LSU-North Carolina agree to play in 2010 Chick-fil-A Kickoff
Greensboro, N.C.—Here’s some news and notes from the first day of the ACC Football Kickoff for 2009:
LSU-North Carolina at Georgia Dome in 2010?: Looks like the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff is headed for another blockbuster ACC-SEC matchup.
Two people close to the discussions told me Sunday night that North Carolina and LSU have tentatively agreed to play in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff on Sept. 4, 2010 at the Georgia Dome.
North Carolina and LSU have indicated to the Atlanta Sports Council that they will play in the game if some scheduling issues can be resolved to open up the date for both teams. Those issues are expected to be resolved.
The Chick-fil-A College Kickoff began last season with Alabama’s 34-10 win over Clemson in front of a sold-out Georgia Dome and a national television audience. This season Alabama and Virginia Tech, both expected be in the most preseason Top 10s, will meet on Sept. 5 in another hard sellout.
LSU and North Carolina have met six times in their football history with LSU holding a 5-1 lead in the series. The last meeting between the two schools was on Oct. 25, 1986 in Baton Rouge.
Tennessee and N.C. State have already agreed to play in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff in 2012.
Virginia Tech-Alabama huge for the ACC: How big is Virginia Tech’s Sept. 5 game with Alabama at the Georgia Dome?
For the ACC, it is as big as it gets.
A year ago Clemson, which was a consensus preseason Top 10 program and the standard bearer for the ACC, played Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff. The Tigers didn’t just get beat. They got embarrassed (34-10).
“We had a tough time getting over that one,” said Clemson running back C.J. Spiller. “We got kicked pretty good on national television.”
Clemson didn’t get over that game and by midseason Tommy Bowden was no longer the head coach.
The ACC has not had a real national championship contender since Florida State lost in the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma after the 2000 season. Virginia Tech, the defending ACC champs and preseason Top 10 pick, would appear to be the league’s best shot for a team to run the table. But in order to do that the Hokies have to beat Alabama in the Georgia Dome.
“We know that we’re representing the ACC in this game,” said rover Kam Chancellor. “We know how competitive the SEC is and that they’ve been whippin’ on the ACC for a while. Alabama is a power house with a lot of great athletes. We are going to go down there and five it our best shot.”
Mark your calendars: Playing the Florida Gators, the defending national champions and preseason No. 1 for 2009, is never an easy assignment. But Florida State will have the unenviable task of playing at Florida on Nov. 28. Barring injury, that will mark Tim Tebow’s final home game in a Florida uniform.
“That is already a tough place to play,” said Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder. “You know it will be crazy game. Our job is to make it a close game because we can’t worry about what Florida is doing. We’re trying to get Florida State back on top.”
Ponder, who is a junior athletically, has already completed his undergraduate degree and is in the second year of his MBA program at Florida State. His father, David, played defensive line at Florida State from 1980-83.
Who made this schedule? There is a pretty strong consensus that Miami will be a better football team in the third year under coach Randy Shannon. Shannon has hired a pair of new coordinators in Mark Whipple (offense) and John Lovett (defense) and both received high marks in the spring.
But Miami could be a very good football team and start 1-3 or even 0-4. Here are Miami’s first four games:
Sept. 7: at Florida State
Sept. 17: Georgia Tech
Sept. 26: at Virginia Tech
Oct. 3: Oklahoma
“When I first saw that schedule it really got my attention,” said offensive tackle Jason Fox. “But I see this as a great chance. We want to put Miami back on the map and this is our best opportunity to prove that we can do that. This is our year.”
Yates is finally healthy: North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates, who played at Pope High School in Marietta, has 18 career starts for the Tar Heels. But rarely in his first two seasons has he been completely healthy. He missed six games last season with a sprained left ankle. He had shoulder surgery in 2007. He even injured his right (throwing) thumb playing a game of Ultimate Frisbee last April. That put him out of throwing for about six weeks.
But on Sunday Yates, who threw for 1,168 yards and 11 touchdowns in seven games last season, said: “This is the best I have felt in two years.”
Now Yates, who has completed 60 percent of his career passes, has to stay that way. If he does the Tar Heels are expected to challenge Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech in the ACC Coastal.
