I am trying, but the more I think about it, I just see 2 home wins over a terrible Charlotte team and a mediocre Davidson team without its best player.
That Richmond game was troubling because Richmond is terrible. They just lost at home to #293 Oral Roberts.
We could lose by 50 to Tennessee and it won't tell us something we don't already know. The key will be "never in doubt" victories against Gardner Webb and Cornell, to get us to 8-4 in the non-conference. Not good, clearly, but I'd at least feel like the team was improving at 4-1 over the last 5 (at that point).
All bets are off in the ACC... There are going to be some ugly losses and (hopefully) some enjoyable wins.
I just hope, at the end of it all, Manning is gone.