Yes, that's the flaw in that statement because the nerd

I see BC as a bellwether team. Addazio can produce a very similar product from year to year(see that 5 of the past 6 years with 7 wins). It isn't that BC is all that much better but I expect the Atlantic to be weaker with less talent gap, thus coaching consistency will be more of a premium and equate to more wins.

Their OOC is weak (Rutgers, Richmond, Kansas) so hopefully they take care of business there. Standard game with ND, and then they have VT at home and Pitt so not very hard Coastal opponents.

Thus someone has to win games in the Atlantic other than us, and I don't think it is unreasonable for them to be 6-2 or 5-3 in conference + 3-1 OOC. I expect FSU to remain weak, NC State to be very weak, Cuse to be dependent on their QB team, Louisville to be weak, Wake to be Wake. So if there is a team to finish second in the Atlantic, why not BC? Really it is between BC and Cuse and I don't think NCState will reload offensively and I don't think FSU will keep its locker room focused. So it comes down to if Cuse can get a QB functioning or if BC is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Alabama's schedule is one of the easiest in the P-5

Apr 25, 2019, 11:37 AM

Bama has a ridiculously easy schedule. Why is no one ragging on Bama's schedule?

Bama starts off with Duke, New Mexico, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Ole Miss,TAMU, Tennessee and Arkansas. That is 8 wins and the toughest game will be at TAMU, whom Clemson will have already played.

Is that a hard 8 game schedule? No. It's easy.

Then after a week off Bama gets LSU. Big bad LSU, right? Bama has beaten LSU 7 straight times. 7 straight times. Why do people keep hyping LSU as a big challenge to Bama?

Then Bama gets Mississippi State against who Bama is 14-1 in the most recent 15 games, then Western Carolina. Someone convince that through 11 games, Bama has a tough schedule. Please try.

Then the Tide plays Auburn, a team that has lost 20 games in the last four years and whom Clemson has beaten four times in a row. Is the Iron Bowl the game that makes Bama's schedule tough? Auburn's last win over Bama took a miracle and is more or less like the Clemson losses to Syracuse and Pitt in recent years.

Bama has one of the easiest schedules in the P-5. Bama could not lose 2 games against that schedule if Tua broke his leg in game 2 and did not come back all year.

Why does Bama get no grief for playing an easy schedule. ?History? We beat LSU,Tennessee, Auburn,and TAMU last time out. So did Bama. Same-Same.

Clemson lost 2 ACC conference games in the last four years. And we lost 2 to Bama.
Bama lost 3 SEC games in the last four years (two of them were to Ole Miss and the kick-6 at Auburn).
And Bama lost twice to Clemson.

Same-Same. Bama plays one of the easiest schedules in the P-5.