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DEL.ICIO.USACC Takes it on the Chin
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well…that was a less that exciting beginning to the ACC season. Its bad enough that we’re going to have to listen to ESPN shilling for the SEC for the next several months, but Clemson and Virginia Tech both tripped and fell into the proverbial gutter, giving the national media pundits even more ammunition and reason to pile a steaming heap of criticism on our conference.
I’ll give the Hokies credit since they put up a fight and should have actually won their game if not for a little overdue “Beamer Ball” karma there at the end. I was never quite certain why so many people expected so much from a VPI team that had lost so much from the previous season.
But Clemson? Oh my…how do you show your face after that pathetic effort? Actually, calling it an effort may be a little too generous. Outside of Spiller’s nice kick return the Tigers didn’t do ANYTHING redeemable in that game. They got manhandled and spanked and slapped and essentially PANTSED by Alabama on national TV in a marquee game. Yes…PANTSED…like the poor kid on the grade school playground who stands there whimpering and crying when he’s exposed for everyone to see.
Pathetic! Now we see why their coach is lovingly called “Tammy”. He needs to stop calling his daddies, both Nick (for now!) and Bobby, for advice and man up and get his guys fired up and ready.
Oh…and the NCSU Wolfpack…you don’t get a pass here either. You haven’t scored any points in your last two games. Skunked by South Carolina? Give me a break! Tom O’Brien is in his second year now. If you can’t win some games, at least score some points and make it look respectable!
As an ACC fan I spent portions of Sunday shaking my head in disgust.
As a GT fan I will admit that I spent a little time smiling slyly as well. You see…the complete dearth of coaching cahones (except for Grobe at Wake) in the ACC right now sets itself up nicely for someone like Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech to make a run earlier than expected.
The Jackets may get out muscled or out played in a few ACC games this season, but they won’t be out coached. That much is obvious from this past weekend.
Go Jackets!
THWG!
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By Dwayne
September 4, 2008 12:39 AM | Link to this
Get with it, Virginia Tech has not been called VPI for tears now.
By Dwayne
September 4, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this
Get with it, Virginia Tech has not been called VPI for years now.
By WinSomethingTech
September 4, 2008 4:19 AM | Link to this
Chris when GT and the rest of the ACC actualy beats somebody or wins something consistently instead of being punching bags for the SEC and others, then maybe they will start “shilling” for the ACC. But as we all know that won’t happen. The ACC will continue to slide in comparison to the SEC and there is one huge reason. They are smack dab in the middle of SEC recruiting country. The best players want to play for the best teams. The best coaches are in the SEC. The biggest stadiums. The best fan support. The biggest games on the biggest stages. The highest revenues. Need any more reasons why the SEC gets “shilled” for?
By Gatorade
September 4, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this
WinSomethingTech…you left out the most convicts and the easiest entrance requirements in the SEC. Probably the biggest whiners also when things don’t go their way (see Auburn 04 or the currect debacle over UGA dropping to second).
By Cyclical
September 4, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
Nice article. I liked how you called out NC State and Tammy for what they are. And to WinSomethingTech are you really going to say that the ACC will NEVER be back up? Its all cyclical buddy, and for you to think that Miami and FSU will not come back is just stupid. GT is on its way back up, and Va Tech could still have a decent year. UNC is trying to make some moves in the ACC, and Wake is building quite a program. For now, yes ACC is down, and has been. Talk all you want about our terrible BCS record, but remember, these teams will come back, and you know it.
By Regan
September 4, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
WinSomethingTech up or down the best players want to play in the SEC? No the players that cannot go and pass classes want to play in the SEC in the hopes of an NFL future. Young men in the ACC are planing for a future that is realistic and means a real job and a good education. Few players play pro ball and the ACC schools offer so much more to a STUDENT ATHLETE.
By WinSomethingTech
September 4, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Gatorade you are on the blog of the biggest whiners in college football. Cyclical, FSU and Miami will indeed be back one day and VT will be consistent but lose more than they win against SEC teams,and the rest of the ACC will always feed from the bottom. The ACC has not won a BCS Bowl in how many years moron? Tell us all just what data you are using to come to your conclusion? Wins? Recruiting? Revenues? Stadium expansions. You can’t can you? Cycle that el stupido.
