ACC Football: Week 1

[Acymetric]

Figured we needed a thread to discuss happenings around the conference. So far, the ACC is undefeated (against admittedly lackluster competition). Of course, that may change today (and one of FSU/VT will lose on Monday).

[richardjackson199]

Figured we needed a thread to discuss happenings around the conference. So far, the ACC is undefeated (against admittedly lackluster competition). Of course, that may change today (and one of FSU/VT will lose on Monday).

Hope so. I'm starting to have a new favorite halftime score.

Go Golden Bears!

[Bob Green]

Halftime: California 17, UNC 0.

Nathan Elliot has thrown 3 interceptions including a Pick 6.

[devildeac]

heels looking good. 17 yards on 15 passes so far. Darn shame that Elliot has almost as many catches by the Bears as he does his own team . 2.7 YPC, too.

[Bob Green]

Interception #4 for Nathan Elliot. Chazz Surratt should go sell another pair of shoes.

[dukelifer]

heels looking good. 17 yards on 15 passes so far. Darn shame that Elliot has almost as many catches by the Bears as he does his own team . 2.7 YPC, too.

Its gotta be the shoes

[OldPhiKap]

Go to HELL Carolina!

[devildeac]

To their credit, they did stage a 4Q comeback. To those admiring truth, honesty and justise, those lying, cheating vermin still lost. 9F.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Slightly off topic, but worth mentioning...App State's amazing performance versus Penn State before losing 45-38 in OT.

Coolest thing? The Penn State fans giving App a huge standing ovation as they left the field after the game. On the App Football Facebook, many Penn State fans chiming in with great respect and admiration for App.

[OldPhiKap]

The “Fire Fedora” thread at IC is kinda entertaining. Hope that doesn’t happen.

[JasonEvans]

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the ACC, there seems to be a legit QB controversy in Clemson. Freshman Trevor Lawrence looked pretty darn awesome in his debut, tossing 3 TD passes and leading the team to scores in all five of his possessions. Senior starting QB Kelly Bryant wasn’t bad, but just wasn’t nearly as good as Lawrence.

[CameronBlue]

Go to HELL Carolina!

Well now you're just piling on.

[OldPhiKap]

Well now you're just piling on.

It’s a fair cop.

Duke won.
State won
Carolina lost.
Three day weekend.
DaughterPK home for the weekend from college.

Life is good.

[OldPhiKap]

For salt in the wound, N&O’s grading of UNC yesterday:

Quarterbacks: F+
Running backs: C
Offensive line: D+
Wide Receivers: D+
Defensive line: B+
Linebackers: A
Secondary: B
Special teams: C+
Coaching: D+

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...217728915.html

I guess they miss their easy A’s more than I expected.

[duke2x]

For salt in the wound, N&O’s grading of UNC yesterday:

Quarterbacks: A+
Running backs: A
Offensive line: A+
Wide Receivers: A+
Defensive line: A+
Linebackers: A+++
Secondary: A
Special teams: A+
Coaching: B+

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/...217728915.html

I guess they miss their easy A’s more than I expected.

I recalibrated the grades to a UNC transcript for you. You can't expect UNC to use real-world evaluation standards.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

I recalibrated the grades to a UNC transcript for you. You can't expect UNC to use real-world evaluation standards.

Nicely played sir

[camion]

I recalibrated the grades to a UNC transcript for you. You can't expect UNC to use real-world evaluation standards.

I'm sure they can at least hang a participation banner. After all they did come in second and their opponent finished next to last.

[devildeac]

It’s a fair cop.

Duke won.
State won
Carolina lost.
Three day weekend.
DaughterPK home for the weekend from college.

Life is good.

Harumph:

http://www.espn.com/college-football...meId=401013086

[OldPhiKap]

Harumph:

http://www.espn.com/college-football...meId=401013086

I don’t believe in college overtime, so I’ve marked that down as a tie.

[dukelifer]

I recalibrated the grades to a UNC transcript for you. You can't expect UNC to use real-world evaluation standards.

Are you sure they actually played a game? They have been known to get high grades without having to show up.