Who Will Be Next to Knock Off All 11 ACC Programs?

by Brian @ BCI on Nov 19, 2009 12:44 PM EST in Football Comment 8 comments

Brian: Most readers know this bit of trivia. Since joining the conference in 2005, the Eagles have defeated every ACC program except North Carolina. Only Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech have defeated every team in the league since 2005. BC, Clemson and Florida State need one more win to join the Techs in this category:

One win to go:

Boston College yet to defeat ... North Carolina
Clemson yet to defeat ... Virginia Tech
Florida State yet to defeat ... Georgia Tech

Two wins to go:

Maryland yet to defeat ... Duke and Virginia Tech
NC State yet to defeat ... Clemson and Virginia Tech
Wake Forest yet to defeat ... Miami and Virginia Tech
Miami yet to defeat ... Maryland and NC State

Three wins to go:

North Carolina yet to defeat ... Clemson, Florida State and Wake Forest
Virginia yet to defeat ... Boston College, Clemson and Virginia Tech

Duke:

Still has to defeat ... Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Wake Forest, Miami (Fla.), Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Virginia Tech

Since we always predict BC to win, we'll assume for a moment that the Eagles become the third team to defeat all 11 ACC programs since expansion in 2005. So two questions: 1) who will be the next ACC program to defeat all 11 ACC programs (aside from BC) and 2) which team will the ever-improving Duke program knock off their list next?

Jeff: You have to go with Clemson as the next program to defeat all 11 teams. Florida State had it's chance against Georgia Tech this year and last. Now, they'll probably have to wait three years before playing the Yellow Jackets again. Clemson will have gotten Virginia Tech back in their rotation before then and next time Virginia Tech travels to Clemson there's a good chance the Tigers get the win.

Brian: I'm going to go with Miami. They get Maryland next year and NC State in 2012. Clemson may very well tie Miami in this category as they face Virginia Tech again in 2011 and 2012. Clemson might split those games but the 2011 game is in Blacksburg and that's one of the toughest places to get a win in conference.

Also, if BC doesn't get the win this weekend against North Carolina, the next shot they will have against the Heels won't be until 2013.

What about Duke?

Jeff: Next program to knock a team off their list? I'm looking at Duke to continue their roll this season and take care of Wake Forest next weekend in Durham. If they don't, the Dukies might still knock off Wake as their next ACC win when they play Wake Forest with no Riley Skinner next year. Most other teams only have teams left they play only twice in 5 years. Duke has plenty of opportunities on their lengthy list.

Brian: I agree with your Wake Forest pick considering Duke gets them at home this year and they took Wake to overtime on the road last season. If Duke can't beat Wake this year, look for Duke to pick off North Carolina off their list next year as they host the Tar Heels.

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Suck an egg Clemson, Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest, Virginia and Duke!

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by collegegameballs on Nov 19, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

great trivia

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by BirdGT on Nov 19, 2009 6:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Bizzarro stats

I don’t know if you did this too…Who has lost to every ACC team since 2005?

UVA…

Duke, NC State, MD need to lose to 1 more team.
FSU, BC, Wake, UNC need to lose to 2 more teams.
GT and Miami need to lose to 3 mre teams.
Clemson needs to lose to 4 more teams.

Champion: VT has only lost to 5 ACC teams (UNC, GT, Miami, FSU, and BC).

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by BirdGT on Nov 20, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm surprised UVA takes the prize in this category

My guess would have been Duke.

by Brian @ BCI on Nov 20, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

oddly enough

Duke only played Maryland once since 2005 (this year) and they beat them. Weirder still Maryland and NC State are undefeated against Miami since 2005.

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by BirdGT on Nov 20, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Miami of old isn't Miami of the post-expansion ACC

They had some horrible years mixed in there. Not very surprising that both Maryland and NC State have beaten them.

I think they need to work out a better inter-division rotational schedule. For a team not to play each other in 4 years (basically the entire career of a player) is a little absurd. Why can’t they do three games against 3 teams, three games against the other the following year, and then back to the first year’s schedule but switch the home team?

by Brian @ BCI on Nov 20, 2009 2:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

2005

Blame 2005, everyone’s schedules got messed up big time with the inclusion of BC into the scheduling. We had to go to Blacksburg back-back, which sucked even though we spanked them the second time.

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by BirdGT on Nov 20, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not BC's fault ...

… that the league couldn’t come up with a better schedule. That’s on the brass in Greensboro. There are more effective ways of scheduling that don’t involve four years off between matchups.

by Brian @ BCI on Nov 20, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs