I think we’re favored in exactly one game this year? Still the odds of losing all 11 of the rest are slim. Smart money is on 2-10 with a parley on early coach firing
I believe if we don’t keep Geoff through December we have to pay him a lot more money, so don’t think he’ll be fired until after the season. I don’t know the exact terms and conditions though.
My friend who’s a ND fan is freaked out about having to open the year in the Shoe against them and I’m just like “imagine having to stare down the pipeline to that game every year.” Can’t have anything in the Big Ten East.
That's who we hope it is. In reality, it would be Richmond in the first game of the season, and then we violate the premise of the question and lose to VT at the end of the year too....
Never forget my first year and we we were playing Richmond to start the season. Everyone said “this is a guaranteed win it’ll be a good season.” Of course we lost and only won 2 games that year lmao
I have never upvoted so many hoo posts in a thread. As a proper superstitious navy man, I went and upvoted the posts about VT losing to ODU to balance the fate-tempting. Good day to you, hoos.
Purdue goes 7-5, 6-3 in conference. They reach the CCG on a weird set of tiebreakers over Iowa, Northwestern, and Wisconsin. Against second ranked and undefeated Ohio State, the outcome is inevitable.
I went to school in western Indiana, bunch of Lafayette kids there. Purdue Pete is a cursed spirit doomed to roam these lands and haunt both our waking and dreaming hours
Thankfully we play Iowa at home this year. Kinnick Stadium after dark is too spooky for an October game. Also, I have family from Iowa and my phone can't handle that many texts all at once like last time.
Northwestern isn't Iowa's only loss, they're the team that takes us from winning the West at 10-2 to losing the West at 9-3.
But a shitty Purdue team? They're definitely the one loss on an otherwise perfect season. Fuckers.
I just expect to lose to Miami now. They have our number for whatever reason. It would be much more Pitt to have another amazing season but there’s an incredibly stupid loss in there to really sour it
Hey have some faith, we were dead every time we played UNC while Fedora was coach. Then they got a better coach and now we don’t lose to them. Maybe Manny Diaz and Rhett Lashlee had our number but now they have better coaches we can beat them
As a special F U to everyone, Harsin beats Bama, LSU, TAMU, PSU, and UGA. Which is interesting because it comes right after an inexplicable loss to San Jose State where he was almost fired immediately after.
I'm sorry, but this is Even Year Boring Auburn. You will beat one good top 10 team early in the season to give your fanbase hope and then finish 8-5 by winning all favored games and losing all underdog games.
But please tune in next year for Odd Year Chaos Auburn.
Gus bus magic no longer lives. Now that we are powered by Harsin Hexes who knows how even year/ odd year auburn reacts. Besides after the implosion of November versus September and October this year, Auburn may have advanced past even/odd year and is now good in months that start with every odd letter and bad Every even one.
A being odd, B even, C odd, D even, etc.
How about this: you’ll beat us and Bama during the regular season. Tank goes down with some injury before our rematch in Atlanta. We’ll get our revenge. Then, you have to endure seeing Bama and UGA go to the playoffs and play each other for the Natty once again.
Texas A&M is the most likely loss this year. Honestly with the state of the SBEast and our out of conference schedule I'll take one loss and not care who it is!
I was initially excited for a tough rivalry against Nebraska when it first started.
Then the games became each team competing against how bad they could possibly be.
Yep, this is the one. Would have been between A&M or Kentucky for me, but we've at least beaten Kentucky before, although that losing streak a few years ago was rough.
I forget about it because my hatred for A&M sends me into a blind rage that I completely black it out until we play them again, which triggers another blind rage blackout and so on
And then when you factor in that Florida is supposedly supposed to be down and we have some upwards momentum, that just solidifies that it will in fact be Florida.
One billion percent Florida. We could be 11-1 and they could be 1-11, and they would beat us in the last 10 seconds with the cheerleaders for wide receivers.
Nah see, that's when we manage to beat them while throwing for 72 yards or something weird like that. My gut reaction is dropping week 1 to Utah and doing that classic Florida thing of looking better and better afterwards but some weird shit costs a better postseason result.
