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9/4 Colgate
9/11 @Umass
9/18 @Temple
9/25 Mizzou
10/2 @Clemson
10/16 NC State
10/23 @ Ville
10/30 @ Cuse
11/5 VT
11/13 @GT
11/20 FSU
11/27 Wake

9/4 Colgate - W (1-0)
9/11 @Umass - W (2-0)
9/18 @Temple - W (3-0)
9/25 Mizzou - W (4-0)
10/2 @Clemson - L (4-1)
10/16 NC State - W (5-1)
10/23 @ Ville - L (5-2)
10/30 @ Cuse - W (6-2)
11/5 VT - W (7-2)
11/13 @GT - W (8-2)
11/20 FSU - W (9-2)
11/27 Wake - W (10-2)

10-2 season

8-4

9/4 Colgate (W)
9/11 @Umass (W)
9/18 @Temple (W)
9/25 Mizzou (W)
10/2 @Clemson (L)
10/16 NC State (L)
10/23 @ Ville (W)
10/30 @ Cuse (W)
11/5 VT (W)
11/13 @GT (W)
11/20 FSU (L)
11/27 Wake (W)

9-3 optimistically, but Hafley isn't immune to the BC WTF curse, so somewhere along the line (Mizzou, Wake, or VT) there's another loss and 8-4 is likely the number.

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - W
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - L
10/23 @ Ville - L
10/30 @ Cuse -W
11/5 VT - W
11/13 @GT - L
11/20 FSU - L
11/27 Wake - W

9/4 Colgate W (1-0)
9/11 @Umass W (2-0)
9/18 @Temple W (3-0)
9/25 Mizzou W (4-0)
10/2 @Clemson L (4-1)
10/16 NC State L (4-2)
10/23 @ Ville L (4-3)
10/30 @ Cuse W (5-3)
11/5 VT L (5-4)
11/13 @GT W (6-4)
11/20 FSU L (6-5)
11/27 Wake W (7-5)

9/4 Colgate (W)
9/11 @Umass (W)
9/18 @Temple (W but we don’t cover somehow)
9/25 Mizzou (W)
10/2 @Clemson (L)
10/16 NC State (W)
10/23 @ Ville (L)
10/30 @ Cuse (W)
11/5 VT (W)
11/13 @GT (W)
11/20 FSU (L)
11/27 Wake (W)

9-3.

9/4 Colgate W
9/11 @Umass W
9/18 @Temple W
9/25 Mizzou L
10/2 @Clemson W
10/16 NC State W
10/23 @ Ville W
10/30 @ Cuse W
11/5 VT W
11/13 @GT L
11/20 FSU W
11/27 Wake W 10-2

LOSE ACC CG 10-3

WIN BOWL GAME 11-3

9/4 Colgate W
9/11 @Umass W
9/18 @Temple W
9/25 Mizzou W
10/2 @Clemson L
10/16 NC State W
10/23 @ Ville L
10/30 @ Cuse W
11/5 VT W
11/13 @GT W
11/20 FSU W
11/27 Wake L

9-3, they lose in the Music City Bowl but there is much rejoicing.

9/4 Colgate (W)
9/11 @Umass (W)
9/18 @Temple (W)
9/25 Mizzou (L)*
10/2 @Clemson (L)
10/16 NC State (W)
10/23 @ Ville (L)
10/30 @ Cuse (W)
11/5 VT (W)
11/13 @GT (W)
11/20 FSU (W)
11/27 Wake (W)

Big FU to the AD that scheduled a game against Missouri, that nobody cares about and we will probably lose*

*See Purdue & Kansas

commavegarage {l Wrote}:9/4 Colgate W
9/11 @Umass W
9/18 @Temple W
9/25 Mizzou L
10/2 @Clemson L
10/16 NC State L
10/23 @ Ville L
10/30 @ Cuse W
11/5 VT L
11/13 @GT L
11/20 FSU L
11/27 Wake W

I've got 5-7, but really it's 5-8 with a loss to Toledo in the Bad Boy Mowers Bowl

Might be higher if Grosel wins the starting job earlier than expected?

