Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast

The Big Ten and the PAC-12 have elected to postpone the 2020 fall college football season, but the SEC, Big 12, and the ACC continue to press forward. Mike and Joey sound off on a wild week in the ACC.

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Our season previews feature rolls on as we catch up with Norm Wood (@NormWood) on Mike's Virginia Tech Hokies in 2020. Justin Fuente enters year 5 with some growing unrest within the fanbase for him and his staff -- how critical of a year is this for him? We look into what it means for the defense to have Justin Hamilton stepping in at defensive coordinator following the departure of the legendary Bud Foster, along with the value of having lots of continuity on both sides of the ball as the Hokies look to build on a solid 2019 campaign. Finally, the schedule is reasonably balanced between home and away games -- what should we expect from Virginia Tech in that context? All of that, and more!

The guys are back, continuing the season preview series with a look at Louisville's 2020 season, thanks to some brilliant inputs from 93.9 The 'Ville's Ethan Moore (@_EthanMoore). A year ago, Louisville fans weren't sure what to think of Scott Satterfield -- when was the moment where that truly changed? The Cardinals did a brilliant job of putting Micale Cunningham, Javian Hawkins, and Tutu Atwell in positions to succeed all of last year -- can they continue building this year? Shouldn't plenty of returning production and another year under the tutelage of Bryan Brown mean the defense will improve from a rough 2019? Plus, a look at a particularly conducive schedule, and much more!

We kick off our 2020 team previews with a look at the Syracuse Orange, featuring a ton of great insights from Syracuse.com beat writer Nate Mink (@MinkNate). What's the feeling on Dino Babers after a strong 2018 and a rough year in 2019? Can the offensive line protect Tommy DeVito this year...even just a little bit? The Orange also go through a schematic change on defense, replace a first-team All American punter, and go up against a schedule that could see some really unique results. All of that and more as we start to officially get back into the swing of things!

We kick off season 5 on the back of a fortuitously-timed announcement from the ACC on Wednesday afternoon about the schedule for the 2020 season. Who are the winners and losers from the ACC's total rebuild of the schedule into a 10+1 scheduling model? Whose matchups set up particularly well, and who's getting a little bit screwed? What are the considerations that still need to be made regarding non-conference opponents? PLUS, one of the ACC's biggest stars will opt out of playing this fall with an eye turned towards the 2021 NFL Draft, and....let's just go ahead and take a guess at the postseason standings, shall we?

After several weeks away, Mike and Joey are back, taking inventory of what we expect the 2020 season to look like given what we know now. What are the chances that the season gets pushed to the spring, and what are the pros and cons to that? How does Notre Dame get factored in to the equation? Will the schedules be conference-only? How have schedules already been altered? There's a ton to discuss, PLUS a major personal announcement from one of our co-hosts! All of that and more, as we officially wrap up Season 4 of Basketball Conference.

The guys are back at long last, first addressing their take on the recent protests we've seen across the country regarding racism in today's America (3:15). Once that's clarified, they start digging in to some of how those social issues have come into play across the ACC recently, and what it may mean for those programs moving forward (18:25). Finally, they hit on some other ACC News and Notes that have popped up in recent weeks, in particular a story about the career of Clemson's star WR Justyn Ross being potentially in jeopardy due to a congenital health condition (50:00)? All of this, and MORE, on what is undoubtedly the hardest episode of the podcast that we'll ever record.