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Atlantic
Boston Coll
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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
NC State 31 ... North Carolina 27
Jamelle Eugene ran for his third touchdown with 1:41 to play,
taking it in from one-yard out, and the defense held as NC State
survived a late rally. The Wolfpack got up 17-0 early and appeared
on the verge of a blowout, when Charles Scott took a Daniel Evans
pass 92 yards for a touchdown. Down 24-10 in the second half, UNC
got a 50-yard touchdown catch from Brandon Tate, a 27-yard field
goal, and a 76-yard Kendrick Burton interception return for a score
to take a 27-24 lead. But an interception from DeMario Pressley set
up the Wolfpack on the Tar Heel 25 to set up the final score. UNC LB
Durrell Mapp made 23 tackles.
ACC
Player of the Week
NC State RB Jamelle Eugene ran 32 times for 159 yards and three
touchdowns, and caught six passes for 33 yards. In a losing cause,
North Carolina LB Durrell Mapp made 23 tackles and a sack
Conference Roundup
Boston College
… BC got hit with a perfect storm of
circumstances in the loss to Maryland.
It was Senior Day for the Terps, and
they played one of their most inspired
games of the season, the Eagle
linebacking corps was banged up, there
was no running game, and the team was
relatively flat early after the loss to
Florida State. That doesn't excuse the
poor secondary play, and now the once
promising season comes down to next
week's game at Clemson. If the defensive
backs aren't better, Cullen Harper will
bomb the Tigers to the Atlantic title
and BC will be on a three-game losing
streak.
Clemson … Everything is humming
at just the right time. Wake Forest is a
very good team that that got its doors
blown off early on. Now after a two-game
losing streak a month ago, the Tigers
are right in position to go play for the
ACC title, needing to beat Boston
College next week for the Atlantic
title. The talk might start around an
at-large BCS bid even if Clemson doesn't
win the ACC championship, but wins over
BC and South Carolina are needed for
that to happen. If Cullen Harper keeps
playing mistake-free football, that
might happen. At the moment, he's the
ACC Player of the Year.
Duke
… Duke's offense simply isn't
getting enough consistency. Against
Georgia Tech, Thaddeus Lewis was able to
connect on a 64-yard touchdown pass, but
only threw for 122 yards on the day.
There were almost no sustained drives
and little production from the running
game. The problem was an offensive line
that allowed eight sacks that killed
drive after drive. To beat North
Carolina, the offense finally has to
start controlling things more and not
relying on the defense to set things up.
Florida
State … Considering Drew
Weatherford got knocked out of the game
and Xavier Lee wasn't around to rely on,
the Seminoles did a great job of staying
alive against Virginia Tech for three
quarters. When the wheels started to
come off, it would've been nice if the
offensive line could've taken over and
Antone Smith could've been the man, but
that didn't happen. Erased from the
gameplan early, it was all Christian
Ponder, and this wasn't the time to get
his feet wet. With Maryland and Florida
to close out, this might not be a pretty
few games to close things out unless the
quarterback play is steadier.
Georgia
Tech… Getting a huge day from
Tashard Choice, and eight sacks, against
Duke helped the Yellow Jackets get by
what should've been an easy win, but the
passing of Taylor Bennett once again
proved to be a problem. He's not Reggie
Ball quite yet, but he's not improving
and he's not taking advantage of the
attention paid to the running game. He
made enough big throws to beat Duke, but
he has to be consistent to beat Georgia
in two weeks, and mistake-free to
prevent an upset against North Carolina
next week.
Maryland
… Maryland's offense rolled
as well as it had all season long, but
the defense did a poor job of closing
out Boston College after Matt Ryan got
hot. Even so, this was a nice
bounce-back win after an ugly three-game
losing streak, and now the bowl hopes
are back on with games at Florida State
and NC State to close out. The offense
has to remain balanced, while the team
has to keep battling its way through
injury problems. The talent is there to
go on a run, but Chris Turner will have
to stay hot.
Miami
… There have been some lousy
moments in recent Miami history, but the
blowout loss to Virginia was the most
embarrassing low point. Not only did it
lose in the Orange Bowl finale, it
suffered its worst shutout loss ever in
the stadium with a ridiculous nine first
downs, 189 yards of total offense and
five turnovers. The passing game is a
joke with Kyle Wright completing just
nine of 21 passes a week after Kirby
Freeman completed just one of 14 in the
loss to NC State. Now Miami has to beat
either Virginia Tech or Boston College
on the road to go to a bowl. Forget
about it.