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m
July 27th, 2009
6:48 am
Tony…if you paid any attention to the conferences (instead of your blind crush on the sec) you would probably have noted that the sec is a top heavy conference with floriduh and the 11 dwarfs. Last year the sec finished the season with FOUR TEAMS ranked below last place Duke in the Sagarin computer rankings.
The ACC might not have one team with floriduh’s credentials, but the ACC is strong top to bottom and every team is competitive. And also defeated the mighty sec 6 out of 10 in the regular season last year when most sec junkies picked the sec to win all 10 (looks like they came up a little short!!)
You sec homer gomers try to act like the sec is a better conference because they have one good team. But the ACC has more good teams top to bottom…and that makes a better conference….wouldn’t you agree Tony?
Bottom line…the sec is the chan gomer gailey of conferences…just like tony barnyard is the chan gomer gailey of sports writers (sic).
Thank God and Greyhound that chan gomer gailey is gone forever. The future is so bright at Tech that we all need to wear shades.
45-42…only the beginning.
SAINT SIMMONS
July 27th, 2009
7:01 am
I’m stupid and boring.
Swampster
July 27th, 2009
7:19 am
Hey Tony… the ACC cancelled their Media Days. Admit it, you are taking a vacation on the AJC and writing these stories between golf rounds.
Bamafan
July 27th, 2009
7:27 am
The ACC would be a strong football conference if the seminoles and canes get back to play football
like they did in 80’s and 90’s!!
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
7:31 am
Does anyone recall the score of last year’s Ga/Ga Tech game?
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
7:38 am
The Acc’s #2 team (whoever it is)..would be no better than #7 in the SEC and would be below 500 in conference.. Va Tech might go 5-3 in the SEC. Maybe.
It makes sense that a Greyhound (above) would be the ACC advocate. That’s because, metaphorically, The SEC is a tricked out Bentley, the ACC is a Greyhound bus, with no A/C, spewing black exhaust as it drives down the dirt road to oblivion.. With no spare tire. And the driver is drunk.
SimpleDawg
July 27th, 2009
7:43 am
I see that all of you little yeller fellers are up, and still feeling inferior to the Simply Excellent Conference. Y’all whine, moan and groan, and stomp your feet seeking attention.
Pitiful, just pitiful…..bless your little hearts.
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
7:49 am
Duke wouldnt go 500 playing a HS schedule in Gwinnett. They might beat Meadowbrook.
m is an idiot
July 27th, 2009
7:50 am
m- you seem to have forgotten that one of those “dwarf” SEC teams beat Tech like a rented mule in the Peach Bowl last year. What was the score of that games? Oh yeah 38-3. Way to represent.
reebok
July 27th, 2009
7:52 am
i’m a tech fan, and thus an ACC fan, but north carolina vs. LSU is not a blockbuster…it’s more like a tuneup game for the tigers. if v-tech can’t find a way to beat alabama this year, the SEC is looking at 3-0 in kickoff classics…
ACC
July 27th, 2009
7:55 am
ACC= Another Crappy Conference
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
7:56 am
I wish Clemson, Fla State and VaTech and Miami were in the SEC, because all kidding aside; those guys have my respect; for the past ,if not the present. But they have no shot at the BCS championship unless they go undefeated and no one else does.
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July 27th, 2009
7:56 am
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Kiffinisatosser
July 27th, 2009
7:59 am
The SEC rules however Bama is going down hard to Tech. No experience at the QB position will permit Bama to score not more than 1 offensive TD.
The number 2 team in the ACC lost to Vanderbilt last year. Nuff said.
Kiffinisatosser
July 27th, 2009
8:01 am
Why would Clemson have anybody’s respect? They literally have done nothing since the early 80s championship. In fact, according to ESPN and Scout, they are the biggest underachievers in all of college football over the last 20 years….in other words, Clemson is a joke.
Bamafan
July 27th, 2009
8:04 am
To the crazy tech fans get a laugh out of this!
sit.
lay down.
roll over.
play dead.
good dog!!
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
8:04 am
I was born to two S Caro grads, and graduated from UGA, so I have no love for Clemson..but at least they can fill their stadium; have a better tradition than almost all other ACC teams. If they ever had a decent coach, they would be good again.
