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  • Syracuse Beats North Carolina – Defense Works in the ACC too

    Changing conferences hasn’t made Syracuse any less dominant with the same brand of basketball that’s been so successful in the past. Defense from top to bottom and the help of a packer Carrier Dome, while North Carolina try to figure out what’s not working for them so far.

  • Notre Dame Beats Duke – Maybe the ACC Isn’t so Tough

    Or maybe Duke is overrated? Jabari Parker certainly looked like someone not living up to the hype as the Notre Dame defense made him seem quite ordinary with double teams and zone defense, leading to his benching in the closing minutes, and the Fighting Irish beginning life in the ACC with a 79-77 upset win over the ranked Blue Devils.

  • Duke Blue Devils – It Can’t Get Better Than This, Can It?

    Duke Blue Devils – It Can’t Get Better Than This, Can It?

    It’s hard enough thinking about Duke as a successful football program, making it to the ACC championship game for the first time in school history thanks to a 27-25 win over North Carolina, securing their first ever 10-win season. The Blue Devils have a chance to be major players in the national title picture if […]

  • ACC – Coastal Division Scenarios

    ACC – Coastal Division Scenarios

    The current situation in the ACC Coastal division, fought for the chance to play Florida State in the conference championship game, gives Duke, with their 5-2 conference record, the best shot at winning the division. However, Virginia Tech, Miami and Georgia Tech can still finish first in the division.

  • Florida State Seminoles – The Biggest Winners From Oregon vs Stanford

    Florida State Seminoles – The Biggest Winners From Oregon vs Stanford

    Even though Stanford were the team that won the Pac-12 game of the year against Oregon, Florida State of the ACC are the big winners of that outcome, permanently moving up to the number 2 spot in the BCS standings, which means a ticket to the national champions game, as long as they don’t mess up in the road left for them to travel.

  • ACC – Florida State vs Clemson Predictions

    ACC – Florida State vs Clemson Predictions

    For the last four years, the game between Florida State and Clemson decided who goes to the ACC championship game from the Atlantic Division, only this time, with both teams still undefeated and ranked in the top 5, it might have huge implications on the BCS picture and even the national championship game.

  • ACC – Clemson vs North Carolina State Predictions

    ACC – Clemson vs North Carolina State Predictions

    With their sights set on winning the ACC and going to the BCS national championship game, a trip to play North Carolina State ended the very same ambitions for a different team last year, which means the Tigers should be extremely focused as the arrive in Raleigh.

  • College Football Realignment – Turning the ACC into a North/South Conference

    Not everything in college football realignment is about changing the face of the conference by adding or losing schools. Sometimes, a conference can become stronger and more appealing by making changes from within, like the ACC should do by dumping the coastal and Atlantic format, instead turning to a North-South division format from 2014.

  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish – An ACC Team from July

    Notre Dame Fighting Irish – An ACC Team from July

    It wasn’t a surprise, but it was probably the final nail in the coffin of the former Big East, which will have a new name by the time Notre Dame joins the ACC with all of its athletic program, except for the football team, for now.

  • Best ACC Players Heading into the 2013 Season

    Best ACC Players Heading into the 2013 Season

    Florida State won the ACC in 2013 and later a BCS bowl, but lost a lot of talent to the NFL draft. Clemson, with Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins, look like the team with the most impressive individual talent, while the Seminoles return imposing linebacker Christian Jones.