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Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Hokienut — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:58:14 -0000

YES!!!! I think Va Tech can either bring there game... and win it. Or they will lose it. I dont think Va Tech has it in them to get a huge loss like Clemson. that would be to devastating. EVen if Tech loses, they still have have a National Title Hope.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Hokienut — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:54:34 -0000

Va Tech does have a pretty awesome schedule! Very tough... We'll see how they do :/

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Hokienut — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:50:46 -0000

Part of the problem with the WVU Vs. Va tech was that the West Virginian Fans are a bit mean, and agressive. Tech couldnt even have games there anymore because of how many people got hurt. Ex. couches being thrown at people..... WVU just needs to tame down, and then they might be worthy of playing against Va Tech once again.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

hokiebird15 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:19:08 -0000

look for a tight race between vt and nc in the coastal

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

hokiebird15 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:16:25 -0000

if va tech does go undefeated this season it will be amazing.. they really have to show some poise and maturity beyond there years if theyre goin undefeated... as for the acc championship, its well in reach for the hokies

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

hokiebird15 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:09:16 -0000

even tho im a tech fan and a "newbie" to the acc, i agree 100%... theyre a good team but they just dont belong... more of a bigten school and really nowhere close to us geographically... but this poses the question, who would be the best replacement for bc? or what team currently in another conference can you see in the acc?

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

RazzMaTazz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:48 -0000

I agree. As a guy who played running back and D-back on a high school team that ran the option exclusively, I'd say that the option-offense is not any harder (and arguably easier in terms of defensive personnel athleticism) to defend IF you're used to it. If you're not used to it, it's easy to blow your defensive assignments and get burned.

Last season, LSU was the only FBS school that had 2 weeks or more to prepare for GT, and perhaps as a result, LSU's defense contained GT's option, held GT's offense to its lowest score of the season, and LSU consequently, won the time-of-possession battle thereby enabling the LSU's offense to do its part in the 38-3 rout. (I expected LSU to win due to the 1-month prep-time.) All of GT's other opponents had one week to prepare for GT, except Clemson and UNC, both of whom had 9 days. Clemson was in turmoil with the firing of Bowden during its 9 days, so I don't think that counts as even 7 days. (But even so Clemson lost narrowly 21-17.) UNC handed GT their worst regular season loss (28-7) while holding GT to their 2nd lowest score of the season. So basically (if we can exclude Clemson because of the HC & OC firing turmoil) that tends to indicate that the teams that had more time to prepare for GT's option, were able to contain it. Of course, considering the sample size of the data, that could just be a coincidence.

Next season only one FBS team gets more than 1 week to prepare for GT during the regular season-- and that's Miami which gets 10 days. (In fact no FBS team even gets a cupcake in the week prior to playing GT.) Unfortunately, Clemson has only 5 days to get ready for GT, so we'll get to test the prep-time theory in the opposite direction. In fact, I think Clemson is likely to lose to GT largely due to the lack of prep-time.

Since Clemson plays MTSU (a relatively manageable OOC game) for its season opener, 5 days prior to playing GT, some fans have opined that Clemson will spend part of it's summer/MTSU prep-time to get ready for GT's option offense. But MTSU (an FBS team that solidly beat UMD last season) is not a cupcake, and so Clemson really can't afford to take MTSU lightly, nor can Dabo afford to open with a loss to MTSU. Clemson's coaches propbably won't admit to spending pre-MTSU practice time preparing for GT (for fear of disrespecting & inspiring both MTSU & GT) but I'd love to know how much, if any, time Clemson will spend preparing for GT over the summer.

My gut feel is that option-offenses largely died out of college & pro football for good reason, and that the main reason that a few teams have success with the option is because opponents have almost no experience defending it. Therefore, I expect GT to continue to have success with the option except in games where teams have more than 1 week to prepare. But consequently, as long as GT runs the option, I expect GT to always open the season with a cupcake so that no good team has an entire summer to prepare for GT's option. And I expect that GT will tend to lose its bowl games. I could be wrong. As a college football fan, I'm very interested to see how GT's option works out over the next few years.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

fosterkeats — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:51:04 -0000

It was either Patrick Duffy(he entered my head b/c I was watching some "Step By Step" episodes with Suzanne Summers and more importantly, Stacy Keenan, yummy) or the Newhart finale with Bob waking up next to Suzanne Plechette(who was super hot in her day, RIP)...

