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Atlantic
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Clemson
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Maryland
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NC State
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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
Boston College 14 ... Virginia Tech
10
Shut down cold for roughly 55 minutes, Boston College and QB
Matt Ryan woke up to pull off the improbable comeback thanks to a
24-yard touchdown pass to Andre Callender with 11 seconds to play.
Down 10-0 and the ball on his own eight, Ryan took the Eagles 92
yards in just over two minutes, finishing up with a 16-yard scoring
pass to Rich Gunnell. With 2:11 to play, BC went for the onside kick
and got it as the ball bounced off a Hokie before the Eagles
recovered. Ryan went 66 yards in seven plays for the game-winning
score. Virginia Tech got a 44-yard Jud Dunleavy field goal and an
eight-yard Eddie Royal touchdown catch for the lead, but only
finished with 265 yards of total offense, while BC finished with 32
rushing yards.
ACC
Player of the Week
Boston College
QB Matt Ryan completed 25 of 52 passes for 285 yards and two
touchdowns with two interceptions in the win over Virginia Tech.
Conference Roundup
Boston College
… There were several things good and bad
that'll be glossed over by the epic
comeback in the win over Virginia Tech.
The good: the defense was phenomenal.
Outside of a big run by Branden Ore, the
Eagles almost completely shut down the
Hokie attack. The bad: the offensive
line had no prayer of handling the
Virginia Tech speed on the defensive
line for about 55 minutes. The good: The
punting of Johnny Ayers was terrific.
It's not a stretch to say it kept BC in
the game. The bad: Matt Ryan, even when
he wasn't under pressure, couldn't hit
an open target. And then came the final
two drives. Great teams have ways of
making the plays they need to make, and
BC did that. Overcoming adversity is
what No. 2 teams do.
Clemson … Clemson has been razor
sharp over the last two weeks at just
the right time. The running game is
rolling, Cullen Harper is throwing
extremely well, and the defense is
coming up with key stops early. Maryland
shot itself in the foot a bit early, but
give Clemson credit for taking advantage
and putting the game away. Now the key
will be to not let down against Duke
with home dates against Wake Forest and
Boston College still ahead to make or
break the ACC season.
Duke
… Duke had two weeks off and came up
with this?! The offense is getting worse
instead of better, and while playing
Florida State isn't a walk in the park,
at this point in the year there has to
be more in the way of consistency in
some area. The running game wasn't even
a possibility, and when Thaddeus Lewis
failed to generate anything through the
air, it was over. It didn't help that
the defense never got FSU off the field.
Things might not get much better against
Clemson next week.
Florida
State … The Noles might have
only come up with 25 points in the win
over Duke, but it was as dominant a game
as the team has had all season long.
Drew Weatherford was accurate and
decisive in his throws, and Antone Smith
finally, finally started to run
like he's expected to. No, beating Duke
isn't like coming up with a win over
Boston College or Virginia Tech, but
after a confidence builder like this
week, anything might be possible in a
brutal final month (at Boston College,
at Virginia Tech, Maryland, at Florida).
Georgia
Tech… Didn’t Play This Week
Maryland
… The season needs to turn
back around in a big hurry after losing
late to Virginia and getting blasted
early against Clemson, and now the road
trip to North Carolina becomes vital or
a promising start could go to waste with
Boston College and a date at Florida
State to follow. Chris Turner was fine
throwing the ball, but the running game
failed to get on track until it was way
too late. There's enough talent to beat
anyone in the ACC, and now the team has
to play like it.
Miami
… Didn’t Play This Week
North
Carolina … North Carolina had
two weeks off and came up with that? The
defense did a decent job against Wake
Forest with few long drives allowed, but
it wasn't tight when it absolutely had
to be, and it didn't do much to help out
the struggling offense. T.J. Yates had a
decent day throwing the ball, but there
weren't any game-changing passes to save
the struggling running game. With
Maryland up next, there has to be more
offensive pop.
NC State
… Daniel Evans has
established himself as the passer to
build the offense around, throwing for
335 yards against East Carolina, and 347
against Virginia. Most importantly, he
led the way to wins against both teams.
So how did things turn around after such
a rotten start? The emergence of WR
Donald Bowens is a big help, but the
team is coming up with ways to get the
job done on both sides of the ball,
helped by a defense that got into the
backfield early and often. If the Pack
can beat Miami in the Orange Bowl, then
the home date against North Carolina
would be to get to .500.
