ACC Weekend Pickoff

From here on out the games are good, I mean REALLY good. This conference is turning out to be pretty darn competitive; did you know there are only TWO teams out of the twelve that are below .500? Not bad!

Boston College at North Carolina

There are very few offenses you can turn the ball over five times against that won't make you pay dearly. Unfortunately, UNC will. They are also hurting from their tough OT loss to UVa last week. My money is on Baby Blue.

UNC 27 BC 17

UVa at Georgia Tech

This one sets up very interesting. UVa has made a complete makeover of their team, but they have done it at home. Every Hokie fan needs to buck up and be a Cavalier fan this weekend; we are a half game behind Georgia Tech right now and need them to lose a few! Georgia Tech's triple option offense has been tough to stop and I am not sure if UVa is the team to do it. My heart says Cavs; my head says....

GT 17 UVa 13

Wake Forest at Miami (FL)

This could be the lowest scoring game of the year in the conference. Without Sam Swank, Wake Forest proved to have no offense last weekend in College Park, while Miami is still struggling to find its offensive identity. Both defenses are good. Who breaks serve?

Miami (FL) 16 Wake Forest 10

NC State at Maryland

Anyone who knows which Maryland team is going to show up this weekend put up your hands. No takers? I don't blame you. Maryland has gone 3-0 against ranked teams this year, but struggled mightily against the teams they should own. We'll see which one shows up.

Maryland 24 NC State 21

Duke at Vanderbilt

Think there might be some Mensa candidates attending this game? Sheesh! Duke started off strong but is starting to show its lack of depth and playmakers on the field and just can't consistently match up with the heavies in the conference. Would be nice to get this OOC win, but...

Vandy 24 Duke 17

VT at FSU

This is a really tough one to predict, let alone pick. Word on the street is coaches have been pulling all nighters this week, kids are spending hours in film study and the practices have been very intense. The attitudes are great too. Problem is, FSU is pretty good on defense, and that is where we are going to struggle. FSU starts 3 true freshmen on their Offensive Line. That's trouble. Bud Foster eats that for lunch. But can TT find open receivers? Will they catch the ball? Can we run the ball? I like a spirited effort from our guys to keep it close, but this season will come down to the final 4 games. If we lose tomorrow but win out and GT slips up just once (and they will), we will win the division.

FSU 24 VT 21