College football countdown Opponents - #50 ECU & #45 - UNC

By: Hokieshibe on July 17, 2013, 11:01 AM | 12 comments

Our next opponent is up

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/07/17/east-carolina-ecu-...

also a recap of other opponents we've seen so far:

100 - Boston College
86 - Duke
84 - Pitt
78 - UVA
66 - Maryland

EDIT:

UNC is up too:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/07/22/north-carolina-unc...

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HouckieVT's picture HouckieVT | 12 years 11 months #

How come Pitt plays us so hard when they're ranked so low? I don't like Pitt.

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macraw83's picture macraw83 | 12 years 11 months #

No way is ECU better than half the ACC. I refuse to believe that.

vtfly's picture vtfly | 12 years 11 months # ^

Weaver seems to think so since we signed a 50 year deal with them

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Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 12 years 11 months # ^

Wake and NCSt have also been on there already... I just didn't post them as they aren't opponents and I didn't want to spam the discussions feed with it...

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| 12 years 11 months # ^

what team on that list is better than ECU?

macraw83's picture macraw83 | 12 years 11 months # ^

NC State and Wake, and my heart wants to say Pitt, Duke and Maryland, but my head says no to those 3.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 12 years 11 months # ^

NCSt is #53, which is right about the same spot. Plus they're breaking in a new head coach, new qb, and weren't exactly world-beaters last year anyway.

Wake wasn't a bowl team last year, and lost it's last three games by > 30pts. I'd say the rankings are pretty fair - there are just some poor/mediocre teams in the ACC this year...

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| 12 years 11 months #

No Marshall yet. Interesting. You can argue ECU and Marshall are not better than the 1/2 the ACC, but both are more likely make bowls this year than Maryland, UVA, Duke and BC. (Don't know why Pitt is so low though)

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macraw83's picture macraw83 | 12 years 11 months # ^

Well, just because they are more likely to make bowls doesn't make them a better team. I would probably pick a 4-10 BCS team over a 6-6 Sun Belt or C-USA team any day.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 12 years 11 months # ^

Pitt's o-line includes 2 freshmen and a converted d-lineman, and the 2 returning starters from a year ago are in new positions. In addition to that, the quarterback is Tom Savage (who is rather slow-of-foot and prone to turnovers when pressured)...

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vtfly's picture vtfly | 12 years 11 months # ^

This just makes it worse for when they play us close/beat us. Seriously what is that Pitt has that is so krytonic for us?

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

“When life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 12 years 11 months #

for those who didn't want to read the article, in summation:

UNC - great offensive skill position guys, worrisome defense, lost 3 very good starters on the o-line

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