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rmndcat

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Pinstripe v UVa would be fun. I have Cavalier in-laws.
Cactus might be drivable from here.
I worked for banks in Charlotte for several years. Profoundly meh. Have zero interest in playing Clemson.
 
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NJCat

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I'd love to see Braun whup Dabo. Plus it's in my backyard.....
 
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Deeringfish

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LathamLad said:
I respect those who enjoy speculating, but I prefer not to do so. It's all fantasyland, at least until the Cats become bowl eligible, right?
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Yeah a little too soon. Maybe when we have 5 wins with 4 or 5 games to go. Given this schedule.
 
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Sheffielder

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No need to get worked up or be pragmatic about bowl projections, it's all just for fun (and clicks) - good to see the program actually getting predictions; sometimes I will Crtl+F "Northwestern" in those articles and...0 results.
 
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kaTNap

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LathamLad said:
I respect those who enjoy speculating, but I prefer not to do so. It's all fantasyland, at least until the Cats become bowl eligible, right?
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Nobody is even hypothetically bowl-eligible for another week or two. It's just for fun, but it's nice to see us get recognition ... and hopefully see us rise in the bowl pecking order.
 
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kaTNap

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Post week 5:

CBS says ReliaQuest vs A&M (quite a bump up from last week!)

Athlon says Music City vs Kentucky (think I've heard that song before)

ESPN says either Duke's Mayo vs Duke (vomit!) or Pinstripe vs SMU

CFN is still stuck on Pinstripe vs UVa
 
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rmndcat

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kaTNap said:
Nobody is even hypothetically bowl-eligible for another week or two. It's just for fun, but it's nice to see us get recognition ... and hopefully see us rise in the bowl pecking order.
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We have a pretty clear path to bowl eligibility by the time of the Oregon game.
 
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Purple Pete

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kaTNap said:
Post week 5:

CBS says ReliaQuest vs A&M (quite a bump up from last week!)

Athlon says Music City vs Kentucky (think I've heard that song before)
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If I recall corectly, I think the name of that tune was, "We're Going to Try to Eject as Many Players as We Can."
 
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Is it too early to dream about a playoff bid? They have a tough road. Even if they take care of Ball State, Rutgers, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Illinois (which I think they can win all those), they have to host a very good Iowa team, and then OSU and Oregon on the road. To make the playoff, they will need to win those first five, and then take two of the last three. I am not sure a three loss team will make the playoff.

I can't help but think how amazing a home playoff game at NRF would be.
 
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UpsetAlert

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jne381 said:
Is it too early to dream about a playoff bid? They have a tough road. Even if they take care of Ball State, Rutgers, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Illinois (which I think they can win all those), they have to host a very good Iowa team, and then OSU and Oregon on the road. To make the playoff, they will need to win those first five, and then take two of the last three. I am not sure a three loss team will make the playoff.

I can't help but think how amazing a home playoff game at NRF would be.
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Gameday watch vs Iowa?
 
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kaTNap

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Post week 6 (warning! may induce nausea!):

  • CFN/Fiutak: Duke's Mayo vs. Florida State (I like this one!)
  • CBS Sports: Pinstripe vs. Duke (yuck!)
  • ESPN: Pinstripe vs. Louisville -or- Duke's Mayo vs. Duke (yuck x2!)
  • Athlon: Pinestripe vs. Pitt (like deja vu all over again!)
  • On3/McMurphy: Pinstripe vs. Pitt (is there an echo in here?)
  • USAToday ... think this was done by PJ Fleck's mom's best friend, possibly with help from Clucko the Chicken. They don't list us at all, they have Minnesota going to the ReliaQuest bowl (sure, buddy ... whatever you say!), and they think the Duke's Mayo Bowl is SEC vs ACC, when everyone else agrees it's B1G vs ACC. Sheesh....!
(I tried to put in links for all of these, but the board software just won't tolerate it, sorry. Something is buggy, somwhere ...)
 
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kaTNap

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jne381 said:
I am not sure a three loss team will make the playoff.
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Alabama made the playoffs last year with 3 losses, but one of those was in the SECCG ... and they're Alabama. And the argument can be (and was) made that it was a mistake to put them there.
 
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TheC

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jne381 said:
Is it too early to dream about a playoff bid? They have a tough road. Even if they take care of Ball State, Rutgers, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Illinois (which I think they can win all those), they have to host a very good Iowa team, and then OSU and Oregon on the road. To make the playoff, they will need to win those first five, and then take two of the last three. I am not sure a three loss team will make the playoff.

I can't help but think how amazing a home playoff game at NRF would be.
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If we win all those games except OSU, I think we are in. That is probably the only way (well.... other than winning all of them).
 
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JustGary

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TheC said:
If we win all those games except OSU, I think we are in. That is probably the only way (well.... other than winning all of them).
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Basically, we can only lose one of our remaining conference games. It doesn’t matter which one as beating Ohio State and losing to anyone else will put us in. Losing two more is a deal breaker. Basically we are competing with UCLA, Oregon, USC, Iowa, and Wisconsin for one or two spots. I’m think Indiana and Ohio State are safe but things can change.
 
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Fanaticat98

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I suspect after this week, even though we won we’re not going to move up in anyone’s projection as they figure we’ve got Iowa, @Oregon and @OSU ahead.
 
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kaTNap

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Fanaticat98 said:
I suspect after this week, even though we won we’re not going to move up in anyone’s projection as they figure we’ve got Iowa, @Oregon and @OSU ahead.
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Actually, we bumped up a little in Athlon's view already. It will be interesting to see the other projections when they come out on Tuesday.
 
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