North
Carolina … North Carolina did
a great job to come back against NC
State twice when it could've gotten
blown out, but it gave up a key turnover
late and couldn't hold. There has to be
more of a running game, gaining a mere
12 yards, and the entire offense can't
be all on T.J. Yates, but the team is
making strides. Now any hope of bowl
eligibility is gone, but that doesn't
mean the season is over. Beating Georgia
Tech and Duke would set a great tone for
2008.
NC State
… The team appears to be
playing with tremendous confidence,
pulling out close game after close game
on the way to a four-game winning streak
and in range of a bowl game. Last week
it was the defense that held on against
Miami. This week is was Jamelle Eugene
and the running game taking over against
North Carolina. Against Wake Forest and
Maryland, the team needs to tighten up
overall to get a sixth win. It can't
make any big mistakes like it did this
week, losing two key interceptions, but
if it's tight late, this team will find
a way to make it happen.
Virginia
… All the momentum and all
the fire was there for Miami to come up
with a big game, and Virginia came out
and dominated from the word go. The
lines were fantastic, giving Jameel
Sewell time to operate, and getting to
the Miami backfield all game long and
screwing things up. At 9-2, this has
been an amazing season with a chance to
make things truly special against
Virginia Tech next week. At this point,
it's finally time to realize that this
team is for real and is playing at a
high level.
Virginia
Tech … Now that's the
Tyrod Taylor everyone was waiting for.
The super-recruit showed a bit more
patience and more passing ability after
coming off his ankle injury, while
tearing off some nice runs on the way to
a 92-yard day. The defense didn't have
its best day, but it forced three
turnovers and dripped the hammer in the
fourth quarter when the momentum turned.
Now it's a two-game run to the ACC
title, getting a dead-in-the-water Miami
team in the home finale before the
showdown at Virginia.
Wake
Forest… There's little doubt
that Wake Forest has talent, and it's
certainly well coached, but every once
in a while, it's going to get crunches
by a team with superior athletes and one
that's playing at a high level. The trip
to Clemson was one of those times. The
Tigers are playing like the best team in
the ACC with all its parts working, and
the Demon Deacons simply couldn't keep
up. Now a win over NC State is a must to
move up in the bowl pecking order. A
loss this week was fine. A loss next
week in the home finale will be
devastating.
|
Atlantic |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
|
|
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
Clemson |
5 |
2 |
213 |
129 |
8 |
2 |
370 |
179 |
W4 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
Boston College |
4 |
2 |
165 |
134 |
8 |
2 |
308 |
203 |
L2 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
Wake
Forest |
4 |
3 |
187 |
190 |
6 |
4 |
269 |
244 |
L2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Florida State |
3 |
4 |
168 |
158 |
6 |
4 |
239 |
202 |
L1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
North Carolina State |
3 |
3 |
126 |
173 |
5 |
5 |
231 |
264 |
W4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Maryland |
2 |
4 |
141 |
156 |
5 |
5 |
246 |
235 |
W1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Coastal |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
Virginia |
6 |
1 |
181 |
118 |
9 |
2 |
268 |
192 |
W2 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
Virginia Tech |
5 |
1 |
178 |
85 |
8 |
2 |
274 |
150 |
W2 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
Georgia Tech |
3 |
4 |
133 |
148 |
6 |
4 |
269 |
175 |
W1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
Miami |
2 |
4 |
118 |
160 |
5 |
5 |
219 |
240 |
L2 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
North Carolina |
2 |
4 |
116 |
147 |
3 |
7 |
209 |
253 |
L1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| Duke |
0 |
7 |
117 |
245 |
1 |
9 |
194 |
350 |
L7 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
|
Saturday, November 10 |
|
12:00
PM |
at
Clemson 44 ... Wake Forest 10
CFN Prediction: Clemson 27-17 Clemson -8 |
|
12:00
PM |
at
North Carolina State 31 ... North
Carolina 27
CFN Prediction: NC State 28-23 NC St -3.5 |
|
1:00
PM |
Georgia Tech 41 ... at
Duke
24
CFN Prediction: Georgia Tech 24-13 GT -13.5 |
|
3:30
PM |
at
Virginia Tech
40
... Florida State 21
CFN Prediction: Virginia Tech 23-16 VT -6.5 |
|
7:15
PM |
Virginia 48 ... at
Miami 0
CFN Prediction: Miami 23-17 Miami -3.5 |
|
8:00
PM |
at
Maryland
42
... Boston College 35
CFN Prediction: BC 27-16 BC -5.5 |
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
Nov. 3 - at Virginia
17 ... Wake Forest 16
Nov. 10 -
at
North Carolina State 31 ... North
Carolina 27
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
Nov. 3 - Florida State QB Drew
Weatherford
Nov. 10 - NC State RB Jamelle Eugene &
UNC LB Durrell Mapp