The attention this weekend in the ACC, justifiably, is centered on the huge game between Clemson and Florida State. That one should be a good one although only if both teams display the newly re-discovered abilities to, well, not play below their high talent levels. The loser of Saturday night's game may not be too thrilled that the winner has figured out the not choking thing but hey if you want the national attention to come the ACC's way you do need as many good to great teams as possible.
Which brings us to the rest of the conference. Thanks to the seasons Clemson and FSU have enjoyed Miami has slid somewhat under the radar. That seems odd being that it is Miami and they have their SEC pelt in Florida. But the bulk of the Canes' work in conference still needs to be done, headlined by the back-to-back games in November against FSU and Virginia Tech. They will have to hold serve tonight at North Carolina in what will be their first real road test of the season (with all apologies to South Florida). The Tar Heels have been major disappointments but could earn back some swagger tonight.
Virginia Tech sits at 3-0 in conference and is off this weekend. They also do not play both FSU and Clemson, which puts more pressure on fellow Coastal member Miami.
The others are all jockeying for bowl position or hoping, like UNC, to turn their season around. Maryland-Wake, Duke-Virginia and Syracuse-Tech all have potential to be good games.
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