By George
September 4, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
Regan you are so full of sh%t! Every loser here starts talking that garbage and all it is another whine disquised as a point. You have FSU, Miami, VT and Clemson in your league jackazz!
By Munson
September 4, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
Fine Regan. Enjoy your STUDENT ATHLETES getting smashed by SEC hobnailed boots little girl. You whiners and excuse makers should lobby your Presidents to just go ahead and drop football since you are at such a competitive disadvantage. Just quit whining and making excuses. That’s all it is loser.
By ACC Div1AA
September 4, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this
Chris a more accurate title would be ACC Takes it Up the Azz.
By Cyclical
September 4, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
So wait, you don’t believe college football is cyclical (Donnan…Goff) Thats laughable. Hmm, lets see, how do I know that the ACC has good talent…..Oh wait, how about you look at the numbers of players drafted into the NFL for ACC and SEC. In 2006 we had 3 times as many players drafted in the first round, and 14 more overall. We had only 3 less players drafted last year (than the SEC). The talent is here, for you to say otherwise just proves your ignorance. We need better coaching, and GT has already improved drastically. I already said that we had a terrible BCS record, so good way of pointing out what i said, and hurling an insult (pathetic). VT sh&t the bed against UGA 2 years ago, but by all means they should have won that game. And presumably you are a uga fan, so for you to call anyone whiners is hilarious. I suppose “saint” richt is going to try and run up the score on Central Michigan this weekend to shut up all the whining redneck mutts who are crying about their drop to #2 (fitting)
You even said it yourself, FSU and Miami will be back one day. Do you remember when they ruled college football for a while? What would that mean for the ACC if they got back to that status?
And UT sure showed how tough the big bad SEC is didnt they. I hope they drop half a hundred on the mutts AGAIN when they couldn’t score more than 14 with 4 INTs, against a garbage UCLA team.
I know that the SEC is better than the ACC right now. But to believe that it will stay that way is ignorant. The ACC can get the talent, they just need better coaching to go along with it.
By BC Eagle
September 4, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
I can’t wait till Saturday. The Starship Tech reenters earths atmosphere, crashes, and burns. The high octane energy generated by the pure oxygen injected into the brains of the “faithful” after such a stimulating win over Jacksonville St. combined with a spark from the crack pipe that the al Queda Institute of Technology fanbase is constantly smoking, ignites and leaves Tech football nothing but a black smoking hole.
By jabster
September 4, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
OK, maybe it has been 10 years. But to us older folks it wasn’t that long ago when the ACC was the top FOOTBALL conference, back when O’Leary was on The Flats and Daddy Bowden actually fielded a team. GT-Half @$$ U actually had natchamp implications. Carowhina, UVA, and NCSU (!) were all ranked. And we beat all SEC opposition, top to bottom, from Tech beating UGA and F$U beating the Gators and Clempsun beating the Cocks, all the way down to Wake spanking Vandy in the annual ACC-SEC Toilet Bowl.
Just like all you “seven in a row!” UGA fans, enjoy it while it lasts…
And don’t forget how many players the “down” ACC is sending to the NFL…apparently the pros know something some of our crappy coaches (Gailey, T. Bowden, others) don’t.
By Al Sciaraldo
September 4, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
Keep remembering the good ole days jabster. They are all you have left and they ain’t coming back. The only drama left in the ACC is who wins the right to humiliate themselves against real football conferences in their 1 BCS bowl appearence each year.
By Oh Yeah
September 4, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
The Southeastern Conference had 263 players on the 2007 National Football League opening day active rosters, which led all conferences.
The Atlantic Coast Conference was second with 238 players, followed by the Big Ten with 234 players, Pac-10 with 183 players, Big 12 with 176 players and the Big East with 84 players.
