ACC non-con football musings
Much has been made of the ACC’s inability to win big bowl games, i.e. BCS, of late. Only Virginia Tech has cracked that nut, and it came last year against a Cincinnati team that, while good, wasn’t particularly memorable.
This poor showing has also been a point of discussion in regard to the ACC’s overall strength as a conference. SEC’ers point to national championships won. Big 12′ers point to the same, as well as appearances in the big game, as well as appearances in other BCS games. The Pac-10 hangs its hat on USC, and that’s about all it has to offer. The Big 10, well, that’s a long, slow, dull story.
So, I thought it’d be fun to take a look at some of this season’s non-conference games.
9/3: South Carolina vs. N.C. State. Tom O’Brien has the Wolfpack on the rise. Is this the year that Stephen Garcia finally figures out Spurrier’s offense?
9/5: Maryland at California. This game was a stunner last year, with Maryland thumping the Bears (back to the USC thing above).
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech. Whoa Nellie. This game will show which team is for real this year.
9/12: North Carolina at Connecticut. Don’t laugh. UConn had about a half-dozen players drafted by NFL teams in April.
9/19: Duke at Kansas. This game is on here only because it’ll be a good measuring stick for Dookies to see how much farther they need to go to become a middle-of-the-road team.
Florida State at BYU. Are the ‘Noles back? This game will show if their defense is, at least.
Nebraska at Virginia Tech. The Hokies’ ambitious scheduling continues.
9/26: South Florida at Florida State. How sad is it that this game is no longer a gimme for Bowden?
10/3: Oklahoma at Miami. The Sooners don’t have the best reputation in big games on the road.
10/24: Boston College at Notre Dame. BC is in a rebuilding year, while Notre Dame is allegedly loaded this year.
11/28: Florida State at Florida. Speed bump on the Gators’ road to another title, or a National Lampoon Vacation-like “Road block” sign.
Georgia at Georgia Tech. I’ll let yall make the comments about this one.
In other news, Gomez, McDowell and Spratlin all won in tennis yesterday, while Deck lost his first game of the year in baseball.
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RAMBLE ON!!!
May 21st, 2009
8:49 am
The ACC will win all Non Conference Games with the exception of Miami-Olk.
I see GT beating UGAg the worst out of all of them. 56-18 Roddy Jones only rushes for 13.4 yards per carry this year.
GT Student
May 21st, 2009
9:07 am
There is a heading at the top of the page called “Tech”. Probably stands for “Write a blog about Tech, because there is enough stuff out there about everyone else.”
Oh and on the side of this page: “About Tech
A beat writer’s perspective on Georgia Tech sports.”
Two sentences in this post about Tech.
Yet another great blog, Dawg.
Saint Simons
May 21st, 2009
9:09 am
45-42!!!!!!!! hahahahahaahahahhahahhahahh
Reality Check GT
May 21st, 2009
9:23 am
Not an ACC fan. But I think they will do a little better this year. They are becoming better and better, top tier conference? Not yet. But who is to say they won’t be with teams like Miami, FSU, V tech, and maybe GT if they continue to improve under Johnson. I personally hope they go winless, but I am biased. They are not taken seriously because like the article says… They can’t win a big bowl, they had an awful bowl season last year actually. Aside from V tech beating Cincy. WOW Cincy in a BCS game! Other than that they had a dismal season.
GO DAWGS!!!
Hey Reality
May 21st, 2009
10:07 am
SEC was 7-5 vs ACC last year. Not that big of a gap my friend. As dominant as you think your Dawgs are they lost to an ACC school so what trash talk is there to be had from your angle? Is this STILL about the past? Too bad Joe Cox is now at the helm and Knowshow and Staffy left y’all…hahaha! Momass was amazing as well…you guys will miss him dearly. Good luck this year. I wouldn’t continue to pound my chest and boast about my team until november if i were you…might be a long year for your puppies starting with a blow out loss to OK State.
RAMBLE ON!!!
