Judge agrees: Duke football sucks

Exactly. It boosts the SOS because the team that wallops Duke gets partial credit for everyone Duke plays, which usually includes Miami, FSU and Boston College, so playing a bottom-feeding ACC school helps a lot.

Appy doesn't do that. It's a very risky opponent that offers zero benefits. I know Appy fans won't want to hear it, but it says a lot about a program when major conference D-1 schools won't return the calls. It'd be nice to see big games happen, but if a team with big bowl hopes schedules a losable out of conference game, it's to a natural rival it can't avoid (a la Florida-Florida State) or to a big-time school that no one is going to bash them for losing to.

 

Many times back in the 1980s and 1990s, the ASU/Wake game was at least 60/40 in favor of ASU in attendance, and almost, if not completely full. But Wake had the seven most important people in the stadium on their side.