The coach whose team won by the widest margin – Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen – got fired.
He was replaced by a guy – Connecticut’s Randy Edsall – whose team lost its bowl game by 28 points.
Academic heavyweight Stanford won 40-12 over the best team in the conference – Virginia Tech – after winning 68-24 in the regular season over one of the ACC's weakest, Wake Forest.
Two league wins – North Carolina over Tennessee and the Terps over ECU – were against opponents that finished 6-7.
Such has been the nature of ACC bowl play in this postseason. With one game left – Boston College (7-5) against No. 13 ranked Nevada (12-1) on Sunday in the Fight Hunger Bowl – the ACC still has a chance to escape with a 5-4 bowl record.
But with only a few exceptions, the ACC football season is ending on much the same flat note it began the season – with several embarrassing setbacks….
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