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Virginia football schedule 2020 with the ACC model
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With the ACC schedule model announced, what does it all mean? Who wins, who loses, and what’s next?
With the ACC schedule model announced, what does it all mean? Who wins, who loses, and what’s next?
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The ACC announced its schedule model for the conference season. It’s a ten-game season – with Notre Dame included – with five home games, five away games, and with each team missing four other ACC teams.
The divisions are gone for this season, and each team will get to play one non-conference game. The weekly schedule is coming out later.
2020 ACC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
Atlantic Boston College | Clemson | Florida State
Louisville | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami
North Carolina | Pitt | Virginia | Virginia Tech
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The ACC thinks it’s playing college football this season. Start from there, be happy about it, and enjoy the moment.
It could’ve all gone the other way, and we could be talking right now about how the ACC and Notre Dame are cancelling the campaign.
Oh sure, it could all go kablooey at any moment, and it all might be totally delusional, but take a deep breath and pretend things are sort of normal.
There could be college football this fall, and if it happens, it could be fantastic.
The ACC model has five home games, five away games, Notre Dame is in the mix, and everyone gets one non-conference game. Fine. Great.
From the ACC announcement, here are the other key parts …
Every team has two open dates. That might not be enough time if a team has to take 14 days off, and there’s not a whole lot of wiggle room for rescheduling.
All the TV revenue is split. More on this in a moment, but Notre Dame gets to be part of the ACC fun as long as it gives the ACC a piece of the pie.
The ACC Championship will be between the two top teams based on conference winning percentage. For this year, with no divisions, the non-Clemson teams from the Atlantic have a real hope of playing for the ACC title.
The ACC announced its football schedule model with Notre Dame a bigger part of the conference mix. The home and away games, and who’s missed
The ACC announced its football schedule model with Notre Dame a bigger part of the conference mix. The home and away games, and who’s missed.
– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak
The ACC announced its schedule model for the conference season. It’s a ten-game season – with Notre Dame included – with five home games, five away games, and with each team missing four other ACC teams.
The divisions are gone for this season, and each team will get to play one non-conference game. The weekly schedule is coming out later.
2020 ACC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
Atlantic Boston College | Clemson | Florida State
Louisville | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami
North Carolina | Pitt | Virginia | Virginia Tech
The 2020 Football Schedule Model has been announced.
More info: https://t.co/D6iCbHIY1x pic.twitter.com/dfhTqr4YTd
— ACC Football (@ACCFootball) July 29, 2020
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2020 ACC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
Atlantic Boston College | Clemson | Florida State
Louisville | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami
North Carolina | Pitt | Virginia | Virginia Tech
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In what might be the craziest of college football seasons, how good are the teams? Here are the CFN ACC Preseason Rankings of every team.
In what might be the craziest of college football seasons, how good are all of the teams? Here are the CFN ACC Preseason Rankings of every team.
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This is NOT a ranking of where the teams are going to end up. This is only based on how good we think the ACC teams are going into whatever the 2020 season is going to be.
CFN in 60: The CFN Preseason Rankings …
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– CFN Preview 2020: All 130 Team Previews
Boston College CFN 2020 Preview
Be Excited About … another terrific running game. AJ Dillon might be gone, but David Bailey is another big, pounding runner working behind a great line.
Be Concerned About … the defensive side could use some work up front and in the secondary. It’s not a bad situation, but the D isn’t going to be a rock early on. The Eagles finished dead last in the ACC and 122th in the nation against the pass.
The Season Will Be Successful If … new head coach Jeff Hafley can get the Eagles to a bowl game. It’ll be a fight to battle through the ACC slate, but BC is probably the best of the last-ranked teams among the Power Five conferences. It can get to a bowl.
Be Excited About … the lines that had a year to get the pieces in place. Georgia Tech needed to undergo a total overhaul on offense, but the D line needed help, too. They’ll be better.
Be Concerned About … a passing game that still needs work. The tweaking from the option attack under the old regime will still take a while to get going.
The Season Will Be Successful If … Geoff Collins can make the Yellow Jackets more competitive. There should be a nice turnaround, but the team got blown out seven times last season and lost to Citadel. Flirting with a. bowl game is a must.
