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We ask the three biggest ACC football question marks of that week. Here we go for Week 10. Can North Carolina turn the corner against Duke?  North Carolina is back in the top 25 after beating Campbell. People want to believe in North Carolina, but I still can’t get past the Virginia loss at home, …

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14. Pittsburgh (2-7, 1-5) Last Week – 14 Pittsburgh and Syracuse matchup this week for sole control of the worst team in the ACC. 13. Syracuse (4-5, 0-5) Last Week – 13 If Syracuse can’t knock off Pittsburgh, they may not win an ACC game this year. 12. Virginia (2-7, 1-4) Last Week – 12 …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) preview ACC Basketball with a fantastic guest, Tristan Freeman @hoopsnut351 of the fine college basketball site BustingBrackets.com. You should check that out.  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 476 …

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We go from coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s smoke 3 – Getting Warm 4 – On Fire 5 – Start working on the resume Jeff Brohm, Louisville = 0 Jeff Brohm has Louisville eyeing an ACCCG appearance and the Cards are on the edge of the …

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All season Georgia Tech had been noted for their erratic play. They beat teams they shouldn’t. They lost to teams they should have beaten. Teams with that kind of inconsistency usually lack an identity. Brent Key has to build that identity for Georgia Tech to start truly turning the corner as a program. I think …

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Last week I said Clemson had become a bad football team,  and at the time of the posting they were. Sitting at 4-4 (2-4), that is a mediocre team record. Clemson had #15 Notre Dame coming to town, and ravaged by injury they had a 4-5 record staring them right in the face. The Tigers …

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Just a quick post for tonight… The ACC Basketball season is starting in just a couple of days. This is my favorite time of year when college football and college basketball are going. So how does the ACC look? How about a couple of ACC basketball previews to get you going for the season. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/acc-expert-picks-2023-24-predictions-projected-order-of-finish-overrated-and-underrated-teams-key-players/ …

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Integrating SMU, Cal, and Stanford into the ACC Football schedule was never going to be easy, but in the end I think the ACC did a reasonable job of maintaining some of the rivalry games on a yearly basis while minimizing travel as much as possible. The other thing I like is every graduating class …

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We ask the three biggest ACC football question marks of that week. Here we go for Week 10. Does Clemson have a realistic shot against Notre Dame? There’s a reason Notre Dame has won 31 of their last 32 ACC regular season football games. They’ve been really good the last few years. This year they …

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14. Pittsburgh (2-6, 1-4) Last Week – 14 Pittsburgh got wiped out by Notre Dame 58-7, and Pat Narduzzi seemed to throw some players under the bus. For their trouble Pitt gets the Florida State freight train this week. 13. Syracuse (4-4, 0-4) Last Week – 10 Syracuse is the ACC’s only winless team, and …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review week 9 and preview week 10 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 475 We introduce …

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If you are as confused by Georgia Tech as I am, you aren’t alone. Georgia Tech under Brent Key has become the most confounding team in the ACC maybe even the country. One week they are winning games as a double-digit underdog, the next week they are losing games they should be winning. Saturday they …

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Louisville is having a special season in Jeff Brohm’s first season. Sitting at 7-1 (4-1) and in the top 15, Louisville has the inside track to the the ACC Title game where they would likely face the Florida State Seminoles. This is in large part due to Louisville being unbeatable so far in their home …

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Last season North Carolina started the year 9-1 lost to Georgia Tech and didn’t win another game. Last week North Carolina was 6-0, and lost to previously winless in the ACC Virginia. We spoke about it in our power poll, would that Virginia loss derail North Carolina’s season? The early returns are North Carolina is …

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Miami won Saturday 29-26 in OT against Virginia. On the surface that sounds like a pretty non-descript win to move the Canes to 6-2 (2-2), but I think there was some significance to it. After the debacle of a finish against Georgia Tech, then a tough loss at North Carolina previous Miami teams would have …

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If anyone is still sugarcoating things including Dabo Swinney, let it go. The 2023 Clemson football team is just bad. They are bad and getting worse. The OT performance against Florida State that apologists keep pointing to was fool’s gold. Clemson in that game faced a diminished QB in Jordan Travis, was at home, and …

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