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  You’ve still a got a few days to get ready for the College Football season. @Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) have preview podcasts, player rankings and predictions to get you going. Enjoy! ACC Predictions 2015 ACC Coastal Predictions from the @AllSportsDACC contributors and a couple of guests. 2015 ACC Atlantic Predictions from the @AllSportsDACC contributors …

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Closing Comments: Jeff: I think this year you see the ACC with legitimate depth. Clemson and FSU are perennial top 20 teams, and usually a third or fourth team breaks through into the top 25. It’s the 5-9 teams where the ACC struggles. This year the middle will feature solid teams like NC State, Pittsburgh, …

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  ACC Atlantic Division Predictions Team Jeff (@TalkinACCSports) Matthew (@HokieSmash Zach (@ztevans) Florida State 11-1 11-1 11-1 Clemson 11-1 10-2 12-0 North Carolina State 8-4 9-3 9-3 Louisville 9-3 8-4 8-4 Boston College 6-6 5-7 5-7 Wake Forest 4-8 3-9 1-11 Syracuse 4-8 3-9 2-10   Team Jerran (@HereGoJayAgain) Guest Picker #1: @DrunkenGobbler Guest Picker …

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ACC Coastal Division Predictions Team Jeff (@TalkinACCSports) Matthew (@HokieSmash Zach (@ztevans) Georgia Tech 8-4 10-2 9-3 Virginia Tech 9-3 9-3 10-2 Pittsburgh 8-4 8-4 7-5 Duke 8-4 8-4 8-4 North Carolina 7-5 8-4 7-5 Miami 7-5 5-7 3-9 Virginia 3-9 2-10 2-10   Team Jerran (@HereGoJayAgain) Guest Picker #1: @DrunkenGobbler Guest Picker #2:  Dan (@treadmillhorse) …

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  Best / Worse Case Record for : Georgia Tech | Virginia| Miami | Clemson | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Florida State | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | North Carolina Wake Forest If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed Wake Forest playing some decent football during the 2nd half of last season. They nearly beat Boston College, were competitive against Clemson, beat Virginia Tech, and …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Georgia Tech | Virginia| Miami | Clemson | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Florida State | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest North Carolina North Carolina has been team inconsistent the last few years. The Heels will look like a top 20 team for 5 weeks, then in the next 5 play like …

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@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) preview the College Football Football season with Bart Doan –  @TheCoachBart of the @TheStudentSect. Bart is the third and final @TheStudentSect writer that joined the podcast to help us preview the college football season. Thanks very much to the @TheStudentSect folks for coming on the show! They were outstanding guests. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. …

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@Hokiesmash, @_EthanMoore I (@TalkinACCSports) preview the College Football Football season with Terry Johnson – @SectionTPJ  of the @TheStudentSect. We always enjoy the great insights from one the @TheStudentSect writers. If you haven’t checked out the The Student Section site, do yourself a favor and give it a read.  @_EthanMoore joins us via louisvillesportslive.net. He’s part of 93.9 The Ville where they cover Louisville and ACC …

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  This time next week we will be getting ready for the first week of FBS football. Rounding into the homestretch before the college football season, let’s check on some postings about the ACC. How is Georgia Tech blog FromtheRumbleSeat seeing the Coastal Division playing out?  Clemson blog RubbingtheRock talks about how the culture of …

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ESPN has a complicated relationship with college football fans. There was the SEC Bias uproar of last year.   ESPN’s Football Index was universally panned  was laughable at best and downright dangerous at worst. I think we can say ESPN hasn’t always been the best friend to ACC football. I’m going to give ESPN writer @DavidHaleESPN some credit …

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The AP Top 25 was released Sunday.  From the ACC Florida State was #10, Clemson #12, and Georgia Tech #16. Only the Pac 12 and SEC had 3 teams ranked higher. Should ACC fans feel slighted or good about where the ACC teams are ranked? Overall I don’t have much problem with this. Florida State and …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Georgia Tech | Virginia| Miami | Clemson | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Florida State | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | NC State | North Carolina | Wake Forest Syracuse  Syracuse is a program that to be honest doesn’t have a lot going for it coming off a 3-9 season that had just 1 conference win. Head coach Scott Shafer needs to show …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Georgia Tech | Virginia| Miami | Clemson | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Florida State | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest NC State Going into November last year, the Wolfpack sat 4-4 and were on a 4 game losing streak. Following a 3 win 2013, NC State looked they might be headed to towards another ugly season. …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Georgia Tech | Virginia| Miami | Clemson | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Virginia Tech The last three years Virginia Tech has averaged 7.3 wins a season. This is the worst 3 year stretch of Virginia Tech football since the early 90s, and it’s  raised questions about the …

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