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  Why am I discussing conference power rankings? Well because as teams start playing each other in their conference, the strength of a conference determines the quality of your wins as the playoffs approach. It matters so let’s get right into it. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most …

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Ohio State just lost a great game at unranked Penn State. They’ll probably fall from #2 to somewhere between #7-#10 when the next polls come out. Their pursuit of a playoff spot likely remains unaffected. Is that a good or bad for college football? In the old BCS system, Ohio State would need plenty of …

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I called out Louisville a little bit last when I said, last week’s 10 point win over Duke wasn’t good enough.  It wasn’t either when you need style points to get back into the playoff chase. Today Louisville made that game a distant memory with a near flawless 1st half against NC State and cruised to …

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  Just a quick post for tonight. After Virginia Tech beat Miami 37-16 to move to 5-2 (3-1), are the Hokies now the team to beat in the Coastal? Duke, Georgia Tech, and Miami already have 3 losses. Virginia is 2-4. They’ve already beat North Carolina and own the tie-breaker over them. For the all …

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  My blog partner @Hokiesmash has written several pieces regarding the scandal at Baylor. I hope you take the time read his most recent work on the subject. Some interesting news Wednesday. Baylor University is now under a Federal Title IX investigation as reported by SI.com. This just gets worse and worse for Baylor. I’m sure @Hokiesmash will have more …

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  This is a reader submitted guest post… enjoy! The ACC is back in the national spotlight because the conference has several good football teams this season and could become the first conference to have two teams in the College Football Playoffs. The conferences success has improved NCAA football lines for some teams, and shed the spotlight …

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We’re halfway through the college football season. How about some ACC mid-season awards? Player of the 1st Half Lamar Jackson, QB Louisville He’s been a touchdown machine, and the nation’s best offensive player. There’s a reason he’s leading the Heisman race. Coach of the 1st Half  Bobby Petrino, Louisville Petrino guided Louisville as high as …

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  We’ve reached the halfway point of the college football year. What do our ACC bloggers have to say at this point in the season? Did you catch Syracuse’s head coach Dino Babers after the Orange’s big upset of Virginia Tech? Syracuse blog NunesMagician looks at the Babers post-game game speech which was epic. Louisville’s …

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@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports had a classic podcast this week, as we went without a guest. It was fun to get back to our roots, but don’t worry we have guests starting back up next week – some really big names in the future so keep an eye out for that! We won’t be talking about …

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  Why am I discussing conference power rankings? Well because as teams start playing each other in their conference, the strength of a conference determines the quality of your wins as the playoffs approach. It matters so let’s get right into it. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most …

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  If you can figure out North Carolina football this season, please let the rest of know. There was a home blowout loss to Virginia Tech last week, and 10 point loss to a mediocre Georgia team to open the year. There has also been a win at Florida State, and now the win over …

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Kyle Bambard missed 33 yard FG that literally cost NC State a chance at a monumental upset of the Clemson. You know that nobody feels worse than him, but the treatment he is getting on twitter is disgusting. Come on folks he is a college kicker that missed a FG, he didn’t commit a heinous …

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There were a lot of people including myself that felt Virginia Tech was playing some of the best football in the ACC recently. Following a 34-3 route at UNC, it appeared the Hokies were about to get on a roll. Dino Babers and Syracuse were not having any of it. Many of us considered Dino …

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On October 15, 2016, NC State was better than Clemson. They just were. Dave Doeren and his staff had a perfect gameplan to attack both Clemson’s offense and defense. When the Wolfpack were on offense they went after Clemson on the edges and with the short intermediate routes. Basically they worked on weak part of …

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When you are Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State or another undefeated power 5 team right now style points don’t matter. You win and you are in the playoffs. Louisville your 24-14 win over Duke isn’t good enough. If you are the Louisville Cardinals you need style points, and a lot of them. You are trying to …

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1) Clemson: 56-10 win over Boston College Clemson is starting to play some of their best football of year. The offense has come together the last two weeks, and the defensive front 4 might be the best in college football. It was a dominant win over BC. 2) Louisville: BYE Louisville is back to action …

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