1- Virginia Tech
2- Florida State
3- Wake Forest
4- Georgia Tech
5- North Carolina
6- Maryland
7- Virginia
8- Duke
9- Boston College
10- NC State
11- Clemson
12- Miami
- Florida State's outstanding victory Thursday night in Raleigh was very impressive. I have said before that FSU has turned the corner and is back to the 1987-2000 level of excellence the program maintained and have been wrong. Today I know I am finally right.
- I wouldn't read very much into Georgia Tech's struggles with Gardner Webb. It was an odd time to play a 1AA opponent and Tech was down to a third string QB who cannot run Paul Johnson's offense effectively. In the next few years, Tech will be FSU's biggest rival for conference supremacy.
- Clemson's Football program is never going to be what it should be or what it was under Charlie Pell and Danny Ford without some serious serious soul searching. Merely firing Tommy Bowden will not solve anything, and I believe Cullen Harper is a bad seed that I'd personally kick off the team if I were the Clemson coach.
- Virginia Tech is rolling, but something still worries me about Tech's defense and lack of experience in the offensive backfield. Only time will tell if this will catch up with the Hokies.
- You cannot help but be impressed by Virginia's rapid in-season turn around. With many ACC sides once the rot has set in, it's impossible to fix during a season (Miami and Clemson this year, NC State last year, FSU the year before, etc) but Al Groh has completely transformed the attitude of the team when it was at its lowest point since he took over from George Welsh.
- Miami was the beneficiary of some shaky officiating to defeat lowly Central Florida. Even brining officials on the schools payroll won't save Miami this week against a hungry and disciplined team David Cutcliffe has turned around. Duke will crush Miami. The score will not even be close.
- Tom O'Brien's NC State team showed signs of improvement against FSU but like previous losses to Clemson and BC was gassed in the 4th quarter.
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As always you over rate FSU and under value North Carolina.
Every week it is the same thing. UNC would CRUSH FSU.
"Florida State's outstanding victory Thursday night in Raleigh was very impressive."
I must have been watching a different game.
NC State has, statistically, one of the worst offenses in the country. Wilson is a young QB, can scramble, but passing needs work. FSU's defense had a tough time the whole game.
NC State has, statistically, the worse defense in the ACC in almost every category. FSU's offense had its struggles. To get back to their "level of excellence", they need a substantinal upgrade to the passing game, more than just Ponder running.
A win is a win. Impressive this was not.
DID YOU KNOW MIAMI HAS THE LONGEST CURRENT LOSING STREAK IN A BCS CONFERENCE. SIX! MIAMI HAS LOST MORE GAMES IN A ROW IN CONFERENCE THAT ANY OTHER TEAM IN A BCS LEAGUE.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
- SHANNON SUX
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