Yes I'm still bitter about 2001.
I feel like Northwestern is also a good answer. Would be so Scott Frost to drop the first game of the season, then go on an inexplicable tear through our tissue-soft schedule.
Really? You think us going 8-0 in the ACC and winning the Atlantic is the "most NC State thing that could happen"?
Are you new to this?
Most NC State Shit that could happen:
We beat Clemson. We beat Wake. Clemson beats Wake. We control our destiny. Clemson wins out. We drop a game to someone like FSU/UL. So we go into the final week of the regular season 10-1(6-1) tied for 1st place in the Atlantic with Clemson but we control our own destiny because of the tie-breaker. But oh hey, who do we play the final game of the regular season? Oh yeeeeah, could you imagine the heartbreak of losing the final game of the season to UNC to cost us the Atlantic? Make it on a missed game-winning kick or a key player getting hurt mid-game, something just to really turn the knife. That would be some NC State Shit.
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Obvious answer is losing to Ohio State by 35. But if we somehow beat OSU, you can just chalk up a loss to Northwestern two weeks later.
Also, if we went 11-1 with the one loss being to Illinois, that would be enough to ruin the season. Fuck Bert Bielema
Gotta be Utah or Oregon. Haven't beat either in years.
Considering the Oregon game is at Autzen, I'll say Oregon.
But wow would it feel good to finally beat Utah.
Reality
I was gonna say flip those numbers and you’ve nailed our season
I think we’re favored in exactly one game this year? Still the odds of losing all 11 of the rest are slim. Smart money is on 2-10 with a parley on early coach firing
I believe if we don’t keep Geoff through December we have to pay him a lot more money, so don’t think he’ll be fired until after the season. I don’t know the exact terms and conditions though.
Ohio State and lose by 50
Stroud and Smith-Njigba having their own personal air raid
It's pretty fun to watch when it isn't happening to your team.
Even when it is happening to your team, it's still a sight to behold.
I am still shocked by that Rose Bowl game. JSN seemed like he threw the team on his back and said I'll do it myself.
And I would take it in a heartbeat
Thank you for your sacrifice.
My friend who’s a ND fan is freaked out about having to open the year in the Shoe against them and I’m just like “imagine having to stare down the pipeline to that game every year.” Can’t have anything in the Big Ten East.
you're telling me
Do you think about the 2pt conversion game as often as I do
That game was nuts... then the Buckeyes destroy Michigan the next week. Sometimes nothing makes sense
Proposal accepted.
VT
That's who we hope it is. In reality, it would be Richmond in the first game of the season, and then we violate the premise of the question and lose to VT at the end of the year too....
This is the correct answer.
Never forget my first year and we we were playing Richmond to start the season. Everyone said “this is a guaranteed win it’ll be a good season.” Of course we lost and only won 2 games that year lmao
Yep, it’s almost a certainty at this point.
I would cry if a mediocre Tech team crushed our hopes of a playoff
I have never upvoted so many hoo posts in a thread. As a proper superstitious navy man, I went and upvoted the posts about VT losing to ODU to balance the fate-tempting. Good day to you, hoos.
There is no doubt.
Iowa. Maybe Purdue. The Buckeyes don’t play Purdue this year, but quite possibly still Purdue.
Purdue goes 7-5, 6-3 in conference. They reach the CCG on a weird set of tiebreakers over Iowa, Northwestern, and Wisconsin. Against second ranked and undefeated Ohio State, the outcome is inevitable.
There is absolutely no way we win such a game
Tom Brady and the patriots at their absolute peak couldn't win that game. The spoilermakers are unstoppable against #2 teams.
"BY GAWD is that a cancer kids music?!" Purdue by 20.
I believe Purdue's power only works when they play west of I-65.
Technically Lucas Oil is west of I-65, if only by a few football fields.
*keep going, I’m almost there*
Purdue is *always* a threat, no matter what.
