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the week and the conference roundup.
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
Week 1 |
Week
2
ACC
Game of the Week
Virginia
Tech 20 … Georgia Tech 17
Virginia Tech was helped by two big penalties to keep a late drive going leading
to the game-winning 21-yard Dustin Keys field goal. The two teams traded shots
with Josh Nesbitt running for an 18-yard score and hitting Roddy Jones for a
41-yard touchdown to keep the Yellow Jackets alive, but three turnovers and
eight penalties proved costly. Virginia Tech answered with an eight-yard Darren
Evans touchdown run in the second quarter and a two-yard Tyrod Taylor run with
ten seconds left in the first half. Georgia Tech only threw for 109 yards, but
Virginia Tech only came up with 48.
ACC
Player of the Week
Maryland RBs Da'Rel Scott and Davin Meggett combined
for 169 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries in the win over Cal.
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Conference |
Overall |
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Atlantic |
W-L |
PF |
PA |
W-L |
PF |
PA |
STK |
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Clemson |
1-0 |
27 |
9 |
2-1 |
82 |
60 |
W2 |
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Florida State |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-0 |
115 |
7 |
W2 |
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Wake
Forest |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-0 |
71 |
41 |
W2 |
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Maryland |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-1 |
63 |
58 |
W1 |
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Boston Coll |
0-1 |
16 |
19 |
1-1 |
37 |
19 |
L1 |
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NC
State |
0-1 |
9 |
27 |
1-2 |
43 |
85 |
L1 |
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Conference |
Overall |
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Coastal |
W-L |
PF |
PA |
W-L |
PF |
PA |
STK |
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Virginia Tech |
1-0 |
20 |
17 |
2-1 |
66 |
51 |
W2 |
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Georgia Tech |
1-1 |
36 |
36 |
2-1 |
77 |
50 |
L1 |
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North Carolina |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-0 |
79 |
39 |
W2 |
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Duke |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-1 |
92 |
62 |
W1 |
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Miami |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
1-1 |
55 |
33 |
L1 |
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Virginia |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
1-2 |
33 |
97 |
L1 |
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Games of the
Week
Aug. 30 - ECU 27
... Va Tech 22
Sep. 6 - Wake Forest 30 ... Ole Miss 28
Sep 13 - VT 20 - GT 17 |
Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Jonathan Dwyer, GT
Sep. 6 - Sam Swank, Wake Forest
Sep 13 - DaRel Scott, Davin Meggett, Maryland |
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Thursday,
September 11 |
| 7:30 |
North
Carolina 44 ... at Rutgers 12
CFN Prediction: Rutgers 28-20
RU -4.5 |
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Saturday,
September 13 |
| 12:00 |
at Maryland 35
... California 27
CFN Prediction: Cal 27-17 Cal -14 |
| 12:00 |
at Duke 41 ...
Navy 31
CFN Prediction: Duke 34-24 Duke
-1.5 |
| 12:00 |
at Clemson 27 ...
NC State 9
CFN Prediction: Clem 44-13 Clem. -18.5 |
| 3:30 |
at Virginia
Tech 20 ... Georgia Tech 17
CFN Prediction: VT 19-16 VT -7 |
| 3:45 |
at Florida
State 46 ... Chattanooga 7
CFN Prediction: FSU 55-0 |
| 7:30 |
at Connecticut 45
... Virginia 10
CFN Prediction: Conn 23-16 Conn -11 |
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Conference Roundup
Boston College
… Didn’t Play This Week
Clemson … Yeah, Clemson beat NC
State rather easily, despite the 27-9
final score, and yeah, the Wolfpack has
a good defense, but the Tiger offense
isn’t humming quite like it should be.
C.J. Spiller and James Davis are
next-level backs, but they only combined
for 95 yards. The offensive line did a
decent job, but it wasn’t dominant.
Soon, the skill players are going to
need more time to work.
Duke
… Duke wouldn’t have won this game
against Navy
last year. The Blue Devils got a
tightly-efficient day from QB Thaddeus
Lewis and a terrific performance from
Eron Riley. However, there was nothing
coming from the running backs. Lewis had
41 yards rushing, and the rest of the
Blue Devils combined for 38.
Defensively, outside of one big run, the
Blue Devils did a great job of keeping
the Navy running game under wraps.
Florida
State … The schedule couldn’t
work out better. With the academic
suspensions and the new, young players
being put into place, the Noles needed
the time to work. Christian Ponder had a
great game against Chattanooga, while
D’Vontrey Richardson showed that he
needs time on the field to add another
dimension. Now the team needs to stay
sharp against Wake Forest, but it might
be ready. The tune-ups should’ve worked.
Georgia Tech… The Virginia
Tech loss was a game the Yellow Jackets
will eventually win with a bit more
experienced. The Yellow Jackets turned
the ball over, the Hokies didn’t. The
Yellow Jackets committed the key
penalties, the Hokies didn’t. The
defense was fantastic, especially in the
second half, and that’ll keep the team
in most games. Get used to the close
battles. There will be plenty more where
this one came from.
Maryland
… The win over Cal might not
have just changed around the season, it
might have changed the Maryland program.
Head coach Ralph Friedgen had been
saying he believes his Terp team has the
talent and potential to be strong, and
it showed it by taking advantage of a
sleepy Bear team. The offense didn't
explode through the air, but Chris
Turner didn't make mistakes and was
extremely efficient. The defense might
have given up a ton of passing yards,
424, but it got off the field by
allowing Cal to convert just 2-of-11
third down chances.
Miami
… Didn’t Play This Week
North
Carolina … Speed, explosion,
and great play from the defense. North
Carolina showed against Rutgers that it
might be a major ACC player this year.
Brandon Tate continues to be a do-it-all
star, while the passing game showed the
big play ability to put the game away.
The defense swarmed all over the Rutgers
running game and picked off Mike Teel
four times, but most impressively, it
didn't allow a third down conversion.
This was a big win, but beating Virginia
Tech and Miami over the next two weeks
would really kick off a special season.
NC State
… On the plus side, Russell
Wilson was back at quarterback after the
horrific-looking moment in the
season-opener against South Carolina
when he was carted off the field.
However, Wilson was awful. He only
completed 10-of-21 passes for 92 yards
with an interception against Clemson. He
ran for 26 yards, but he didn’t do
nearly enough to get the offense moving,
while Harrison Beck went a decent 5-of-8
for 60 yards. The offense just isn’t
working, and while the defense has been
strong, it’s not carrying the team.
Virginia
…
Connecticut has been a good defensive
team that gets by offensively, but it
busted out in a big way against Virginia
with 382 rushing yards and 397 through
the air. Tyler Lorenzen was nearly
perfect, completing 13-of-15 passes, and
Donald Brown had a special game running
the ball. This might have been a
watershed moment for the program. This
might be when UConn goes from a nice Big
East team that no one takes seriously to
a real, live contender. It was that good
a game.
Virginia
Tech … Sean Glennon was
nowhere to be found. In a close game
against Georgia Tech that, not to be too
dramatic, was make or break for the
season, it was Tyrod Taylor who ran the
show with Darren Evans doing the heavy
lifting. There was no passing game, but
Taylor kept his poise and didn’t come up
with the costly, killing turnovers that
Georgia Tech did. The defense did a
relatively nice job against the Yellow
Jacket running game, allowing 278 yards
without losing control of the game.
This might not have changed the season,
but it provided hope that another ACC
title might not be an unreachable dream.
Wake Forest… Didn’t Play
This Week