Monday through Friday each week, we compile the best links on ACC football from around the web.
Friday, July 20, 2012
When It Comes To Good News, ‘We’re Due,’ Says Duke’s Cutcliffe (Charlotte Observer)
There are times, David Cutcliffe admits, when he has searched his soul and wondered if he will ever catch a break. In his four seasons at Duke, one misfortune has followed another, with this summer’s tragic accident that critically injured wide receiver Blair Holliday the gravest blow of all. “Obviously, I’ve laid there and thought deeply,” Cutcliffe said Thursday. “We all get into this cycle of ‘Why me, Lord?’ But it’s not about me or us or Duke football”…
Thoughts on Pitt’s Move to the ACC in 2013 (Cardiac Hill)
I was at Greentree last night waiting for the championship of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club’s Summer League Pro Am when I got the presser on my phone about Pitt getting out of the Big East early. Needless to say, word spread pretty quickly around the place. Pitt leaving early for the ACC was really one of the worst kept secrets out there…
Timing is Right for Notre Dame-ACC Union (The Daily Progress)
With the ACC Football Kickoff event coming up in Greensboro this weekend, I can’t help but wonder just how many times Notre Dame’s name will come up. There has been a flirtation between the ACC and the Irish dating back to when Gene Corrigan was commish. Corrigan, of course, was Notre Dame’s athletic director before taking over leadership of the ACC prior to current commissioner John Swofford’s era…
Clear Goals For Duke, NC State, UNC (ACC Sports Journal)
All four Bowl Subdivision schools in east-central North Carolina believe they can take a clearly defined step forward this season. North Carolina State wants to contend for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Duke could end a 17-year bowl drought. A bowl is out of the question for North Carolina due to NCAA sanctions, but the Tar Heels would like to get new coach Larry Fedora’s tenure off to a strong start…
ACC In Good Position, More Chances Ahead (ESPN’s ACC Blog)
On Sunday afternoon at the ACC football kickoff in Greensboro, N.C., ACC commissioner John Swofford will give a “state of the state” speech and address the media. If it was written already, chances are he amended it on Wednesday night. Swofford can now include the confirmed additions of Pitt and Syracuse to the league in July 2013…
Q&A With NC State CB David Amerson (ESPN’s ACC Blog)
NC State cornerback David Amerson enters 2012 as one of the nation’s top defensive backs. Last year, he had a breakout season and led the nation with 13 interceptions — the most by a player in the FBS since 1968. Amerson won’t be at media days, so I spoke with him on Tuesday to get his take on the upcoming season. Here are the highlights of our conversation…
Forecasting Virginia Tech-Florida State ACC Title Game (Daily Press)
At last year’s ACC football kickoff, two of 71 voting media picked Clemson to win the league. Fifty tabbed Florida State. Not our finest forecasting moment. But in the seven seasons since the advent of divisional play, we have hit the trifecta – both division winners and the conference champion – twice, in 2005 (Florida State over Virginia Tech) and ’10 (Hokies over Seminoles)…
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