Six Reasons Why the ACC Sucks (aka week 2)

Ok, as an initial matter, I realize that I didn't manage to post on week 2 before the arrival of week 3, but *technically* I'm posting before the kickoff of the 12:00 games, so that counts, right?!?

Here are the six reasons why the ACC has proven that it sucks most recently:

1. VaTech lost to James Madison 21-16. James Madison is a D-II school most known for binge drinking and student riots. Gotta love the Chokies. The silver lining, of course, is that Boise State has NOTHING to brag about for the rest of the year. Even if they go undefeated. Hey, Boise, your blue field is obnoxious. Almost as obnoxious as creamcicle orange. And quit whining about not getting an automatic BCS bid. You DON'T PLAY ANYBODY ALL YEAR. OF COURSE you get to the end of the season undefeated -- you play high schools all season! Play a season in the SEC and let's see how badly you get OWNED. But I digress.

2. GaTech lost to unranked Kansas 28-25. 'Nuff said. Stick to engineering, Jackets.

3. FSU gets owned by Oklahoma 47-17. I spent 5 years in Tally and maintained that nobody cares how many times you beat Duke. Or Wake Forrest. Or Maryland. You get my drift.

4. Miami gets spanked by Ohio State 36-24. It was tough for me to watch this game because *typically* it would be one of those ones where I cheered for a meteor strike at the stadium, but I'm so tired of how over-inflated Ohio State's ranking is year in and year out that I was actually hoping that the Canes would win. Way to disappoint.

5. UNC gets a good, old-fashioned SEC @$$-whooping at the hands of LSU 30-24. Really, was ANYONE surprised by that? Stick to basketball, Tarheels.

6. The only teams in the ACC that won in week 2 either played actual D-II schools (ahem, Clemson and Maryland), virtual D-II schools (that means you, NC State and BC), or other ACC teams (Wake).

So yeah, ACC = @$$ Clown Conference. Try to deny it. The only team that played an actual opponent and played tough was UVA, who managed to keep SoCal to a meager 17-14 win over the Cavs. Way to keep up with the big boys, Virginia! (I actually DO mean that sincerely -- no sarcasm there!!)

However, as far as the SEC games go, I called it during the USC-UGA game that Marcus Lattimore WILL be a Heisman finalist within a year or two. That kid is SICK! He's like greased lightning! Go Gamecocks!

I was also shocked as all hell that Bama almost shut out Joe Pa. Joe Pa doesn't get shut out. He wins football games. I was confident that Bama would win, but I never imagined we'd keep Penn State scoreless until the 4th! Holy crap I love the Crimson Tide!!! This TOTALLY makes it up to me for having to be a student during the DuBose era and aftermath (what a tool). Can't wait to see what the SEC has in store for me today!!!