Last saturday was a great day for the football teams of the ACC. The conference went 11-0 in outer conference games and the one conference game the panthers of Pitt dominated Boston College. Cavaliers of Virginia were able to bounce back from their opening day lost mainly due to lack of offense to run over the Spiders of Richmond 45-13 scoring one or more touchdowns each quarter. UVAs quarterback duo of Matt Johns and Greyson Lambert lead two scoring drives for the Cavaliers which was a major improvement from their first outer conference game against #7 UCLA. The Cavaliers defense remained stout by forcing seven turnovers from the spiders offense including one of the turnovers being a 22-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Cavaliers will open their ACC play tomorrow hosting newly added #21 ranked Louisville.
The Florida State Seminoles continued their domination with a second outer conference game smashing the Citadel 37-12 keeping the Seminoles atop of the national polls at #1 and #1 in the ACC. Florida St. finished 2-0 in outer conference play starting off with a close victory against Oklahoma St. and of course beating The Citadel, but will begin their ACC play against Clemson on September 20th. Clemson came out strong against South Carolina St. last saturday beating them 73-3 which to me suppose to happen especially against a team that doesn't present a threat. The big question will be can they maintain that same fire against the #1 team in the country next saturday. Clemson couldn't escape Athens with a victory against the Bulldogs and definitely will be challenged on the road in Tallahasee.
The Hurricanes bounced back just as Clemson did after their opening lost to ACC newcomer Louisville by defeating Florida A&M 41-7. Miami continued their offensive troubles by only converting 2 out of 10 third down conversions and 3 turnovers by the offense. Even though they steam rolled the Rattlers that doesn't look good for the Hurricanes offense as a unit. Syracuse held on to beat a good Villanova team which in the eyes of some are on the level of North Dakota St. and Eastern Washington. Villanova who the week before losing to Syracuse demolished the Fordham Rams 50-6 which were ranked #10 in the FCS coaches poll should give Syracuse a sense of accomplishment with beating a solid team.
Georgia Tech was pushed to limit for a second week. In their opener the Yellow Jackets barely escaped with a victory against Tulane and at the half versus Wafford they were only up 10-9 but was able to pull away in the second half. Duke started off their season with two victories against easy opponents in Elon and Troy. The big question will be how will they fair against ACC competition after playing teams that they should beat at least on paper. The Tarheels are 2-0 after two weeks of play but just the majority of the teams across the nation they also played against non competitive schools to begin their season. Their two victories came against Liberty and San Diego State. The Pittsburgh Panthers took their show on the road to Boston College and defeated them convincingly 30-20 with smart field play by running the ball 51 times eating up clock and testing the Eagles defense which couldn't stop James Connor.
NOW!!!!! for my ACC team of the week award goes to the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Hokies took their show on the road to Columbus, Ohio against the than ranked #8 Buckeyes. The Hokies in the eyes of all analyst were underdogs and wasn't suppose to beat the Buckeyes gave reporters a different perspective after saturday nights victory. Virginia Tech than un-ranked wanted the world to see that they should be in the top 10 after holding off the Buckeyes. I know analyst thoughts were that Ohio St. didn't have their top quarterback at the helm, however you recruit players that can step up when someone takes a fall. I could imagine Buckeye stadium in dead silence after the clock read 00:00 at the end of the game and Tech were the victors. The Hokies scored one or more touchdowns in each quarter against Ohio St. except for the third quarter where they couldn't score but made up for it in the fourth quarter scoring 14 points. Great job Hokies from a Cavalier and it was great to see the final score in your favor. That's my week 2 wrap-up I am looking forward to seeing how week 3 unravels as some of the teams start their inner conference play. Stay tuned and continue to read my blogs as I cover all aspects of sports. #theACCDN
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