GaileyisaGod
July 27th, 2009
8:04 am
Come on M. We all know that Tech’s current success has occurred on a foundation built by Chan. Cut the guy a break and be grateful for his good work in taking over a program that was at rock bottom.
Paddy
July 27th, 2009
8:05 am
Miami will be the biggest dissapointment in southern college football this season.
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
8:07 am
I am shocked that one of you anti Dawgs havent jumped on the Jonesboro dog loving story and turned it into a UGA thing. I am truly disappointed at your lack of creativity. Me, I would have been all over that if the dude had been trying to screw an elephant or a gator.
Kiffinisatosser
July 27th, 2009
8:07 am
Well, if filling the stadium is the only criterion, then South Carolina probably does a better job of that per win than Climpson. Really, Clemson is living off of increasingly ancient tradition. That emperor has no more clothes.
Semenhole
July 27th, 2009
8:08 am
Miami does not play Southern Football. They belong in a conference with Rutgers and Penn State.
Kiffinisatosser
July 27th, 2009
8:11 am
Slobber, your deep acquaintance with that story is sufficient self-parody for it to remain unspoken by the rest of us.
GaileyisaGod
July 27th, 2009
8:16 am
M, are you saving yourself for marriage?
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
8:16 am
Filling the stadium isnt the only criteria; however only 2 or 3 ACC teams can do it on a regular basis without help from opposing fans. When judging a program, if you went by the current situation alone, then Notre Dame would not be in the Top 40. Tradition means something, no matter how old; because it can be regained. Someone like ,e.g., NC State; they have no good history to work back to. If Clemson moved to the ACC, they would be a TOP 25 team in no time because more good recruits would go there.
UGASlobberknocker
July 27th, 2009
8:19 am
Could one of you really smart Tech fans translate Kiffinisatosser’s last comment. Im trying to decide if Ive been insulted
Top Dawg
July 27th, 2009
8:25 am
Re. Miami’s schedule three of those first four games should not be difficult. They are ACC games for crying out loud.
Mikey
July 27th, 2009
8:33 am
Miami, FSU and VT could have came aboard the SEC, but they decided against it and went with the ACC. nuff said.
Gen Neyland
July 27th, 2009
8:36 am
Did Miami find a QB in 2008..?
DawginLex
July 27th, 2009
8:49 am
bowl games don’t count in ACC vs SEC totals in m’s delusional world because it doesn’t fit his spin/loser agenda.
him bragging about that and bragging about GT playing 3 sec teams, of which 2 are vandy and msu is equal to UGA bragging about beating duke, which we would never do.
That’s the difference between a loser program(GT) and a winner program(UGA).
SuperB
July 27th, 2009
8:59 am
Before they are through, the Atlanta Sports Council will have totally undermined the Georgia Tech and Georgia programs– at least from a recruiting standpoint. Bringing in Tennessee, LSU, and Alabama hurts both in-state schools in recruiting. Were I GT and UGA, I’d never, ever play in that damn game or even buy one of those dry chicken sandwiches!
CharlotteGator
July 27th, 2009
9:05 am
I think I’d hold a player in the ACC as a more credible source than anonymous tough guy blog posters.
“We know that we’re representing the ACC in this game,” said rover Kam Chancellor. “We know how competitive the SEC is and that they’ve been whippin’ on the ACC for a while.”
Also, I thought it was discussed at length in a previous post, but why are the postseason results left out when we’re talking about last year? Has that been definitively answered?
IM4BAMA
July 27th, 2009
9:07 am
You ACC fans that think Florida is the only team in the SEC? You guys don’t know crap. Bama,Ole Miss and LSU are all legit to win the SEC as well and by the way, are all better than the best you’ve got in the ACC.
Don’t believe me? Just watch Bama beat your best in VA TECH in a few weeks. We’ve got a first time starter at QB and a new O-line and will still beat them.
aztec
July 27th, 2009
9:08 am
even lu saban said it is a great advantage for them to play in atlanta for recruiting.
m
July 27th, 2009
9:09 am
I like little boys
aztec
July 27th, 2009
9:11 am
i agree that ga and gt should play the in that early season game at the dome and that way we can get all crap talk over early and get down to some serious football
gcs
July 27th, 2009
9:14 am
How is LSU-North Carolina a “blockbuster”? Are they going to play basketball?
