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Louisville will begin playing playing football in the ACC this year. To a person there isn’t anyone that doesn’t think Louisville isn’t an upgrade over a the middling Maryland football program. With the Cardinals recent hire of Bobby Petrino, who replaces the departed Charlie Strong the Cardinals have made a clear statement… they are going …

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We’ve already given our final grades to the Atlantic Division teams, now lets check on the Coastal Division. Duke  10-4 (6-2) Grade : A 2013 will go down as one of Duke’s  most successful football seasons ever. After a 58-55 loss to Pitt back in September the Blue Devils rolled off 8 straight wins to …

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Well  with the college football season over it’s time to grade each ACC Football team’s year starting with the Atlantic Division. Coastal Division Grades Florida State 14-0 (8-0) Grade : A++ Do you remember being in school and not only acing the test, but also getting the bonus question correct? That was Florida State. An …

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Roughly 13 months ago, ACC football was at true low point. Florida State and Clemson appeared to be making strides, but back in November of 2012, they both lost at home by double digits to their in-state rivals Florida and South Carolina. Vanderbilt and Georgia beat Wake Forest and Georgia Tech by more than 30 …

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It’s late, but I’m going to put a few quick thoughts down. Florida State won the national title. Congratulations to them, to their fans, and that program. Auburn and Gus Malzahn game planned brilliantly. They blitzed FSU heavily, and they rattled Jameis Winston and the Noles early to the tune of a 2nd qtr 21-3. …

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If you’re not a fan of a SEC school, you suffer from it. It’s called SEC fatigue We all do… 126 Division 1 schools, and sometimes it seems college football revolves around the 14 teams in the Southeastern Conference. The perception is that they get they get the benefit of the doubt in the polls. …

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For all the 30+ wins Clemson has had the last 3 years, the wins over the Auburns, LSUs, and Georgias, the Tigers still had a perception problem. While I personally think Clemsoning is a dead term, it still comes up in the media. There were still the losses to South Carolina. There was the blowout …

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Tuesday was a rough day at the office for the ACC Bowl teams. Boston College, Virginia Tech and Duke all lost, but that’s where the similarities end. Of course no coach will ever say they are happy just making a bowl game or with a moral victory, but these losses meant different things for each …

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This game was one of the hardest to watch of the bowl season. Ole Miss is a little bit more talented, and the coaching was just a little less inept, but make no mistake neither coaching staff should be applauded for that effort. That said I’d rather win ugly vs lose pretty anyday. Ole Miss …

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I think the general consensus was that when Miami got into the top 10 they were overrated. Florida State showed us how much college football’s elite had separated from Miami in their easy 41-14 win. Again we saw it tonight, as Louisville easily dispatched Miami 36-9. The Cardinals are obviously not in Florida State’s class, …

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When we went over the best players in the ACC earlier this year, I had North Carolina players littered across my best ACC player rankings. This team had talent, but it was a rough start for the Heels as they opened the season 1-5. They were easily the ACC’s most disappointing team of the season’s first …

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Are we supposed to count Maryland? I don’t know as far as this blog is concerned the ACC is off to a 2-0 bowl start thanks to Syracuse’s 21-17 over the Big 10’s Minnesota. This was a big win in many ways. First there were many that thought the Pitt Syracuse wouldn’t enhance ACC Football. …

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