May 21st, 2009
10:18 am
ACC vs SEC was 6-6
The Tech Beat Writer Graduated from UGA
May 21st, 2009
10:32 am
And he agrees with the Dawg fans…..
Tech Sux!
To Reality
May 21st, 2009
10:34 am
Wake beats Ole Miss….Ole Miss beats the National Champs…
Hmmmmm…interesting….
m
May 21st, 2009
10:47 am
Why did you leave Tech-Miss St. and Tech-Vandy off your list. You and your sec fools always tell us how tough all these sec teams are and you leave them off your blog? Very telling.
hey reality…you really must be an sec fan since you can’t count…the might sec went 6-6 with the pitiful acc…how did that happen?
old gold engineer
May 21st, 2009
11:09 am
Doug, Striplin is the tennis player that advanced. I believe ACC football has improved significantly over the last couple of years due in large part to coaching upgrades. That’s a pretty stout OOC slate for the conference. Until VT erases the memory of their recent debacles versus LSU and USC, I don’t expect much from them. Miami is probably not quite ready for the likes of Oklahoma. I believe FSU is a little ahead of Miami but nowhere near their form of a few years ago.
Reality Check GT
May 21st, 2009
11:22 am
take it easy with the inferiority complex guys…
2008 Bowls…
Acc
Win WF over Navy. Wow Navy
Loss UNC to West VA
Win FSU over Wisconsin
Loss Miami to Cal
Loss NC State to powerhouse Rutgers
Win Maryland squeaks one out over Nevada
Loss Clemson to Nebraska
Win Va Tech over the studs from Cincy!
Sec
Win Vandy over Acc #2 BC. Yes Vandy over BC
Win LSU over GT. We all know what happened there
Loss SC to Iowa in a game they never should have been in.
Win UGA over Mich St
Win Ole Miss over Texas T
Win Kentucky over ECU
Loss Alabama to Utah. Embarrassing
Win BCSNC Fl over Oklahoma
Seems to me the numbers and caliber of opponents speaks for itself. Really… Is there still an argument?
Doug Roberson
May 21st, 2009
11:31 am
My apologies to Striplin, or Luna, as I believe she’s called. I was typing too fast this morning in a hurry to get the post up early.
For those who have asked why the blog isn’t updated everyday, I’ve tried to come up with some interesting topics that will engage you. Most of you have said repeatedly that you are only interested in football. Since football season won’t start again until August, I’ve tried to sprinkle some football in with topics from what has been a pretty interesting spring season for Tech. The Jackets still has several possibilities for national titles.
Recruiting is covered very well in another blog on the site.
You want to discuss something specific, or have a topic that you think folks will enjoy debating, email it to me and I’ll blog about it.
Sound good?
Huh?
May 21st, 2009
11:34 am
Whine, whine, whine. Cry, cry, cry. That’s all the Techies know how to do. Just be grateful Roberson is even talking about your little irrelevant football program. I can assure you that no one else is. Good day.
Phil McCrotch
May 21st, 2009
12:16 pm
“Just be grateful Roberson is even talking about your little irrelevant football program”
Yet as irrelevant as you say tech is you CONTINUE to come on these boards like a playground bully. And it’s not just once in a while, but EVERY BLOG!! Really, get a life. Your are embarrassing yourself little girl.
Phil McCrotch
May 21st, 2009
12:18 pm
and before the grammar nazi’s come out I will correct my typo. “You are” not “Your are”.
Phil McCrotch
May 21st, 2009
12:20 pm
pardon me. “You are” not “Your are”
Phil McCrotch
May 21st, 2009
12:22 pm
Didn’t think the first grammar apology posted. I’ll stop now.
TechDan
May 21st, 2009
12:29 pm
heheh. Huh? If Tech’s football team is irrelevant, then what does that say about your loser Dawgs?
Reality Check GT
May 21st, 2009
12:38 pm
what about the sorry A$$ bowl record guys. the ACC is garbage and if you can’t admit it you are dreaming. look at the numbers.
