September 8th:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article245567835.html
If only we had hired Houston we would be 8th
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clt properly ranks teams
clemson
usc
NCSU
Charlotte
others
An all-Carolinas FBS conference > ACC
Change my mind.
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Heck no. That would be so much fun.
I think the only out of whack one is ECU ahead of us (5-7 seem to be a crapshoot, so their order seems fine). After we take out 2, 3, and 7, we should shoot right up the board, though.
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North Division
App
Duke
NCSU
UNC
Wake
South Division
Charlotte
ECU
Clemson
SC
Coastal
or
East
ECU
Coastal
Duke
UNC
NCSU
West
Charlotte
SC
Clemson
App
Wake
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Wouldn’t even need divisions… 9-game round-robin in football, 18-game double-round robin in basketball.
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This is what happens when the ranked 2-0 Niners return to the Rich for a beatdown on a small belt opponent right?
I’m not even sure how much of a drop-off that league would be in terms of competition. Aside from losing FSU in football, isnt it just exchanging one set of “other” schools for a more localized set?
Someone’s gonna argue Notre Dame,but until they fully join for football they don’t count.
I’d say it’s more than just FSU football… their basketball teams have been solid the last few years. Don’t forget UVA - recent basketball title and football has been improving by leaps and bounds lately.
That said, if something like this were to happen SC would probably be the toughest to convince. They like talking about how big their pond is, even if they are constantly getting eaten up in it.
I did forget about UVA. Whoops.
These losses have consequences. If you would have told me perception dropped us below ECU a week ago, I’d have barfed.
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Can’t really argue with that poll.
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ECU has gotten better as year has gone - we have stayed about the same. We have had some glimpses of improvement only to regress. Lots of questions right now about scheme and health of some key players. Next year is huge. This year was pretty much a wash regardless with pandemic impacting everything.
What I think:
Reynolds is hurt - I can’t decide if this is making Carney’s play calling look bad - BUT we still have had some questionable calls, even taking into account Chris perhaps playing hurt.
Defensive scheme isn’t working and needs to move to a more traditional alignment.
Healy needs to hire someone - a coordinator, an AHC or maybe just an advisor that has some FBS experience.
This season feels like Healy’s third at AP. After going 8-4, 7-1 in conference he followed that up with a 5-6, 3-4 record. He mentioned last season that following up success was more difficult that he anticipated.
What we do know:
Some of the play calling defies explanation. Backward pass to OL, where they have to catch the ball, turn, run and avoid/power through tackles for 4-5 yards?
Rotation of players, substitutions and ball distribution aren’t making much sense.
We still have a talent gap after years of Lambert.
Our recruiting continues to improve.
- 2019 class ranked 132,
- 2020 class ranked 71
- 2021 is 114 right now - this year with limited HS seasons will make rankings tough to gauge. Still if we didnt sign anyone else this would have qualified as the second best class of Lambert’s tenure, missing his best class by 3 spots.
None of Lamberts classes were inside of 100.
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