Miles
July 27th, 2009
9:18 am
It’ll be fun for both the teams and fans to travel to Atlanta and play in the Georgia Dome, but LSU will crush the Tar Heels in 2010. Jordan Jefferson will have a huge game.
Too Easy
July 27th, 2009
9:23 am
g and g: don’t forget that your team had to avoid losing to Duke twice in a row not that long ago.
DawginLex
July 27th, 2009
9:26 am
Didn’t hear any of us bragging about it did you? NO, because we expected to win. The kids were happy that they won the game.
Don’t try and justify m’s loser agenda, it just makes you look as dumb as he is.
Sucks to be Tulane.
July 27th, 2009
9:28 am
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Atlanta Gator
July 27th, 2009
9:33 am
I think an LSU-North Carolina SEC-ACC match-up in the Chik-fil-A College Kickoff is a great game for a lot of reasons. First, its a game that rarely happens–these are two teams that have met only 6 times, and not since a home-and-away in 1986. Second, it continues the SEC-ACC series of regional match-ups, which will generate regional if not national interest. Third, it will give a growing UNC program a bigger stage for the future.
One final comment regarding the Chick-fil-A kickoff game’s impact on the UGA and Tech programs . . . . I think the “outsiders exposure to Georgia hurts UGA and Tech recruiting” argument, well, pathetic. The University of Florida plays in a state with two of the other best-known and most successful Division I programs, six bowl games (at last count), the ACC championship, and three NFL teams. Does this exposure of Florida prep football players to outsider programs harm the Gators’ recruiting?
BTW, if you truly believe that the Atlanta kickoff game is intruding on UGA and Tech recruiting, I would think the best way to protect that recruiting base would be to periodically participate in the kickoff game. . . .
Try selling out a 55,000 seat stadium......
July 27th, 2009
9:34 am
Does anybody recall the score of the UNC vs. GT game last year? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Atlanta Gator
July 27th, 2009
9:44 am
Hey, sports fans—-and especially you UGA bloggers! Did anyone else notice that Chip Towers has recently started to write the AJC College Recruiting blog’s daily column several weeks ago? Well, personally, I missed it, but I’m glad to see Chip writing about UGA and SEC sports again. Notwithstanding my own Gator affiliations, I think his UGA sports blog was consistently one of the AJC’s two or three best.
rebel ace
July 27th, 2009
9:47 am
Does anyone recall how last year’s Ole Miss-Florida came out? Ooops, I just remembered. Ole Miss 31, Florida 30. Hotty toddy snotty!
ACC Fan
July 27th, 2009
9:48 am
4 burning questions for the ACC
1) Will Georgia Tech make it to the ACC Championship game?
2) Where is that game & will anybody show up?
3) Will Tech win & make it to the Orange Bowl?
4) Will they play Rutgers or UConn & will anybody show up?
ACC football, catch it!!
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johnny reb
July 27th, 2009
9:55 am
However, Leslie Miles will choke against Butch in ‘2010. Hotty Toddy corndogs!
Atlanta Gator
July 27th, 2009
9:59 am
Rebel ace—-Enjoy the glow, SEC sports fan. Not every college football fan can say his team beat the BCS National Champions! Hotty toddy, indeed. = )
Not Disappointed
July 27th, 2009
10:11 am
A lot of passion on this Blog! “College Football is in the air!”
Go Jackets!
tidetime
July 27th, 2009
10:29 am
Anybody remember the UA-Clemson, UF-FSU, LSU-GT scores. Average margin of victory for the SEC in those games was like 30, right? And how about Vandy getting it’s first bowl win AD over mighty BC?
Chris Weber
July 27th, 2009
10:31 am
Not only does it pain me to agree with Im4Bama, being a LSU fan, but bama is going to destroy VA Tech, and the west has three strong teams who can make a run for The SEC and the BCS championship. LSU has destroyed all its ACC foes this decade Va Tech, Miami, Ga Tech with two of them held to only 1 field goal. Bring on North Carolina!!!!!!
