ACC Football, Week Four

[OldPhiKap]

The matches (all on Saturday):

#23 BC (-6.5) @ Purdue

#8 ND (-7) @ Wake

Pitt (-3) @ Cheats

Louisville @ UVa (-4.5)

N.Ill @ FSU (-10)

FIU @ #21 Miami (-26.5)

#13 VT (-28) @ Old Dominion

#3 Clemson (-16.5) @ GTech

State (-5) @ Marshall


Interesting note: Cheats will then be @ Miami on Thursday so a quick turn-around for the baby blues.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Interesting that the Wake - ND spread is only a touchdown.

[Reilly]

I was shocked to see UVa -5 over L'ville when I looked yesterday. Thought it a misprint. This column explains it a bit, though I'm still skeptical. http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-...719-story.html

[wilson]

It’ll be interesting to see what Florida State does against Northern Illinois this weekend. NIU has a pretty stout defense, the ‘Noles are suffering from well-documented offensive woes, and Willie Taggart’s seat in Tallahassee is getting really hot really quickly.

[CameronBornAndBred]

It’ll be interesting to see what Florida State does against Northern Illinois this weekend. NIU has a pretty stout defense, the ‘Noles are suffering from well-documented offensive woes, and Willie Taggart’s seat in Tallahassee is getting really hot really quickly.

At 5 million a year, hard to blame the fans.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Interesting that the Wake - ND spread is only a touchdown.

Seems like ND rarely beats anyone badly anymore....they don't have Clemson or Bama type margins.

[sagegrouse]

At 5 million a year, hard to blame the fans.

Hard to believe, but here's the story from last December 6:

Florida State officially announced Willie Taggart as its head coach on Wednesday.

Taggart signed a six-year, $30 million deal to become head coach at FSU. He will be under contract until January 31, 2024.

Supposedly in addition, there are bonuses for everything you can think of, including --

Bonus Money
Win National Championship Game $500,000
Make National Championship Game $250,000
Make Semifinal Game $250,000
Make New Year's Six Bowl $175,000
Make Bowl with 7+ wins $100,000
Make Bowl $50,000
Win ACC Title $150,000
Make ACC Championship Game $100,000
ACC Coach of the Year $50,000
Undefeated Season $100,000
National Coach of the Year $75,000
Single year APR over 950 $100,000
Single year APR over 975 $175,000
Single year APR over 990 $200,000
Single year APR of 1000 $250,000

You would think the APR awards would be a slam dunk (chip shot field goal?), except that FSU had an APR of 939 last year, the lowest of any member of a Power 5 conference.

Duke was at 992, trailing only Northwestern and Michigan among Power 5 conference members.

[Wander]

Interesting that the Wake - ND spread is only a touchdown.

Notre Dame is – stop me if you've heard this one before – vastly overrated at #8. They should be in the Top 25, but near the bottom of it.

Pitt-UNC and NIU-FSU should determine who the worst team in the ACC is.

[OldPhiKap]

Notre Dame is – stop me if you've heard this one before – vastly overrated at #8. They should be in the Top 25, but near the bottom of it.

Pitt-UNC and NIU-FSU should determine who the worst team in the ACC is.

Go Panthers, Go 'Noles!

[Wander]

A few other games of interest to us...

The right (and favored) outcomes in Mississippi State@Kentucky, Wisconsin@Iowa, and Texas AM@Alabama (MSU, Wisconsin, and Alabama winning) could lead to Duke being ranked heading into our game with VT!

[Reilly]

A few other games of interest to us...

The right (and favored) outcomes in Mississippi State@Kentucky, Wisconsin@Iowa, and Texas AM@Alabama (MSU, Wisconsin, and Alabama winning) could lead to Duke being ranked heading into our game with VT!

Right now there are 34 undefeated FBS teams, and 7 of the 34 are non-P5: Marshall, LaT, Buffalo, UCF, SoFl, Akron, NTx.

I'd hope that a 4-0 P5 team with 2 road P5 victories can sneak into the top 25.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb...8-ratings.html

[luvdahops]

Seems like ND rarely beats anyone badly anymore...they don't have Clemson or Bama type margins.

The Irish offense has been very underwhelming so far. The O-line was expected to be strength but has been anything but, and starting QB Brandon Winbush is a very inconsistent passer even when he has time.

[arnie]

The Irish offense has been very underwhelming so far. The O-line was expected to be strength but has been anything but, and starting QB Brandon Winbush is a very inconsistent passer even when he has time.

Kenan not exactly packed today. Maybe 20,000 with less than 2,000 on the sunny side. Curious how many they “report”.

[OldPhiKap]

BC is not dealing well with being ranked . . . .

[Wander]

BC is not dealing well with being ranked . . . .

Better than VT... tied in the 4th quarter with 0-3 1AA team Old Dominion, and (potentially relevant for us next week) just lost their starting QB to injury.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

The Trevor Lawrence chapter begins officially today for Clemson. And Etienne is scary running the ball.

[TKG]

Josh Jackson, VT QB, being carted off field.

[arnie]

Josh Jackson, VT QB, being carted off field.

Just turned on - did the entire VT defense leave the game? They are very bad.

[Wander]

Just turned on - did the entire VT defense leave the game? They are very bad.

I think the Old Dominion RB is wearing some sort of force field thing. VT guys have been incapable of tackling him all half.

[ehdg]

Old Dominion is about to beat Va Tech. They’re up 14 with 1:34 to play! Holy cow!! This could make Va Tech a very angry team next week n they now will come with a chip on their shoulders. They’re gonna be very motivated for us. Damn!