To Reality
May 21st, 2009
12:48 pm
We get it dude…you love the Dawgs and hate Tech. You hate the ACC and love the SEC. ACC sucks. Georgia is the greatest team in the world and Tech sucks. Did I cover everything? Can you leave now?
Reality Check GT
May 21st, 2009
12:49 pm
what about the sorry a$$ bowl record!!!???.. ACC blows and you are blind if you can’t see it.
To Huh
May 21st, 2009
12:49 pm
We understand you hate Tech and love Georgia. What more is there to say? Can you leave now as well or will you continue to obsess over us after the loss last november?
Reality Check GT
May 21st, 2009
12:49 pm
I didn’t write that second post.
gt_blume
May 21st, 2009
12:58 pm
Ramble on – How is UGA going to score 18? 6 FGs? 2 TDs and 2 safeties? At least pick a realistic score. 9 safeties? 3 TDs but no extra points? Math is suppossed to be our strong suit!
jacketbacker
May 21st, 2009
12:59 pm
NFL scouts don’t think the ACC is garbage!….any of you SEC retards catch the last few NFL dratfs??…..oh, by the way….45-42!!!!!!!!!!!!
THWG
BLAZER
May 21st, 2009
1:20 pm
GEEZ-THE 45-42 IS STILL A PAIN IN THEIR SIDE!! IRRELEVANT I GUESS!!
NOPE BECAUSE IT STILL FEELS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!
ShutUpMutt
May 21st, 2009
1:27 pm
Georgia Tech embarrassed the mutts in their own house and if you butt-sniffers had half of a brain, you’d put your foot back in your mouth until you prove you can back up those pre-season polls.
ShutUpMutt
May 21st, 2009
1:31 pm
gt_blume,
LOL
BLAZER
May 21st, 2009
1:31 pm
GT BLUME-1TD ONE FG ANOTHER TD AND TWO POINT CONVERSION
18 STILL WOULDN’T COVER THE 56 RAMBLE ONE SAYS WE WILL GET
56-18 WOULD BE GREAT!! 45-42 WAS!!
RAMBLE ON!!!
May 21st, 2009
1:47 pm
gt_blume, my crystal ball doesn’t show me how, just the score board at the end.
I was worried last year, I knew we won but the score wasn’t clear. It wasn’t till the end of the game when I realized how fast the UGAgers turned the scoreboard off when it all made sense.
I figured our 3rd string defense will give up a late TD and 2pt. conversion.
Hey Doug thanks for the thoughts.
It's DAWG Roberson Biaaaaatch!
May 21st, 2009
1:53 pm
Go Dawgs! That’s where I graduated from Fools!
HAHAHA!
old gold engineer
May 21st, 2009
2:04 pm
Doug, I appreciate your efforts. Regarding topic ideas, would you inquire about any explanation for Amanda McDowell’s slide in the tennis rankings this year. How do you go from NCAA champion to unseeded?
Huh?
May 21st, 2009
2:27 pm
Its real easy to talk a big game about backing up preseason polls when your pile of crap football team is NEVER in one. The Techies are always running their big mouths from the cheap seats. What a terribly pathetic sight.
Baba O'Riley
May 21st, 2009
2:37 pm
Terribly pathetic sight is that you are on the Tech boards AGAIN. 31-3 at half and all the fans wearing black Wal-Mart sweatshirts with head in hands was also pathetic. Any truth to the rumor that Cops is filming in Athens this week?
Huh?
May 21st, 2009
2:43 pm
“Terribly pathetic sight is that you are on the Tech boards AGAIN.”
This blog is about ACC football and the first 3 posts are about UGA. Go figure eh Techie? The day that Techies can discuss their own football team without bringing up UGA in every other sentence is the day that you will never hear from me again. Good luck with that pal.
