ILikeBC {l Wrote}:Its the type of Power 5 opponent we need right now. We're not Mississippi State here, so we don't have the *extreme* bargaining power to get a 2-for-1 with UMASS (lol everywhere)...but a home-and-home with Purdue is absolutely fine. If we're ever good enough to challenge in our half of the ACC, our strength of schedule will be strong enough based on conference games alone. A game like Purdue isn't bad. Its better than playing the MAC even if its a sub-MAC quality team.
This is exactly right. Every year we're playing FSU, Clemson, Louisville and VT.
- From a win's perspective, that's a very serious risk of 0-4 in every year that we're not "good," forget even "solid" or "respectable." Unless we're flat out "good" 0-4 is going to happen often. Adding a top 10 OOC P5, or even a top 25, while exciting and marketable, suddenly brings 5 near-guaranteed losses into play. Bates and Daz won't like those odds at all.
- From a SOS perspective, which is so laughable that we're even considering it because when would that ever matter?!?! If we're ACC Champs vying for a playoff spot?!?!? Regardless, even in the unlikely even that we go 12-1 and win the ACCCG, we'd still have a very good SOS even with a Purdue. Every year it's between Clemson and BC for the hardest SOS in ACC conference play. It's almost guaranteed that 3 of Clemson, FSU, Louisville, and VT would be top 25, as would the Coastal Champion. Add to that any win over a P5 like Purdue and we've got as decent a shot as any 1-loss ACC team. (Never, ever, ever going to happen though, at least not until 2018 at the earliest.)