The anticipation continues to build for the start of college football season, which now sits just over a month away.
Plenty of new head coaches take over programs, plenty of school enter new conference and roster decisions still need to be made. Alabama enters its first season in the post-Nick Saban era – will the Crimson Tide remain a college football power? How does Michigan go about replacing numerous starters from its National Championship-winning team? Can Oklahoma thrive in the SEC?
The ACC, as a whole, took a step closer to college football season with the first of Football Media Days on Monday. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips was easily the highlight of today, clapping back at Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yorkmark, who claimed the ACC wasn’t a Top-3 conference earlier in July.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips making case that the ACC is the No. 3 conference, citing revenue and distribution along with overall success.
— Brian Murphy (@murphsturph) July 22, 2024
That was, by far, the most adamant and emotional I've heard Phillips publicly. He says "ACC is and will remain" a top league in the future.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 22, 2024
It’s encouraging knowing that the conference – in which your favorite school resides – has a boss sticking up for his members.
I know UNC is just one school in the ACC, but it’s one of the conference’s seven charter members. It’s tough to imagine an ACC without the Tar Heels – or imagining the conference no longer.
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