I know that it's normally not smart to pass judgement after one week of football, but when a lost to 1-AA Richmond isn't your most embarrassing loss the normal rules go out the window. First off, congratulations Clemson, your win over Middle Tennessee St. was the ONLY ACC win over a 1-A team. That's right, against 1-A schools the ACC went a whopping 1-4. Maryland played, or at least I guess you could call it that, Cal and lost by almost 40 while WF at least kept it close against a mediocre Balyor team that is expected to win 3 Big 12 games this year. Then a NCST offense lead by the returning All-Atlantic first team QB managed to put up 3 points against USC while VT, the class of the ACC, lost by 10 to Alabama in a game that they play much worse in than the score indicates. The highly touted VT defense gave up nearly 500 yards and 5.5 yards per carry and their offense looked stuck in park. Well at least they tried, which is something we can't say about BC, Duke, GT, UNC, or UVA. Now I'm not a fan of playing 1-AA schools but everybody does it so I won't hate on them for that; however, I will hate on them for going 3-2 against them. That's right, the ACC couldn't take care of heavy-weights Richmond or William and Mary! In the spirit of full discloser, BC, GT, and UNC took care of their scrimmage games but so did UK, UT, Miss St, Auburn, Ark, UF, Vandy, LSU, Ole Miss and just about every none ACC school.
So I think it's fair to say that the hype of being on par with the SEC, Big 12 or PAC 10 comes crashing down when your marquee games are a "close" loss and a win of Mid. Tennessee St. But hey, there is good news for the ACC, tonight Miami plays FSU tonight which means you'll get another 1-A win on your record!
pretty good recap, but spellcheck wouldn't kill ya ;-).
ReplyDeletei just wanted to comment a few things, since i had the luxury of watching all of the games live. not necessarily related to the ACC. i did think that Alabama looked pretty good. I know they let VT hang around, but they were physically dominant when they needed to be. The run and the o-line will win them a lot of games.
Also, I watched Clemson play both MTSU and GT (tonight), and they really don't look too bad. A few dropped passes made the score look worse against MTSU, and really just a holding call was the difference in the game at GT. Kyle Parker is throwing strikes for the most part. I think he has good vision and an excellent arm. CJ Spiller is the same as ever. The run game needs some work, but the defense (especially DBs) looks pretty stout. They won't win a title, but it could be a scary game down here in November.