Time for ACC to consider contraction?
BC, Miami and Virginia Tech left behind many disgruntled Big East members, and were subjected to a lawsuit. But now they have to be wondering what they've gotten themselves into by joining the ACC.
Let's start with new Big East member Louisville's 31-7 thrashing of Miami today. And that was without Michael Bush.
Three years ago, it was expansion time. The first few weeks of this season tell me it might be time for contraction. Not only has the ACC not established itself as one of the power conferences, but it's hard to figure how they're going to fill eight bowl slots from among these shlock teams.
* A week ago, N.C. State was done in by Akron, and all the Zips' alleged nonqualifiers. Chuck trails Southern Miss 10-0 in the second quarter. We'll have to wait to see how that one turns out before asking Amato to assess the loss as only he can.
* Maryland gave up about 6 million first-half points Thursday night against West Virginia. With Miami's loss to L-ville and Wake Forest's pride-saving 24-13 win over UConn on Saturday, the Big East leads the season series against the ACC, 4-2. (Wake also beat Syracuse in week 1 before its near-loss to Duke last week.)
* That record includes Pitt's 38-13 rout of Virginia in week 1. Think Al Groh's in trouble now? He slipped past Wyoming in OT last week at home, then fell to Western Michigan today, 17-10, at Scott Stadium. Nice homecoming! The MAC is now 2-1 against the ACC.
* Troy put a huge scare into Florida State last week, then took Ga Tech into the fourth quarter in a 14-14 tie today. Yes, Troy.
* Should I go on? UNC, which lost at home to Rutgers in the opener, just gave up another TD to Furman here in Chapel Hill. The Heels lead 21-14, while looking entirely clueless against Furman's option offense.
Oh, Boston College did manage to knock off BYU in OT. Can't forget that.
Anyway, there obviously are a lot of ACC teams with QB issues, and several sent a bunch of players to the NFL. But this is ridiculous. So, does anybody else have BCS fever around here?
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It doesn't look any better for the Wolfpack -- 30-10 Southern Miss in the third. Since you're talking about contraction, how about State goes back to the Southern Conference? Competition will be closer to the team's level (well, maybe the basketball team's level. The football team will be thought of as The Citadel -- an easy win.)
As for Maryland, My Maryland, I think the couches in Morgantown were safe for another week.
Posted on September 16, 2006 9:54 PM