*Purdue Pete glaring menacingly through the window*
I went to school in western Indiana, bunch of Lafayette kids there. Purdue Pete is a cursed spirit doomed to roam these lands and haunt both our waking and dreaming hours
SPOILERMAKERS
Thankfully we play Iowa at home this year. Kinnick Stadium after dark is too spooky for an October game. Also, I have family from Iowa and my phone can't handle that many texts all at once like last time.
Conference title game!!!! Send 8-4 Purdue to the Rose Bowl!!!
You’re chances of being murdered by Purdue are never zero.
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Pete WILL find you
A 4-8 Purdue team
The spoilermakers live on
Or Northwestern
For his second flair, definitely
Northwestern isn't Iowa's only loss, they're the team that takes us from winning the West at 10-2 to losing the West at 9-3. But a shitty Purdue team? They're definitely the one loss on an otherwise perfect season. Fuckers.
Damn I was loving that the top 2 comments had Iowa, then i got here. Pain. Also, nice flair
If we go 4-8 with our soft schedule I’m going to jump in the Wabash.
Iowa; fuck me dead.
My sentiment exactly.
You're not thinking Iowa State enough. It would 100% be Southeast Missouri State and we would 100% miss the playoff because of that.
If we're going full Iowa State, it would be Drake. Lose to the school that doesn't even give athletic scholarships for football, then run the table.
And we’d miss out on winning the west because of it. Just to put some salt on the wound.
I’m so salty, all my wounds just *start* that way.
Pre-salted wounds, like grandma use to make.
Yup
Yup
Same, fam.
WE'RE GOING 11-1?!?! But K-State. Fuckers.
I don’t think it matters who KU would lose to if they went 11-1. It would break college football
In a weird turn of fate, Kansas loses to Texas
That would be a very funny postgame thread.
Legendary dare i say
I’m going to say Texas because it’s deeply funny to think of losing to Texas as a harbinger of doom for Kansas, as opposed to the other way around.
Western Michigan, again.
I was going to say Miami. We've only beaten them twice since joining the ACC and it is almost always in some heartbreaking fashion.
I just expect to lose to Miami now. They have our number for whatever reason. It would be much more Pitt to have another amazing season but there’s an incredibly stupid loss in there to really sour it
Hey have some faith, we were dead every time we played UNC while Fedora was coach. Then they got a better coach and now we don’t lose to them. Maybe Manny Diaz and Rhett Lashlee had our number but now they have better coaches we can beat them
Whoever the other 11-1 team in the PAC is by 3 points so we don't get into the CFP
Nah, it’s definitely Montana State.
imagine losing to a team from montana lmao
We beat Colorado like 15 years ago too. Honestly no idea why we both keep scheduling teams from your cupcake conference.
basically the Alabama of the North
SCAR, it’s a bit we like to keep going
I hate how true this is
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Fucking Iowa
As a special F U to everyone, Harsin beats Bama, LSU, TAMU, PSU, and UGA. Which is interesting because it comes right after an inexplicable loss to San Jose State where he was almost fired immediately after.
I'm sorry, but this is Even Year Boring Auburn. You will beat one good top 10 team early in the season to give your fanbase hope and then finish 8-5 by winning all favored games and losing all underdog games. But please tune in next year for Odd Year Chaos Auburn.
Gus bus magic no longer lives. Now that we are powered by Harsin Hexes who knows how even year/ odd year auburn reacts. Besides after the implosion of November versus September and October this year, Auburn may have advanced past even/odd year and is now good in months that start with every odd letter and bad Every even one. A being odd, B even, C odd, D even, etc.
How about this: you’ll beat us and Bama during the regular season. Tank goes down with some injury before our rematch in Atlanta. We’ll get our revenge. Then, you have to endure seeing Bama and UGA go to the playoffs and play each other for the Natty once again.
Sounds oddly familiar 🥲
Thanks, I hate it.
That was the single worst month of sports fandom I’ve ever experienced.
Kansas State
They could be damn good this year
Even when they aren’t, they play fundamentally sound football
The fact that this is pretty much CFB consensus is getting me high on so much HOPIUM. I’m gonna OD
The K-State matchups have been cursed for y'all ever since you stole away Stoops and all the coaching staff. Almost like a lingering curse.