9/4 Colgate W - we make holes in shitty teams
9/11 @Umass W - didn't they drop football? how is this still a thing?
9/18 @Temple W - a full game of talking about sgt gym coach and how he "turned us around"
9/25 Mizzou L - the students are proud of the loss because mizzou needs some wokeness sent their way
10/2 @Clemson L - we're leading or tied for most of the game but the defense just can't keep up. ETN in attendance because his season is destroyed
10/16 NC State L - rut roh, 3 game losing streak. funishment becomes unbearable(r) and murt contemplates banning him
10/23 @ Ville W - no papa john to save their ass...
10/30 @ Cuse W - wait, this is what a real mess of a program looks like
11/5 VT W - no magical stadium to help them win what is a neck and neck football game
11/13 @GT W - to quote the worst coach that has ever existed in the d-1 ranks "[gt} is close, but they are still far away"
11/20 FSU W - will be interesting to see if the noles are still fielding a team at this point. plus - they don't have humidity in late november so they won't know how to play
11/27 Wake L - the unexplainable performances against wake continue into the hafley era in an empty stadium thanksgiving weekend

8-4

win against a directional somewhere school in a mid-day, mid-week bowl game that excites no one due to the omega variant shutting down that part of the country

9/4 Colgate -W
9/11 @Umass- W
9/18 @Temple- W
9/25 Mizzou- L
10/2 @Clemson- L
10/16 NC State- W
10/23 @ Ville- W
10/30 @ Cuse- W
11/5 VT- L
11/13 @GT- W
11/20 FSU- L
11/27 Wake- W

8-4

9/4 Colgate -W
9/11 @Umass- W
9/18 @Temple- W
9/25 Mizzou- L
10/2 @Clemson- L
10/16 NC State- W
10/23 @ Ville- W
10/30 @ Cuse- W
11/5 VT- W
11/13 @GT- W
11/20 FSU- W
11/27 Wake- W

10-2

BC was geared to do poorly b/c Covid and having a new coaching staff (even one so improved from Addazio and his crew). The 6-5 record coupled with the collective success avoiding Covid really impressed me. Now they've had a full offseason to train and to learn the scheme much better. So I know this is nuts, but I tend to go with my heart and voted 12-0. They win the ACCCG, and then lose by something like 48-27 to Alabama or Ohio State in the National semifinals. So 13-1 overall. But the margin of error is ironically thinner than it will be in future years when BC can rely upon its defense as a strength rather than a liability.

BC won't win any defensive struggles. The middle of the defense is weak. Unlike the elite teams, they have to choose between size and athleticism up front. They'll be steamrolled if a team gets to take their time and play multi-dimensionally. The nightmare is someone like a Clemson or an Ohio State getting ahead by a couple of TDs and then picking us apart because we can't reliably stop the run. But no matter what the D will give up many points and some big plays over the season. These NFL coaches on staff will have to protect them as much as possible. They'll earn their keep this season.

The way to protect them isn't to play ball control and try to burn time off the clock. Nor is it to focus more than anything on avoiding turnovers. Rather, Jurkovec will have to stay healthy so BC can stretch the defense as much as possible. The offense can't take games off; they'll have to score a lot (30+) to beat any serious opponent.

I'm guessing they play pretty vanilla on defense through the first three games; same on offense except the coaches will want to generate game film of Jurkovec hitting a couple of bombs. Probably preferable if the receiver on those plays is not Zay Flowers but a lower-profile receiver. Maybe Kobay White should be targeted for at least one to indicate that he's back fully. Shades of Joe Namath targeting a limited Don Maynard early in SBIII on a barely-missed bomb to make Baltimore think they had to cover him as they normally would while Sauer wound up catching ball after ball.