Be Excited About … a passing game that should be dangerous. As long as the offensive line can keep QB Tommy DeVito from getting beaten up, the Orange will have a potent attack.
Be Concerned About … that O line. That’s still going to be an issue, and the defensive front is still just okay. The secondary will clean up a lot of messes, but the run defense has to be stronger.
The Season Will Be Successful If … the Orange look and play more like the 2018 version that went 10-3. Dino Babers has to turn the program into a consistent threat, but getting to a bowl game would be a good rebound after a losing 2019.
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Be Excited About … a really, really good defense that gets a whole lot of key parts back including a sneaky-good pair of defensive ends in Chris Rumph and Victor Dimukeje. It’s Duke – the offense won’t be as bad as it was in the middle of last year.
Be Concerned About … the offense that was really that bad in the middle of last year. Passing efficiency and simply moving the chains were both major problems. Clemson QB transfer Chase Brice might be able to solve both issues.
The Season Will Be Successful If … the Blue Devils can start out fast like they did in 2019 and keep it going, at least offensively. Three bowl appearances in four years would show that last season was just a blip.
Be Excited About … a team that went through an ugly transition last year and should enjoy the payoff. There are still a slew of question marks on both sides of the ball, but the defensive front seven will be great and the kicking game should be among the nation’s best.
Be Concerned About … the passing game that was way too inefficient and an offense that stalled way too often. NC State should bounce back quickly after going 4-8, but now the Dave Doeren era has question marks.
The Season Will Be Successful If … NC State gets to the nine-win mark, or the equivalent of a normal season with that sort of success depending on what the schedule is. Doeren had two straight nine-win seasons before last year’s clunker.
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Be Excited About … a passing game that should still be really effective and really fun. Sage Surratt would be among the nation’s better receivers, and QB San Hartman is in for a big year.
Be Concerned About … the running game should be just okay and the secondary will be suspect. The O will put points on the board, and the D might give them up just as quickly.
The Season Will Be Successful If … Wake Forest goes bowling for a fifth straight season. Dave Clawson has done one of the better jobs in college football considering what he has to work with.
Florida State CFN 2020 Preview
Be Excited About … a team loaded with NFL talent on the defensive side of the ball. If new head coach Mike Norvell can do what he does offensively, the other side will take care of the rest.
Be Concerned About … an offensive line that hasn’t been there for years. The Noles haven’t been able to fix the front five, and that’s been the primary issue for the mediocre seasons. It should be better, but the star power is still missing.
The Season Will Be Successful If … FSU looks like it’s about to turn the corner back into superpower status. Norvell is inheriting a nice group to build around. There can’t be any stressing over getting bowl eligible.
Be Excited About … the exciting offense that should be a weekly thrill ride. Scott Satterfield turned the program around in just one year, and now he’s has a loaded receiving corps for the good quarterback options to work with.
Be Concerned About … an offensive line that allowed the most tackles for loss in college football. The defensive side has to be better against the run after finishing second-to-last in the ACC.
The Season Will Be Successful If … the Cardinal offense firmly establishes itself as a thing the rest of the ACC has to freak out about on a regular basis. ing considered one of the league’s top five teams would be a great step forward.
Be Excited About … a rock-solid team under Bronco Mendenhall that might have lost QB Bryce Perkins, but doesn’t have any major weaknesses. There might not be a whole lot of flash, but the special teams, coaching, and defensive back seven are going to be outstanding.
Be Concerned About … Bryce Perkins. It’s not like the offense will fall off the map, but there wasn’t enough of a ground game and now the Cavaliers have to go on without its heart-and-soul quarterback.
The Season Will Be Successful If … Virginia goes into the regular season finale with a shot at the Coastal. This isn’t going to be the team that won the division and went to the ACC Championship and Orange Bowl, but it should be able to be a factor in the race.
What’s going to happen this college football season in the ACC? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.
What’s going to happen this college football season in the ACC? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.
