Candidly, I didn't think we'd be at 4-4 after eight games. Great game last night, program is on an upswing. We're now #99 per realtimerpi.com. We're 4-1 at home, 0-3 on the road.
Our remaining opponents, next three on the road:
Louisville at Louisville next Saturday, Halloween. They're 4-3, #22 in the same ranking. 12:15 kickoff, Kentucky is in the Eastern time zone, 9:15 a.m. body clock time. Tough game. Beat SMU 41-31. Wake Forest beat them by three, but they lost to NC State by three. This is after a bye week for them.
Virginia Tech, #40 in the rankings. Minor saving grace, it's after our bye week. Va Tech lost to cal, 25-20.
Cal/Big Game in Berkeley. Cal is #98 in the same rankings. Anything can happen in the Big Game.
SMU at Stanford. SMU is 5-1 now, but 1-1 on the road. Lost to Louisville in Louisville, 41-31. #23 in the same rankings.
Cal plays at SMU this morning, kickoff in 1/2 hour. Should be interesting
I think we'd have to beat Cal and VaTech (most likely) for a bowl bid. The ACC doesn't have real rigid bowl game slots, so a 6-6 ACC team might get the Military Bowl in Annapolis, or the Fenway Bowl in Boston as the two most likely bids. Second most likely would be the JLab Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham AL or the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa. This based on the 2024 and 2025 bowl results for the ACC.
Our remaining opponents, next three on the road:
Louisville at Louisville next Saturday, Halloween. They're 4-3, #22 in the same ranking. 12:15 kickoff, Kentucky is in the Eastern time zone, 9:15 a.m. body clock time. Tough game. Beat SMU 41-31. Wake Forest beat them by three, but they lost to NC State by three. This is after a bye week for them.
Virginia Tech, #40 in the rankings. Minor saving grace, it's after our bye week. Va Tech lost to cal, 25-20.
Cal/Big Game in Berkeley. Cal is #98 in the same rankings. Anything can happen in the Big Game.
SMU at Stanford. SMU is 5-1 now, but 1-1 on the road. Lost to Louisville in Louisville, 41-31. #23 in the same rankings.
Cal plays at SMU this morning, kickoff in 1/2 hour. Should be interesting
I think we'd have to beat Cal and VaTech (most likely) for a bowl bid. The ACC doesn't have real rigid bowl game slots, so a 6-6 ACC team might get the Military Bowl in Annapolis, or the Fenway Bowl in Boston as the two most likely bids. Second most likely would be the JLab Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham AL or the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa. This based on the 2024 and 2025 bowl results for the ACC.
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