@JimmyinVA
I hear what you're saying, but I'm not buying it. You're trying to build up our schedule to be a murderer's row when it isn't. When I called SCar "less-than-average," I meant less than average for their standards. They're going to beat us in Charlotte, but they will also be inferior to what they've been the last 4-5 years. Lots of uncertainty on both sides of the ball for them. Yes, we play GT who will be ranked, and yes we play Miami who might be ranked if they get things figured out.
But again, make me a list of the 5 best teams in the ACC. You'd have FSU and Clemson as 1 and 2, and I'm willing to bet Louisville would be somewhere on your list too. So right there, we're avoiding the three best teams in the conference. Furthermore, GT has to play BOTH Clemson and FSU this year. We play neither.
Let me pick a few random P5 schools and let me list their schedule for you:
Alabama: Wisconsin (in TX), Middle Tenn, Ole Miss, UL-Monroe, at Georgia, Arkansas, at Texas A&M, Tenn, LSU, at Miss State, Charleston Southern, at Auburn
USC: Ark State, Idaho, Stanford, at Arizona State, Washington, at Notre Dame, Utah, at Cal, Arizona, at Colorado, at Oregon, UCLA
Texas: at Notre Dame, Rice, Cal, OK State, at TCU, Oklahoma, Kansas State, at Iowa State, Kansas, at West Virginia, Texas Tech, at Baylor
Louisville: Auburn (in ATL), Houston, Clemson, Samford, at Moo, at FSU, Boston College, at Wake, Syracuse, Virginia, at Pitt, at Kentucky
Meanwhile, we have Wake, Delaware, N.C. A&T, Illinois on our schedule. I will not accept the 'tough schedule' excuse. You wanna see a tough schedule? Look at
NEXT year's schedule. We will have to tackle that....with a new QB. Yikes.