ACC Football Saturday

WEEK 5: October 2, 2010

#16 MIAMI (-3) @ CLEMSON, Miami @ Clemson, Clemson, S.C.,12:00 PM, TV: ESPN2 and ESPN3D (XM 190/SIRIUS 212) – There are two good ACC games on Saturday’s menu, this one and the Hokies v. Wolfpack. Are The Canes and the boys from Raleigh the class of the field or will the cards continue to shuffle.

FLORIDA STATE (-7) @ VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, Va., 12:00 PM, TV: ACC Network (XM 191/SIRIUS 213) – Wahoo Nation is quick to reminisce about beating the Noles back in 1990-something. That’s a lovely story Randolph, now fix mommy another martini…

VIRGINIA TECH (-3.5) @ #23 N.C. STATE, Raleigh, N.C., 3:30 PM, TV: ABC (XM 190/SIRIUS 212) – This is the first big test for the Wolfpack. They have the best QB in the conference in Russell Wilson, and a solid defense facing an inconsistent Hokie offense without Ryan Williams. That said, considering the game is in Raleigh, the line looks a bit top-heavy…

East Carolina (Pirates, 27,816 students, Greenville, NC) @ NORTH CAROLINA (-14), Chapel Hill, N.C., 3:30 PM, TV: ESPN3.com (XM 191/SIRIUS 213) – The Pirates (or at least one prominent alum of which we know) wants ECU to be viewed the same as the Tar Heels. This series was supposed to level at least the bragging rights version of the playing field. According to the boys in Vegas, that’s unlikely.

DUKE @ MARYLAND (-8.5), College Park, Md., 6:00 PM, TV: ESPN3.com (XM 192/SIRIUS 214) – The world would be a better place if this game mattered, but it doesn’t…

GEORGIA TECH (-9.5) @ WAKE FOREST, Winston-Salem, N.C., 7:00 PM, TV: ESPNU (XM 141/191)(SIRIUS121/213) – A few years back, this might have been interesting, but after Stanford lit up the Deacons for 60+, the Jackets will run and run and run…and, presumably, score and score and score.

Notre Dame (Fighting Irish, 11,733 students, South Bend, IN) (-2.5) @ BOSTON COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, Mass., 8:00 PM, TV: ABC (XM 193/SIRIUS 217) – Ahhh, the Catholic Bowl. It rolls around each year and some years it’s interesting and some year’s it’s not. This, unfortunately, is a down year. No Hail Mary thrills of consequence here, but it’s likely to be a hard fought game. BC still mum on who will start at QB.