To be fair, they haven't played many of them.

2001: Syracuse. AU lost 31-14
2002: USC. AU lost 24-17
2003: Georgia Tech. AU lost 17-3
2008: West Virginia. AU lost 34-17.
2011: Clemson. AU lost 38-24
2014: Kansas St. AU won 20-14
2017: Clemson. AU lost 14-6
2021: Penn St. AU lost 28-20

1-7

Yes, not good. But AU played USC who was dominating the country at that time. The two Clemson loses were to Dabo coached teams (Clemson had at least 10 wins both seasons). 2021 Penn St. was a good team and we had Potato coaching.

WVU is understandable as the team was in chaos that season with Franklin, Tubs duck hunting, and all that mess.

2001 Syracuse was a game AU has no business losing, but it was 11 days after 911. I don't think anyone's mind was on football.

EDIT: I left out GA Tech in 2003 but edited my post. I must have misread the schedule and saw "Georgia" and skipped over it. Yeah, AU has no business losing to GA Tech in the modern era.

This post was edited on 9/4/23 at 3:14 pm

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Posted by SECdragonmaster

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Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 9/4/23 at 5:38 pm to AUstar

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2001: Syracuse. AU lost 31-14
2002: USC. AU lost 24-17
2003: Georgia Tech. AU lost 17-3
2008: West Virginia. AU lost 34-17.
2011: Clemson. AU lost 38-24
2014: Kansas St. AU won 20-14
2017: Clemson. AU lost 14-6
2021: Penn St. AU lost 28-20

1-7

1-7 is not good but 4 of the 8 road games were against top 5-10 competition. Not many teams can win those games.

The other 4, we went 1-3 which is really poor.

Competitively, I think Cal is not as good as the Syracuse team and the environment is not as hostile as WVU.

This is a Georgia Tech type game with a different time zone. We should win as long as we limit the turnovers.

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Posted by FearlessFreep

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Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 9/4/23 at 7:38 pm to AUstar

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But AU played USC who was dominating the country at that time.

they came into that game having lost 19 games in their previous 3 seasons

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The two Clemson loses were to Dabo coached teams (Clemson had at least 10 wins both seasons)

2011 Clemson finished with 4 double-digit losses in their last 6 games, including giving up 70(!) in their bowl game

2017 was a legit good team (CFP runner-up) but still lost to 4-8 Syracuse