Long Dawg
July 27th, 2009
10:39 am
ACC by the numbers
1. 6 and 6 vs SEC not 6 and 4 for 2008
2. 3 (50%) of those victores came against Vanderbilt and Miss. State
3. Vanderbilt beat BC in Bowl game
4. LSU (7 and 5) crushed Tech 38 to 3.
5. ACC 5 losses and 3 wins in bowl games
MyWhiskeyClear
July 27th, 2009
10:50 am
“Tradition means something, no matter how old; because it can be regained.”
As a Tech fan, I agree whole-heartedly. Tech is in a conference smattered with a few programs that have the old tradition aspect and most that just don’t. As much as I want VT to knock Bama on its face in the kickoff, I have no love for a school whose football program (or name for that matter) was all but unknown until the 80’s. Could say the same for a couple other schools in the ACC. I like the rags-to-riches stroies as much as the next guy, but schools that have “glory days” to tell tall tales about over a pint is yet another thing that college football is all about.
MyWhiskeyClear
July 27th, 2009
10:56 am
I’ll add to my last post that I’m also more a fan that likes the Southern traditions of our teams down here. GT’s fight song has the tune of Dixie hidden as a trumpet flourish, for example, and a lot of Southern football programs use things like that. It’s unique to this part of the country and our schools. But as a Tech fan I can never pass up the opportunity to say that GA and Auburn use the Union Battle Hymn. Does anyone know why?
CKDawg65
July 27th, 2009
11:27 am
M-love your “selected” use of the Sagarin Ratings to half way kinda try to make a point. Typical Techie…loves numbers but don’t know what they mean or how to use them. While you are correct in that there were 4 SEC teams ranked lower than Duke in the final Sagarin, you neglect to say that in addition to Florida, there were 4 “dwarfs” including none other than your cross-state nemesis UGA ranked higher than the #1 ACC team…Va Tech. Also, those world-beating, chest-bumping, hedge clipping Jackets of yours were…36? Guess squeezing by Gardner-Webb 10-7 at HOME will do that for you. Enjoy your year of Halley’s Comet like success…reality returns Thanksgiving weekend when UGA goes back to stomping a mudhole in your pansy yellow butts.
Denver Dog
July 27th, 2009
11:40 am
It is a great idea, and lets’ see how the Bama Va Tech turns out. That may be an epic classic. Then again, somebody wants to pay back, and I don’t think it is Va Tech. What was Bama’s last perfomance like.
As far as LSU and UNC. All hail, who knows who will be coaching those two teams. Mama may be calling to UM and he might answer this time. Davis may be like Mack Brown and be fed up with the Bball. We will see sound fun though.
As long as you keep the outrageous comments coming Tech fans, your schoool nor team, nor you bloggers are going to get respect. The best Tech higlights lately are Yellow Jacket Terrorist and the Parking Gargage highlights. Just pick it up a little.
ACC/SEC. The best results are those of the natural series, UGA vs GT; Clemson vs USC, FSU vs UF. I am sure that some statisticians will check out those records for the last 20 years.
jumbeauxtiger
July 27th, 2009
11:53 am
Obviously LSU-UNC doesn’t carry the tradition as VA Tech vs Bama but to write UNC off is a mistake. Butch Davis is a good coach and he’s recruited well. They will be a force in the ACC soon and perhaps this season.
We had some nice discussion on here late last week and now we are back to the childish antics by some bloggers.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
cant wait
July 27th, 2009
12:04 pm
i can’t wait for the game in 2019. duke vs vandy!! lol
Island Dawg
July 27th, 2009
12:04 pm
Having these other teams play in the Dome means we will never get any in-state recruits…seriously? There is no way in hell playing in the Falcons Nest would do a thing to help us at all, like we need help anyway in the recruiting realm. I’ll take 20k more, Athens and Sanford any day of the year..
Bill Ellis
July 27th, 2009
12:06 pm
I think this is a great match up for both teams.. Sure beats watching them play Furman and the Citadel. I’m an LSU fan, and I think NC may have a great season this year. I also have a college football power ranking system that I just started writing about at http://www.sportschatplace.com called “Who’s Got The Power?”. Take a look and let me know what you think at billelliscpa@yahoo.com.