Then for the rest of the season they need to score as much as they can. INTs will happen and are inevitable if BC is to reach its offensive zenith. BC needs to get a lot of possessions. Between the high-powered offense and Boumheri's reliability, they'll be highly efficient. The goal would be to make the opponent's offense one-dimensional, to force them to throw to try to keep up. That funnels the offense towards BC's strength, the secondary and the LBs proclivity to cover and rush the passer. Our nightmare would be to fall behind someone like Ohio State by a couple of TDs and watch them carve up a guessing BC defense.

With the Mizzou game they have to try to win without having to pull out too many wrinkles. Obviously Clemson is the key game. BC will have to win in a shootout, and scheme their way to a couple of stops of Clemson, while pulling out just as many wrinkles on offense. That's it. Don't think we'll stop them for the game. Just enough so that Clemson has to lean toward throwing to keep up. If BC does win, then we just have to hope they can survive any letdowns the rest of the way, and rely on the offense to score and make opponents play one-dimensionally. I think UNC is quite overrated and that this successful a BC team can survive whoever shows up from the other division in the ACCCG.

Then in the playoffs the jig is up. Whether it's Alabama or Ohio State they play, they won't be able to get any breathing room. They'll score, but it would look a lot like the ND game last year. We score in the upper 20s but lose by 3 TDs or something like that.

OCs_Inner_Eagle {l Wrote}:BC was geared to do poorly b/c Covid and having a new coaching staff (even one so improved from Addazio and his crew). The 6-5 record coupled with the collective success avoiding Covid really impressed me. Now they've had a full offseason to train and to learn the scheme much better. So I know this is nuts, but I tend to go with my heart and voted 12-0. They win the ACCCG, and then lose by something like 48-27 to Alabama or Ohio State in the National semifinals. So 13-1 overall. But the margin of error is ironically thinner than it will be in future years when BC can rely upon its defense as a strength rather than a liability.

BC won't win any defensive struggles. The middle of the defense is weak. Unlike the elite teams, they have to choose between size and athleticism up front. They'll be steamrolled if a team gets to take their time and play multi-dimensionally. The nightmare is someone like a Clemson or an Ohio State getting ahead by a couple of TDs and then picking us apart because we can't reliably stop the run. But no matter what the D will give up many points and some big plays over the season. These NFL coaches on staff will have to protect them as much as possible. They'll earn their keep this season.

The way to protect them isn't to play ball control and try to burn time off the clock. Nor is it to focus more than anything on avoiding turnovers. Rather, Jurkovec will have to stay healthy so BC can stretch the defense as much as possible. The offense can't take games off; they'll have to score a lot (30+) to beat any serious opponent.

I'm guessing they play pretty vanilla on defense through the first three games; same on offense except the coaches will want to generate game film of Jurkovec hitting a couple of bombs. Probably preferable if the receiver on those plays is not Zay Flowers but a lower-profile receiver. Maybe Kobay White should be targeted for at least one to indicate that he's back fully. Shades of Joe Namath targeting a limited Don Maynard early in SBIII on a barely-missed bomb to make Baltimore think they had to cover him as they normally would while Sauer wound up catching ball after ball.

Then for the rest of the season they need to score as much as they can. INTs will happen and are inevitable if BC is to reach its offensive zenith. BC needs to get a lot of possessions. Between the high-powered offense and Boumheri's reliability, they'll be highly efficient. The goal would be to make the opponent's offense one-dimensional, to force them to throw to try to keep up. That funnels the offense towards BC's strength, the secondary and the LBs proclivity to cover and rush the passer. Our nightmare would be to fall behind someone like Ohio State by a couple of TDs and watch them carve up a guessing BC defense.

With the Mizzou game they have to try to win without having to pull out too many wrinkles. Obviously Clemson is the key game. BC will have to win in a shootout, and scheme their way to a couple of stops of Clemson, while pulling out just as many wrinkles on offense. That's it. Don't think we'll stop them for the game. Just enough so that Clemson has to lean toward throwing to keep up. If BC does win, then we just have to hope they can survive any letdowns the rest of the way, and rely on the offense to score and make opponents play one-dimensionally. I think UNC is quite overrated and that this successful a BC team can survive whoever shows up from the other division in the ACCCG.