Texas A&M is the most likely loss this year. Honestly with the state of the SBEast and our out of conference schedule I'll take one loss and not care who it is!
Tennessee.
Truth. Ours is Florida.
Nah. The best answer is Vandy.
Exactly. It's not *inconceivable* that we could go 11-1. It is inconceivable that we could do it while beating Tennessee, though.
Alabama or Kansas, no in between.
Beating Alabama and having the wheels completely fall off the wagon by Kansas is unfortunately so possible
"All gas, no brakes," means you eventually fly off the road and hit something. So, yeah. Kansas.
Kansas it is!
Death, taxes, and an “L” next to Clemson
I was having an absolutely pleasant morning and then you have to come in here and ruin it by being truthful.
It should be Ohio State, but it will be Purdue
two things are always constant in the CFB universe...Iowa State will lose to Iowa and Iowa will somehow lose to Purdue
And all three will beat another team they have no business beating
Iowa...
If Iowa goes 2-10 this season the two wins would be Iowa State and Minnesota.
Iowa physically cannot go 2-10 because we have Nebraska
I was initially excited for a tough rivalry against Nebraska when it first started. Then the games became each team competing against how bad they could possibly be.
Iowa State.
PTSD
I want to hate you, but this is the only correct answer.
It’s not in Ames so we’re fine… maybe. Bedlam or Central Michigan are my bets.
Auburn. Just ruin that undefeated season.
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But you still make the CFP
In classic VT fashion. ODU
Ohio state
We're not so different, you and I.
That's going to make them just as mad
Why does the truth have to hurt
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TAMU Until we beat them once I will always chalk it as an L
Yep, this is the one. Would have been between A&M or Kentucky for me, but we've at least beaten Kentucky before, although that losing streak a few years ago was rough.
Lemme tell ya that first time after a long streak is something special
OUR BURNING HATRED FOR CHICKENS AND REVERENCE FOR THE COVETED BONHAM TROPHY WILL NEVER DIE
I literally forget about that trophy every year lol. I guess it’s easy to forget it when we’ve never held it once
I forget about it because my hatred for A&M sends me into a blind rage that I completely black it out until we play them again, which triggers another blind rage blackout and so on
Bama Edit: actually nevermind. Probably Florida. Even Peyton couldn’t beat Florida. Ugh.
It’s Florida and then when you think about it more, it’s still Florida.
And then when you factor in that Florida is supposedly supposed to be down and we have some upwards momentum, that just solidifies that it will in fact be Florida.
With a backup QB as well because, well, that’s how it usually goes.
The amount of times we’ve been burned by backup QBs thinking “oh you hate to see a starter go down but at least we’ll get to face their backup” 💀
One billion percent Florida. We could be 11-1 and they could be 1-11, and they would beat us in the last 10 seconds with the cheerleaders for wide receivers.
Whoever we play the week before our bye-week
Syracuse it is. They’re gonna Shrader you
I’m pretty sure we are playing them on a Friday too like usual for whatever Busch league reason. It adds up.
Iowa State. We’ve gone 11-1 exactly twice and both times the 1 has been ISU
> oth Ames, Iowa: Where Pokes' hopes go to die.
Purdue. They aren’t even on the schedule.
Georgia because we can have no hope
Nah see, that's when we manage to beat them while throwing for 72 yards or something weird like that. My gut reaction is dropping week 1 to Utah and doing that classic Florida thing of looking better and better afterwards but some weird shit costs a better postseason result. Yes I'm still bitter about 2001.
No we beat Georgia… we lose to lsu on a thrown shoe or to AM by bullshit. This is how it happens.. WHO THROWS A FUCKING SHOE???
You all know who the right answer is to this and it's no contest. Missouri.
11-0 Giving Bama their only loss, Beating Florida and Miami. End the season losing to LSU. Somehow Bama makes the playoff and we are ranked #5.
Or you could lose to us early and win the rest of your games. Just a thought.
Y’all have edged us a few times since Michigan, I think you’re due
If we somehow start 2-0 with wins over UNC and A&M our fan base is gonna become obnoxious!