ReptilesRule
July 27th, 2009
12:08 pm
We will continue to schedule our marquis matchups in the Georgia Dome in early December.
ACC
July 27th, 2009
12:17 pm
ACC will dominate the sec again this year except for fsu fla. Ga tech will go 3-0 and vt will beat bama. can’t wait to hear the pathetic excuses from redneck daqg fans when this happens. will they finally shut up? not without a muzzle.
Frozen_Gator
July 27th, 2009
12:19 pm
I do believe this “classic” gives both programs premium exposure. I personally hope this helps UNC so they can keep their talent at home and it won’t go west over the mountain to Knoxville.
Overrated
July 27th, 2009
12:19 pm
SEC= Overrated with the exception of Fla.
Ole miss beats fla and lsu. Ole miss loses to wake. Nuff said.
Bill Ellis
July 27th, 2009
12:42 pm
Overrated, you’re discounting momentum. Ole Miss had it their way the 2nd half of the season. They also were the only team to beat Florida.
Plus, your statement cuts both ways when Vandy beats one of the ACC’s best, BC, in the bowl game.
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dustym85
July 27th, 2009
1:14 pm
just to add more proof of the SEC vs ACC arguement, since 2000 the SEC is 42-26 against the ACC overall. Hmmm….
Rick
July 27th, 2009
1:41 pm
As a college football fan, I am glad we have the kickoff game in the dome. I will watch any football game.
ExecutiveStinger
July 27th, 2009
1:51 pm
Yes Long Dawg, and what ACC team crushed UGA?
Too Easy
July 27th, 2009
3:31 pm
E Stinger: No ACC team crushed GA. 2 good offenses against 2 bad defenses, and a pick-6 makes the difference in who wins by 3.
dustym85: I bet your totals include the bowls, unlike idiotm’s.
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Sanford Drive
July 27th, 2009
3:38 pm
Why are we even talking about ACC vs SEC? No rational human-being would rank the ACC ahead of the SEC in football.
Too Easy
July 27th, 2009
3:52 pm
Saw that Dwyer is preseason acc player of the year. Wonder how important the gt’ers think that is – since the Dawgs caught so much grief about what polls said about them last preseason. Can he live up to the hype (although I’m sure it’s not seen as hype on North Ave.)?
Nick
July 27th, 2009
4:34 pm
How quickly GT fans what happened to them in the bowl game last year. Just so you recall, LSU (an SEC team) kicked the sh*t out of the Jackets. And congrats on beating UGA in a fluke game last year to run your record to 1-7 since 2001. That’s mighty impressive. And more congrats on the big win over SEC powerhouse Miss St. That must have made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But the highlight of the season must have been that 3pt beatdown of Gardner Webb.
If anyone thinks that the ACC holds a candle to the SEC they simply don’t know football. Better athletes + better coaches + better facilities + bigger (and full) stadiums + more tradition + better recruiting + bigger fan bases = Better Programs… Bottom line
Island Dawg
July 27th, 2009
4:46 pm
Nick, couldn’t have said it any better, my man.
Tide Rising
July 27th, 2009
4:50 pm
LSU- UNC sounds like an awesome matchup.
But I think that either VT needs to win this year or UNC needs to win next year or at least avoid getting blown out in order to keep the acc-sec matchups going.
LSU has had a well documented history of blowing out acc opponents. Not just GT last year but they pounded VT 48-7 in 2007 and UGA also pounded perennial ACC champ VT in a bowl game in 06 I think it was.
Of the 6 SEC wins over the ACC last year all of them except for Vandy’s 2 point bowl win over ACC runner up BC were by blowout scores of 23, 24, 31, 34, and 35 point margins. The acc did eke out 3 close wins by 1,2, and 3 points, 2 medium wins by 12 and 14 pts, and one blowout win with GT beating perennial sec doormat MISS St by 35-3.
The SEC outscored the ACC by 119 points overall so although the games were tied 6-6 statistically it was domination by the SEC.
Bottom line: The ACC needs to step up and win either the VT-BAMA game or the LSU-UNC game or at least be competitive and lose a close game They can’t keep getting buttkickings in the premiere matchups between the 2 conferences. Nobody much cares about when GT beats MISS ST or Vandy. They want to see the ACC win against one of the sec big boys at least once in a blue moon.