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2020 ACC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
Atlantic Boston College | Clemson | Florida State
Louisville | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami
North Carolina | Pitt | Virginia | Virginia Tech
2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 3-5
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 6-7, 2018: 7-5
2020 Boston College Preview
Sept. 4 Syracuse W
Sept. 12 Ohio W
Sept. 19 at Kansas L
Sept. 26 Purdue L
Oct. 2 Clemson W
Oct. 10 Louisville W
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 22 at Virginia Tech L
Oct. 31 Holy Cross W
Nov. 7 at NC State L
Nov. 14 at Florida State L
Nov. 21 North Carolina L
Nov. 28 at Wake Forest L
CFN in 60 Video: Clemson Tigers Preview
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2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 11-1
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 8-0
2019 Preseason Prediction: 11-1
2019: 14-1, 2018: 15-0
2020 Clemson Preview
Sept. 3 at Georgia Tech W
Sept. 12 Louisville W
Sept. 19 Akron W
Sept. 26 Virginia W
Oct. 2 at Boston College W
Oct. 10 at Florida State W
Oct. 17 NC State W
Oct. 24 Syracuse W
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 at Notre Dame L
Nov. 14 The Citadel W
Nov. 21 at Wake Forest W
Nov. 28 South Carolina W
2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 4-4
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 6-7, 2018: 5-7
2020 Florida State Preview
Sept. 5 West Virginia (in Atlanta) W
Sept. 12 Samford W
Sept. 19 at Boise State L
Sept. 26 OPEN DATE
Oct. 3 at NC State L
Oct. 10 Clemson L
Oct. 17 Wake Forest W
Oct. 24 at Louisville L
Oct. 31 Pitt W
Nov. 7 at Miami L
Nov. 14 Boston College W
Nov. 19 at Syracuse W
Nov. 28 Florida L
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2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 4-4
2019 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2019: 8-5, 2018: 2-10
2020 Louisville Preview
Sept. 3 NC State W
Sept. 12 at Clemson L
Sept. 19 Murray State W
Sept. 26 WKU W
Oct. 3 at Syracuse L
Oct. 10 at Boston College L
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 24 Florida State W
Oct. 31 Virginia Tech W
Nov. 7 at Virginia L
Nov. 14 Wake Forest W
Nov. 21 at Notre Dame L
Nov. 28 Kentucky L
2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 4-4
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 4-8, 2018: 9-4
2020 NC State Preview
Sept. 3 at Louisville L
Sept. 12 Mississippi State L
Sept. 19 at Troy W
Sept. 26 Delaware W
Oct. 3 Florida State W
Oct. 10 Duke W
Oct. 17 at Clemson L
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 31 Wake Forest W
Nov. 7 Boston College W
Nov. 14 at Syracuse L
Nov. 21 Liberty W
Nov. 27 at North Carolina L
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2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 3-5
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 5-7, 2018: 10-3
2020 Syracuse Preview
Sept. 4 at Boston College L
Sept. 12 at Rutgers W
Sept. 19 Colgate W
Sept. 26 at Western Michigan W
Oct. 3 Louisville W
Oct. 10 OPEN DATE
Oct. 17 Liberty W
Oct. 24 at Clemson L
Oct. 31 Georgia Tech W
Nov. 7 at Wake Forest L
Nov. 14 NC State W
Nov. 19 Florida State L
Nov. 28 at Pitt L
2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2020 Preseason ACC Prediction: 2-6
2019 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2019: 8-5, 2018: 7-6
2020 Wake Forest Preview
Sept. 5 at Old Dominion W
Sept. 11 Appalachian State W
Sept. 19 Villanova W
Sept. 26 Notre Dame (in Charlotte) L
Oct. 3 at Duke L
Oct. 9 Miami L
Oct. 17 at Florida State L
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 31 at NC State L
Nov. 7 Syracuse W
Nov. 14 at Louisville L
Nov. 21 Clemson L
Nov. 28 Boston College W
Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the ACC season with the College Football News All-ACC Team & Top 30 players
Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the ACC season with the College Football News All-ACC Team & Top 30 players.
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2020 ACC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
Atlantic Boston College | Clemson | Florida State
Louisville | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami
North Carolina | Pitt | Virginia | Virginia Tech
CFN in 60 Video: Clemson Tigers Preview
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QB Trevor Lawrence, Jr. Clemson
He was the No. 1, superstar, can’t-miss, this-is-the-franchise-guy-who-might-possibly-be-better-than-Deshuan-Watson recruit for the program in 2018, and in his time all he’s been able to do is lead the team to two ACC championships, two national title appearances, one national championship, and with a fairly decent 29-1 record in the 30 games he has been a part of.
