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Atlantic
Boston Coll
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Clemson
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Maryland
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NC State |
Wake Forest
Coastal
Duke
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Georgia
Tech |
Miami
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North
Carolina |
Virginia
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Virginia Tech
ACC Game of
the Week
East
Carolina 34 ... North Carolina 31
ECU PK Ben Hartman missed three field
goals, but he nailed a 39-yard shot with
no time left on the clock to beat North
Carolina. The two teams were in a
shootout for three quarters, with
Patrick Pinkney throwing three touchdown
passes for East Carolina and UNC getting
a huge day from Brandon Tate, but
Hartman's field goal were the only
points in the fourth. Pinkney connected
with Chris Johnson on touchdown passes
from 78 and 24 yards out, and Johnson
added a four-yard touchdown run, while
Tate caught touchdown.
ACC
Player of
the Week
Clemson QB Cullen Harper was 20-of-26
for 270 yards and five touchdown passes
in the 49-26 win over UL Monroe.
Conference Roundup
Boston College
… BC won by bombing away on Wake Forest,
and now it won by grinding it out
against NC State. Oh yeah, and there
were seven turnovers to help matters.
The Eagle defense has been swarming, and
most importantly so far, it's doing
whatever it can to force the big play.
Ball security will now be a major issue
for anyone playing the Eagles, and if
the ground game and D are rocking, this
will be a nasty team to beat. Remember,
Matt Ryan is still the best player in
the ACC.
Clemson … UL Monroe was never
going to be a threat to Clemson, but
this might turn out to have been the
Tigers' most important game of the
season. With Cullen Harper throwing five
touchdown passes, and with a layup
against Furman next week, now all the
ACC defensive coordinators have to
actually worry about the pass. The last
thing the rushing tandem of C.J. Spiller
and James Davis needs is more room to
run, and they'll be sure to get it. Oh
sure, the Tigers receivers helped by
taking some short passes the distance,
but Harper made the throws he needed to
make to wake the team up.
Duke
… At the moment, everything has to
go perfectly for Duke to come up with a
win. The other team has to be mediocre,
make errors, and not explode. Virginia
helped out with a variety of different
mistakes and inefficient offense, but
the Blue Devils had a hard time taking
advantage of all the opportunities. Joe
Surgan missed three field goals,
Thaddeus Lewis didn't complete half his
passes, and there was no ground game
against an average Virginia run defense.
Three more road games in a row aren’t
going to help matters.
Florida
State … Florida State has
hardly looked like a world-beater to
start the year, but it's not quite time
to completely panic. Chalk up the
struggles against UAB to the short week.
Remember, the Noles had an emotional
opener just four days before facing the
Blazers and were hardly focused. Even
so, a good team blows out a bad Blazer
squad, and the Noles couldn't do it. The
secondary was a bit off, the running
game didn't show up, and the offense
reverted to its old ways with Drew
Weatherford bombing away. Three
turnovers, 12 penalties for 131 yards;
the team needs to quickly come up with a
good game to finally kick its season off
the right way.
Georgia
Tech… Don't dismiss a blowout
win over a team like Samford, even if it
was expected. Coming off the high of the
Notre Dame blasting, the team appears to
have extreme confidence that things are
humming as well as possible before
diving into the ACC season. Basically,
the coaching staff asked the offense to
get off to a fast start, it did, and the
Tech offensive line dominated from
there. It would've been nice to have
seen Taylor Bennett throw the ball more
than nine times, just to get more work
in before facing Boston College, but
that's nitpicking.
Maryland
… Uh oh. Maryland's offense,
especially the line, struggled way too
much with Florida International in a win
that was far, far closer than it
should've been. Jordan Steffy and the
passing game was efficient at times, but
there weren't any home runs with pass
protection that broke down way too
often. A nasty four-game stretch against
West Virginia, at Wake Forest, at
Rutgers and Georgia Tech is ahead, and
to survive, the offense has to be far
sharper. The defense was great outside
of one big play, and it's going to have
to be even better.
Miami
… Oklahoma is one of the
nation's best teams, if not number one
overall, but for a Miami team still in
desperate need of a big game to turn
things around, this was an
embarrassment. The defense was supposed
to be among the best in America, and it
didn't exactly quit in the second half,
but it sure wasn't flying around once it
became obvious the offense wasn't going
to do anything. The biggest problem is
at quarterback; there isn't one. Kirby
Freeman simply isn't a BCS conference
passer, and Kyle Wright isn't able to
move the ball. On the plus side,
Javarris James had a few moments running
the ball, despite only getting eight
carries, and Florida International is up
next week. The Canes have to use the
game to settle in on one quarterback and
sink or swim with him.
