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There have been some great coaching in the ACC this year, but November is where you make your money at. Several ACC coaches did fine November coaching jobs, but three in particular did truly exceptional coaching jobs. Mike Norvell, Dave Doeren, and Dabo Swinney. Let’s look at each one. Florida State – Mike Norvell  Norvell …

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Florida State is still in position for the College Football Playoff. They are still there because they dug deep in a hostile environment with their 2nd and sometimes 3rd string QBs, and beat Florida 24-15. The way the game started it looked like Florida would run Florida State out of the Swamp. The Gators were …

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Louisville has had an amazing regular season. When you are 10-2 and make an appearance in the ACC Title game, it is and unbelievable, unreal, and special season. It’s not a magical one unless you beat Kentucky. Louisville didn’t and so it wasn’t. It’s not fair, but that’s reality. Kentucky had 1 win since September …

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The Miami Hurricanes were so close. The Canes finished the regular season 7-5 (3-5) after Friday’s dominating 45-20 win over Boston College. It was an uneven regular season for HC Mario Christobal and the Canes. Miami was in every single one of their regular season games. They never lost a game by more than 14 …

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Back on November 4, Clemson sat 4-4 (2-4). Just about every pre-season goal Clemson had set for themselves was gone. They were left playing for pride, and questions about the direction of the program and Dabo Swinney mounted. Then Clemson started winning and winning and winning some more. It started with top 15 Notre Dame, …

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  We ask the three biggest ACC football question marks of that week. Here we go for Week 13 How will FSU look with Tate Rodemaker at QB against Florida? You just don’t replace a legend like QB Jordan Travis. Travis was playing at such a high level, and as the heart and soul of …

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With the college football playoff just around the corner it’s becoming abundantly clear the people who like to talk about college football, but in fact, don’t watch college football. You could never come to these three conclusions if you actually paid any attention to the sport. 1. Florida State doesn’t make the playoff if they …

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With just two more weeks of College Football, how are those Bowl Projections looking? https://www.on3.com/news/espn-releases-2023-college-football-playoff-full-bowl-projections-after-week-12/ https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bowl-projections-oregon-forces-texas-out-of-college-football-playoff-florida-state-in-without-jordan-travis/ https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/2023-college-football-bowl-projections https://athlonsports.com/college-football/bowl-projections-2023 https://collegefootballnews.com/bowl-projections/bowl-projections-college-football-playoff-predictions-week-13-2023 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page.

14. Wake Forest (4-7, 1-6) Last Week – 11 The season has gone off the rails for Wake Forest losers of 7 of their last 8 games. They can spoil Syracuses bowl chances in their last game of the season. 13. Syracuse (5-6, 1-6) Last Week – 13 Syracuse showed life at Georgia Tech, but …

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  @ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review week 12 and preview week 13 in ACC Football as we go with a classic 1 on 1 podcast.  To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 478   …

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Saturday Florida State’s QB Jordan Travis suffered what looked like a season-ending injury. Travis is one of those players every college football fan roots for. He worked hard, paid his dues, and was just a model student athlete. I said multiple times I thought he was the ACC’s best most valuable player. How do you …

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As my podcast partner, @ASD_Hokiesmash said today – Louisville “met the moment” at Miami. They did and they clinched an appearance in the ACC Championship game. Another team “met the moment”  today. Georgia Tech didn’t quite have the national stakes on the line that Louisville did, but for a rebuilding program, it was still a hugely …

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Louisville went into their game with Miami 9-1, and without question were the ACC’s number 2 team. They still weren’t a lock to be Florida State’s opponent though in the ACCG. They had to win at Miami to clinch their birth in the ACC Championship game. The Canes are a talented, but erratic team – …

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Last Thursday night Perris Jones suffered a very scary-looking injury in Virginia’s game against Louisville. His road to recovery will be long, but he avoided the worst outcome, which is good news. If you’d like to send well wishes to Perris, Virginia football tells you how. Virginia Football Update on Perris Jones ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/jaTPZdOrF1 — …

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As we near the end of the regular season, it’s clear some transfers have made a bigger impact than others. ACC Journalist Brett Friedlander put together a couple of pieces rankings the ACC best transfers on offense and defense. ACC’s Top Defensive Transfers  ACC’s Top Offensive Transfers Do you agree with his rankings? Make sure …

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We ask the three biggest ACC football question marks of that week. Here we go for Week 12. Who gets bowl-eligible Syracuse or Georgia Tech?  Georgia Tech’s defense is giving up 224 yards a game on the ground. Syracuse just ran for nearly 400 on Pittsburgh. Georgia Tech has one of the worst defenses in …

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