College football is knocking on our door, so that must mean my annual ACC roadtrip is back. After consulting the all important ACC helmet schedule (pdf) found here, I came up with my travel plans. I need to find a sponsor or quit my job and live off credit. Pack an Airstream full of beer, funyuns and energy drinks and hit the road for the anti-Mike Hogewood ACC experience.
The rules, visit every ACC stadium while trying to see as many OOC teams and stadiums as possible. The must see games featuring VT, FSU and CU were etched in stone, while everything else was open. Everything save the drives to Miami and Chestnut Hill are done pretty easily. This roadtrip features a first, a flight to the west coast thanks to a dreadful week 2 group of matchups.
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Wk |
Game |
Miles |
Hours |
Notes |
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0 |
Home |
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1 |
NC State vs Tennessee (ATL) |
565 |
8.5 |
The Brickstore Pub and Porter Bar, dressing up like wilding for Dragoncon (using same outfit for The Cheetah later). |
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Auburn vs Clemson (ATL) |
- |
- |
Rinse repeat, however due to being hungover, I may look more like a white walker. |
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Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (Monday) |
410 |
6 |
The Techmo Bowl, rejoice in an all day tailgate and asking GT people dumb questions about the option. |
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2 |
Duke at Stanford (CLT Airport -> SF Airport) |
177 |
2.75 |
Take the flight to visit beautiful Palo Alto, drink much Russian River Pliny the Elder, laugh at nerds. |
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3 |
Virginia at Georgia Tech |
237 |
3.5 |
All over Midtown drinking Sweetwater beers watching the intensity of algroh and CPJ for 3+ hours, still laughing at nerds. |
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4 |
Clemson at Florida State |
278 |
4.5 |
The Atlantic decided in week 4! Peeping chest beefers, wondering aloud what the ACC will do when the both go to the Big XII. |
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5 |
Virginia Tech at Cincinati (FedEx Field) |
884 |
13 |
Eating bbq thru the Carolinas, stopping briefly at the Capital to fix the budget, wishing I could see just 1 Bearcat fan to heckle. |
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6 |
Florida State at NC State |
278 |
4.5 |
Big Boss Beer, The Pit BBQ and telling anyone in read State was my safety school then I got into Tech. |
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7 |
North Carolina at Miami |
788 |
11.5 |
South Beach thong action and other things, ok that's a lie, just south beach thong action then blacking out. |
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8 |
Virginia Tech at Clemson |
742 |
11 |
Getting loose and conversational on COAST Boy King IPA for the Clemson Coeds in cowboy boots. |
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9 |
Clemson at Wake Forest (Thursday) |
210 |
3.5 |
Lexington BBQ and red slaw, Foothills Brewing, trying to calm my self from the excitement that is Deacon's football. |
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NC State at North Carolina |
83 |
1.5 |
Wearing a Packpride shirt on Franklin Street, might have to do this one sober and wear running shoes. |
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10 |
Virginia Tech at Miami (Thursday) |
811 |
12 |
Looking for the hooker who took my wallet 3 weeks earlier and South Beach thongs again. |
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Clemson at Duke |
812 |
12 |
Fullsteam brewery, meeting Christian Laettner by accidently bumping into his face with my fists. |
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11 |
Florida State at Virginia Tech (Thursday) |
164 |
3 |
Home with my people and a turkey leg or 2 in the game, and trying to figure out how FSU's 5th string DE sacked EJ 3x. |
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Notre Dame at Boston College |
708 |
11 |
Bargating at the Publick House, Sunset Grill and Deep Ellum in my O&M Yankees hat and Notre Dame Starter jacket from H.S. |
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12 |
North Carolina at Virginia (Thursday) |
551 |
8.75 |
Hanging out at the Corner, telling hoos I was a cop once and @theuvafool **joke redacted** ... for 4 straight hours. |
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Florida State at Maryland |
127 |
2.5 |
Wearing a Maryland Jersey in case they need me to play QB, blue crabs and DuClaw beer. |
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13 |
Georgia Tech at Georgia |
604 |
9.25 |
Blaming my loss of (Terrapin) beer control on Mark Richt and finding my best accent (not hard) and telling dawg fans, chop blocking is for pussies. |
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14 |
ACC CG (CLT) |
198 |
3.25 |
Enjoying 6 hours of House Hunting with Michael Felder, dranking in the NODA district before listening to Noles fans complain about it being 50 degrees out. |
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END |
Home |
327 |
5 |
HUNG.OVER. Eating at all 6 Cookouts on the way home, puking at 5 of them, getting a speeding ticket on 58. |
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Total |
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8954 |
137 |
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Road trips are a thing in the SEC, just imagine it being a thing for us in the ACC any and every weekend were available. Take a look at the schedule let me know in the comments section which games you would go see and places or things that would interest you at those locations.
Comments
+5 for the chesty beefers -1
+5 for the chesty beefers
-1 for not including a tailgate at Emory & Henry
Not one Miller Lite on the whole damn trip
And for that
We are grateful
Coast Boy King
is so good. I live just south of Chucktown and drink it wherever it's offered. You have good taste. There is a newly-opened brewery here called Holy City that brews some good stuff; check it out if you get the chance.
oh yeah
enjoyed coast, westbrook, holy city, even palmetto when i was there in feb.
dead arm pale is very good too.
i love chest beefers more than i should
serious?
that shouldn't be possible.
yeah, you're right.
#BOOBIESFTW
have you been to NODA yet?
NoDa brewing has a pretty good IPA. There is a second brewery that just opened up in NoDA a few months ago and there is a nice little taproom that is open in Mooresville (across the street from Davidson). There are a couple east coast distribution guys/girls that live in Mooresville and Charlotte (LeftHand is one, I can't remember the others that I have met or met my stepdad)
not yet
my next trip to clt in december, maybe would should start there?
BEER!
I love how the trip is focused on football and the local breweries. I need more Pliny the Elder and Russian River!
i love pliny
but alchemist heady topper, hill farmstead ipas and lawson's finest double sunshine all from vermont and only alchemist available outside the state are right there. fantastic beers.
you are living my retirement fantasy
Fantastic