Techies, did Vandy all of the sudden become relevant when they got a fluke win against us a couple of years ago? The answer is no. They are still Vandy. They didn’t prance around like a bunch of idiots claiming they were god’s gift to football. They didn’t give out rings and put “24-22″ on them. They didn’t post “24-22″ all over the internet. They didn’t claim to own UGA football because of this one victory. They didn’t do any of these things because they aren’t pathetically desperate for respect and recognition like yourselves. Imagine that Techies, even freakin’ Vandy has higher standards than you clowns. If Georgia Tech football is so relevant, why are you always crying like little girls because the hometown paper doesn’t write enough about your team? If Georgia Tech is so relevant, what is with all those empty seats I see during all those many noon games on Raycom Sports? It just doesn’t add up. Good day.
obvious
May 21st, 2009
2:44 pm
to Huh? – I guess you never learned to read.. CURRENT PRESEASON POLL:
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=898567
Huh?
May 21st, 2009
2:51 pm
I obviously was not talking about CURRENT PRESEASON POLLS since Georgia Tech has done absolutely jack squat to “back up” that ranking yet. Since you’re so smart I’ve got a little homework lesson for you. Go find the last time Georgia Tech was a) ranked in a preseason poll and b) met or exceeded that ranking at the end of the season. Here’s a hint: You’re going to have to go way way way back to find it because it almost NEVER freaking happens. Yet here the Techies are running their big fat mouths about backing up preseason polls. Simply unbelievable.
obvious
May 21st, 2009
2:53 pm
as my name states – a) now b) last year
man you are stupid
Alabama Jack
May 21st, 2009
2:56 pm
dawg fans suck
RAMBLE ON!!!
May 21st, 2009
2:59 pm
That’s only one poll, oops
http://cfn.scout.com/2/834169.html
…is that another poll?
Huh?
May 21st, 2009
3:07 pm
Georgia Tech was not ranked in a preseason poll last year Captain Illiterate. What part of “ranked in a preseason poll” is so difficult to understand Mr. Obvious? Yes, Georgia Tech had absurdly low expectations last year (nothing new about that) and exceeded them. That hardly gives you license to run your mouths about backing up preseason polls. First you have to actually be in one and then meet that expectation or exceed it in the same season. Again I ask when was the last time Georgia Tech did this? Most of us probably weren’t even born.
obvious
May 21st, 2009
3:10 pm
yeah.. unlike you.. i can read… i’m as dumb as you because im sitting here trying to explain this to you, a brick wall
here is 2008, rankings:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/specials/preview/2008/08/05/rankings0811/
there we are RANKED at #80.. we finished much higher.. in case you didn’t know
GT GRAD
May 21st, 2009
3:11 pm
One very biased ACC fan’s opinion:
GT Football and ACC Football is on the rise…….recognition from the media and many of the very biased “sports reporters” will be slow to catch up with reality.
I will admit the ACC has not had any solid Top 10 teams in the past few years. Regardless of this fact, the ACC has still been the #1 or #2 conference in college football (based on top to bottom rankings – including all teams in the various conferences) for the past 3 years. Hopefully, the ACC can maintain the quality (top to bottom) and have 2 teams earn spots in the Top 10; this way the media bias will not matter any longer because the ACC dominance will be to obvious to ignore!
The ACC compares favorably against all of the other conferences based on the out of conference strength of schedules, actual head-to-head results, NFL draft history, coaching and power rankings (top-to-bottom). The ACC is lacking in BCS bowl victories, overall bowl record past two years (6-12 bowl record the past 2 years), Top 10 teams and media bias (all ACC teams are consistently ranked lower than they deserve due to the strong media bias). For the record, the ACC also had a 25-16 bowl record from 2001-2006 (better than any other conference for this period) & the ACC has the second best all-time bowl record of all conferences (0.525 winning percentage). SEC all-time is #1 with a 0.534 winning percentage. Times are changing……..with a little more success on the football field, maybe the ACC teams will benefit from a positive media bias for the next 10-15 years!
I sure hope GT becomes a perennial Top 10 team!
Big Bee
May 21st, 2009
3:14 pm
HUH, what do you mean, whine, whine, whine? All you have done is whine since the numbers 45-42 were posted. You just cannot get over it can you crybaby?
