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I keep reading from some ACC fans the difficulty if the ACC goes to 9 conference games. We need our 7 home games, we need to play power 5 opponents – like this was rocket science. What if I said you can play 9 conference games, and only 1 lose home game every 5 years. …

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In recent years the ACC’s football resurgence has been led by Florida State and Clemson. There is no question about that. They have done the heavy lifting. Florida State has a national championship, a playoff appearance, and is starting to dominate their series with arch-rival Florida. Clemson just played in the national title game and …

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This is one of first times I’ve tried a twitter poll. According to David Teel ESPN could be looking the ACC to increase inventory by adding a ninth conference game. Suddenly this is a hot topic again. How many conference games should the ACC play? — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) June 9, 2016 Many …

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The esteemed ACC writer @DavidTeelatDP‘s article today “Nine-game conference football schedule possible for ACC” got me thinking about the topic for the first time in quite awhile. Back in 2013 I said the ACC wasn’t ready for a 9 game conference schedule.  I argued that the ACC hadn’t become a strong enough top to bottom conference to …

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We continue with our series look at the state of the ACC Football programs – You’ll see writings from all our contributors @Hokiesmash, @HereGoJayAgain, and @Res4Six. Thanks to @HereGoJayAgain for the graphics! Previous State of Program Virginia Tech | What’s the Season Outlook for Georgia Tech football? Last season was simply an unmitigated disaster for …

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Let’s take a look at the ACC’s top returning Running Backs. There’s some good ones. The conference is loaded with solid backs. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen |Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Dalvin Cook, Florida State With Deshaun Watson at Clemson, and now Dalvin Cook at Florida State, the ACC enters 2016 with two …

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It’s time. This is the point in the summer where we start ranking players in the ACC at their respective positions. Enjoy as we start moving towards the college football season. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen |Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Deshaun Watson, Clemson Deshaun Watson being the ACC’s top returning QB was an …

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The ACC Network is being described as “imminent” from Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel. Remember those expansion era bloggers writing about done deals and imminent realignment movements? The word imminent carries a little more weight from a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated. In an article previewing the Big 12 Springs Meetings, Thamel has a couple of …

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It’s only fair if we talk about  the ACC’s 10 best OOC wins since 2010 we have to talk about the worst losses in that time span as well. The good news is we have only one new entry since last year. Keep in mind these aren’t always losses to bad teams, but some of these …

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@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are previewing the 2016 Miami football team in this podcast. We talk with @chauntelpowell (Chauntel Powell), sportswriter for the albanyherald.com and huge Miami Hurricane fan. We really appreciate her taking the time to join on the podcast. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe …

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@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are previewing the 2016 UNC football team in this podcast. We talk with @ztevans (Zach Evans), who is a big UNC fan, and a previous podcast guest. We really appreciate him taking the time to join on the podcast. It’s always a good time when Zach joins us. To download the …

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