{"id":7626,"date":"2014-07-20T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T23:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2014-07-21T22:26:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T02:26:33","slug":"john-swofford-talks-on-a-variety-of-topics-at-the-acckickoff-including-a-acc-channel-maryland-lawsuit-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2014\/07\/20\/john-swofford-talks-on-a-variety-of-topics-at-the-acckickoff-including-a-acc-channel-maryland-lawsuit-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"John Swofford talks on a variety of topics at the #ACCKickoff including an ACC Channel, Maryland lawsuit, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2014\/07\/20\/john-swofford-talks-on-a-variety-of-topics-at-the-acckickoff-including-a-acc-channel-maryland-lawsuit-and-more\/acc-f-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png?fit=570%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"570,376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ACC-F\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png?fit=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png?fit=570%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7627\" alt=\"ACC-F\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png?resize=300%2C197\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ACC-F1.png?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Swofford hit on a lot of topics ACC fans were wondering about at the ACC Kickoff. A couple of things of interest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/raycomsports.com\/sports_labs_docs\/m-footbl\/14kickoff-forum.pdf\">entire transcript of Swofford&#8217;s introductory comments at the ACC Kickoff.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACC Channel\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; It&#8217;s just matter of time<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking ahead, there&#8217;s not much of an\u00a0update I have to cover for you today, but I felt it\u00a0was important to note that we will continue to have\u00a0our discussions with our partners at ESPN about a\u00a0potential ACC channel, and I remain pleased with \u00a0how productive and insightful those discussions \u00a0have been to this point.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ACC Digtial Network\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; We&#8217;ve been telling you this all along on the blog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The ACC app and vault continue to flourish, while the ACC digital network has made monumental strides since launching less than three years ago to become an industry leader.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Maryland Lawsuit<\/strong> &#8211; Looks like the ACC is digging in on this one. Most conferences with teams leaving weren&#8217;t in positions of strength as the ACC is in. They were fighting to survive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>They were a quality member of this league for 60 years, and our league feels that it has a responsibility to the Atlantic Coast\u00a0Conference member institutions to live by our\u00a0constitution and bylaws as they leave the league.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can also find team quotes from players and coaches here sent from blog contributor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/HokieSmash\">@HokieSmash\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston College<\/p>\n<p>Player:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14BCp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14BCp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coach:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14BCc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14BCc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clemson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14CUp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14CUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14CUc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14CUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Duke<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14DUp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14DUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14DUc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14DUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida State<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14FSp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14FSp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14FSc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14FSc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georgia Tech<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14GTp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14GTp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14GTc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14GTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14ULp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14ULp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14ULc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14ULc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miami<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UMp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UMp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UMc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UMc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14NCp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14NCp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14NCc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14NCc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NC State<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14STc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14STc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14STp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14STp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pitt<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UPp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UPp<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UPc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14UPc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syracuse<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14SUp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14SUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14SUc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14SUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virginia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VAp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VAp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VAc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VTp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VTp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VTc\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14VTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wake Forest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14WFp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14WFp<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theacc.co\/kickoff14WFc\" 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