Everything we need to know about the season will be told in these two games.
The Hoos didn't respond against a bad team in Bleaksburg, then backed it up with not elevating their game quite enough to beat a decent team in Atlanta. The remaining home schedule is pretty manageable until the very back end (RPIs 129, 80, 199, 123, 96, 5, 23). The remaining road schedule is pretty daunting until the last one (87, 47, 23, 21, 9, 18, 129).
I figure if we beat FSU and Wake in Tally and W-S, then we will win at Clemson, manage at least 6-1 in the remaining home games, and steal one or two on the road for a 12-6/11-7 type ACC record and likely 4th-6th place finish. If we beat the Noles but lose to the Deacs, things get sketchier for finishing much better than 9-9 or 10-8. Lose to the Noles and Deacs, we probably finish sub-.500, as Clemson becomes the only winnable road game and there are still a home game or two that could be lost. Lose to the Noles and beat Wake? Your guess is as good as mine ... hahaha!
Of course, it could start clicking for some guys and this could be wrong (and this is always given with the caveat that an injury could derail everything), but it's just how I'm seeing it going into Sunday.
Thoughts from the board?
The Hoos didn't respond against a bad team in Bleaksburg, then backed it up with not elevating their game quite enough to beat a decent team in Atlanta. The remaining home schedule is pretty manageable until the very back end (RPIs 129, 80, 199, 123, 96, 5, 23). The remaining road schedule is pretty daunting until the last one (87, 47, 23, 21, 9, 18, 129).
I figure if we beat FSU and Wake in Tally and W-S, then we will win at Clemson, manage at least 6-1 in the remaining home games, and steal one or two on the road for a 12-6/11-7 type ACC record and likely 4th-6th place finish. If we beat the Noles but lose to the Deacs, things get sketchier for finishing much better than 9-9 or 10-8. Lose to the Noles and Deacs, we probably finish sub-.500, as Clemson becomes the only winnable road game and there are still a home game or two that could be lost. Lose to the Noles and beat Wake? Your guess is as good as mine ... hahaha!
Of course, it could start clicking for some guys and this could be wrong (and this is always given with the caveat that an injury could derail everything), but it's just how I'm seeing it going into Sunday.
Thoughts from the board?
