Louisville is a sleaze bag institution that never should have been allowed to join the ACC.
I hope we drop 50 on ‘em.
A FG at the time absolutely would not have had the same effect. Nobody is demoralized by a field goal. 21-0 and 24-0 are not that different. Another TD makes a much bigger difference.
But as we saw with the VT-Miami game yesterday, even 28-0 leads aren’t safe.
Louisville is a sleaze bag institution that never should have been allowed to join the ACC.
I hope we drop 50 on ‘em.
A FG doesn't make a difference until it does. It was a long drive and a FG in the 4th that did. My point is, that a goalline stand did make a difference to unc. We were held scoreless after that, until 4:33 left in the game. The reaction to it by their D is self evident.
Our coach took a risk, and it didn’t pan out. With the hindsight of the final score and how the 2nd half went, it’s easy to second guess him. I still like the call.
Three writers still have us unranked: Sam McKewon, Jerry DiPaola, and Davis Potter. McKewon's has Michigan State @ #18, Cal @ #19, Missouri @ #20, and USC @ #22. DiPaola has Washington @ #21 and Pitt @ #25. Potter has Texas A&M @ #17, Michigan State @ #22, and Tulane @ #24.
On the flip side, Joe Dubin and Ryan Aber have Wake ranked #15, both ranking us ahead of Michigan, Utah, Iowa, and Arizona State.
If we win every game -- which obviously would include a road win @ Clemson -- I fully expect that we would make the playoff. Don't see the CFP committee leaving out an undefeated P5 team
It would set an ugly precedent that any P5 team couldn’t just play their way into the CFP. But a 13-0 Wake wouldn’t get in over a 11-1 LSU with a lone loss to a 13-0 Bama.
I'd really like to see the system move away from there being a human element at all. I was running through this thought exercise last night with a friend and I honestly think that an undefeated Wake would get left out. At the very least, it would be iffy with there being a lot of uncertainty if we'd be included in this hypothetical.
I want to see us move to an 8-team playoff where the 5 P5 conference champs get autobids and then the last 3 seeds go to the top 3 teams in the computer rankings that didn't win their conference, which leaves a viable path for independents and G5 teams to get in.
The best thing about the NCAAT is when the conference championship tournaments start each team has a clear path to the championship. Win your conference tournament and you're into the dance. I'd like to to see the CFP move the needle more in this direction.
If Wake won out, we would arguably have a better resume at 13-0 than a hypothetical 13-0 Clemson team would have.
Also, an 8- team playoff scenario described above probably wouldn’t have a P5 team this year, or a lot of years, even if they go undefeated. I’m actually fine with that, but most of the proposals include the P5 champs, bray G6, and two at large teams.