Doug Roberson
May 21st, 2009
3:28 pm
Old Gold: McDowell became an unseeded player because of two reasons: her dual meet record this season wasn’t very good. she lost 10 of her first 12 matches, or 9 of 11, something like that. She and her coach said he was pressing. Because of her poor start, she was dropped to play 2 and 3 singles. She started winning again, but because she was playing and beating opponents who weren’t ranked as high as when she was playing 1s, her ranking began to slide.
techies are garbage
May 21st, 2009
3:39 pm
All you nerds do is hang your hat on the score from last year. Tell me the other scores from the past 7 years ……….. oh i guess you just wanted to erase those from your memories!!! ACC STANDS FOR ALMOST a COLLEGE CONFRENCE!!!! Dont brag cause your OCS has Miss State and Vandy. Play Bama, Florida, LSU.. o wait you did and got your rearends thumped up and down northside drive!!! Why dont you nerds tell me the score to that game? O well Paul Johnson likes lil boys!!!
PEACE IM OUT GO DAWGS!!
Ga Heel
May 21st, 2009
3:44 pm
Hey Tech..28-7
Hey Huh?
May 21st, 2009
3:50 pm
Sad sad life you lead. You spend the majority of your time trolling Tech’s(the team you hate) Blog ….think about that…you hate a college so much you devote all of your time to hating them and apparently reading about them and what their fans are saying….kind of obsessive don’t you think?…. I’ll give it to ya there are other tech fans on here about as bright and clever as you (m and saint simons) but i still must say you take the cake my friend. i gotta know why you come to the tech blog every day? help me understand? do you want us to know just how much you like georgia? do you want us to know just how much you hate tech…cause i promise at this point we get it lil’ buddy… we understand you don’t like us and that you think the SEC and georgia are the best things since sliced bread…. should we give you a medal? a cookie? what do you want us to do here buddy? should we cry when you rip on tech? shgould we bow down to your tough interet guy blogger skills…know who else is tough on a blog…my freakin grandma .. we all understand you love your dawgs and hate tech…there’s not much more to say is there?….no one is going to agree with you here so unless you love arguing what’s the point? are you bored with your life? WE GET IT! YOU LOVE THE DAWGS! Go tell your fellow UGA bloggers all about it….ON THE UGA BLOG
Baba O'Riley
May 21st, 2009
3:54 pm
There goes another Dawg fan that pretends to be a fan of another team. What a shame. UGA didn’t beat Tech last year so they have to pretend to be a team that beat Tech. We’ve had a fake LSU and UNC fan now. Whaer’s the “UVa fan”?
Baba O'Riley
May 21st, 2009
3:55 pm
Where’s
techies are garbage
May 21st, 2009
4:07 pm
Hey go to the Georgia blog and see how many nerds are getting there say in. Im just tired of seeing the score and hearing all the nerds claim ther the best thing cause they won one game against UGA since the millinium started!! I also dont think that the ACC is anywhere close to the level of the SEC BIG 12 OR PAC 10. I will give you the CONFERENCE USA and maybe the WAC!!! Hell a real ACC school hasent won the ACC, since bringing over schools from the BIG EAST, they make the ACC. So dont talk about how high and mighty you nerds are, and backing up preseason rankings until you get a ranking better then 80th PAUL JONHSON STILL LIKES LIL BOYS!!!!! PEACE IM OUT GO DAWGS!!!!
obvious
May 21st, 2009
4:12 pm
“Hey go to the Georgia blog…” – i quit reading right there
Money Train
May 21st, 2009
4:16 pm
Here’s the reality about conferences…
football fan
May 21st, 2009
4:29 pm
Enter your comments here
UVA fan
May 21st, 2009
4:39 pm
Hey, Baba, you asked “Whaer’s the “UVa fan”?”
