ACC, ACC!

[Cuseregular]

Wow good to be us, better to be FSU! Wow.

 

[Chip]

Am I the only one who thought Mason was going to run that lateral back?

A league is as strong as its strongest team.

 

[Rocco]

Woooooooooo!!!

 

[SU2NASA]

pfft, the SEC sucks.

 

[HtownOrange]

Auburn got to the championship game via luck and it ran out with 13 seconds left in the game. Awwwwwwwwwe, too bad!

 

[Whitey23]

#ACCSPEED

 

[Chip]

I'm going to play some hangman and go to bed.

 

[Townie72]

Am I the only one who thought Mason was going to run that lateral back?

A league is as strong as its strongest team.

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that?

The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Jameis proved he deserved the Heisman. Great final drive!

Boy did those refs BLOW! How do you miss that horse collar!?

ACC IS ON TOP! the BiG!!

 

[dasher]

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that?

The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

FSU won. Clemson won. And the real measuring stick, the Orange beat the pride of the B1G Minn.

 

[longislandcuse]

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that?

The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

Eh, FSU waxed Clemson and Clemson beat Ohio State.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Wow good to be us, better to be FSU! Wow.

Great finish. As much as I respect and like the Auburn folks who were so hospitable to us when we played them a few years ago, the ACC needed this championship much worse than the SEC did. Florida State had to win this game so the ACC could avoid all the blowback that would have occurred about the SEC being the best BCS conference by far - and the ACC the worst. Kills that talk right in the bud.

 

[IthacaMatt]

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that?

The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

Look at how much Miami being in the Big East legitimized the football league in its early days. There's a lot of truth in that statement. You get judged by the top of your conference, not the middle or the bottom.

 

[Townie72]

FSU won. Clemson won. And the real measuring stick, the Orange beat the pride of the B1G Minn.

I was responding to the curious claim that a Conference is as strong as its best team.

Clemson is a good team that FSU had little trouble with.

 

[normaliswear]

The importance of this can not be overstated. No the ACC is not yet equal to the SEC in football overall. But now the SEC in not invulnerable. Recruits can't be told going to the ACC means settling for 2nd tier status. Clemson winning over OSU is nice icing too.

 

[mountaincuse]

Great finish. As much as I respect and like the Auburn folks who were so hospitable to us when we played them a few years ago, the ACC needed this championship much worse than the SEC did. Florida State had to win this game so the ACC could avoid all the blowback that would have occurred about the SEC being the best BCS conference by far - and the ACC the worst. Kills that talk right in the bud.

no conference has been able to beat the SEC in 7? years - now the ACC has. Glad to be a part of the conference. Time to bring the title home on the basketball side now

 

[dasher]

I was responding to the curious claim that a Conference is as strong as its best team.

Clemson is a good team that FSU had little trouble with.

Clemson is a good team that can beat just about anyone. That was my point.

 

[Chip]

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that? The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

I don't buy it at all, but most of this country seems to.

But I do throw a lot of stuff out when it comes to one game for all the marbles when both teams have a month to prep. I wasn't surprised to see a close game.

 

[mountaincuse]

Look at how much Miami being in the Big East legitimized the football league in its early days. There's a lot of truth in that statement. You get judged by the top of your conference, not the middle or the bottom.

exactly, look at ACC hoops for the past few years

 

[NKR1978]

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that?

The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

You defend to the death the absolute suckfest that is ACC basketball outside a couple teams, but s*** on ACC football when it has just won the BCS and the Orange Bowl.

I love that we are in this conference. It is a great place for Syracuse to build in football and to lead in basketball.

 

[Townie72]

Look at how much Miami being in the Big East legitimized the football league in its early days. There's a lot of truth in that statement. You get judged by the top of your conference, not the middle or the bottom.

Sure, but when Miami was very good there were some other BE teams that were pretty good.

I'm afraid the ACC has one very good team. Clemson that is good and then ...

Sportswriters aren't quite that dumb.

 

[CuseGrad94]

The record is VERY CLEAR. Syracuse has been in the ACC one year and the ACC has one title. Coincidence? I think not

 

[chakka3421]

Townie you're such a tool...

 

[normaliswear]

Sure, but when Miami was very good there were some other BE teams that were pretty good.

I'm afraid the ACC has one very good team. Clemson that is good and then ...

Sportswriters aren't quite that dumb.

So what? Perception IS reality as perception drives recruiting which in turn becomes reality. The ACC just won the NC and the Orange bowl... that doesn't mean it overtakes the SEC in terms of perception... but it gets the ACC on a playing field where it can be a legit option for the absolute best recruits.

 

[TheCusian]

A league is as strong as its strongest team ... really? You actually buy that? The struggle that FSU just had when compared to the romps they enjoyed on the ACC sort of puts the strength of the ACC in perspective.

The best ACC team beat the best SEC team. The second best SEC team lost to the second best Big 12 team.

I'd say the relative strength of the SEC in 2014 is in question.