JMac12203
July 27th, 2009
4:55 pm
Yawn, another glorified Chic-fil-a bowl. If they want to eventually be part of the BCS, they need to schedule BIG intersectional games. Instead of a snoozer like LSU steamrolling North Carolina, put in a call to USC WEST, and offer a match-up between the mighty Trojans and the upper crust of the SEC, Florida, LSU, or Alabama. Now you are talking football!!!
Worth Repeating
July 27th, 2009
5:09 pm
THERE WERE MORE FANS AT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SPRING GAME THAN AT THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
Tide Rising
July 27th, 2009
5:16 pm
Worth repeating,
I don’t know if what you just stated was in jest or a true statement. If it was true I would be mildly surprised.
If you took the ACC title game and moved it to Atlanta it still wouldn’t sell out.
If you took the SEC title game and moved it to the Mongolia it would still be a sell out. The patrons would just be eating yak dogs instead of hot dogs at the game.
Long Dawg
July 27th, 2009
5:17 pm
Notice how M turns into ACC and Overated when he gets called out for his GT logic…. 1 win makes a trend, don’t count bowl games, count the bottom 4 but not the top 4. Resorts to name calling when his distorted logic is exposed (red necks, mutts etc). A really classy example of a Tech fan not an ACC fan. Real ACC fans have more class.
Hal Wilson
July 27th, 2009
5:35 pm
TIde Rising, would the fans smell like yak dogs or would they continue to smell like corndogs?
Tide Rising
July 27th, 2009
5:55 pm
Hal,
They would smell like yaks, the strong, musty odor of a Central Asian steppe yak. They could also get yak milk, yak cheese, etc.
Gen Neyland
July 27th, 2009
5:58 pm
ACC Fan(s) : Can we just cut to the chase and give LSU a 1-0 start to the 2010 season..?
obamaizasocialistliar
July 27th, 2009
6:06 pm
overrated,should’t you be in the kitchen fixin’ supper or ironin’ some clothes or somethin’ !!! YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT HERE,MEN ARE TALKIN’ FOOTBALL B-OTCHA’ !!!
dustym85
July 27th, 2009
6:44 pm
last i checked the chik fil a bowl was always advertised as acc vs sec. sure bowl games don’t count?
hedgepruner
July 27th, 2009
8:18 pm
CKDawg65 “dumbass” you are so caught up in the SEC myth that you just make comments without really knowing the facts about our game with Gardner Webb last year, first of all Nesbitt our QB who thrashed your inferior defense last year in athens was on the sidlines and our backup QB Jaybo Shaw who lit up Miss St was contained by GW defense that was matched against a offensive line that had 3 starters out, but we still got the win, it kinda reminded me of the game uga won against South Florida a few years back when they intercepted a pass in the end zone to preserve a win, you hydrant humpers need to pay more attention before running that big mouth, looking sooooooooooooo forward to spanking that ass again in Atlanta, Paul Johnson is going to start a streak that only Bobby Dodd would be proud of
45-42 THWG
The Blog Referee
July 27th, 2009
8:20 pm
“obamaiza”,
Please keep the politics and profanity off Mr. CFB’s blog. This is where fanatics come to discuss college football, not the recession, not healthcare, not political philosophy, and surely not sexism, racism or socialism. Please respect the few rules we have on our happy little island, or be voted off it.
The Ref
white and gold
July 27th, 2009
8:56 pm
hedgeprunner,
Jaybo didn’t take one snap in the GW game last year. So I have no idea why you even mentioned his name in that game. Calvin Booker played that entire game and had a really bad game against that team. If it wasn’t for a blocked FG, we would have lost that game.
As far as the UGA Tech rivalry goes, Tech is still UGA’s red headed step child until a winning streak bigger than one win can happen.
Really looking forward to the game down in Atlanta this fall.
Go Jackets!
white and gold
July 27th, 2009
9:06 pm
As far as most UGA fans yapping about the LSU game in the dome, it was quite simple: Jim Mora Sr said it best.
We couldn’t pass, couldn’t run the ball, we sucked, we sucked! We did diddly poo, and the quote goes on and on.
