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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 – you’re most recent …

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For 25 minutes, Florida State looks lost, confused, and unprepared. There was penalty after penalty. The Seminole’s offensive line was getting manhandled. Chad Kelly was shredding the FSU secondary to pieces. Then the Noles in a shocking turn of a events simply flipped a switch scoring 33 straight unanswered points. From down 28-6 to leading …

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Let the questions begin. What is wrong with Clemson? Is Deshaun Watson ok? What happened to the offense? Well nothing really. Auburn is pretty tough at home. Their worst loss at home in the last 3 years was a 16 point defeat to Alabama last year. Every other loss was single digits. Clemson led Auburn …

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North Carolina let a major opportunity to gain national respect slip away against the Georgia Bulldogs. Make no mistake, Georgia is one of the most talented teams in the country. 4 and 5 star athletes dot that lineup all over. It’s never been a talent issue with Georgia, it’s been a coaching issue. North Carolina …

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It’s only game one, and sometimes you hesitate to put too much stock in the result in a team’s opening game. In this case saying Justin Thomas may have saved Georgia Tech’s season is not an exaggeration. When you’re a team coming off a 3-9 season, and losers of 7 of your last 8 ACC …

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Florida State has it – Respect. That’s what you get when you win a national title in 2013, beating an Auburn team that was the best team the SEC had to offer. They own Florida now. They’ve beat Clemson, they’ve beat Oklahoma State. They beat a top 10 Georgia Tech team in 2014. Clemson has …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College  | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | North Carolina | Syracuse Wake Forest Wake Forest suffered their 3rd straight season of winning 4 games or less. If you look at last year though, there were signs that the Deacs may be able to reach a bowl game this seaspn. …

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  Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College  | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest North Carolina The North Carolina Tarheels had a breakthrough season in 2015 going 11-3, winning the ACC Coastal,  and finishing in the top 15. Larry Fedora entered 2015 on the hotseat, and now enters 2016 with a team …

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  Yesterday we posted our blog contributors and friends predictions on the ACC Coastal Division. Today we have their ACC Atlantic Division Predictions and closing ACC thoughts as we head into the first week of the season. Here is our panel below. Jeff – (@TalkinACCSports) Matthew – (@HokieSmash) Zach – (@ztevans) Jerran – (@HereGoJayAgain) Dave – @Res4Six Dan – (@treadmillhorse) Team Jeff …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College  | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | North Carolina | Wake Forest Syracuse To say the last couple of years have been a struggle for Syracuse is an understatement. There have 3 ACC wins in two years. That ended the tenure of former head coach Scott Shafer. The well …

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Hi Everyone, we have some ACC Coastal Division Predictions from several of our contributors and friends of the blog. If you aren’t following them on twitter, please go ahead and follow them and enjoy our predictions on the ACC Coastal Division. Jeff – (@TalkinACCSports) Matthew – (@HokieSmash) Zach – (@ztevans) Jerran – (@HereGoJayAgain) Dave – @Res4Six Dan – (@treadmillhorse) ACC Coastal …

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@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports preview the college football season and Week 1 with one of our favorite people. We were privileged to have @MattZemek  (Matt Zemek ) Editor of @TodaysUSports, the college sports site for @FanRagSports. We’ve had Matt on before, and he’s an awesome guest with a lot of great insights. To download the audio file of this …

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  Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College  | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest NC State NC State is a program that’s just stuck in neutral. They aren’t good enough to be in FSU, Clemson, Louisville territory, but they aren’t bad enough to be un-competitive. Head Coach Dave Doeren has only won …

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  @HereGoJayAgain and I (@TalkinACCSports) have put together the @AllSportDACC pre-season top 25. Enjoy as we continue to get you ready for the season that’s only a week away. 1 Alabama 2 Clemson 3 Florida State 4 Ohio State 5 Oklahoma 6 LSU 7 Stanford 8 Michigan 9 Tennessee 10 Notre Dame 11 Mississippi 12 Houston …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College  | Pittsburgh | Florida State | NC State | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Virginia Tech The Frank Beamer era at Virginia Tech is over. Enter one of the hottest names in coaching Justin Fuente who rebuilt the Memphis program. Luckily for Fuente, there is a lot to work with at Virginia …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College  | Pittsburgh | Syracuse | Virginia Tech | NC State | North Carolina | Wake Forest Florida State Florida State is in that rarefied air along with Alabama and Ohio State as a recent national title winner, and a threat to be in the national title chase year in and year out. This …

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