Whaer’s?????? To borrow a line from Saint Simons…….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Maddog
May 21st, 2009
4:42 pm
Baba – you make comments about “Cops” filming in Athens? And you’re based out of Atlanta? Now THAT’S hilarious.
obvious
May 21st, 2009
4:54 pm
typos are hilarious
Jackets21
May 21st, 2009
8:19 pm
Same crap, different day at the AJC blogs. Don’t you guys get tired of this mess? These arguments have been the same since the end of bowl season.
Doug,
How about catching up with Nesbitt, Dwyer, or D Thomas, and asking about what they will be doing to improve over the summer? How about getting with Ciano and asking about who is improving the most during weight training? How about an interview with Giff and have him describe how the DL will respond with so many new faces? How about interviewing Sewak and getting an in depth article on our blocking techniques? These are all off the top of my head, and would take 20 minutes of your time to research.
I know this isn’t your only assignment, but this has been a horrible blog since you started it. I know it is baseball season, and football info is slow, but have some pride man.. if that idiot Heather Dinich can come up with some solid info on GT from Washington DC, what is stopping you here in Atlanta?
I don’t care that you are a UGA grad. I do care that this blog has fallen off a cliff since our last beat writers left.
Biff Pocoroba
May 21st, 2009
8:30 pm
Can you interview Danny Hall and ask him if he gets embarassed choking in the post season year after year even though 1/3 of the team gets drafted in the MLB draft. Ask him if he has ever thought about teaching fundamentals rather than swinging as hard as you can at every pitch and chasing after pitches 3 feet out of the strike zone. Danny is the Chan Gailey of baseball. Good talent but choke at the end and watch Georgia have a better season.
Boss Hogg
May 21st, 2009
9:05 pm
Huh? you stupid moron. Thanks for bringing up the Vandy game from 2006. If your pea brain remembers, in 2007, UGA kicked a field goal to win at the end & UGA acted like they had won the SEC by stomping on the Vandy logo. That was only exceeded by rushing the end zone when Noshow scored vs UF in 2007. I guess that running into the end zone & having “blackouts” won’t be happening any time soon.
hah
May 21st, 2009
9:15 pm
Lmao.. Just like after thanksgivng.. No dog crap around to be found
Come on AJC???
May 21st, 2009
9:57 pm
No mention of Tech playing three mighty SEC teams?
@ least pretend to be Tech’s home town paper.
macrotech
May 21st, 2009
10:27 pm
techies are garbage, i would like to extend an apology to the hell that you’ve aquired from HAVING to read ALL those nasty Tech statements on the uga blogs. This is an atrocity to all reasonable people! I believe that congress needs to get involved and do something about all of the ugly and disparaging remarks! Your thoughts are valued by ANY reasonable person considering ALL the logic that you laid out before those of us, fortunate enough, to read your poetic wisdom. As a Tech fan, i must confess that the constant reminder of the most recent game between your mutts and our Yellow Jackets CAN be juvenile and redundant….HOWEVER, i KNOW you’re full aware of what it means to have bragging rights. I believe you said, “cause they won one game against UGA since the millinium started”. YOUR TEAM LOST AND NOW YOU MUST SUCK IT UP AND TAKE IT! Or, just skip past those blogs and get that blood pressure back down. I hope this has helped…even in it’s smallest of measure ;0). Tech ALREADY has a preseason ranking better than 80 and we’ll work our darndest to add ANOTHER year to your misery! Your leg humpers have been sent back to the porch and have, for THIS year, gone back to pissin’ like puppies! GO TECH!!!
ACC vs SEC
May 22nd, 2009
9:00 am
Okay. Just the facts here. ACC went 15-8 vs BCS+ND last year during the regular season. SEC went 6-9 (oh my Lord! It can’t be that the most powerful conference ever to exist had a LOSING record!). ACC was 6-4 vs the SEC. Bowl season was a different story, and I’ll be the first to admit that the ACC needs to step up during the post season the way the SEC does. SEC 2-0 vs ACC and ACC goes 4-6. Now, ACC did have 10 teams in… People like to bring up Vandy beating BC (ACC runner up, right?) but forget about DUKE beating Vandy AT Vandy. They bring up Bama Clemson but forget Clemson was in the bottom third of the ACC last year when it was said and done. They bring up LSU/GT and Ole Miss/TT but forget that same GT team beat UGAy and Wake beat Ole Miss. Bowl season is important, and I hope the ACC improves. But the regular season means something, too (UT/Wyoming? LSU/Troy?- man the SEC is always dominant!), and the ACC isn’t nearly as “irrelevent” as you may think.