Then in the playoffs the jig is up. Whether it's Alabama or Ohio State they play, they won't be able to get any breathing room. They'll score, but it would look a lot like the ND game last year. We score in the upper 20s but lose by 3 TDs or something like that.

Wow.

That was the most lucid, intelligent, precise, pro-Coach-Hafley, glass-is-not-just-half-full-this-season-its-tanked-"prediction" I have read anywhere on the interwebs for predicting the 2021 season. That made me feel real happy, cheered me right up.

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - L
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - W
10/23 @ Ville - W
10/30 @ Cuse - W
11/5 VT - L
11/13 @GT - W
11/20 FSU - W
11/27 Wake - W

9-3. NCSU and 'Cuse concern me. did I really actually just predict 9 wins? Weird.

Also, Mizzou improved a lot at the end of last year and Drinkwitz is a Pole with the word 'drink' in his name. Surprised at all the Ws against them.

We're going big this year boys. Having a quality offense will help keep the D rested which will go a long way.

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - W
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - W
10/23 @ Ville - W
10/30 @ Cuse - W
11/5 VT - W
11/13 @GT - W
11/20 FSU - W
11/27 Wake - W

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - L
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - L
10/23 @ Ville - L
10/30 @ Cuse - W
11/5 VT - L
11/13 @GT - W
11/20 FSU - L
11/27 Wake - W

6-6

Salzano14 {l Wrote}:We're going big this year boys. Having a quality offense will help keep the D rested which will go a long way.

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - W
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - W
10/23 @ Ville - W
10/30 @ Cuse - W
11/5 VT - W
11/13 @GT - W
11/20 FSU - W
11/27 Wake - W

This would also be awesome but I feel like it would be a wasted opportunity. Losing only to Clemson (who probably also only loses one ACC game, maybe) means that an 11-1 BC doesn't even make the conference championship. Ron Brace made two of those with Jags.

Its only Jurkovec's junior year. If he stays one more year, is it possible the team could be stronger next year? I would say, doubtful. Looking at the roster and the veterans (so many of whom are seniors) this is the year it must be done.

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:

Salzano14 {l Wrote}:We're going big this year boys. Having a quality offense will help keep the D rested which will go a long way.

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - W
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - W
10/23 @ Ville - W
10/30 @ Cuse - W
11/5 VT - W
11/13 @GT - W
11/20 FSU - W
11/27 Wake - W

This would also be awesome but I feel like it would be a wasted opportunity. Losing only to Clemson (who probably also only loses one ACC game, maybe) means that an 11-1 BC doesn't even make the conference championship. Ron Brace made two of those with Jags.

Its only Jurkovec's junior year. If he stays one more year, is it possible the team could be stronger next year? I would say, doubtful. Looking at the roster and the veterans (so many of whom are seniors) this is the year it must be done.

you realize that tubasteak likely thinks this is a woman's hockey prediction thread, right?

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:

Salzano14 {l Wrote}:We're going big this year boys. Having a quality offense will help keep the D rested which will go a long way.

9/4 Colgate - W
9/11 @Umass - W
9/18 @Temple - W
9/25 Mizzou - W
10/2 @Clemson - L
10/16 NC State - W
10/23 @ Ville - W
10/30 @ Cuse - W
11/5 VT - W
11/13 @GT - W
11/20 FSU - W
11/27 Wake - W

This would also be awesome but I feel like it would be a wasted opportunity. Losing only to Clemson (who probably also only loses one ACC game, maybe) means that an 11-1 BC doesn't even make the conference championship. Ron Brace made two of those with Jags.

Its only Jurkovec's junior year. If he stays one more year, is it possible the team could be stronger next year? I would say, doubtful. Looking at the roster and the veterans (so many of whom are seniors) this is the year it must be done.

you realize that tubasteak likely thinks this is a woman's hockey prediction thread, right?

does it even matter?

not if he had covid in the last 6 months for some magical and non-science or fact based reason

9-3