Virginia
… The Cavaliers were never
quite in sync against NC State. The
Wolfpack defense had a lot to do with
that, coming up with six sacks, but
Virginia helped the cause with five
fumbles (even though it didn't lose any)
and struggles from Peter Lalich when he
came in to replace Jameel Sewell. At the
moment, the offense is flowing through
Mikell Simpson, but the more help he can
get from the rest of the running backs,
the better. This might have been a tough
loss, but losing at home to Wake Forest
next week would hurt even more.
Virginia
Tech … Sometimes you just
lose to a superior player. Virginia Tech
did a phenomenal job of making BC QB
Matt Ryan look awful for almost the
entire game, and then the defensive line
got gassed, couldn't finish its pass
rush, despite doing a good job of
getting into the backfield, and got a
horrible break when it couldn't get the
onside kick. The offense wasn't great,
but it was good enough. There didn't
need to be any big chances taken with
the way the defense was playing.
Everything worked according to plan, and
then Ryan had other ideas. There's no
need to worry about the loss too much.
Tech still wins the ACC title if it wins
its next five games.
Wake Forest…
The Demon Deacon offense wasn't exactly
impressive against North Carolina,
having problems with the Tar Heel pass
rush and getting almost nothing going
down the field, but it didn't have to be
anything special. The defense did a
fantastic job of forcing mistakes, while
Kevin Marion, Sam Swank and the special
teams once again proved to be a major
strength. Now on a six-game winning
streak, the tough part begins with road
trips to Virginia and Clemson. Win
those, and then this season might be
even more special than 2006.
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Atlantic |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
|
|
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
Boston College |
4 |
0 |
113 |
65 |
8 |
0 |
256 |
134 |
W8 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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Wake
Forest |
4 |
1 |
161 |
129 |
6 |
2 |
243 |
183 |
W6 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Clemson |
3 |
2 |
122 |
109 |
6 |
2 |
279 |
159 |
W2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Florida State |
2 |
3 |
120 |
101 |
5 |
3 |
191 |
145 |
W1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Maryland |
1 |
3 |
86 |
105 |
4 |
4 |
191 |
184 |
L2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
NC
State |
1 |
3 |
76 |
130 |
3 |
5 |
181 |
221 |
W2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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Coastal |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
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Virginia |
4 |
1 |
116 |
102 |
7 |
2 |
203 |
176 |
L1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
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Virginia Tech |
3 |
1 |
111 |
61 |
6 |
2 |
207 |
126 |
L1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Miami |
2 |
2 |
102 |
93 |
5 |
3 |
203 |
173 |
W1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Georgia Tech |
2 |
3 |
89 |
97 |
5 |
3 |
225 |
124 |
W2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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North Carolina |
1 |
3 |
73 |
103 |
2 |
6 |
166 |
209 |
L2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
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Duke |
0 |
5 |
83 |
157 |
1 |
7 |
160 |
262 |
L5 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
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Thursday,
October 25 |
| 7:30 PM |
Boston
College 14 ... at Virginia Tech 10
CFN Prediction: VT
27-23 VT-3 |
|
Saturday,
October 27 |
| 12:00 PM |
at Wake
Forest 37 ... North Carolina 10
CFN Prediction: Wake
27-16 Wake -6 |
| 3:30 PM |
Clemson
30 ... at Maryland 17
CFN Prediction: Clemson
27-21 CU -3.5 |
| 4:30 PM |
at NC State
29 ... Virginia 24
CFN Prediction:
Virginia 24-13 UVA -3 |
| 8:00 PM |
at
Florida State 25 ... Duke 6
CFN Prediction: FSU
34-14 FSU -17.5 |
Past
ACC
Games of the Week
Sept. 1 -
Boston
College 38 ... Wake Forest 28
Sept. 8 -
East Carolina 34 ... North
Carolina 31
Sept. 15 - Duke 20 ...
Northwestern 14
Sept. 22 - Wake Forest 31
... Maryland 24 OT
Sept. 29 - Florida State 21
... Alabama 14
Oct. 6 - Wake Forest 41 ... at
Duke
36
Oct. 13 - Wake Forest
24 ... Florida State 21
Oct. 20 - Virginia 18 ... at Maryland
17
Oct. 27 - Boston
College 14 ... at Virginia Tech 10
Past ACC Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Boston College QB Matt Ryan
Sept. 8 - Clemson QB Cullen Harper
Sept. 15 - Boston College QB Matt Ryan
Sept. 22 - Clemson RBs James Davis &
C.J. Spiller
Sept. 29 - Maryland RB Keon Lattimore
Oct. 6 - Virginia Tech LBs Vince Hall &
Xavier Adibi
Oct. 13 - Georgia Tech RB Tashard Choice
Oct. 20 - Wake Forest WR Kenneth
Moore
Oct. 27 - Boston College QB Matt Ryan