Around the Horn football predictions: first up --the ACC

[Capt. America]

First Atlantic and Coastal Division leaders and then who wins the ACC title game?

[trumad]

1. Canes all the way baby...

[Condem]

2. Hey, Capt.

I'm a little lost on all the teams. Besides Clemson, Miami, BC. Who else???

[madinmaryland]

3. Is the ACC part of the BCS Championship? I think the Big Sky may have a better

chance than the ACC.

:hide:

[hughee99]

32. I don't know about the Big Sky,

but even though I'm BC fan, I don't think the ACC is good enough to warrant an automatic BCS bid. Same with the Big East.

If you removed all the automatic bids, I'll bet the SEC, Big 10, Big 12 and Pac 10 would have at least 1 team in each year anyway.

[Condem]

4. Okay. Thought about it at dinner.

Virginia, Georgia Tech, The NC's. Maryland, Duke, Wake Forest. Who am I missing?

[Upton]

5. What about FSU?

Seems to me they've got a football program, some guy by the name of Bowden

[madinmaryland]

6. Interesting that you would mention Bowden who just had 14 wins taken

away for rules violations. (i.e. CHEATING)

You should be familiar with that after the love affair that Frisco had with the steroid era!

[Condem]

7. Holy shit, Upton.

How in the hell did I forget THE most cheating team in the history of college football? Fuck me!

[KamaAina]

35. FSU = Free Shoes University

Never did like 'em. Bowden's a fundie douche. Also my new favorite human being on the face of the planet is a Gator alumna. :loveya:

[Capt. America]

8. Condem, the leagues are here:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/teams

In the "coastal" I'll go with VT. As for the Atlantic, it seems up in the air. Clemson's got a new coach, BC has a relatively new coach, Florida State?

Assuming VT hasn't lost a step, I'll say they win the title game again. They have had stellar defense for the last couple of years.

[Condem]

10. VT. See, Capt. I thought they were Big Least.

Hell. They're Top Ten material. Early games with Bama and Nebraska.

[Kingofalldems]

9. The Terps will crush everything they see

[Condem]

11. Be serious, King.

Great coach, though.

[Kingofalldems]

12. And a much lighter coach I hear

And yes, hope springs eternal. The BCS final will be between Notre Dame and Maryland.

[Capt. America]

17. Wow. Some prediction, are you smoking weed?

[madinmaryland]

14. Considering the state of the ACC, the Terrapins may well be the rep

for the ACC in the BCS, that is, if the Big Sky Conference doesn't take it away!

:D

[TZ]

16. +1

They should be a liitle better this year

[fishwax]

13. Coastal: Virginia Tech; Atlantic: Florida State; Va Tech wins the CCG

That's my thinking at this point, anyway. Florida State is really young, but they have talent, and there isn't a sure-fire team in the Atlantic division. NC State could be a dark horse, but they have to play FSU, VTech, and Boston College on the road.

In the Coastal Division, Georgia Tech has a great offense coming back, but they lose almost half their defense. Miami has a brutal opening schedule--they have Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech in September and then Oklahoma in the first week of October.

[Condem]

15. VT and BC.

Hey, Tru. Does Shannon have anything down in Miami this year? I know they went Bowling last year. How close is he to getting them back to the glory days?

[Captain Hilts]

18. I wish BC had stayed in the Big East. Damn. nt

[Condem]

19. No business being in the ACC.

Oh, yeah. It is a business. $$$$

[Captain Hilts]

20. BC in a godless conference when it could be playing mostly Jesuits and Catholics!

[Condem]

21. Yup, Captain.

BC-Virginia doesn't strike me of a huge rivalry. Now, BC-ND. How many great games? Besides the point. BC belongs in the Big east.

[Forkboy]

22. I was against the move at first, but now I like it.

I'm crazy, but I enjoy seeing an ACC game every week (even if it's not always BC). I enjoy watching UNC and Clemson and Miami and FSC, etc. It provides a lot of fun games to see.

[Condem]

23. Do you get the Big Ten Network, Fork?

Maybe watch a real football conference.

[Forkboy]

24. LOL

No, I don't have cable at all now. I just pick and choose from online sources. As long as the games are close I don't care what conference it is. Besides, it's college football, not something important like hockey. ;)

[Condem]

25. What?

Seven weeks 'til both start up. Man, I love that time of year.

[Forkboy]

26. I know. About time.

I like baseball and golf and all, but I need the physical sports. :)

[madinmaryland]

28. I am looking forward to the Big Ten channel this fall! We have it in HD, also!

:woohoo:

[hughee99]

34. During basketball season,

I much prefer watching the ACC games to the Big East games.

[Captain Hilts]

27. Indeed. BC vs. UNC? Ugh! BC vs. Wake Forest? Yetch!

Now, BC vs. Miami is yet another version of Catholics vs. Convicts...

[trumad]

29. Or you could say the "LBF"s"--Little Boy Fuckers---against the convicts.

Oh that's just the Priests.... but hey--- why not a rapist BC player as well...


Playing football at Boston College was a proud tradition for one Maryland family. Charlie Smith began the legacy as BC's captain in 1965. His son, Charles Jr., played for the Eagles in the 1990s, as did his nephew, Matt Smith.
more stories like this

But the family's decades-long relationship with the school took a disturbing twist yesterday when Matt's brother, Brady J. Smith, was arraigned in Brighton Municipal Court on felony charges that he broke into a campus apartment and raped a female student.

Smith, 20, a 6-foot-2-inch, 285-pound defensive lineman who hoped to play professional football, was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail after a prosecutor told the court that Smith sexually assaulted the woman in her sleep about 4 a.m. Saturday after she spurned his physical advances at The Kells, an Allston nightspot.
http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2008/04/23/bc_football_player_charged_with_rape/

http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2008/04/23/bc_football_player_charged_with_rape/

[Captain Hilts]

30. Well, it's happening at Yeshiva schools and youth hockey too. Some things are universal.

[trumad]

31. What---Rape?

My point is---don't put the Catholics on the high moral ground---because if you do I'll bring up Priests fucking little alter-boys.

[hughee99]

33. I guess the difference between BC and some of the bigger football schools

is that the head coach/Athletic director/boosters didn't just make it all "disappear".

[trumad]

36. What school made it disappear?

[hughee99]

38. When draft time comes around

and everyone's talking about "character issues" and an "incident involving..." is usually code for something bad happened but no charges were filed, and/or witnesses refused to talk. I suspect you think I was referring to Miami, but when I wrote that I was actually thinking about former Patriots draft pick Christian Peter and Nebraska head coach (and repuke congressman) Tom Osborne.

[Condem]

39. Hey, Tru.

See post#15.

[Forkboy]

37. That sounds like Captain material to the Canes. That rap sheet is a resume to them.

:P