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CEB said:
Do we have to root for Cal yet? They’re making it hard right now.
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No. We never have to root for Cal. Remember the days when we wanted everyone in our conference to burn and die? I do. I think it was the late 90's/early 2000's when the SEC started the whole conference pride thing. Before that, it was always about wanting all of your rivals/conference foes to lose.
 

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forensicbuzz said:
No. We never have to root for Cal. Remember the days when we wanted everyone in our conference to burn and die? I do. I think it was the late 90's/early 2000's when the SEC started the whole conference pride thing. Before that, it was always about wanting all of your rivals/conference foes to lose.
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but as much as I hate it, their conference pride / rah rah sh1# seems to have paid off in spades.
 
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Especially with the expanded playoff upcoming, and the acc divisions going away, we should always root against anybody in-conference who has a better record than us. The whole sec conference pride thing was always weird to me anyway. Whatever has our best interest in hand at the time is what I pull for.
 
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BleedGoldNWhite21 said:
The week one loss is still frustrating, but seeing Louisville at 4-0 makes me hopeful that they are pretty good and we can compete with a lot of the teams on our schedule.
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Definitely a game we could’ve/should’ve won. I think that would’ve looked like a great win at the end of the year if we could’ve held it together in the 2nd half.
 

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Scratching my head why Birr wasnt kicking xps and fgs from jump street. Kid seems to be money(blocked fg against ole miss not his fault). I thought he looked to be the much better kicker in spring game. I understand not taking his job from him given he kicked well last year and probably looked the same during practice. But UL game could have been different result with two made fgs.
 
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CEB said:
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but as much as I hate it, their conference pride / rah rah sh1# seems to have paid off in spades.
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I agree. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. Give me the days when we rooted for GT and the opponent of every one on our schedule, unless they were playing the cow college up 78
 

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forensicbuzz said:
Meh. I liked when I rooted for everyone we played (our entire conference) to lose. That made our bowl game all that more important.
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I live/work deep on Big 10 territory. I can only piss off my coworkers whenever an ACC team beats a Big 10 team.
 
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"Let's root for many of our closest rivals to win big so we get more money and our disappointing season *looks* a little better to outsiders" isn't something I've seen in other sports, and for good reason I think. Everyone's a sellout but some have sold out more than others. So yeah, sticking with "SEC ruined football." ;)
 
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WraleighWreck said:
Scratching my head why Birr wasnt kicking xps and fgs from jump street. Kid seems to be money(blocked fg against ole miss not his fault). I thought he looked to be the much better kicker in spring game. I understand not taking his job from him given he kicked well last year and probably looked the same during practice. But UL game could have been different result with two made fgs.
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To be fair, until this year Stewart has been pretty much automatic. Just didn't have the strongest leg. Birr was a highly rated kicker coming out of high school.
 
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CEB said:
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but as much as I hate it, their conference pride / rah rah sh1# seems to have paid off in spades.
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Yeah...I want every five-star athlete in America to dream of playing in the ACC...to be on TV...to play professionally one day.

Like it used to be in basketball when Dean Smith, Terry Holland, Lefty Driesell, Coach K and Bobby Cremins dominated the hardwoods.

A rising tide raises ALL the boats.
 
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Jurkovec got hurt in Pitt’s loss to UNC. They play VT next week—possibly with a backup?

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Pitt Loses Jurkovec, Melts Down in 41-24 Loss to UNC

PITTSBURGH — You could hear a pin drop inside Acrisure Stadium midway through the fourth quarter Saturday night as a Christian Veilleux deep ball skidded across the grass — 10 yards beyond his receiver. It summed up a night in which Pitt was just that far away from UNC throughout the majority of...
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Here are your week 4 standings, with six undefeated ACC teams.

SCHOOLACCOVERALL
Florida State2-04-0
Louisville2-04-0
Duke1-04-0
North Carolina1-04-0
NC State1-03-1
Georgia Tech1-12-2
Miami0-04-0
Syracuse0-04-0
Virginia Tech0-01-3
Wake Forest0-13-1
Pitt0-11-3
Virginia0-10-4
Clemson0-22-2
Boston College0-21-3
 
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WraleighWreck said:
Scratching my head why Birr wasnt kicking xps and fgs from jump street. Kid seems to be money(blocked fg against ole miss not his fault). I thought he looked to be the much better kicker in spring game. I understand not taking his job from him given he kicked well last year and probably looked the same during practice. But UL game could have been different result with two made fgs.
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Kicking is so mental that it is genuinely impossible to look at practice reps and know if the in-game reps will match. Totally different animals. The good news is that Birr seems to have it - glad we found a kicker with “it” by game 2.
 

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WraleighWreck said:
Scratching my head why Birr wasnt kicking xps and fgs from jump street. Kid seems to be money(blocked fg against ole miss not his fault). I thought he looked to be the much better kicker in spring game. I understand not taking his job from him given he kicked well last year and probably looked the same during practice. But UL game could have been different result with two made fgs.
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The FG kicker is SO important to winning. Just ask Dabo. They easily could be rejoicing in a big win this morning. Having to count on a walk on who was ready to take a job. With a big time program Clemson has had, it's a head scratcher why they didn't have a better alternative. I assume their scholarship kicker is out for some reason. If not, Dabo is not paying attention to detail and it cost him big time.
 
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