Bad News For The ACC

Notre Dame's dominate performance over Georgia Tech is bad news for the ACC in their bid to get a team in the final four college playoff.  As of now the team that I thought was the best GT has a loss. Florida State and Clemson just seem to be good but not great.  Miami had a big win over a once great program Nebraska but I don't know about lately.

The next big chance for the ACC is the Irish travel to Clemson in a couple of weeks.  Right now Clemson could throw themselves into the final four talk with a win at home over the Irish. Notre Dame as a final four team would just about doom the ACC from ever wanting to join a conference in football as long as they keep getting in the big games as a independent.  The only way to get the Irish to become a full fledge ACC member is they keep just outside the final four but if they had of been in ACC champion they would make the final four.

Carolina finally played the way Carolina offense has looked in the past under Larry Fedora.  They still can have an outstanding season as their defense is as good as it has ever been under Fedora.  I have to admire Fedora as I am sure those people who recruited him to be Carolina's coach never told him how severe the academic fraud was.  Maybe those at Carolina really didn't know how bad it was going to get.  Fedora has never openly complained.  It is obvious many players have avoided Chapel Hill with an impending NCAA verdict looming on the program.

I was lucky enough to scan the dial Saturday night and found NC State on TV.  Don't care whether you are a Pack fan or not Dave Doeren Has the Wolfpack turned around.  He is committed to the running game first.  The Pack will not make high light shows the way they play running it.  They will be hard to beat in the fourth quarter.

Up 28 -7 and they held ODU  to -3 yards rushing for the game and ODU went totally to the pass. State went with the all out blitz but ODU countered with a shot passing game and had a nice drive to cut it to 28-14.  State countered by only rushing the down linemen and covered the short game.  The Pack has some good pieces on both sides of the ball and if they stay healthy will win or
contend for the division title or higher.