LSU had bigger, faster, stronger defenders that easily defended the option. As far as the ACC goes, we can’t compete on a national level yet, but the balance is nice, but the SEC is obliviously the top dog and I hope VT takes down the Tide, but than looses a game in the future of their schedule.
long dawg
July 27th, 2009
9:06 pm
god and greyhound, you too thin skinned to count bowl games? Why not just drop night games. Or in tech’s case don’t count any home game loss that is not a sell out then you’d never lose a home game. Ha, you are a pu$$y. Tech got crushed 38 to 3 by an LSU team that won 7 games. 38 to 3 by an SEC team that lost to Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss. No wonder you don’t want to count it.
UNC vs. LSU at the Georgia Dome in 2010 | Baseball Blog
July 27th, 2009
10:29 pm
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Chuck Uga
July 27th, 2009
10:55 pm
There is not one comment worth reading from an ACC fan on this blog, so I gave up halfway down page one.
As far as UNC, Butch Davis will beat the hell out of Tech again and probably will upset Va Tech if the game is at UNC. We will see. UNC is destined to be a regular ACC power now that they have a superior coach and are keeping the NC kids at home (instead of losing them to frauds like UT and Clemson). UNC and LSU will be an UNBELIEVABLE matchup. Can’t wait to see that one!
Chuck Uga
July 27th, 2009
11:00 pm
For all you techies that ONLY list “45-42″ in your post, keep in mind UGA GAVE YOU THE GAME within 3 minutes of the third quarter on turnovers. You never stopped the UGA offense, and it is highly unlikely you will stop it this season with that swiss cheese D you run. The difference will be a pissed off UGA team playing a disciplined, assignment D that will shut you down like you had been in the first half of last year’s game. Go ahead and giggle over your prospects, because this UGA team will be as strong as any Mark Richt has fielded. Even my three-year old daughter could gain 100 yards behind this year’s O-Line when they face that undersized Tech D-line.
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July 28th, 2009
2:14 am
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Tiger in AZ
July 28th, 2009
11:18 am
“you would probably have noted that the sec is a top heavy conference with floriduh and the 11 dwarfs” Really? Really?
I love having the last 3 National Champs by Florida and one of the dwarfs, who also won it in ‘03. If the other SEC teams are all dwarfs, why do we have the best BCS record among all conferences (overall 12-5 record for.706 winning percentage including 5-0 title games) and national titles by 3 different schools LSU (2) Florida (2) and Tennesse? Wasn’t LSU the 1st (2 time BCS Champion while Florida became the second one?
Shaddup all you haters and man up.
CPT
July 28th, 2009
11:48 am
Good point Tiger in AZ.
What about overall teams even making it to the BCS? What conference has put the most teams in to BCS games? I am pretty sure it is not the ACC. The SEC usually lands 2 teams in the BCS games with one in the Championship game. So basically one of the 11 Dwarfs is usually right behind whichever SEC team is playing for a National Title.
and just so we are clear, in college football, with no playoff system, every game counts from opening weekend to the BCS Championship as teams jockey for final standings.
Pi$$onaDawg
July 28th, 2009
2:33 pm
do you know why tony ain’t published everyday in the AJC? My bird don’t sh*t that much to need to replace the paper at the bottom of his cage.
whitebean2
July 29th, 2009
8:07 am
ACC what a joke. Anyone recall the score of the LSU Ga Tech last year? I didn’t think so.
LSU wins the SEC West this year, beats fla in a close SEC championship,then whips the sh*t out of Texas in the BCS Championship
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July 29th, 2009
9:29 am
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July 29th, 2009
3:20 pm
[...] pretty much official: UNC and LSU have agreed to meet at the Georgia Dome to open the 2010 season, the third year in a row the an ACC and SEC team will face off in Atlanta [...]
An Actual College Graduate
July 30th, 2009
3:01 pm
Funny how people talk about Va Tech getting blasted by LSU and then winning the ACC, but they forget that LSU went to Blacksburg in the first game of that series and lost by 3TDs. UNC v LSU will be a matchup of a world class university who fields a good football team against a professional football program attached to a community college. The funny thing is, UNC will still win the game.
Rosalie
August 31st, 2009
9:40 am
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10:08 am
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