Key Stats on the Blue Devils: Struggled to a 2-9 (1-9 ACC) mark last year. Pretty easy to see why; Duke’s 39 turnovers led the nation. Further, the Blue Devils were a -19 in turnover margin, which also ranked last in the country. Offensively, Mataeo Durant is on the Maxwell Award (top player nationally) preseason […]
Key Stats on Pittsburgh: 6-5 last year with no bowl appearance. The Panthers will have to improve on offense to have any shot to contend in the Coastal Division. Last season, Pittsburgh fielded the second worst offense in the ACC, generating just 380 yards per game. They were buoyed by the other side of the
Key Stats for UNC: Everything revolves around Heisman Trophy candidate QB Sam Howell. The North Carolina native threw for over 3,500 yards with 30 TDs last season. Howell engineered an offense that led the ACC, averaging 537 yards per game. In two seasons, he has thrown nearly 70 touchdowns with only 14 interceptions in 770
VT Key Stats: Finished 5-6 last season and missed out on a bowl game for the first time in Justin Fuente’s tenure with the Hokies. Virginia Tech led the ACC in rushing last season, averaging 240 yards per game on the ground. However, leading rusher (5th nationally) Khalil Herbert is gone after being drafted in
Key stats: Miami returns 19 of 22 starters from last year’s team that went 8-3, losing to Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl. The ‘Canes churned out over 400 yards in total offense a season ago, but also gave up 408 per contest. In possession downs, Miami converted 40% of its third down opportunities and
The annual prelude to ACC football kicked off Wednesday morning at the Westin Hotel in Uptown Charlotte. New commissioner Jim Phillips began the festivities with his first “Commissioner’s Forum”. The former Northwestern athletics director took the helm of the conference in February, after being announced as John Swofford’s successor this past December. Phillips spent his