 15th. Next year's schedule has 4 teams on it currently among the top 10 favorites to win the national championship in 2017 - plus three other teams that I'm seeing mentioned as teams which could end up ranked (Miami, NCSU and Pitt). Take 1 of the top 10 favorites, have them fall short of expectations, add Miami/NCSU/Pitt as the cream of the crop BE 2004 equivalents and then add a bunch of dog and next year's SU schedule would be on par with 2004. [/QUOTE]