Among SEC schools, Georgia was first with 37 former players on NFL rosters, followed by Tennessee with 36, LSU with 33, Florida with 31 and Auburn with 30. Alabama had 21 players on NFL rosters, while South Carolina had 19, Ole Miss and Mississippi State had 17 each, Arkansas had 12, Kentucky six and Vanderbilt with five.
The SEC had five of its schools with 30-or-more-players on NFL rosters. No other conference had two.
Nationally, Miami (Fla.) leads with 46 former players on NFL rosters, followed by Ohio State with 44, Florida State with 41, Tennessee with 36 and Georgia with 35.
The lists do not include players who were not on opening day rosters and since been activated
By Oh Yeah
September 4, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
ACC Lists 156 Players On Opening Day NFL Rosters
FSU leads league with 37 players in NFL.
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This Week in ACC Football: Week 2 ACC ISP Sports Network National Affiliates: Georgia Tech at Boston College
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ACC Lists 156 Players On Opening Day NFL Rosters
FSU leads league with 37 players in NFL.
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Football Home
HEADLINES
This Week in ACC Football: Week 2 ACC ISP Sports Network National Affiliates: Georgia Tech at Boston College
RAYCOM Affiliates: Georgia Tech at Boston College on September 6, 2008
RELATED LINKS
• Follow all of the college football action at CollegeSports.com
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Aug. 6, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A total of 156 players from the nine Atlantic Coast Conference member schools appear on the 2000 season opening day rosters of NFL teams. All nine ACC institutions are represented, with at least seven players appearing from each school.
Florida State led all league schools with 37 players followed by North Carolina with 29 and Virginia with 24. The Cleveland Browns led all NFL teams with nine ACC players on its roster. Every NFL team had at least one player from an ACC school listed. Here’s a look at all of the ACC players on current NFL rosters:
By ACC School:
Florida State 37 North Carolina 29 Virginia 24 Clemson 17 NC State 11 Wake Forest 11 Georgia Tech 10 Maryland 9 Duke 7
Damn mites! Your number of players in the NFL parallels your mid pack ACC standing. Good luck staying ahead of Duke. LMAO!
By ContactBuzz
September 4, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
The media fixated on Clemson’s skill positions (like they always do) and ignored the attrition of the entire offensive line. Tommy could’ve called anybody to find out they were outmanned in the trenches - I could’ve told him that before the game.
I’ll give NC State a pass because O’Brien is sticking to his plan of redshirting the young guys (instead of pulling a panic move like Beamer). They’ll struggle this year but they’ll be better off for it down the road. He doesn’t have as much of a leash as Grobe did at Wake, but that’s how Grobe built up Wake’s program.
By m
September 4, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
The problem is that TECH was OUTCOACHED for the last 6 years and quite a few Tech fans not only tolerated it, but actually made excuses for it. We have a REAL college football coach NOW, but Chan Gailey sucked. He sucked the day he was hired and he sucked the day he was fired and he sucked virtually every day between. And every Tech fan that failed to speak out about it sucked too. Thank God and Greyhound that he is gone forever.
By Move On From Gailey
September 4, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
Hey M, we get it, you didn’t like Gailey! Well guess what - he’s gone. The seven years are in the past so get over it! I lump you right in the obnoxious group with all the uga fans posting all their filth on our blogs. Blog about the present or the future, and stop being so inexplicably immature. This also goes for any of you other “Tech” fans that want to still waste our time trashing a good man who may not have been the best coach.
By GOTECH610
September 4, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
BC EAGLE,
Tech isn’t crashing and burning with CPJ on the sidelines. The only thing I see falling from the sky in Boston on Sat. is an Eagle…
By DawginLex
September 4, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this
Just when I venture over here to post a comment regarding Tech’s good chance to beat BC this weekend, i see you close your opening with:
THWG
Yet all of the Tech people bash us for being “name callers”.
Sorry I bothered.
BC 63 Tech 3
By Nat
September 4, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this
Well Cyclical, Mark Richt ain’t Donnan or Goff now is he? And the new contract he just signed insures he’s UGA for his coaching life. So at least one thing won’t cycle back around for a long long time. That being UGA’s dominance over the 3rd best team in Georgia, GT.