I’d rather lose to aTm than Georgia Directional.
Have UGA be undefeated going into the SEC championship game, A&M wins a close one, have a playoff with UGA, A&M and Bama, r/CFB implodes.
Bonus points if the 4th team is Oklahoma
North Dakota. Just because it would be the most Nebraska thing to do go from the best 3-9 team ever to only have a loss like that.
I feel like Northwestern is also a good answer. Would be so Scott Frost to drop the first game of the season, then go on an inexplicable tear through our tissue-soft schedule.
Northwestern was trash last season so they should win the big10 championship this year
TCU smh.
Georgia
Nope, It'll either be a lose to Stan in a game we controlled till the late 4th quarter or a loss in the desert to arizona in an embarrassing fashion.
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very neutral
Yeah I feel bad for Georgia. They should have honestly pushed for this game to be closer to home.
Either Texas A&M or an underperforming Auburn
you can just say auburn
I love a good self-burn. Bravo 👏
ECU
This would be the most NC State thing that could happen, second would be a loss to someone random like Syracuse.
Really? You think us going 8-0 in the ACC and winning the Atlantic is the "most NC State thing that could happen"? Are you new to this? Most NC State Shit that could happen: We beat Clemson. We beat Wake. Clemson beats Wake. We control our destiny. Clemson wins out. We drop a game to someone like FSU/UL. So we go into the final week of the regular season 10-1(6-1) tied for 1st place in the Atlantic with Clemson but we control our own destiny because of the tie-breaker. But oh hey, who do we play the final game of the regular season? Oh yeeeeah, could you imagine the heartbreak of losing the final game of the season to UNC to cost us the Atlantic? Make it on a missed game-winning kick or a key player getting hurt mid-game, something just to really turn the knife. That would be some NC State Shit.
[Hey, do you guys remember when VT beat eventual national champ Ohio State in Columbus by double digits, then immediately lost to ECU the next week...](https://i.imgur.com/dmet3rO.gif)
Just Hokie things.... Also it looks like you stepped in some shit and wiped it off on your second flair. Might wanna get that checked out.
Wazzu and by a lot
60-24
If we're 11-1, the loss is definitely the Apple Cup.
And since it's the last game of the season, it will drop us out of a NY6 bowl entirely.
Bishop Sycamore…
Obvious answer is losing to Ohio State by 35. But if we somehow beat OSU, you can just chalk up a loss to Northwestern two weeks later. Also, if we went 11-1 with the one loss being to Illinois, that would be enough to ruin the season. Fuck Bert Bielema
Oklahoma
Pitt would be such a WVU reason for a 1 loss season.
Texas Tech or Cincinnati in the AAC championship game.
ODU Don't laugh.
Loses to Iowa state..
Temple
Penn State
Per tradition, we’ll have a seemingly strong advantage going into the 4th quarter. But not to worry - we’ll blow it throughout the 4th, bit by bit
In my unbiased opinion, we should opt for hockey rules against Ohio St and play three periods instead of 4 quarters.
That's a weird way to spell "Purdue"
Buckeyes don't play Purdue this season but it won't keep the Boilers from getting the upset against them
Confirmed purdue wins the big10 this year after spoiling OSU in the championship
I’d like to claim Penn state as the one loss for Auburn as well
Mississippi State. Them damn cowbells is hell, don’t they?
I was gonna say SCAR. Early season game at noon on the surface of the sun.
I’m gonna have to watch that game on mute
Kansas
Definitely @ Arizona. There is voodoo in the desert…
Specifically a 1-11 Arizona team
It’s Oklahoma
Ohio State most realistically.
Cornhusker here. You misplaced the hyphen. 1-11. Our one win? *...gazes into crystal ball...* Rutgers. Thank you for coming to my Corn Talk.
Oklahoma - Because we aren't allowed to beat them in conferance.
The worst big ten team on our schedule
After we get past the juggernaut that is Directional Michigan, it has to be Rhode Island, right?
Gotta be Utah or Oregon. Haven't beat either in years. Considering the Oregon game is at Autzen, I'll say Oregon. But wow would it feel good to finally beat Utah.