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We wrote here nearly 2 months ago, ESPN had several reasons to want to keep the ACC in tact.   As we correctly surmised, we now have confirmation from Burke Magnus, a top ESPN executive, as he detailed ESPN’s current and future relationship with the ACC. You can take your twitter sources what ESPN will do …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson  | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Syracuse Syracuse’s magical 2018 top 15 10-3 season is starting to seem like a lifetime ago. In the three years since Syracuse has won 11 games and won just 5 …

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  @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC football season @TerryPJohnson.  Terry has been a contributor to several college football sites, including our site here. We were happy to have Terry join us! To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Clemson You win 10 games, beat your in-state rival, win your final 6 games, and finish the season in the top 15. That’s a great season for …

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The ACC has never been good at PR. They’ve often let realignment and conference perception stories get out ahead of them, only to play catchup later. John Swofford had the moniker “the Ninja” commissioner, and the ACC’s current state of affairs lies with him. That’s how it is at the top. Jim Phillips has taken …

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There’s a lot of misinformation out there regarding realignment. I think there is even more misinformation regarding how media rights deals work. Retired FOX president Bob Thompson ( @rltsports ) has started tweeting about some of the recent media rights activities, and if this is a topic of interest for you – this is a …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC with a focus on Virginia and Virginia Tech. We were grateful to be joined by state of Virginia AP Sportswriter @HankKurzJr. 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 topics we …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | Virginia Tech | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule NC State Remember in 2014 when Georgia Tech went 11-3 and entered 2015 with darkhorse playoff whispers? They flopped to a  3-9 year. In 2018 Syracuse was 10-3 …

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It is now almost a near legendary year for ACC football, the 2016 season, where the ACC was the best football conference in the country.  When critics beat up the ACC for poor ratings, and lack of national interest in recent years they are looking at it from a shortsighted point of view. This year …

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It’s a short post for this evening but with the season just a couple of weeks away how about a look at some of the pre-season 2022 Bowl Predictions? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/bowls/predictions/ https://athlonsports.com/college-football/bowl-projections-2022 https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/college-football-predictions-2022-bowl-games-playoff/eeomomxtu2ykvov92xodsdr0 Do you know what would be nice this year? How about teams not backing out of bowl games? That would be great. Make …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Virginia Tech The Justin Fuente era is mercifully over in Blacksburg. A strong opening 2 years gave away to a mess of transfers, losing seasons, and inexplicable …

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The pre-season coaches poll is out, and for ACC football it could not have gone better considering recent on-the-field results. Here is where the ACC Teams landed. #4 Clemson  #13 NC State #16 Miami #17 Pittsburgh #19 Wake Forest That’s more teams in the top 20 than the Big 10 (4), SEC (3), Big 12 …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC. We were grateful to be joined by @PickSixPreviews ( Brett Ciancia ) to break down the ACC. Please check out his work at https://picksixpreviews.com/2022-season-preview.html. 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, …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Florida State No program in the country has had a bigger gap between its highs and lows in the last 10 years than Florida …

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We discussed a few days ago what a restructured ACC ESPN Media rights deal could look like.   One of those options – the Pac 12 ACC TV Merger seems to still be alive. ‘Perhaps better than 50-50’ was how Jon Wilner assessed the chances of the #Pac12 arriving at a new TV deal with the …

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