techies are garbage
May 22nd, 2009
9:30 am
Hey macro tech thanks for a reasonable post you are right I/we need to suck it up we lost and we lost the bragging rights for that year. But least we forget about the past few years as some of my florida fans would say. I dont hate the techies as much as florida, or tennesse, or bama, I would love to see the tech Georgia game become a decider at the end of the year for a NC or possibly to grab a better bowl birth. And now to ACC vs. SEC tell me when an outright ACC team has won the conference, not a former BIG EAST school. You trow out some of our weak OCC games , but what about ARK playing USC ( getting blown out though) UT playing UCLA, UGA going to ASU / OSU. I mean at least we (sec) schedule teams not like a few teams i read about.
hey techies are garbage
May 22nd, 2009
12:02 pm
nice name by the way…tell us how you really feel. and if you do feel we’re “garbage” why are you spending so much of your time on our blog talking to “garbage”? sec and acc were evenly matched head to head last year…does that make sense to you? you’re conference is top heavy and the rest is pretty even my friend….examples…vandy (lost to duke), ole miss (lost to wake), south carolina (destroyed by clemson), miss st. lost to tech, uga (gave up 400 rushing yards in a loss to tech)…then you got a team like bama who blows the doors off UGA and gets manhandled by Utah???! please stop with the “SEC is GOD and the ACC sucks” crap. it’s not so true anymore….
acc vs. sec head to head record in 2008 regular season
6-6
tell me again what your point was?
Brewer
May 22nd, 2009
12:12 pm
I think GT should work to schedule “Big Name” school with lots of PR and media attention but actually stink (like the entire PAC). UGA vs ASU was beautiful. They smacked around a grossly overrated ASU team, so they got double the glory for half the work. D-Rad should take notes, but unfortunately we’re still stuck playing out Chan’s schedule (Jacksonville St again…).
UGA posters: I wouldn’t be barking so loud and trashing your instate rivals so bad. CPJ’s offense was running half arsed last year in Athens and still put 5 TDs on Willie’s D, doing most of the damage in one quarter. Every aspect of that offense was significantly better this spring and will continue to improve under Johnson’s close watch. I don’t see where UGA’s defense has improved any. And please don’t bark back about any DEs being better. On a lot of the option plays the DE is unblocked and unless the QB blows the read, he is a useless defender on the play.
RT
May 22nd, 2009
12:18 pm
The ACC is percieved as a weaker conference and, since part of the BCS is a poplularity contest influenced by the bias of individuals, perception=reality. Therefore it is imperative that our out of conference schedule includes tough, nationally recognized teams. J-state, Miss-St. and Vandy do not fit the bill. I heard that we’ve also added Georgia Southern sometime after next season. This schedule will NOT get us into the BCS discussion. We need to play more teams like Georgia, ND (they don’t need to be good they are ND)or some big name wannabe’s from out west like BYU, UCLA, etc.
Big GT Fan
May 22nd, 2009
1:29 pm
Hey GT Student. If you’re actually a tech fan you should be interested in all your ACC opponents’ game lineups as well. So shut up and have fun in your dorm room during the season.
To all annoying UGA fans and Tech fans alike
May 22nd, 2009
1:38 pm
I have an urgent and extremely important message….
IT’S TIME TO GET DRUNK! LONG WEEKEND BABY! HELL YEA!!!!!
DRINK, GRILL, REPEAT….
