2014-15 Football – (ACC) – Blue Devils Preview
Last season was quite the memorable one for the Blue Devils on the gridiron. They wound up winning the Coastal division before taking on Florida State in the ACC Championship game.
Last season was quite the memorable one for the Blue Devils on the gridiron. They wound up winning the Coastal division before taking on Florida State in the ACC Championship game.
There are whispers that coach Frank Beamer is losing his touch because after 8 seasons with 10 or more wins they have won 7 and 8 the last two seasons.
This seems like the perfect season for North Carolina to take the Coastal Division in the ACC. They finished last year strong, have a number of key returning players and their strongest competition are down.
At various times in their history Pitt has been among the top teams in the country…but it has been a long time since Marino and Dorsett have been on campus.
Boston College used to be one of those consistently good but not great programs and with coach Steve Addazio on board it looks like they can probably get back to that level.
It is hard to picture how they did it but Wake Forest won the ACC and played in the Orange Bowl back in 2006. It turned out to be a serious outlier as the program slowly but surely fell back to earth, ultimately costing coach Jim Grobe his job.
Given their fertile recruiting grounds it seems like only a matter of time before the Hurricanes have a Florida State like renaissance.
NC State is looking to snap an eight game losing streak coming into the season. The program snatched up Dave Doeren his first year on campus was hardly a success.
It was a decent first season for Scott Shafer at Syracuse. A 6-6 record qualified them for the Texas Bowl and a win over Minnesota gave them a winning record for the year.
Lots of change for Louisville this season as they enter the ACC and welcome back Bobby Petrino as coach. Under former coach Charlie Strong the Cardinals were beasts of the Big East but last year they fell short in their bid to capture an AAC title.
It took a hell of a team to break the SEC’s stranglehold on the BCS trophy but that is what Florida State did last season. The Seminoles dominated on offense and defense last season and they look as good as any team of recent vintage in terms of the possibility of a repeat championship.
When the Tiger beat Georgia in an opening week thriller it looked like last season might be the year they break through on the promise they have been building over the years.