2009.07.27
Hokies picked to win fourth ACC football title
Virginia Tech's football team was by far the most popular choice to win the ACC Coastal Division, as well as its fourth overall conference title in five seasons. This according to the 87 media members in attendance at the ACC Football Kickoff in Greensboro, N.C.
78 of the 87 voters predicted Tech would win the ACC Coastal. The other nine first-place votes went to Georgia Tech. Virginia was picked to finish fifth.
In the Atlantic Division, Florida State received 56 first-place votes. However, 69 of the 87 voters went on to pick Tech as the winner of the Dec. 5 championship game, which will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
Here are the full results:
Atlantic Division
1. Florida State (56 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (14)
3. N.C. State (10)
4. Wake Forest (7)
5. Maryland
6. Boston College
Coastal Division
1. Virginia Tech (78)
2. Georgia Tech (9)
3. North Carolina
4. Miami
5. Virginia
6. Duke
ACC Championship game winner: Virginia Tech (69 votes); Florida State and Georgia Tech (7), Clemson and N.C. State (2).
Preseason player of the year
1. Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech (39 votes)
2. C.J. Spiller, Clemson (28)
3. Russell Wilson, N.C. State (16)
One vote apiece: Vic Hall (UVa), Tyrod Taylor (Va. Tech), Christian Ponder (FSU), Riley Skinner (Wake).
Tech will choke again, count on it. Beamer wins 'em all, except for the important ones.
Comment by Mike Ribel — July 29, 2009 @ 11:40 am
Hey, Mike, 3 out of 5 ACC championships is FAR from choking. By the way, what has Big Al done with all those " great " recruiting classes ?????
Comment by Tony in Roanoke — August 4, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
I don't see much point in UVa and VA Tech rating their football programs against each other any more. Virginia's program is heading in the direction of Duke's right now. Virginia Tech's is heading toward's Penn State's. Soon it's going to be like comparing Ohio State's to Ohio University! But the right head coach at UVa could change all of that! Mike London is in no way qualified to be the next head coach at UVa though: he's too inexperienced. Well, these are just my opinions. And I never played college football. I never even played high school football! Haha.
Comment by Nelson — August 11, 2009 @ 10:52 pm
You did notice that Tech only beat UVA by 3 points last year did you not? And saying Tech is heading toward Ohio St. is the biggest joke I have ever heard in my life. Winning the ACC is nothing like winning another big conference. They wouldn't even play in the championship game in the top 3 conferences. Not even close. Alabama made stupid mistakes in their game with Tech and still won handily, even if it wasn't the blowout it should have been. Anyway, if Tech is the God of the ACC they really shouldn;t almost lose to UVA and Duke, which is what happened in their last 2 games against those schools.
Comment by Mitch — October 14, 2009 @ 2:46 am