WHAT IF... I sold out???

NEVER!!!

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

aVoiceInSC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:13:07 -0000

Georgia Tech isn't a good example. Try again.

Georgia Tech 45 - 42 Georgia
Georgia 52 - 38 LSU
LSU 38 - 3 Georgia Tech

A trend to watch this year with Georgia Tech is when a team has more than a week to prepare for them. That seems to have been the recipe to beating them last year.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

AUtigerman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:12:52 -0000

Nothing like an SEC attack to get me out of hybernation.

Ill agree that the ACC is the most equally balanced conference.
However thats where ill have to stop. The top ACC teams rarely compete when it counts with the Big Boys.
How bout LSU shallacking of Georgia Tech for example. (I Had GT in this one)cost me 300 bucks.

By the way and not that it matters. I had the Big 12 as the best conference in 08. Too many good teams in SEC with down years to be ranked #1.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

War_Eagle_Atlanta — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:16:48 -0000

Good article. Smells like a good thread. You guys email us with stuff like this, especially this time of year.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

fosterkeats — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:16:22 -0000

I met him at "The Atlanta Touchdown Club's Cold Chicken Cordon Bleu & Watered-down Ice Tea" luncheon a few years back... A really nice man...

I was also less than 25 feet from Lee Corso, I should've decked that douche bag...

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

NMLSooner — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:32:01 -0000

you called it a goiter, so I wasn't sure you were...unless his neck has some other protrusion that I'm unaware of. I guess I just haven't studied his neck well enough to be sure. : )

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Regan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:47:57 -0000

Rock the Party :)

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

fosterkeats — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:52:39 -0000

I am well aware of Coach Beamer's flamability issues...

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Porcine — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:33 -0000

Arkansas vs. Clemson for the national championship. You heard it here first.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Regan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:10:53 -0000

I have compiled lists of teams that my teams have never played.

Teams Clemson has never played (by Conference):

SEC: ARK

Big Ten: IND, IOWA, MICH, MCST, NW, PUR, WISC

Big 12: ISU, KAN, KSU, OKST, TEX

Big East: CINC, CONN, LOU, RUTG (cannot confirm yet), USF

Pac-10: ARIZ, ASU, ORE, ORST, UCLA, WASH, WSU

MWC: AF, BYU, CSU, NMX, SDST, UTAH, WYO

MAC: AKR, BOWL, BUFF, KENT, MIAU, OHIO, EMCH, NIU, TOL, WMCH

WAC: BSU, FRES, HAW, NMST, NEV, SJST

Sun Belt: ARST, FIU, IDA, ULL, UNT, TROY

We need to get Arkansas off this list. :)

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

NMLSooner — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:45:58 -0000

That "goiter" as you call it on Frank Beamer's neck is the result of 30 surgeries over 4 years he had after receiving a severe burn from an explosion...at the age of 7.

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

War_Eagle_Atlanta — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:14:29 -0000

Ooooh. It was all a dream sequences are such a sellout, Foster!

That being said, I woke up the other morning and found Bama Babe in my shower. But actually, I was still dreaming...

:-)

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

RazzMaTazz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:42 -0000

Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranked the top ten non-con schedules. The ACC fared well with 3 teams in the top ten. The Pac-10 has 4 teams. The SEC, Big12, and Big10 each have one.
http://www.sportingnews.com...

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Porcine — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:47 -0000

yes, really?

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Hotty_Toddy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:35:16 -0000

no, really?

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Zac — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:46:37 -0000

You'll have to wait for the Fiesta Bowl to get WVU. That is, unless Ed Pastilong retires soon! (The BASTAGE!!!)

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

Zac — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:44:21 -0000

Gee, Foster, that's a lot of "What-If's" there. You work at Browns Ferry?

Re: What if the ACC has a monster year?

1Tomcat — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:51:56 -0000

Thanks Foster I would love to see a Texas vs Bama or Texas vs Florida or Texas vs any team in the nation