Hey Hokies!
I'm a new member but a frequent reader of the blog!
Do you think we could talk every week about who we should root for to give VT the best chance at winning the coastal? I was watching the GT-Miami and the Clemson-FSU games and didn't know who I should want to win...
Thoughts on how this week's other league games affected our chances?
-Alex
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I guess it depends on what the goal is
If we're going solely for the coastal division, we wanted Miami to beat GT, giving us a leg up on both in the standings. However, GT is really the only team of note that we've beaten so far, so we need them to be as strong as possible if we want any kind of credibility in the rankings. FSU-Clemson is a toss up, as we play both of them. Now that Miami and FSU have won, we need them to win out (except for us obviously) if we want a "statement" victory this season. Every time Miami loses a conference game, though, it helps our cause for the coastal crown.
We want/like to see UVA lose no matter what lol.
Only in-conference games! You always have to cheer for ACC teams in out-of-conference games!
I agree, but it's so hard to actually root for uva...
No you don't.
Why do i care if the ACC isn't respected? So some SEC yokel doesn't talk shit at the water cooler? Who cares, UVA losing is a lot better than that.
False
Any Hoo loss is a wonderful thing.
We needed GT to win yesterday. It would have given us a game lead on both. Now the winner of VT-Miami will probably take the Coastal. All of that other BS about "signature victories" and "appearances" is silly and meaningless.
I see Miami losing a lot more games
And GT winning a lot more ACC games. So, I think it helped that Miami won, but none of this matters if VT doesn't beat their coastal opponents. But, VT does want each other coastal team to lose at least 2 ACC games, cause VT will have a very difficult time with Clemson and FSU. 6-2 in the coastal should be enough for VT to get in.
Miami has a bunch of loseable games coming up.
Throwing in OOC games against ND and USF, they could lose their final 8. Eight!
v. NCSU
ND in Chicago
v. UNC
v. FSU
v. VT
@ uva
v. USF
@ Duke
Okay, losing to Duke may be a bit much but I look at that list and see a 4-4 ACC season.
Obviously the best case scenario is Tech wins every ACC game, but I think at this point it is more likely that we lose to both FSU and Clemson than split which I think most of us expected to do coming into the season.
Tiebreaker rules are here: http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082105aad.html (I'm assuming these will end up coming into play).
What works in our favor is the first two tiebreakers are head-to-head and divisional records, so as long as we win our divisional games (which we should be favored to do), everything should work itself out unless Miami goes 7-1 in ACC play with their only loss to Tech and we lose to FSU and Clemson.
So I guess right now we're rooting for Miami to drop another ACC game, which they probably will.
As long as we handle our business
we should be good. I can't see Miami beating FSU, I'm buying the hype. That means we just have to beat Miami and lose no more than 2 ACC games (Clemson, FSU) and we'll take the Coastal.
Need Miami to lose twice before we play
VT will be lucky to not lose 3 in a row to FSU, Miami, and Clemson. The next couple of weeks will tell whether VT is back on track or still struggling.