North
Carolina … The defense is
going to be a work in progress, as East
Carolina exposed with the passing game,
but under Butch Davis, that'll quickly
come around. The big concern was the
offense, and it appears to be in good
hands as T.J. Yates had a terrific game,
and Brandon Tate was all but unstoppable
on his two touchdown catches and a punt
return for a score. UNC needs to be
explosive to make up for a lack of
running game, and now the defense has to
start coming up with more stops. That
shouldn't be a problem against Virginia.
NC State
… How ironic that Tom
O'Brien's return to BC, where he put
together smart, tough teams that didn't
make a whole bunch of mistakes, was
marred by his NC State team that got
shoved around and made a whole slew of
mistakes. There aren't any offensive
playmakers at the moment, and there's
even a major deficiency at quarterback
where Harrison Beck made way too many
errors, despite throwing for 321 yards.
The offense desperately needs to tune up
against Wofford before facing Clemson
and Louisville in what could be ugly
bloodbaths.
Virginia
… It's not like Virginia
didn't do everything possible, at least
on special teams, to give the game to
Duke. The offense was inefficient, the
running game, outside of a big run from
Cedric Peerman, didn't do nearly enough,
and there's a concern at quarterback
with Jameel Sewell struggling, and Peter
Lalich looking better when he got his
chances. The lack of a top number one
receiver will be a problem all year
long. Right now it's tight end Tom
Santi, and a prayer for someone else to
produce.
Virginia
Tech … The Hokies have to
have a short memory. Whether it was 8-7
or 48-7, the loss to LSU was going to
sting. Confidence, especially in the
offense, is going to be a problem after
Sean Glennon was quickly replaced by
Tyrod Taylor. While that might be a step
back to eventually take a giant leap
forward, that only works if the defense
is playing well. A national
title-caliber D doesn't allow close to
600 yards to anyone, but after facing
Ohio, William & Mary and North Carolina
in the next three weeks, there will be
plenty of time for Taylor, if he turns
into the starter, to jell.
Wake Forest…
Even in a loss, there were positive
signs for the Demon Deacons. The
secondary was better after being torched
against Boston College, and despite
Nebraska doing everything possible to
stop the run, the ground game still got
236 yards. Brett Hodges was solid, but
his interception in the end zone late
was an inexperienced mistake. Basically,
the team knows it can hang with the
better teams, and now it needs to roll
over Army just to get a little
confidence before dealing with Maryland.
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Atlantic |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
|
|
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
Boston College |
2 |
0 |
75 |
45 |
2 |
0 |
75 |
45 |
W2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clemson |
1 |
0 |
24 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
73 |
44 |
W2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Maryland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
57 |
24 |
W2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Florida State |
0 |
1 |
18 |
24 |
1 |
1 |
52 |
48 |
W1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Wake
Forest |
0 |
1 |
28 |
38 |
0 |
2 |
45 |
58 |
L2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
North Carolina State |
0 |
1 |
17 |
37 |
0 |
2 |
40 |
62 |
L2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Coastal |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
Virginia |
1 |
0 |
24 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
36 |
W1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Georgia Tech |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
102 |
17 |
W2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
North Carolina |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
68 |
48 |
L1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Miami |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
44 |
54 |
L1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Virginia Tech |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
55 |
L1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Duke |
0 |
1 |
13 |
24 |
0 |
2 |
27 |
69 |
L2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Saturday,
September 8 |
| 12:00 PM |
at Oklahoma 51
... Miami 13
CFN Prediction: OU 24-13
OU -10 |
| 12:00 PM |
Nebraska
20 ... at Wake Forest 17
CFN Prediction: Neb 31-20 Neb. -7.5 |
| 12:00 PM |
at Virginia 24 ...
Duke 13
CFN Prediction: Virginia
28-16 UVA -16 |
| 1:00 PM |
at Clemson
49 ... UL Monroe 26
CFN Prediction: Clem 45-10
CU -23 |
| 1:30 PM |
at Georgia Tech 69
... Samford 14
CFN Prediction: GT 45-6 |
| 2:30 PM |
at Boston College
37 ... NC State 17
CFN Prediction: BC 38-20 BC -16.5 |
| 5:00 PM |
at Florida State 34
... UAB 24
CFN Prediction: FSU 45-10 FSU -34 |
| 6:00 PM |
at East
Carolina 34 ... North Carolina 31
CFN Prediction: UNC 20-13
ECU -7 |
| 7:00 PM |
Maryland 26 ... at FIU
10
CFN Prediction: UM 35-9
UM -25 |
| 9:15 PM |
at LSU
48 ... Virginia Tech 7
CFN Prediction: LSU 20-13 LSU -8 |
Past
ACC
Games of the Week
Sept. 1 -
Boston
College 38 ... Wake Forest 28
Sept. 8 -
East Carolina 34 ... North Carolina 31
Past ACC Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Boston College QB Matt Ryan
Sept. 8 - Clemson QB Cullen Harper