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To: Rutgers who wrote (9186)	11/1/2006 10:39:37 PM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11146

Hey Rutgers thanks for sticking up for the BE.<g> Funny reading USC fans and UCLA fans disparage each other's teams...I'd trade my guys for either one's second strings. I'd say something but I'm too embarrassed about my team to feel credible.<g>

To: Rutgers who wrote (9186)	11/2/2006 2:09:01 PM
From: gregor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11146

I heard some comments from Bobby Bowden about "this year". His comments were not prepared but off the cuff, you could tell he was thinking out, so to speak. What he was saying started out as comments about the rushing game. He said you could not make too much about the anemic rushing yards, conference wide in the ACC. He said all teams are putting 7-8-9 guys in the "box" and daring you to run at them. He said any team can shut down the running game if they want to. The weakest team in the conference , even. As an example, in the VT victory over Clemson. I was at the game. Clemson's so called downfall was they thought they were too good. They played 4 down linemen against the Hokies all night long. The linebackers were plugging holes. They thought they were too good to give up yards. The result was Brandon Ore put up 207 yards against them. If they would have put even 5 down linemen against us I think it would have been totally different. He said it's college football in general. You stop the run at any cost first then worry about how you can win the ball game. Given a conference that is very even in talent, ( look at Wake Forest, Maryland, BC, GT, Miami, VT, Clemson, all could still win their divisions ) and you have the recipe for close games and upsets, and a conference title race that extends into December. You have to remember that just between VT and Miami last year, those two teams put over 20 players in the NFL. ( many juniors ) As a conference the ACC led the number of players placed in the NFL, last year. I agree with you 100%. It's an off year for the ACC, but every conference has these swings, amid smaller swings by individual teams within the conference. About BC: Even when they were in the Big East. Those guys were good year after year. They just lacked parity with the best teams in the conference. VT always had a very hard game against them. They have a great coach, and the O lines up there are year after year the best in the country IMO. Big strong wide bodied guys that hold blocks, you can't get around them. I'd say that BC wins the ACC this year. That says much about the strength about the Big East past and present. Look at what you guys are doing this year. Bring Syracuse back and UConn and Pitt and let South Florida come on and you guys have a great conference and there will be nada talk about taking your BCS berth away also. I think WVU and L'Ville have shut up the critics this year, but one bad year and the critics show up.