ACC Nation Podcast
ACC Nation Podcast with Will Ojanen, Chris Bond, Xayveon and Jim Quist.
Episode 80
* The proverbial ACC mid-season football slump. A closer look at what went right and what went wrong this week.
* The NCAA and North Carolina – Greg Sankey says, it’s troubling. Read the story here.
* You want more? A rundown of the FBI investigation into basketball, specifically the Louisville drama. Read the story here.
* CSCAA Swimming and Diving Top 25 has NC State leading ACC men’s and women’s teams.
* Golfweek Sagarin Top 50 teams and individuals. Georgia Tech and Duke lead the men and women in the ACC. Bryson Nimmer from Clemson and Leona Maguire from Duke are top individuals.
* Good news from the NCAA as a rules change for 2018 sets up a 16 seed Regional Pairing scenario.
* United Soccer Top 25 – Wake Forest men lead the conference while Duke women are tops in the ACC.
* The Blue Devils lead ACC field hockey teams in the NFHCA Poll.
* Coming up this week – USCHO Hockey Poll. We’ll see how Notre Dame and Boston College rank this week.
* Plus, the USTFCCCA Cross Country Rankings, Rewind, ACC Nation Power Poll, The Pick, AP Top 25, ESPN FPI and much more.
* Just when you thought everything was clear cut in ACC Football, as Forrest Gump says, “it happens.”
* The top three teams in the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions. Maybe not who you thought.
* Who does the ESPN FPI have winning the ACC Championship now?
ACC Nation Podcast
* What the heck happened to Clemson?
* Will – Why did Dabo play Bryant? Why didn’t Clemson run the ball more?
* Will – Eric Dungey delivers for Syracuse.
* Chris – Did Dabo lose a bet and switch teams with Larry Fedora?
* Chris – Tigers played into Syracuse strengths but missed on halftime adjustments.
* Jim – Brent Venables’ lack of faith in his players exposes a key weakness in the Clemson defense.
* Kudos to Dabo Swinney for congratulating Syracuse in the locker room.
* Chris – Points to FSU defensive coaching as falling flat.
* Jim – Seminoles should have a quarterback battle next season with Francois returning and Blackman getting the reps.
* Will – Plenty of room for FSU to grow this season.
* Will – NC State struggles but the bigger question is what’s going on with Pitt’s offense?
* Jim – Forcing a square peg into a round hole points to inflexible coaching.
* Chris – Did Pitt throw the game away? A national championship might bring Chris on board the bandwagon.
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ACC Nation Podcast – Last Week’s Episode
* Jim – Boston College takes Louisville to the wood shed on points….something that they aren’t familiar with putting on the board.
* Chris – A big win but not enough to keep Addazio off the hot seat.
* Will – Addazio likes to recruit “Dudes”.
* Jim – Hard time reconciling “The Dude.” White Russians anyone?
* Will – Miami pulls one out of the rear. Homer will carry the donut a lot more after performance.
* Chris – Georgia Tech blows the game. Miami’s run defense is suspect.
* Jim – Miami fans, don’t get ahead of yourselves. There’s still a lot of prove it that needs to be accomplished and t...