And now, he’s embracing the role of college football legend, Face of the Franchise, and all-around leader to a grander scale both on and off the field. Thanks to the silly rules that make a player wait for three years after high school to be eligible for the NFL Draft, he’s still around for at least one more year.
Enjoy.
DE Gregory Rousseau, Soph. Miami
It’s putting way too much unfair pressure on anyone to potentially be another Chase Young, but when it comes to next level pass rushers and college stars who can get into the backfield – and the ACC has a whole lot of them this year – you’re not crazy putting Rousseau into the conversation for a top three overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Banged up as a freshman, he busted out last season with 54 tackles, with 15.5 sacks and 19.5 tackles for loss – by the way, Young finished with 46 sacks with 16.5 sacks and 21 tackles for loss – as one of the nation’s top and steadiest producers. And now he has Temple transfer Quincy Roche on the other side to take the heat off.
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2020 ACC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
Atlantic Boston College | Clemson | Florida State
Louisville | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest
Coastal Duke | Georgia Tech | Miami
North Carolina | Pitt | Virginia | Virginia Tech
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College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Virginia Cavaliers season with what you need to know.
College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Virginia Cavaliers season with what you need to know.
– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak
– What You Need To Know: Offense | Defense
– Top Players | Key Players, Games, Stats
– What Will Happen, Win Total Prediction
– Schedule Analysis
– Virginia Previews 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
2019 Record: 9-5 overall, 6-2 in ACC
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall, 5th year, 25-27
2019 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 23
2019 CFN Final Season Formula Ranking: 31
2019 CFN Preview Ranking: 27
No one knows what’s going to happen to the 2020 college football season. We’ll take a general look at where each team stands – doing it without spring ball to go by – while crossing our fingers that we’ll all have some well-deserved fun this fall. Hoping you and yours are safe and healthy.
– 1990. That was the last time a Virginia offense scored at the level of the 2019 attack. The offense might have finished eighth in the ACC, but it averaged over 32 points per game, led the conference in time of possession, and was second in third down conversions.
It did what a Bronco Mendenhall offense is supposed to do.
However, the guy who made it all go is gone. QB Bryce Perkins was the only passer – not Joe Burrow, not Jake Fromm – to hit the Florida defense for 300 passing yards, and he pulled off one of the greatest performances in ACC history in the win over Virginia Tech. Now the Cavaliers have to find another quarterback who can move the offense like Perkins could.
Sophomore Brennan Thompson has been in the system for a few years and served as the No. 2 guy last year, but in come Keytaon Thompson from Mississippi State to make a big, big push. Thompson has the size and the dual-threat abilities, but Perkins was a 65% passer last season. The sample size is limited, but Thompson only hit 48% of his throws at MSU.
CFN in 60 Video: Virginia Cavaliers Preview
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– Perkins was the team’s leading rusher, but 5-9, 210-pound Wayne Taulapapa led the team with 12 rushing scores and was second with 473 yards. PK Kier was the third-leading back, but he’s no longer with the program. Mike Hollis averaged over five yards per carry with three scores, and coming from Indiana is Ronnie Walker, a good-sized transfer who should be an instant part of the rotation.
The receiving corps loses leading receiver Hasise Dubois and the dangerous Joe Reed, but Terrell Jana can become a No. 1 target. It’s a thin group in terms of experience, but speedy Tavares Kelly came up with 14 grabs, and Dorien Goddard is a dangerous 6-3, 220-pound redshirt freshman in the mix.
– The stats don’t do the Virginia offensive line justice. There were problems in pass protection – Notre Dame seemed like it spent the whole second half jumping on Bryce Perkins’ head – overall it was a relatively effective group. Now, with all five starters expected to return, it needs to be more of a killer for the ground game and has to be tighter at keeping defenses out of the backfield.
Georgia vs Virginia early preseason fearless prediction and game preview.
Georgia vs Virginia early preseason fearless prediction and game preview.
CFN Podcast
Will there be a season? HOW?
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How crazy is it to try predicting a college football game months in advance when 1) there wasn’t any spring ball, 2) there aren’t any real depth charts to go off of, 3) no one has ANY clue how to get sports going again, and 4) we don’t even know what the 2020 season is going to be?
Just crazy enough to potentially get some fantastic values on the early lines.
