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  As we head into bowl season, the ACC has 9 teams that headed towards the post-season. Clemson and Florida State are in Big 6 bowls, so obviously those games are the most important to win, so I want to look at the the non-Big ACC bowls games. Everybody wants to win their bowl game, …

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The ACC is 4-1 in Big 6 Bowl games since 2012, with 3 straight Orange Bowls wins, by FSU, Clemson, and Georgia Tech. Florida State won the national title in 2013, and made the playoffs in 2014. Clemson has made the playoffs this year. In 2014 the ACC finished the year with 4 ranked teams. …

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@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by Terry Johnson @SectionTPJ of the excellent college sports site TheStudentSection. Definitley give @SectionTPJ a follow on twitter, and take time to check out the TheStudentSection. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! You can also find …

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This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. It is only December, but some teams have already picked up quality wins, that will help in March. As conference play is nearing, who did …

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Dec. 26 Independence Shreveport, La. 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Tulsa (6-6) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6) The Hokies come in winners of 3 of their last 4 games. They have really played inspired if not high quality football since Frank Beamer announced his retirement. Tulsa frankly isn’t very good, and they give up tons of points. Frank Beamer should go …

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During the course of the SEC’s 2015 football season something occurred that I had seen before. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but as the year progressed I knew what I was watching. It was the decline of a dominant conference in a particular sport propped up by 1 maybe 2 great teams. …

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With College Football breaking for a few weeks, we will check on the ACC Bloggers. It’s been a great week for Clemson football. The Tigers won the ACC, and are headed to College Football Playoffs. QB Deshaun Watson is a Heisman Finalist, and Clemson RubbingtheRock asks can Watson win it?  How did Virginia Blog UniversityBall …

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@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports  had a great guest this week. @treadmillhorse ( Dan Karo ) of the Virginia Tech blog treadmillhorse.com joins us to talk on a variety of ACC Football Topics. We really appreciate @treadmillhorse joining us this week. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! …

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We are going to have a lot of thoughts on these games in the next few weeks. BOWL TEAM DATE LOCATION COVERAGE College Football Playoff College Football Playoff National Championship Game Jan. 11 8:30 p.m. University of Phoenix Stadium Arizona College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl #1 Clemson vs. #4 Oklahoma …

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Clemson football was in a near 20 year funk, when Dabo Swinney took over as Tiger head coach in 2008. Underachievement was the epitome of Clemson football. It was gradual process, but 7 years later Swinney has the Tigers going into the College Football Playoffs as the number 1 seed. Bowls wins over programs like …

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Clemson UNC Quarterback X Marquise Williams is a really good QB for UNC. Dehshaun Watson is a great one for Clemson. Running Back X Elijah Hood is one of the country’s best RB. Clemson’s Wayne Gallman is good, but he’s not Hood. Wide Recievers X X Both teams have game breaking receivers. This is even. …

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Virginia Tech just hired Justin Fuente. He rebuilt Memphis football and won 19 games the last two years. He was one of the hottest names in college football, and Virginia Tech landed him. It was a really good hire for the Hokies it appears. Miami just landed Mark Richt. He only won 145 games in …

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