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It’s become a yearly tradition here on the blog. We get a good laugh at how inaccurate ESPN’s FPI is as predictor and actual rankings system. We laughed in 2015 and we laughed in 2016.  Let’s laugh again in 2017, as Ohio State who I’d personally ranked around 12 or 13, are the number 1 team …

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While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesnt figure in to a committee members thought process. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most recent  OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that …

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Winners  Clemson – They look like they could reach the playoffs again. The defense looks like the country’s best and they totally stuffed Auburn Saturday night. The front 4 is scary good. Duke – This is a team to watch. Duke routed a pretty decent Northwestern team 41-17. Daniel Jones continues to get better and …

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The year after Deshaun Watson left Clemson, we wondered if the Tigers were capable of reaching the playoffs again. After Clemson’s suffocating win over Auburn, we can safely say they are capable of reaching the playoffs. It all starts with the Tigers defense which features the country’s best front four. This is what I predicted …

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Sometimes games can just get over-analyzed. In this article we’re going give you one storyline thought on each ACC Game. The lines of these games tell who’s favored. Like American football where anything can happen AFL Betting sites give odds on Australian Rules Football. It’s the same around the world trying to predict game. Just go …

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While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesnt figure in to a committee members thought process. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most recent  OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that …

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I was wondering where to go with this post-game article on Virginia Tech vs West Virginia. Do I praise Justin Fuente for reviving the Virginia Tech program? He deserves it, but I think we know Virginia Tech is in good hands with Fuente. What about asking if Virginia Tech is the ACC Coastal Division favorite …

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Dotted across twitter by some FSU fans after a 24-7 loss to Alabama was why play Alabama in game 1? QB Deondre Francois may have suffered a serious knee injury too. We hope it’s not so bad.  Was it worth it for Florida State to play Alabama? I think this question is bigger than just …

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Everything was there for NC State… They had an experienced QB, some playmakers on offense, and a defensive line many thought was one of the 10 best in college football. They opened the season against a rebuilding South Carolina team with a head coach in Will Muschamp who’s had little tangible success in his career. …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Virginia Tech | Syracuse | North Carolina Wake Forest Dave Clawson quietly did one of the best coaching jobs in the country last year. The rest of the nation may not have known, but followers of the ACC know what a good job Clawson did. Wake Forest went …

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  Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Virginia Tech | Syracuse | Wake Forest North Carolina Did North Carolina let a chance to join the ACC’s elite slip away with a somewhat disappointing 8-5 season? Sitting at 7-2, the Heels lost 3 of their last 4 games, and now enter 2017 without several …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Virginia Tech | North Carolina | Wake Forest Syracuse Dino Babers had a major rebuilding job at Syracuse, and trying to turn things around in one of country’s toughest divisions was going to be a tall order. Babers showed enough in year one, that there is …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Virginia Tech Justin Fuente came to Virginia Tech, and many felt he would make the Hokies a big winner in short order. Fuente has the Hokies ahead of schedule winning 10 games in year 1 including a stirring comeback …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and good friend of the blog @sportsbroad (who filled for @TalkinACCSports)  as co-host had a great podcast with @MattZemek  (Matt Zemek) of @FanRagSports. Matt always brings a wealth of college football knowledge to our podcasts and we appreciated him joining us.  In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! You can also …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Boston College | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Pittsburgh Last year you saw the potential of the Pittsburgh program. Very few schools had a better pair of wins than the Panthers had with wins over Penn State and Clemson. 4 of the 5 Panther losses …

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