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Saturday, November 22, 2008
ACC dominoes are falling
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are you guys (and gals) watching what’s going on? Georgia Tech’s ACC title hopes are getting better by the minute.
North Carolina gets killed at home by N.C. State, 41-10. Virginia loses at home to Clemson, 13-3.
So UNC and UVA are out of it in the Coastal Division. Miami also was eliminated today.
Virginia Tech plays a bit later on, hosting Duke. For the sake of argument, let’s assume a Hokies win. (They’re 17-point favorites).
That puts Virginia Tech and Miami at 4-3, behind Georgia Tech’s 5-3.
The Jackets simply need Virginia to beat Virginia Tech in Blacksburg next week, and they’ll be division champions.
The Jackets cannot win a two-way tie with the Hokies (because of the 20-17 loss on Sept. 13) or a three-way tie. Here’s why: If Miami wins at N.C. State and Va. Tech beats Virginia, everyone would have a 1-1 record against the other two.
The next tiebreaker is division record. Georgia Tech finished 2-3 in the Coastal, Miami 3-2 and Va. Tech would be 4-1.
So the Hokies would get the nod.
Obviously, Virginia Tech will be favored at home against UVA. But as everyone has pointed out repeatedly about this year’s ACC, it’s not exactly predictable.
