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Followers of this blog know we were there when ACC football was a national punchline. Remember this article back from early 2012, when we lamented the ACC embarrassing itself during bowl season?  You don’t have to root for your conference brethren to do well out of conference, but the ACC football was struggling so badly that …

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I saw this posting from from the blog SaturdayDownSouth “Conference affiliation aside, Dabo Swinney built an SEC-like Clemson team”. Now SaturdayDownSouth is a fine blog. They write a lot of good articles, but on this I completely disagree. Clemson is most definitely not an SEC like team. In fact they are the epitome of the new …

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  What do the ACC Bloggers have for us? I think we have some bowl game discussion here. Clemson and Alabama are set to play for the national title, and Clemson blog RubbingtheRock starts off the previews by comparing the offenses.  Was the ACC this year’s best football conference? ACC Blog ACCPrescription says the ACC …

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Before the season started, many people thought Clemson could reach the national title game. The pieces were in place with QB Dehsaun Watson, talent at the skill positions on offense, and one the country’s best front fours on defense. There were bumps in the road for the Tigers – a much improved ACC had a …

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Georgia Tech can’t recruit. The Triple Option simply can’t work at this level. There are too many new good coaches in the ACC, and Georgia Tech and Paul Johnson will fall behind. Somehow everytime the least is expected of Paul Johnson and his Jackets, they find a way to have a successful season. After last …

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Admit it you thought Florida State might have started to slip. From the middle of the 2015 season to the beginning of the 2016, Florida State was a pedestrian 7-5. There were losses to a 3-9 Georgia Tech team. There was an epic 63-20 blowout to Louisville. There was a home loss to North Carolina. …

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In recent years, the Miami Hurricanes had become the ACC poster child for underachievement. They hadn’t won a bowl game since 2006. Their best season during that time was a 9-4 2013, where the Canes lost 4 of their last 6 games and got blown out by Louisville in their bowl game. There was another …

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If there was one ACC bowl game that I thought was a lock, it was Pittsburgh over Northwestern. One thing I didn’t count on was the embedded up and down culture that permeates Panther football. They are capable of beating just about anyone they play, but they never seem to be work those wins into …

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7-6 seasons are not measured the same for each program. When you are Wake Forest it’s a special season, and I mean that with the highest praise for what Wake coach Dave Clawson has done this year. I think he did an amazing job in a season that finished with bowl win against #24 Temple. …

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Dave Doeren and his NC State team is one tough program to figure out. Doeren has 9 ACC wins in 4 years, but in his last 3 years he has never won fewer than 7 games. Monday the Wolfpack played inspired, tough, and physical football against a decent Vanderbilt team. The Wolfpack were the better …

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It was only one game, but sometimes a bowl win can change the way a fanbase looks at an entire season. Boston College defeated Maryland in the Quick  Lane Bowl 36-30. It wasn’t the prettiest game. The 4th quarter was a back and forth of mistakes between two 6-6 teams, but BC prevailed. Boston College …

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After years, arguably decades of trying the ACC has finally caught the SEC as a football conference. What better way to compare conferences than head-to-head meetings. The ACC and SEC football teams play each other a lot during the course of a year. Going back to 2006, the ACC and SEC have met at least …

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