ACC Now

Ahead of his term as chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan joins sports columnist Luke DeCock to discuss his CFP role, the changing landscape of college sports and everything from the Holiday Bowl fiasco to PNC Arena renovations to whether the Wolfpack women's basketball team could end up playing in a hostile environment ... again.

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UNC beat writer C.L. Brown and columnist Luke DeCock recap the first three games of UNC's season, from the defensive issues to quarterback Drake Maye’s impressive start. They break down what the 3-0 Tar Heels are doing right and wrong on defense with a week off ahead of hosting Notre Dame.

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Troy Austin, Duke’s newly named deputy director of athletics for development, joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman to discuss the Blue Devils’ needs in an era where facilities upgrades are a constant in college athletics. A former Duke football player, Austin’s new job is as Duke’s top athletics department fundraiser, working with the school’s Iron Dukes boosters.

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N&O staff writer Chip Alexander was present for the first N.C. State-East Carolina football game in 1970, the brawl at Carter-Finley in 1987, the 1992 Peach Bowl and the Wolfpack's only win in Greenville (in 2007). He joins columnist Luke DeCock to go through the history and look ahead to a potentially historic N.C. State football season.

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As his first season as Duke’s football coach begins, Mike Elko joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman and Luke DeCock to discuss his first few months on the job and his thoughts on making the Blue Devils relevant in the ACC again. Later, Duke defensive end RJ Oben joins Wiseman and shares stories about rubbing shoulders with top NFL players at Super Bowls and major events with his father, NFL vice president Roman Oben.

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Ahead of a highly anticipated 2022 football season, N.C. State head coach Dave Doeren, quarterback Devin Leary and linebacker Isaiah Moore join the N&O’s Jonas Pope IV on the ACC Now podcast. Entering his 10th season, Doeren talks about how he’s developed as a coach over time, while Leary discusses his offseason, including his time at the Manning Passing Academy, and Moore shares what it’s been like for the program to have a target on its back. 

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ACC deputy commissioner Paul Brazeau joins N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock to talk about the present and future of ACC basketball, including the turnover among coaches, the league's 2022 NCAA tournament redemption, upending narratives and future ACC tournament sites.

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Duke athletic director Nina King joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman to talk about the changing state of college athletics and where the ACC and Duke stand. In her first year on the job, and the first year where college athletes have been able to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), King’s hired the Duke basketball program’s first general manager, parted ways with longtime football coach David Cutcliffe, hired Mike Elko and invested more in the school’s football program. 

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UNC football coach Mack Brown and wide receiver Josh Downs join the N&O’s Luke DeCock and C.L. Brown to discuss name, image and likeness (NIL), the transfer portal and how Brown’s tenure at Texas helped fuel the college football arms race the ACC is now losing.

Downs, coming off an impressive sophomore season, also talked about quarterbacks Drake Maye and Jacolby Criswell, who are competing for the starting job following the end of the Tar Heels’ Sam Howell era.

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Sports media consultant and former Fox Sports executive Patrick Crakes joins N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock to break down how the ACC's television deal ended up where it is and what paths might lead forward for the ACC as it finds itself under threat from the Big Ten and SEC. Plus Patrick assesses some of Luke's crazier plans for the ACC going forward.

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