ACC Report

Special Report

Retired Coach Rick
ACC Correspondent

The ACC will be watched in 10 bowl games if the bowl sponsors get it right. Ten out of 12 teams qualified. Virginia and Duke are the two who are definitely staying home.

Maybe the ACC figured out the bowl system way before everybody else did. They believe in sharing. The recruiting season is going to improve for every school as a result of this exposure.

Boston College and Virginia Tech in the championship game again is a blessing for these two teams. BC will win the Championship.

Everyone talks about the young talent of VT. The Hokies are not the team with the best young talent in the ACC. Miami, Florida State and North Carolina have the best young players.

The defenses will catch up to Georgia Tech's offense over the offseason. They will have the time to get it done. North Carolina State surprised me the most. Will Virginia start a new trend with short quarterbacks who can run. It makes sense. The best running backs are short and can hide behind their offensive line. Why can't a quarterback?

The ACC should be very proud of their teams and their accomplishments. This was a coming out year (party) for ACC and their members. We are ready for the bowl season. I am going to make a prediction at this time and say the bowl teams from the ACC will win 80 percent of the bowl games they play. The ACC is two years away from playing in the BCS Championship.

I'll make bowl predictions after they are announced