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USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 4:16 PM
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Has anybody else found it curious that the Coots recent bout of success against Clemson seems to correlate "strangely" with their favorable scheduling of late?
What I mean is this: in 2010 USuC played Troy while Clemson took on Wake, last year USuC played Citadel while we played at NC State, and again this year they play Wofford while we play host to NC State.
A friend of mine said recently that Clemson was getting ready to move one of their annual FCS or mid-major games to the week before we play USuC. Has anyone else heard this, or does anyone have any evidence to support this claim? Further, would this be a good or bad move by Clemson in everyone's opinion?
I see the positives as a chance to rest some of our players the week before we play USuC, and it could give our players and coaches additional time to gameplan for the Coots.
I guess the negatives would be less time to get adjusted and prepare our younger players early on in the season.
Thoughts?
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well at least they are playing somebody, before a few years
Sep 25, 2012, 4:19 PM
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ago they would have a bye week scheduled before we played them, but that didnt seem to bother us much
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We start serving cupcakes the week before Thanksgiving
Sep 25, 2012, 4:20 PM
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beginning next year.
The other SEC schools do it already. Florida and Georgia etc
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Re: We start serving cupcakes the week before Thanksgiving
Sep 25, 2012, 4:26 PM
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I have said this several times before. Wofford is not going to be the typical cupcake for USUC this year. Wofford is going to pound and pound away at them. Not saying USUC is going to lose, but Wofford is going to show up and no stop until it's over. Wofford is ranked #5 in FCS btw. Not a cupcake, ask Michigan about high ranking FCS teams...
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Re: We start serving cupcakes the week before Thanksgiving
Sep 25, 2012, 4:56 PM
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Yeah its gonna be a BS game. Triple option teams limit the number of times you even get the ball. This game will be 35-21 or something like that.
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This inequity has been present for years....
Sep 25, 2012, 4:23 PM
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and Clemso has finally taken steps to level the playing field. Starting in 2013, Clemson plays The Citadel the week before the $CU game.
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orangetiger77
Sep 25, 2012, 4:29 PM
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I see that now orangetiger, which is strange to me I guess only because it was my understanding that teams in the ACC have no say over what week their bye falls. I guess in the SEC teams can say, do, schedule, accept anything/anyone they want with no regard for the rules...
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kjohnson
Sep 25, 2012, 4:36 PM
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in what way did you think my comment had anything to do with who chooses their bye week, if anything USuCk is kinda smart scheduling it before a rival, you know if their kind of worried and everything
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In 2007 and 2008, Carolina "played Open Week" prior to
Sep 25, 2012, 4:51 PM
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playing clemson. Can't get more cupcake than Open Week. Carolina still lost to clemson in 2007 and 2008.
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Re: In 2007 and 2008, Carolina "played Open Week" prior to
Sep 25, 2012, 4:59 PM
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As long as you don't lose to this "Open Week" team 
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Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 4:53 PM
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How is it an adavntage for us to play a harder game than y'all the week before our game?
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Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 6:25 PM
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up til about 2009 we just scheduled out cupcake as the last game of the season.
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CU didn't seem to mind being the end of our ORANGE
Sep 25, 2012, 8:54 PM
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CRUSH November schedule that included ARK, Tenn and FL in November for many years. Imagine playing VaTech, FSU and GaTech in the three weeks before our game, then do it for over 10 years. Think it would make a difference?
Also, Tigers had Open Week once just before our game. An Open date that late is never good, needed much more near the middle of the season.
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Arkansas wears orange now?***
Sep 25, 2012, 9:49 PM
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Wofford isn't exactly a push over FCS team
Sep 25, 2012, 9:01 PM
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they always seem to give FBS a hard time mainly because of the option, if spurrier doesn't want to prepare for them he wont be having that fun of a saturday.
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Re: Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:03 PM
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Do you bring anything to the table other than your usual trolling?
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Re: Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:06 PM
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regardless of record or schedule...##### easily outclass tigers
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Re: Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:09 PM
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usuck will NEVER "outclass" Clemson, nor many other schools or fanbases
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Re: Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:15 PM
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why concerned about usc ... you know the truth ...4 in a row
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Re: Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:17 PM
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I don't happen to think so...and I've known the truth about the chickens for decades
and ### is up with asking me why I'm concerned about usuck??? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MENTIONED THEM...just responding to you
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Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?***
Sep 25, 2012, 9:15 PM
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Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:18 PM
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It may be a disadvantage for them this year, if they aren't concentrating on Wofford they will be embarassed
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Re: USuC's Schedule an Advantage?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:46 PM
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In the last three years Clemsons schedule as looked like this the week before the Carolina game:
Last year Clemson played a NC State team that was 5-5
2010 it was Wake Forest who was 2-8
2009 Clemson played Virginia who was 3-7
How is that any different than playing an FBS team or having an open week?
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cause it is a conference game even though they might not
Sep 25, 2012, 10:14 PM
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be very good or their record isn't great, it is still very important to win conference games, you know like VANDY
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USuCk is not a great football team
Sep 26, 2012, 1:31 AM
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They seek every advantage they can, even if they have to cheat, play injured players, or schedule cup cakes. Even the old ball sack said they haven't beaten a team with a winning record. Let's face it, this is Dabo's year. He has the better talent and better assistant coaches. Yes, FSU was a disappointment, but the season still looks promising for the Tigers, our players are too talented to get beat 4 times in a row by those thugs in columbia.
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