All-ACC Football Team announced

[rrlbees]

This is the biased BS that will potentially keep us out of Orlando in favor of NCSt.

 

[phil77]

Didnt we have the #2 ranked offense in the ACC behind Clemson yet have no first team players on offense?

 

[PhatOrange]

BC sure had a lot of players for 4-4 in the conference.

4 first teamers
2 second teamers
5 third teamers
2 honorable mention

13 total ?

Syracuse had 11 and finished 6-2 in the conference???

 

[TheCusian]

where is alton robinson?

2nd team

 

[Trueblue25]

Thought Chris Slayton being robbed was worth its own thread. This guys been selfless in the trenches and we partially owe this season’s success and the win vs clemson last year to him. Its frustrating.

 

[CousCuse]

No conference for old big east teams.

 

[RMH44]

Congrats to the players that were named.

I think the voters really blew it not naming Dungey to the first team. Getting named third team all conference is an embarrassment. No way Finley, who is a good, not great college QB, belongs there in front of him.

Fredrick didn't even get HM? Sigh.

It is good to see a little more respect for Syracuse players this season.

I'm very happy for Guthrie and Robinson but can't believe that ED wasn't at least 2nd team.

 

[PhatOrange]

just more motivation for next year. i love it.

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

I get Dungey for second team, I dont see first team though. Finley is a better QB. Also, Devito arguably beat FSU and NC. Dungey, of course, was great against NC State and BC, and more than held his own against Clemson. I didnt see Pitt, but the stats arent pretty.

 

[gbo]

What a joke! Dungey had 10 more touchdowns than Finley and 9 more than Trevor Lawrence. He had less than 100 fewer total yards than Finley and more total yards than Lawrence by 700-800. It truly shows the bias of the ACC sports media to have Dungey as the third team quarterback while he was leading the team they all picked to finish last and having better total stats. At the end of the day the goal is to score touchdowns and Dungey did that incredibly well.

Congrats to Lawrence and Finley for having better completion percentages and QB ratings, neither of them are remotely the threat Dungey is on the ground and Dungey's passing stats are not far enough off for them to really hinder him. Utterly ridiculous...

Finley should not have been first team but Lawrence absolutely should have been at least second.

 

[sufandu]

I'm ok with Dungey not being first team but he should have been second. From an outsider perspective our back up QB got us the wins over UNC and FSU and would count that against him. I'm more disappointed with Slayton not being somewhere on one of the 3 teams.

 

[Trueblue25]

Im very happy for those mentioned. That being said, it’s very apparent that the ACC still has a large biased towards old ACC teams.


I hope we run up the score on wake, nc state and duke next year.

Beat them by 40 if we can.

 

[orange7]

Dungey on Third Team All-ACC is complete robbery and utterly ridiculous. No bias in this post either.

 

[jgeorge322]

As others have said, dungey third team is lol

 

[Bornorange]

Dungey would be the starter on any ACC team,

 

[TexanMark]

I was originally going to argue for Dungey over Finley, then I looked at the stats. While Dungey does more with his feet, there is no denying that Finley is a much more accomplished passer.

He had two First Team WRs...

 

[orangmannc1]

Dungey would be the starter on any ACC team,

Not Clemson

 

[texascpa]

He had two First Team WRs...

It seems each benefited from the other.

 

[PAcuse]

BC had a ton of talent, it's amazing how much they underachieved. Could even say that about NCST but they also get a ton of hometown votes
Dungey and Sunshine should have been a toss up for 1/2 at QB
Slayton got robbed due to no flashing stats and Clemson having so many 1st rounders on the DLine
Otherwise pretty happy to see all our kids get this honor

 

[rrlbees]

I get Dungey for second team, I dont see first team though. Finley is a better QB. Also, Devito arguably beat FSU and NC. Dungey, of course, was great against NC State and BC, and more than held his own against Clemson. I didnt see Pitt, but the stats arent pretty.

Finley is a better passer than Dungey. But in college that’s not everything. Dungeys legs can’t be discounted and the thing that puts him at the top is he has the IT factor.

 

[Cusefan0307]

If you go by the selected teams N.C. State and BC underachieved. We overachieved.

Dungey should have been ahead of Finley based on the N.C. State game and the fact we finished with a better record.

 

[sutomcat]

I was originally going to argue for Dungey over Finley, then I looked at the stats. While Dungey does more with his feet, there is no denying that Finley is a much more accomplished passer.

I think you are underrating the vast difference in running ability between these players.

Finley had 35 carries for 34 yards this year. 1 touchdown rushing. Dungey had 732 yards rushing. 15 rushing touchdowns.

Finley was 275 - 408 for 3380 yards and 21 TDs. He had 8 interceptions.

Dungey was 205 - 341 for 2565 yards and 17 TDs. He had 7 interceptions.

But NC State's OL was better. Finley had 8 sacks on the season. Dungey, a far stronger and more agile and athletic player, had 20.

As others have pointed out, NC State had an extraordinarily veteran group of talented WRs to throw to. Much better than the rag tag group of mostly frosh WRs Eric was throwing to.

So Eric was responsible for 3297 yards of offense and 32 TDs. Ryan was responsible for 3414 yards of offense and 22 TDs.

Ryan has only played 11 games but Eric barely played against ND, one of the best defenses in college football, so the field is level there.

I will take the guy who did more with less. I will take the guy who produced 10 more TDs. I don't see how anyone can look at the numbers and think otherwise.

Also, NC State had 4 other players named 1st team all ACC on offense (2 OL and 2 WRs). Dungey had no one from Syracuse named to the first team offense.

Ryan Finley

Eric Dungey

 

[texascpa]

I think you are underrating the vast difference in running ability between these players.

Finley had 35 carries for 34 yards this year. 1 touchdown rushing. Dungey had 732 yards rushing. 15 rushing touchdowns.

Finley was 275 - 408 for 3380 yards and 21 TDs. He had 8 interceptions.

Dungey was 205 - 341 for 2565 yards and 17 TDs. He had 7 interceptions.

But NC State's OL was better. Finley had 8 sacks on the season. Dungey, a far stronger and more agile and athletic player, had 20.

As others have pointed out, NC State had an extraordinarily veteran group of talented WRs to throw to. Much better than the rag tag group of mostly frosh WRs Eric was throwing to.

So Eric was responsible for 3297 yards of offense and 32 TDs. Ryan was responsible for 3414 yards of offense and 22 TDs.

Ryan has only played 11 games but Eric barely played against ND, one of the best defenses in college football, so the field is level there.

I will take the guy who did more with less. I will take the guy who produced 10 more TDs. I don't see how anyone can look at the numbers and think otherwise.

Ryan Finley

Eric Dungey

You have convinced me! Dungey was robbed!

 

[Trueblue25]

Dungey outperformed Finley and led his team to a more impressive conference finish. That’s all anyone should care about. The ACC’s a joke. We used to be the punchline, now I hope the margin of victory we have against conference opponents will be.

 

[Cuse69]

Trevor Lawrence should be first team, Dungey second team and Finley third team. He's nothing special for a college QB and i don't see how NFL teams view him as a first round pick, he has BUST written all over him.