re: strength of schedule complaints

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replace the lsu win with a win over usf and they might have won those games down the stretch you're referring to. someone has already pointed out that had we not played va tech, we might have beaten ky or ark.

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What in the hell did whipping us around in Blacksburg at the beginning of September have to do with their losing to whoever it was two months later? Playing us didn't hurt them in any way in 2002. It helped them a lot.

For us in 2007, you could argue that playing VT cost us in the losses later on because Matt Flynn did get hurt in the VT game, but that can (and does) happen against anyone.

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if those situations play out, as they usually do in college football, then you're talking about 1 loss or maybe undefeated as opposed to a 2 loss team getting TONS of help or va tech on the outside looking in

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Well, playing complete shite and finishing 11-1 didn't get Kansas into the NC game ahead of our two-loss team. They also finished behind two-loss Virginia Tech in the final BCS standings going into the bowls. Even playing that tough game and losing, and finishing with more losses, VT finished ahead of Kansas.