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Your condescending tone aside, you've not really replied to my point. What would your reaction be if an 8 or 9 win VT got passed over for a 6 win FSU? I'd imagine you would be far less concerned about the circumstances that led to that selection.
If you think this situation is worse than what happened to BC in the years they played us for the ACC championship, then I, in turn, don't know what to tell you.
The ACC has developed a system that guarantees less desirable programs can only fall so far in the selection process, without completely tying the hands of the bowls. This is a far, far better system. But if you want to lobby for a system in which no team can be passed over for a team with a worse overall record, then that's fine.
I'm so, so tired of hearing about teams getting screwed. No one got screwed. A team would have been screwed if there had been a change or a waiver to the selection process. That didn't happen. As it stands, Pitt was in a selection pool with all 9 win and 7 win programs. They were the last team selected from that pool. That's not getting screwed, that's being the fat kid who got picked last at dodgeball.
There needs to be a limit placed on the number of bowls so that the number of spots equals half the number of FBS programs. You could still theoretically wind up with 5-7 teams in that scenario, but it would be much more unlikely. We're well beyond a saturation point now, and it's ridiculous. No one gives a shit about half the bowl games as it is.
That's what I was trying to say. The rule prohibits an 8 win team being jumped by a 6 win team. Could you imagine if VT got passed over by a better bowl to select a team with a significantly worse record? We'd be passing out pitchforks. But when the same rule prevents us from the bowl we wanted, it's suddenly incompetence on behalf of the ACC.
They do reward better records. There's just an allowance of a one win difference during the selection process. Pitt is perhaps the least desirable ACC program in terms of bowl selection, so the bowls exhausted their ability to pick teams with one fewer win than Pitt before someone was forced to select Pitt.
It's a balance. Bowls (and programs) want some flexibility in the selection process. But the ACC doesn't want a 9-win smaller program to be passed over for a 6-win larger program. So the one fewer win guideline is a compromise.
I kind of see that differently than you. It tells me A) Mendenhall expects to still be at UVA in 2019, and B) he's a class act who doesn't want to coach against a team he devoted a large chunk of his life to. This makes me like him quite a bit.
Tyrod couldn't make up for Stiney's scheme vs Stanford the year before. Tyrod could make chicken salad out of chicken shit on a broken play, but he couldn't overcome when the OC was completely outmatched. No QB can.
And if we can't have meaningless conversations with no possibility of certainty on the internet, that's not a world I want to live in.
The head scratching theme of Lefty's career: his refusal to commit to a ground game, even when the situation called for it. I think it was the nail in his coffin.
I get it. You're a QB coach. You can finally run the offense you want to run, and you want to base it on a really awesome passing tree based on triangles. It's a good passing game design. But guess what: you can run the ball too!
Coming next season: The Fallujah Bowl
Imagine the reaction among our fans if an 8-4 VT got passed over for a 6-6 FSU.
The ACC wants to reward better records with better bowls. Explain how that's incompetent.
Also went to Oregon State, probably picked it up while there. Away games at USC and such.
When we win more games than we lose, maybe I'll bitch about which bowl we get.
We are a mess of a football team right now and had to scratch and claw our way to a 6-6 season. Does that mean I'm just happy to be here? You're damn right I'm just happy to be here, because we were a gnat's eyelash away from sharing the couch with LOLUVA for the holidays.
Sure I'd love a sexy bowl. But we didn't earn it.
We aren't beating Clemson in '11 regardless of who the QB is, because Stiney had zero answer for their press coverage. The decision might have come down after '12, but going 0-2 against Clemson is what sealed Stiney's fate, IMO.
Speaking of, any indication whether or not he will keep his position?
Deleted because I posted this on the wrong thread.
Less to do with our program, more to do with Greenberg.
This is all #sauces, but there was a pervasive rumor swirling that the SEC was prepared to extend an invitation to VT if they received assurances we would accept. Couple that with a few SEC execs mentioning VT by name as the type of program the conference would look for in future expansion and there was certainly at a bare minimum a high interest in our program by the conference. Had Weaver been receptive, I honestly believe we would be in the SEC East right now.
Whether or not we'd be better off is another question.
Granted, this is not a Larry Coker situation, where CJF just has to show up and win. But compare our roster to what Mendenhall is inheriting at UVA. We aren't in dire straights, especially if Fuente closes strong on this recruiting cycle.
Regarding Malleck, huge loss, no question. But does Fuente's spread utilize a traditional TE like Malleck? Even though Malleck was more reliable in certain situations and as a blocker, I think bringing Bucky back suits Fuente's scheme more.
Well... I'm not wrong.
Fixed. That was supposed to say "with VT," meaning there's another major program competing for basically all the same recruits he's targeting. But my word confusion screwed the pooch there.
Regrettably, this is a great hire for UVA. I just wonder if they realize it. Bronco coaches a solid, fundamentally sound, unspectacular brand of football. The guy has never had a losing season over an 11 year head coaching career. That's pretty incredible. He's exactly the kind of coach who could start to undo the damage of of the Groh and London era by turning the Hoo football program into...y'know...a football program. He's not gonna take them to the playoffs, but I could see him leading LOLUVA to an 8 win season before long.
The only problem I see is, Bronco has spent his entire head coaching career at a school with an innate, sustained recruiting pipeline. He won't have that at with VT (meaning competition for the same recruits), and I don't see him as the kind of coach who can make the same connections in the 757. London got in with those kids and schools by promising more than he could deliver, and trying to live up to his bargains destroyed what remained of the UVA football program. I don't think Bronco is the kind of coach who will promise playing time to land a recruit.
Yeah, so 19-23 over a sustained career is hardly a criticism. That's actually pretty impressive.
Do any G5 coaches have a winning record against the P5?
(PS, I know BYU is independent, but I consider them G5 equivalent.)
Nicely stated. It's amazing how quickly Justin Fuente has assimilated into the culture of VT. He hasn't had a single misstep thus far, and has said all the right things. He already feels like he's one of us.
