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Talk about complete chaos Saturday! Let’s see how this affects the playoff rankings. 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 throughout the season. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative …

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After clobbering Florida Saturday, the Seminoles finished the season playing some of the best football in the country. Remember back on October 1st when FSU lost 37-35 to UNC at home? The Noles stood 3-2, and were coming a 2015 season that had losses Clemson (ok), but also to Georgia Tech and Houston in an …

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It was all there for Louisville just over two weeks ago – The possibility of the playoffs or an Orange Bowl, a top 10 season, and a Heisman Trophy for QB Lamar Jackson. Then in a disastrous two weeks, it is all likely gone. The playoffs and a top 10 season are definitely gone. The …

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  So that’s what Clemson looks like when they play a complete game. It was was an absolute thrashing 56-7 by Clemson over their arch-rival South Carolina Saturday night. Deshaun Watson looked like his Alabama National Championship version self throwing for 6 TDS and 347 yards. Now let’s not kid ourselves South Carolina is not …

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This was supposed to be the year that Georgia Tech’s so-called antiquated option offense would finally run it’s course. Following last year’s injury plagued 3-9 season, Paul Johnson’s critics came out of the woodwork. See they said, the triple option had been solved, and he doesn’t recruit well enough. The expectations for 2016 were low. …

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I can’t figure out NC State can you? They should have beat ECU, Clemson, BC and Florida State. All were games that the Wolfpack were in position to win. NC State could have easily went into the UNC game 8-3 or 9-2, but they weren’t. This was a 5-6 team playing for their bowl lives …

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    It’s rivalry week so I know our ACC bloggers have something to say about that. It’s all about the Hate for Clemson and South Carolina according to Tiger blog ShakintheSouthland. Can Florida score on Florida State? That’s an awesomly titled rivalry week article from FSU blog Tomahawknation. Georgia Tech blog FromtheRumbleSeat pokes fun …

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@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports had a new guest on this podcast. @SaundersSports (Aaron Saunders) is a College football contributor to @numberfire and @bangthebook. We really enjoyed having  @SaundersSports on the show. He is a wealth of of college football information. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to …

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Talk about complete chaos Saturday! Let’s see how this affects the playoff rankings. 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 throughout the season. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative …

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Here’s a question… find me 24 teams playing playing better than the Pittsburgh Panthers right now. I don’t think you can. Pittsburgh fresh off their signature upset at Clemson, backed that win up with a 56-14 thrashing of a Duke team that won at Notre Dame, and just beat North Carolina. Now I’m not saying …

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As we close in on the 2016 football season, one thing is becoming very clear NC State’s Dave Doeren and Boston College’s Steve Addiazo are the ACC coaches with the hottest seats. Everyone else is going to a bowl game, new, or has recent established success. Both coaches currently sit 5-6, but only have 3 …

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Take out an ugly 2nd half at UNC, and Georgia Tech has quietly put together a solid 2nd half of the season. Coming off a 37-34 loss at Pitt where Georgia Tech was a tipped pass away from winning, the Yellow Jackets could have been in real trouble – and for that matter Paul Johnson …

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Maybe Louisville was never really  a playoff team, maybe they were before getting thrashed 36-10 by Houston tonight. What we do know is Louisville sat 5th in the playoff rankings going into Thursday’s with the Houston Cougars. From that position with 3 weekends of football left, Louisville could make the playoffs. They needed help, but …

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  What are the ACC Bloggers up to? Need proof that the ACC is pulling in strong TV ratings? ACC Blog ACC Perscription has an article about it.  Clemson blog ShakintheSouthland says the loss to Pittsburgh was all about the inability to run the ball.  Yep pretty much… If you’re Pittsburgh Blog CardiacHill, how do you …

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