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You have probably dissected all 3 of these games numerous times, but I'll throw in my thoughts anyway.
I think the best of the 3 will be SU. I was not a fan of firing Scott Shafer after it looked like his offense turned the corner and a nice nucleus of young up and comers on offense. I have no explanation why his defense took such a drastic nose dive, but I guess that did him in. In hindsight, it looks like they upgraded to Dino Babers, finally a guy that can run an offense that takes advantage of SU's indoor, artificial turf advantage; play fast!
Most of the ACC media picked SU to finish in the bottom part of the Atlantic division and missing out on a bowl. I think they will surprise a lot of people, break even in conference play and go to a bowl.
Steve Addazio's rear end has to be feeling a little bit of heat after BC went winless in conference last year. I do think his coaching style is a good fit for O-lineman U. You can't fault the defense, they were statistically one of the best and the funny part is, I could not even tell you one player's name on that D. The defense should again be stingy if the Spring game is any indication. I'm not expecting a whole lot of improvement on offense, but their OL comes back in tact, that should account for something and their best RB Jon Hiliman should be ready to go after missing much of last year. I'm not going to buy into the QB transfer from UK to be their savior, Patrick Towles was so bad he was benched last season thus transferring. Still, BC is likely see some improvement (no where to go but up), I see 3 winnable conference games on their schedule, but feel they won't win enough to go to a bowl.
UVA is a mystery. Typically they are known for solid skilled position players on offense, good O-lines, but terrible QB play. The last half-way decent QB to play for them was Matt Schaub 10 years ago. I think I remember the new coach Bronco Mendenhall saying something to indicate that the team lacked talent. The last few seasons under the former coach Mike London they had a solid defense, maybe that carries over. They were picked to finish dead last in the Coastal division. I have no predictions of my own for this team.
I think the best of the 3 will be SU. I was not a fan of firing Scott Shafer after it looked like his offense turned the corner and a nice nucleus of young up and comers on offense. I have no explanation why his defense took such a drastic nose dive, but I guess that did him in. In hindsight, it looks like they upgraded to Dino Babers, finally a guy that can run an offense that takes advantage of SU's indoor, artificial turf advantage; play fast!
Most of the ACC media picked SU to finish in the bottom part of the Atlantic division and missing out on a bowl. I think they will surprise a lot of people, break even in conference play and go to a bowl.
Steve Addazio's rear end has to be feeling a little bit of heat after BC went winless in conference last year. I do think his coaching style is a good fit for O-lineman U. You can't fault the defense, they were statistically one of the best and the funny part is, I could not even tell you one player's name on that D. The defense should again be stingy if the Spring game is any indication. I'm not expecting a whole lot of improvement on offense, but their OL comes back in tact, that should account for something and their best RB Jon Hiliman should be ready to go after missing much of last year. I'm not going to buy into the QB transfer from UK to be their savior, Patrick Towles was so bad he was benched last season thus transferring. Still, BC is likely see some improvement (no where to go but up), I see 3 winnable conference games on their schedule, but feel they won't win enough to go to a bowl.
UVA is a mystery. Typically they are known for solid skilled position players on offense, good O-lines, but terrible QB play. The last half-way decent QB to play for them was Matt Schaub 10 years ago. I think I remember the new coach Bronco Mendenhall saying something to indicate that the team lacked talent. The last few seasons under the former coach Mike London they had a solid defense, maybe that carries over. They were picked to finish dead last in the Coastal division. I have no predictions of my own for this team.
