šŸˆ ACC Football: Week 5 - 2024

Friday, September 27, 2024

Away Home Time Location Links
Virginia TechVirginia Tech MiamiMiami 7:30 P.M. ET Coral Gables, Fla. (Conf.) TV: ESPN Stats Video

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Away Home Time Location Links
Western KentuckyWestern Kentucky Boston CollegeBoston College 12:00 P.M. ET Chestnut Hill, Mass. TV: ACC Network Stats Video
Holy CrossHoly Cross SyracuseSyracuse 12:00 P.M. ET Syracuse, N.Y. TV: ACCNX Stats Video
Northern IllinoisNorthern Illinois NC StateNC State 12:00 P.M. ET Raleigh, N.C. TV: The CW Network Stats
LouisvilleLouisville Notre DameNotre Dame 3:30 P.M. ET South Bend, Ind. TV: Peacock Stats
LouisianaLouisiana Wake ForestWake Forest 3:30 P.M. ET Winston-Salem, N.C. TV: ACC Network Stats Video
North CarolinaNorth Carolina DukeDuke 4:00 P.M. ET Durham, N.C. (Conf.) TV: ESPN2 Stats Video
StanfordStanford ClemsonClemson 7:00 P.M. ET Clemson, S.C. (Conf.) TV: ESPN Stats Video
Florida StateFlorida State SMUSMU 8:00 P.M. ET Dallas, Texas (Conf.) TV: ACC Network Stats
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Miami -17.5. Look forward to (hopefully) watching them absolutely destroy VT on Friday night

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Could get ugly for VT early. Hoping Miami keeps their head on straight and keeps their Cam Ward Heisman march going.

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As much as it pains me to type, seems like Miami is due for their annual letdown game though.

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Hurricane Helene could impact the VT-Miami game. The storm looks like itā€™s going to miss Miami to the west but bad weather on Friday night could be a factor.

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O/U set at 55 with a hurricane possibly on the way could be a good spot for an under.

Drones was already throwing balls into the stands when it was 80 and sunny over the weekend.

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I would love to see it. This also feels like a game that Va tech just wins for no logical reason. But maybe thatā€™s just the UVA fan in me that thinks they win every game because they beat my team every year.

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It definitely feels like a game they inexplicably keep closer than they should. Maybe the bad weather limits Ward. That levels the playing field a little since VT is a running team. But barring a complete no show from Miami (possible, but also doubtful on a Friday night at home with tech coming off short rest) itā€™s likely an easy win for the U

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I donā€™t know manā€¦ Ward is a great runner, Damien Martinez is a dawg, and that is a Cristobal O-line. I think theyā€™re built for a game in the rain.

BUT Tech is surely having a fire lit under their ass right now though, so I do expect them to show slightly more of a pulse, and you can never count on Cristobal to coach a clean game if it gets tight.

Reposting because itā€™s still funny:

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Itā€™s amazing what more complete film on a QB will do to them.

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We made it

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Service academies getting the short end here because they are categorized as National Liberal Arts Colleges and ranked separately.

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Itā€™s because they donā€™t offer graduate degrees. Oh wellā€¦ canā€™t win every battleā€¦ and they are definitely NOT liberal arts schools. Every degree is a Bachelors of Science from a service academyā€¦ even the ones you would expect to see a Bachelor of Arts. All your electives are engineering focused.

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So service academies are a watered down Georgia Tech?

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What @jazznutUVA would it have been better is I said the services academies are like Georgia Tech Lite?

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Always in the positive spin manā€¦ ALWAYS! :smiley:

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Iā€™ve got Cal vs USC in one semi. And Michigan vs Buffalo in the other.

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Man a Cal Michigan championship might end with 14 completed passes between the two teams.

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Why is Buffalo in the bracket? Already got Rice. USC is the next ranked school (technically tied at 27 with UNC).

Or hmmā€¦need a Big XII representative.

Dear Lord, Buffaloā€™s ranked 76, but the highest ranked Big XII school is Baylor at 91. Tulane, UMass and UConn are ahead of Buffalo, but lack conferences or are behind Rice.

Edit: didnā€™t notice that 11 was a split UNC/USC box already.

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