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ACC Bowl Projections 2017-18

Where will your favorite ACC team be spending the best week of the year? We’ve reviewed four of our favorite publications and their bowl projections, organized by school, follow. After the projections, we’ll offer some analysis. Boston College Athlon Sports – Home for the Holidays Sporting News – [ . . read more . . ]

What a Weekend it Was – A Few Quick Hits

BY MICHAEL LEESE Andre Williams ran for 339 yards to break Boston College‘s single-season and single-game rushing records, leading the Eagles to a 38-21 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday and helping the Eagles qualify for a bowl game for the first time in three seasons. The win moved Boston College to 6-4 on the season. [ . . read more . . ]

The In’s and Out’s of the ACC Bowl Picture

Somehow the final month of the regular season has already arrived. A quick recap of what’s going on at the top; Alabama is still really good, “Famous Jameis” has provided the perfect sequal to “Johnny Football”, and the quest for the top two spots in the BCS is still as unpredictable as ever. The only good thing about the [ . . read more . . ]

Ranking the SEC bowl games

Bowl season officially kicks off this weekend as college football looks to provide its final act of the 2012-2013 season through a collection of 35 bowl games. Alabama will be looking to stretch the SEC’s run of consecutive national championships to seven when they take on top ranked Notre Dame in the Discover BCS National [ . . read more . . ]

Looking back to 2008: How an August night in the Georgia Dome transformed the Clemson program

Entering the 2008 season, Clemson fans thought a return to the glory days of old had finally arrived. Tommy Bowden and his Clemson Tigers were coming off a 9-4 record the season before and had only been kept out of the ACC Championship due to a last second three point loss to Matt Ryan and Boston College in their last conference game [ . . read more . . ]

What to watch for this week in the Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Division race remains the same. Florida State still has the inside track to the division championship with Clemson keeping up both in the standings and in the polls. Miami’s 30-12 home win over Virginia Tech last week moved them a top a wild and crazy Coastal Division where four teams remain in contention for the [ . . read more . . ]

ACC Bowl Projections – By an ACC fan

I never would have believed someone if they said after week 10 of the season, the ACC would have only three bowl eligible teams. I would have been even more shocked if they told me that Duke would be one of those teams. But as of now, the ACC has only three teams that are bowl eligible. That should improve — with the [ . . read more . . ]

Tigers look to continue momentum in weekend trip to Wallace Wade

It’s not very often that games in Wallace Wade Stadium hold major post-season bowl implications. It’s even rarer when the game carries significant implications for both teams. However, that will certainly be the case when Clemson (7-1) travels to take on Duke (6-3) under the lights for the Tiger’s last remaining road game on [ . . read more . . ]

Tigers and Hokies square off in Death Valley on Military Appreciation Day

Somehow unbeknownst to me, we are already halfway through the college football season. The unveiling of the first official BCS standings of the season represent that the race for conference championships and positioning for bowl games are in full swing. There are currently 12 teams still undefeated throughout the country in Division [ . . read more . . ]

ACC: A Conference in Chaos

While the ACC doesn’t have any games featuring two ranked teams this week, it has exciting match-ups for fans of ACC football. Every game has a storyline that is significant to each team and, in many cases, the conference race. Virginia vs. Wake Forest– This is a must-win game if either of these teams hope to make a bowl [ . . read more . . ]