You can bet now at BetMGM on a whole lot of college football games – including going really insane looking at lines in November – with the possibility of hitting something big.
We’ll be diving in a whole lot deeper when we do this for real just before the season – crossing fingers that there is one. But for now …
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Date: Monday, September 7
Game Time: COMING
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga
Network: COMING
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The pressure is all going to be on the other side.
Georgia is going to be a preseason top five team – if not top three – the game is in Atlanta, and anything less than a great opening performance will start up the warning sirens.
Virginia might have lost QB Bryce Perkins and some other stars to the show that ended up in the Orange Bowl, but nine of the top ten tacklers are back. The offense might need a little while to get going against the Georgia D, but the other side should control the game early on.
The Cavs didn’t face Wake Forest last season and didn’t play new most-likely Bulldog QB Jamie Newman, but they’re going bring the pressure into the backfield from the start against a Georgia line that loses three NFL first round starting talent.
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The Georgia defense returns loaded, too.
11 of the top 14 tacklers are expected to be back, and even with the defensive front going through a wee bit of an overhaul the defense that finished No. 1 in the nation against the run should come out every bit as nasty.
It probably won’t take a whole lot of points to get this done. Virginia’s offense will be just fine in time – everyone is back up front and the skill spots will be just fine – but the ground game that finished 12th in the ACC last season isn’t going to be a whole lot better against this D.
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These two last played in the Oahu Classic Bowl in 2000 – Georgia won 37-14. Georgia also won the first time these two started the season against each other with a 30-22 victory to kickoff 1987.
From 1913 to 1915, Virginia owned the series with three straight wins. From 1916 on, it’s Georgia going 9-3-3 …
This time, it’s personal.
It’s also going to be when Georgia makes a wee bit of an early statement. The offense will be good enough to get by, but it’ll be the suffocating performance by a jacked up defense that will be the difference.
Georgia 34, Virginia 16
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Money Line: Georgia -1250, Virginia +750
ATS Preseason Confidence out of 5: 3.5
5: The Last Dance: Unedited version with all the swearing
1: The Last Dance: Edited version with all the beeps
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NFL Draft 2020: How many ACC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?
NFL Draft 2020: How many ACC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?
CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.
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The ACC and the NFL Draft haven’t had a great relationship over the last several years when it comes to sending bulk talent to the next level, but it has been fantastic in the first round.
Clemson has done its part, and Florida State has been a decent feeder from time to time, but last year it was Duke’s Daniel Jones who made the most noise at the sixth overall pick. In all, seven ACC players were selected on Day One last year, and just three of them were from Clemson.
Six were selected early in 2018 – highlighted by Lamar Jackson being picked at the 32 by Baltimore – and four went in the first round in 2017.
The league has done okay to showcase itself, but this year should be a bit of an issue.
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The line for the total ACC players drafted in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft is just 3.5.
The last time the ACC had fewer than four players selected early was 2003, but that was the last year Miami was in the Big East. If you want to count all the current ACC programs, it’s been a long, long time since there weren’t been four players picked in the first.
This year, start with the obvious. Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons will likely go in the top five – top ten, at worst – and Louisville’s Mekhi Becton will be one of the first offensive tackles off the board.
And then it all dries up in a huge hurry.
Can Clemson CB AJ Terrell find his way in? That’s not a given.
Will Tiger WR Tee Higgins make it into the first round? Ehhhhhh, it’s possible, but hardly a sure thing. Terrell has a better shot than Higgins.
So set the bar at three. Outside of Higgins, there isn’t another ACC player who’ll likely be sniffing the top 32. Florida State RB Cam Akers and Virginia CB Bryce Hall are some of the only other ACC players who’ll be in the mix for the second round, much less the first.
So …
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It’s going to be a historically weak first round for the ACC.
With Miami not holding up its end of the bargain, and with Florida State a bit down in the NFL talent department, it’s up to Clemson to send its superstars to the next level, but the tsunami is coming in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Do you feel like sticking with the side of history and go with the hope that Higgins is a first rounder? He’s got top 32 talent, and it’s not a crazy call. Best of all, the over is where all the value is. The ACC will definitely get three players drafted in the first round, but …
That’s it. Expect the under on the 3.5.
Prediction: Under
BetMGM line: 3.5, Over +225, Under -286
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