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Georgia, Arkansas, West Virginia, are all too high. I think USC is the best team in the SEC East. If Petrino were still there, I'd have the Hogs in the top 5. Aside from hilarious Tweets (https://twitter.com/JohnL_Smith/status/231043609384861697), who knows what they're getting out of John L. Geno Smith is one of the best QBs in the country, Holgo is a terrific offensive mind, but the 'Eers never dominated the Big East. I think it'll quickly become apparent (10/6 @Texas) they're not as talented/deep as the traditional Big 12 powerhouses.

I wouldn't have Stanford ranked without Luck, the same goes for Boise without Moore.

Notre Dame; obligatory.

I'm really surprised Georgia Tech didn't crack the top 25, not only that, the Bees are behind Washington and Louisville.

Really enjoyed your thoughts on the ACC Joe, and I also found it interesting to see an outsider's perspective on the conference. I didn't listen past your part though, since the rest of the content wouldn't have been very interesting to me. And I can't believe Phil Steele has FSU as the national champs... they may have a good defense this year, but EJ Manuel is highly overrated in my opinion. Until teams like FSU and Miami prove otherwise, lofty expectations for them will always be shot down.

5 SEC teams in the top team??? bitch please ... i'm fine with this as well but at the same time, where you start does make a difference towards the end of the season when it comes to perception. either way, as much as i dislike fsu and clemson, i hope they're both undefeated until we whip their asses. We typically deal with lower expectations better.

my $.02 ... there are at least four teams ranked ahead of us that shouldn't be: Nebraska, TCU, Stanford, and Okey State

West Virginia's, Nebraska's, and Oklahoma State's rankings are fucking laughable

I will be singing 'Black Heart Gold Podcast' in my head all day...efff

How many coaches really know that much about all of these teams? Most are making choices based on last season and if any certain player(s) stick out form these teams in their heads. I have no problem with where we are in this. It is better for people to not talk about us so that some of the young players we will be playing will not have to deal with the "expectation" factor. My honest opinion is that we are going to surprise a lot of people this year with an uptempo offense and one of the nastiest D's Bud Foster has coached. The amount of speed we have on both sides of the ball is ridiculous. I caught the tweet LT3 posted about how the offense would make a name for itself this year. Love to hear the confidence he has knowing he has a full year under his belt. I think that the ACC is much better this year then people give credit and by the 4th/5th week of the year the polls will reflect that. Coaches polls are biased to who they play usually anyway.

It seems less and less likely moving into camp that JC Coleman will be the clear cut #2 RB. He provides great value as a change-of-pace back and maybe in the return game, but I wouldn't be totally surprised at this point if he redshirted.

If the five years it took for Davis and Roberts (injuries affected him, but still) to switch from other positions to WR, I'm just not confident Caleb will see the field this year. I agree on Standford - seems like the most natural and field-ready WR in this class.

one of my favorite clips....ever!

Corey Moore’s dominating performance vs. Clemson (’99), including the play where he obliterated the QB and returned for a TD (~8 min mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDmMNdguzvM

Tyrod’s scrambling TD pass to Wilson vs. Stanford in the Orange Bowl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xObTy9YaBE

rivers stopping pike on fourth down! such a massive play, rivers' first start, bcs game (even if it was against the big east i'll take it any day of the week). lets not forget cinci had a pretty damn prolific offense that year, and to hold them to 7 points? classic bud foster.

also a good play from that game for the vid would be orion martin intercepting pike on a diving shoestring catch, setting up evans td run.

you have to include the kicker flipping off the nc state bench after hitting the game winner in 86 in the peach bowl. after that scene you should have to take a shot of whiskey.

For those of you looking for more variations, here is another interesting blitz look. In this look, the mike backer (Taylor) goes bananas in the middle during the pre-snap read of the quarterback for Arkansas State. With the back and the QB focused on Taylor and Edwards, who has moved to the outer edge of the line, they fail to notice Fuller sneaking in backside. At the snap, Taylor drops into a zone, Fuller and Edwards come off the edge, and the stud end (Wilson) drops to cover the left flat. I anticipate that the safety has the sideline deep third behind Fuller.

http://youtu.be/TCHf0FOZX9o?t=2m37s

The Hokies did not show this as much after Taylor was hurt. Tyler may be a better tackler, especially in space, but Taylor is much more well rounded, especially in coverage.

-foster running with the clipboard dangling from his pants after clinching the coastal vs UVA in 08
-darren evans vs nebraska in 08
-macho's great game nebraska 08
-flowers blocked extra point return vs BC, 2007 acc cg
-orion martin (pretty sure it was him) pick six in 08 ACC cg
-xavier adibi pick six in 07 ACC to clinch the game
-chris ellis yanking down some dude (sewell? dont remember) vs UVA in 07
-glennon to eddie royal 07 ACC cg
-boykin's bobbling catch vs miami in 2008
-dyrell KR vs bama
-tyrod 71 yard run vs NC state (2010) and 72 yd run vs UVA (2008)
-KJ lsu runs
-evans vs MD
-"the wild turkey offense" featured in 2008
-eddie TD pass to sam wheeler 06 chick fil a bowl
-fowler hurdle vs BC (05?)
-colin cowherd on UVA video quotes
this run (underrated) http://youtu.be/QfzWQOLBOTk

-RMFW TD run vs bama
-anything Cody Grimm
-Tyrod's TD vs cincy (did we all forget about this)
-tyrod run vs clemson 07
-stephan virgil blocked punt for safety at Neb
-flowers/adibi INT vs miami 06
-branden ore TD run vs clemson 06
-cory Holt TD vs fsu (lol)
-chancellor hit FSU 07
-eddie TD vs uva 06
-RMFW 80+ td vs Miami
-cory holt's accidental punch of beamer in 08 ACCCG
-emphasis on the lunch pail
-the stick it in chant
-boone vs cincy
-tyrod bomb down sideline to harper (?) in 07 vs FSU
-rivers stopping tony pike on 4th and goal
i could go on and on

It seems like Wang got a lot of support from the coaches as being the most technically sound lineman, i think one quote was "best technician." Hopefully he gets his weight up.

I def like having Via there to spell and challenge both at the guard spots and possibly at tackle to keep all OL from getting complacent.