THE RACE FOR THE ACC TITLE AS OF NOW LOOKS SIMILAR TO LAST YEARS TWO TEAMS.......

    The end of the college football regular season is vastly approaching and the ACC championship is shaping up to be identical to last years match up. I know everyone watches college football to see who will reign supreme in the money bank known as the SEC, but to me being a former Virginia Cavalier and ACC athlete I look forward to seeing who will play each other in the title game. When I played in the late 90s through the early 2000s I didn't get the opportunity to play in a potential conference championship game because it was just won out right by the school with the best record.  I believe adding the new schools definitely gave the ACC a boost in character and a boost in game play to fight for the top position in each division. 

       Looking back at the current standings in the ACC from this past weekend we have the same two teams atop each division that finished first last season. Duke for a second season came out blazing and wanting to make the statement that they are not a one and done team and so far they have proved that with a current conference record of 3-1 and a overall record of 7-1 and a 22nd ranking overall. The Blue Devils have the opportunity to run the table with their last four games to head to the ACC championship game. This Saturday they will play 1-4 in the ACC conference and 3-6 overall Syracuse in New York. If Duke continues to play football the way they have been they will cruise through Syracuse. Their last three games will all be home game a definite plus finishing the regular season. After Syracuse they have a current 1-4 in the conference and 4-5 overall Virginia Tech Hokie team that's definitely in a rebuilding phase this season but can not over look the Hokies especially with Coach Beamer still the head coach. Rounding off the bottom two games they will face a up and down North Carolina Tar Heels team and sadden Wake Forest Demon Deacons team that has yet to win a game in the ACC. The Blue Devils boast a 4-0 home record and a 3-1 away record which is awesome when playing on the road with traveling and battling fans. Duke has played against low talented teams, but a win is a win and they have shown week in and week out that they are a different Blue Devils team than what we were use to seeing in the past. So if the current standings look the same at the end of the regular season I believe Duke will give the Seminoles a run for their money again this season but in order to win they have to play 100% mistake free football.

       Now the current NCAA national champions and still undefeatedddddddddddd!!!!!!! Your Florida State Seminolessssssssss!!!!! and the crowd cheers. The Seminoles as we all know are undefeated in both brackets, currently Florida State is 5-0 in the conference and 8-0 overall. The Seminoles have played some stiff competition and of course had some fine tuning games so far and through it all came out on top. The Seminoles have shown signs of being beatable but teams have not been able to finish the job and they have allowed the Seminoles to climb back in the game in the second half. Will the Seminoles sporadic play hurt them in their final four games and jeopardize their playoff chances? or will they pick up their slow start and dominate teams from this point out. The Seminoles have some pretty decent games coming up to finish out the regular season. They will travel to Charlottesville to face the Virginia Cavaliers this Saturday who are a dangerous team but can't seem to get out of their own way. The Cavaliers did beat the 4th rank Seminoles two seasons ago in Tallahassee 14-13 and have the opportunity to do it again but they have to play mistake free football against the champs. Rounding off their last three games the Seminoles will play the Miami Hurricanes which is an instant classic every season, Boston College who are third in the Atlantic Division behind Clemson with a record of 3-2 in the conference and 6-3 overall and finish their regular season at home with their yearly inner state rival the Florida Gators. The Florida State Seminoles definitely have a great chance to go undefeated again, win the ACC title again and make it to the National championship again. In my eyes the Seminoles should be #1 in the Nation no disrespect to the Mississippi St. Bulldogs, but Florida state is the reigning National Champion and until someone knocks them off should stay atop the AP poll.
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