That whole challenge is overblown
Of the ACC top 7 teams, 2 did not play in the challenge. SMU and Stanford.
Of the 5 that played,
Wake lost on the road at Texas A&M.
Louisville lost to a roughly equal Ole Miss team.
UNC lost to a great Alabama team.
Clemson and Duke won against very good teams (Kentucky and Auburn).
So the top of the ACC was 2-3 vs top of SEC and two others did not play. The rest is basically saying the SEC is better than the mid/bottom of the ACC. Is a top team Florida beating a just lost their coach UVA really that impressive?
Thread Replies (15)
ACC was dangerously close to only getting 3 teams in (from an 18 team conf)
-- HokieAl
Mar 16, 2025 at 09:28 PM ET
HokieAl
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03/16/25 09:28 PM ET
Just look @ what coaches have left & who replaced them. Combined with the
-- Lancelot Link
Mar 17, 2025 at 04:35 PM ET
Lancelot Link
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03/17/25 04:35 PM ET
About twice as many players exited the ACC to the SEC last year than
-- Walkin` Willie
Mar 17, 2025 at 07:08 AM ET
Walkin` Willie
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03/17/25 07:08 AM ET
Win the ACC-SEC challenge next year. Or
-- NC Hoke
Mar 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM ET
NC Hoke
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03/16/25 11:31 PM ET
I would argue that the OOC against good teams doesn't matter
-- HokieAl
Mar 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM ET
HokieAl
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03/16/25 10:33 PM ET
That whole challenge is overblown
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-- HokieAl
Mar 17, 2025 at 09:17 AM ET
HokieAl
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03/17/25 09:17 AM ET
In the end it's about winning games, I think.**
-- 40ozDistrict
Mar 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM ET
40ozDistrict
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03/16/25 10:48 PM ET
Phillips and Babcock are 2 Bureaucratic whimps that will not rock the boat.
-- hokiettb
Mar 17, 2025 at 08:31 AM ET
hokiettb
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03/17/25 08:31 AM ET
Phillips appears to be........
-- 2hhoop3
Mar 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM ET
2hhoop3
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03/16/25 11:30 PM ET
Surprised Phillips didn't lobby for UNC. He'd do it for Randolph Scott.**
-- KCHokie2
Mar 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM ET
KCHokie2
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03/16/25 11:27 PM ET