By #2 stinks
September 4, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
to BC Eagle….it is al Gebria and those Tech profs do know a lot about weapons of math instructions!
By Dawgs are sneaky
September 4, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
If you’ve been reading the tinfoil-hat lunacy on the UGA side about the USC-UGA ranking conspiracy, you know that the dawg fans get terribly upset when they suspect that a Tech fan is masquerading as a UF, AU, or SC fan on their “blog”.
BC Eagle: care to tell us how you got to be such a great Eagle fan? The Starship and al Queda references look a little too much like the rest of the dawg crap on our pages to have been generated over 1000 miles away. (I guess you mean al Qaeda or al Qaida, maybe?) Big points for knowing the mascot of a non-SEC team, though. ESPN.com is useful for something, I see.
By Navigator
September 4, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this
The ACC has lost it’s identity. When FSU, Miami, and VTech were all good, it hid the fact that underneath was mostly average teams. Coaching turnover, and the haste to have enough teams for a playoff has ruined the balance. Miami, FSU, Clemson and GTech have all won or shared National Championships since 1980 and VTech played for one, but all of those programs have gone through a period of mediocrity. Virginia rose up briefly, and so did Boston College, but those are not continuously successful programs. Maryland, NC, NCState, Wake Forest have had those wonderful seasons, only to fall back. The need to win at the second tier schools just isn’t that great.
By Wreck'EmTech
September 4, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this
Dwayne, Tech fans call VaTech by its pre-football-prominence name “VPI” out of a sense of rivalry, like other schools sometimes call us “GTU” even when they know we’re the Georgia Institute of Technology.
I’m staying away from this ACC
By BravesFan79
September 4, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this
How about we talk about something relevant in the ACC and thats GT HOOPS……..so far ESPN has us rated as the #8 class in the country….and says if we get D Favors well be #1!!
Yes GT football is on the rise, and i like Johnsons system, but lets face it. NO ACC team not named Miami or FSU will ever get “VOTED” into the national championship game.
*Until all us college football fans get together… and boycott all the MEANINGLESS bowl games (who cares about a trophy of a cow!) aka…chic fillet bowl… and DEMAND a playoff system…..nothing will change and college football will continue to have the WORST postseason in the history of all major sports. *
By Can Hear a Pin Drop
September 5, 2008 7:30 AM | Link to this
It gets really really quite in a Tech blog right before they know an azz kickin is coming.
By *Ping*
September 5, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Its almost as quiet as when Vandy drove down the field, and kicked a game winning field goal two years ago at ugag homecoming.
By inveniojacket
September 5, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
I wonder of O’Brien regrets leaving BC yet?
By Georgia Tech=JOKE
September 5, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
“Its almost as quiet as when Vandy drove down the field, and kicked a game winning field goal two years ago at ugag homecoming.”
That might be a good one if not for the fact that Georgia Tech’s best team in years lost on the same field only a month later. Poor Techies living vicariously through VANDY. My god what a joke of a program.
By Navigator
September 5, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
Nothing ever changes for those wannabe UGA alumni. They have to come to the Tech blog to make themselves feel good about their monotonous lives. I guess the trailer park just isn’t what it used to be.
By CarolinaJacket
September 5, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this
Bravesfan79, I agree with you 100%, but as long as the big tv contracts are in effect there will be no change. The only sport, at any level, without a playoff. It’s worse than a joke, it’s sickning.
p.s. Congratulations to Vandy for a great win. Talk about a good coach with very limited talent.
By Rob
September 6, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
The thug school in Blacksburg is now and shall forever be known as VPI!
By FSUJD
September 10, 2008 12:59 AM | Link to this
The comment that the ACC can’t compete with the SEC in recruiting for talent is ridiculous. Have you checked out the NFL draft lately? When Bobby Bowden was building FSU he didn’t have UF’s stadium or facilities, not even a conference (!) but it didn’t stop him from building a powerhouse program. It wasn’t that long ago that the ACC was beating the SEC in the Peach Bowl every year, O’Leary was beating UGA, FSU over UF and Clemson over SC pretty regular. These things go in cycles and the ACC will be up again.