Just trying to break up the monotony of the summer time sports chatter (please don't berate me for not having a thousand million posts!). The ACC football preseason polls are out with Clemson picked to win the ACC. Feel free to discuss or post your own predictions!

Atlantic Division (first-place picks in parentheses)
Clemson (59) 383
Wake Forest (5) 304
Florida State (1) 265
Boston College 154
Maryland 147
N.C. State 112

Coastal Division
Va. Tech (58) 383
North Carolina (4) 288
Miami (1) 253
Ga. Tech (1) 195
Virginia (1) 161
Duke 85


For my predictions I'd switch NCSU & Maryland in the Atlantic and for the weak ass Coastal it would look like this (might have UVA too high but they were solid last year):
1. Va Tech
2. Virginia
3. UNC
4. Miami
5. Gay Tech
6. Duke

7/21/2008 5:56:06 PM

do people really think Carolina are gonna be that good. I mean I know they are in the Coastal but c'mon did Ga Tech and Miami really fall off that much.

Honestly I think we will finish in the middle of the Atlantic. I think Maryland is in trouble as is BC. Oh well I like low expectations.

7/21/2008 6:04:03 PM

my prediction: 12th place

7/21/2008 6:05:08 PM

The atlantic looks about like I'd expect, some people (mags, blogs, whatever) have flipped around the bottom of the Atlantic so it's

Clemson
Wake
FSU
NCSt
BC
Maryland

the bottom three are pretty much interchangeble.

And I can't see UNC finishing second in the Coastal, it's weak but there's no way it can be THAT weak. I"ll admit to plenty of bias against UNC, but third in the coastal is the highest I can fathom them finishing.

7/21/2008 6:05:35 PM

Quote :

""Our thinking is keep our place and, if anything, just get tougher," Virginia Tech quarterback Sean Glennon said. "But I look at Carolina and I look at Duke, and I know we're going to be in tougher tests. We just have to take it upon ourselves to get ready for what's on the way." "

bahahaha

7/21/2008 6:23:02 PM

I don't think it is far fetched for Carolina to be in at least top 3 of Coastal Division given that has been the weaker of the two since expansion and that Carolina lost quite a few close games last year with a very young squad. Plus it would be some NC State shit to have Carolina be real good at football and for the media to slob their knob as well.

7/21/2008 6:26:19 PM

i could definitely see carolina being that good and i hate unc, but oh well..

7/21/2008 6:27:43 PM

I could see it happening because god hates nc state fans.

7/21/2008 6:29:02 PM

BC being picked 3rd in the Atlantic is laughable, they lost a ridiculous amount of seniors and now have like 1 running back on their whole roster. GT over Virginia is also questionable given the coaching change.

7/21/2008 6:41:59 PM

I think BC is going to be decent, I could very well be wrong but I never saw anything super special about Matt Ryan at QB and I think the surrounding team helped him become an NFL player, they should still be about middle of the pack, by next year I'd put them at the bottom. This is just casual observation, no empirical data to back up my claims however

7/21/2008 6:46:27 PM

ha. without ryan, BC will flounder. Hopefully it ends up like our online dynasty, BC is 0-2. State is 1-2 and the coast division is a clusterfuck with the holes and duke both out to 3-0 starts.

7/21/2008 6:49:17 PM

Clemson
FSU
WFU
whatever
whatever
whatever

Virginia Tech
Miami
Ga Tech
UNC
Virginia
Duke

^GOD DAMN YOU

7/21/2008 6:50:09 PM

Wait, so ACC football isn't suspended this year?

7/21/2008 6:51:46 PM

The Coastal Division is such a piece of crap that it wouldn't entirely surprise me. However, I still think Miami will be better than the predictions.

No way we are last place.

7/21/2008 7:03:01 PM

Quote :

""You never run across easy games in our division, that's for sure," Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry said. "There isn't a team in our division that doesn't scare me to death.""

wow... not exactly the kind of talk you want to hear from your linebackers WFU

http://www.newsobserver.com/2759/story/1148476.html

[Edited on July 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM. Reason : wrong division]

7/21/2008 7:14:58 PM

Quote :

"""You never run across easy games in our division, that's for sure," Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry said. "There isn't a team in our division that doesn't scare me to death."""

Reading is fundamental!

7/21/2008 7:16:35 PM

^^^^^how could you possibly pick FSU over Wake in the Atlantic, their entire defense is suspended until like the 4th game of the season, not to mention Weatherford is still their QB

7/21/2008 7:46:50 PM

This will be the first time in school history that FSU will not have one junior or senior on their offensive line. Looks like there could be trouble for them.

7/21/2008 7:49:14 PM

^^i dunno i just think FSU will finish with a better conference record than Wake this year...FSU has been too bad and Wake has been too good...things are bound to equalize a little...honestly after Clemson and VT, I think you could argue almost anything

plus Weatherford sucks but at least he doesn't sell his naked pics

7/21/2008 7:55:48 PM

throw this crap in the garbage and play some football already

7/21/2008 10:42:29 PM

bold statement time:

we will finish better than maryland and boston college.

7/21/2008 10:44:48 PM

Go Pack

7/21/2008 11:25:40 PM

i just hope we can win on Nov 8

7/22/2008 11:42:40 AM

according to NCAA 2009 FSU is fucking loaded

7/22/2008 11:48:51 AM

Atlantic Division (first-place picks in parentheses)
Clemson (50) 383
florida state (14) 287
wake forest (1) 265
nc state 154
maryland 147
boston college 112

Coastal Division
Va. Tech (40) 383
miami (25) 305
georgia tech 253
virginia 195
north carolina 161
Duke 85

7/22/2008 12:46:29 PM

Here's how I see it

Atlantic Division
Clemson
Wake Forest
Florida State
NC State
Maryland
Boston College

Coastal Division
Va. Tech
Miami
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Virginia
Duke

And there's no way we'll finish last this year. We aren't that bad

7/22/2008 1:05:16 PM

^ yeah but neither is the rest of the Atlantic Division, so you shouldn't say "No way" ... don't you know what school this is?

7/22/2008 1:10:26 PM

Quote :

"don't you know what school this is?"

7/22/2008 1:13:04 PM

BOLD STATEMENT TIME



9-3 will be our record



/THREAD

7/22/2008 1:16:45 PM

^^^I know, we always find a way to screw up. I guess I've already got my hopes up for a new season.

7/22/2008 2:11:00 PM