Saturday, November 29, 2014

ACC Football Update

The sound you heard throughout ACC country today was champagne corks popping as the conference swept four games against the dreaded SEC (well, SEC East) and in doing so firmed up Florida State's presumed spot in the final four playoff. Of course FSU still has to beat Georgia Tech in the ACC title game, something that looks tougher now than expected at the beginning of this season. The ACC is the little brother to their SEC neighbors and any sweep like this is sweet even if three of the four SEC victims are struggling and the fourth, Georgia, is inconsistent. The ACC will take what they get and build upon today's results, hoping to sway a recruit or two. All four of the ACC teams in question are ranked--while just one of the SEC teams was--but that helps those programs in the eyes of voters for the future. This is especially true for a Clemson team that always struggles against South Carolina and a Georgia Tech program that is supposed to struggle with athletic defenses like the one they saw today in Georgia. It is just another sign that the rest of the college football world is closing the gap with the SEC, although we will need a lot more key wins to confirm that.

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