John Daly
May 22nd, 2009
2:31 pm
The players in the SEC don’t have the academics to get into ACC schools, so SEC can select from a larger pool of athletes.
tech duh
May 22nd, 2009
3:02 pm
UGA stop talking in 189 days your allowed to talk trash but until then your coach hasnt beaten ours and until then ….
nolefan
May 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
it wasn’t but five years ago that tha acc champ (fsu)beat the sec champ (florida) evry year things change rather quickly dont count youre chickens before youre eggs hatch
10 types of people in the word...
May 22nd, 2009
5:40 pm
00101101 – 00101010
Canefan4life
May 22nd, 2009
6:08 pm
Crazy!!! This may be a little off subject but ACC championship?? Canes have had top 10 recruiting year the last 2 years and we saw what ALL those FrR. did last year…Sick of people not giving them the respect they WILL earn this year…Watch out all you GT, FSU, OKIE, and VT fans because with the hardest schedule on D1 we will overcome and be the university that brought fear to opponents hearts then and now NOW!!!!!!!!!
John Daly
May 22nd, 2009
6:39 pm
Miami is just a minimum security facility for smokers and pokers.
Steve Maguigan
May 22nd, 2009
7:03 pm
I admit that I am late with this response to old gold engineer, and I admit that we were clobbered by LSU, but if memory serves we last played USC in the season opener and lost 24-13 to a very good team. Maybe what old MOLD Engineer was thinking about the debacle our neighbors to the northeast suffered at the hands of the Trojans. Please before you totally embarrass yourself again their as at least as much difference between a Hokie and ‘Hoo as between a Bulldog and a Wreck!
I know, I know… you’re going to say don’t confuse me with the facts, I have already made up my mind. But it’s such a SMALL mind to remake!!
Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi!!!!
Tokyo jacket
May 23rd, 2009
12:04 am
Steve, you’re right on. VT was on track to beat USC and then got hosed by a mega-BS 15 yarder (think Taylor’s late hit on Taylor this year or Travares Tillman pass interference on Heins Ward for the old schoolers). VT played a good game against USC but got deflated after that penalty. I don’t blame the refs, but VT was ouplaying USC and playing on emotion. Emotion goes way down after bad calls.
Tokyo jacket
May 23rd, 2009
12:06 am
By the way, I think we can all agree that VT has absolutely the best cheer in college football. “Stick it in, stick it in, stick it in!”
I hope you guys go 12-1 this year (note the lack of 14th game), beating out an SEC team in an at large birth.
John Daly
May 24th, 2009
9:14 am
Okay, let’s take a poll…or is it pole?….How many chicks yell the VT cheer?
wood GT
May 26th, 2009
1:54 am
the ACC has been a 12 team conf for just a few years. the addition of VT MIA BC and to go back a ways FSU has brought a lot of talent and excitement about the future and for those that watch ACC ft ball year in year out know that there are plenty of good match ups against SEC teams. Southern ft ball is by far the best in the country and I would say top to bottom the ACC is 3rd best for whatever its worth. PAC 10 is top heavy with USC, big ten reeks, big XII and SEC pretty darn good. ACC ball is in the middle and thats fine with me. It keeps us under the radar. We all saw what happened to UGA with their pre-season #1 ranking, YIKES! (hopefully the same will happen to UF) Anyway GT is going to win their division and hopefully the conf. and maybe just maybe the NC. Also look for personnel changes coming UGA way (im looking at you willie) (and mark richt has a butt cut)
John Daly
May 26th, 2009
9:36 am
Personally I love ACC ft ball….the parity that has developed in the league makes ALMOST every conference game exciting to watch. So, who cares if the conference isn’t rated number one….the football is fun to watch. Watch out for NC State…Tom O’Brien has brought that team out of the ashes….it won’t be long before they are considered for the division championship.
Wahoos
May 27th, 2009
4:51 pm
Honestly UVA is rebuilding; however they are playing a very tough schedule this year either 9 or 10 teams on their schedule went to bowl games last year. The out of conference schedule is a D2 team William and Mary (Yeah I know), but then TCU, Southern Miss, and Indiana. As far as the ACC, I would love to see it become the best conference around.