Bill Connelly: VT #1 in Returning Production

By: Chazz Michael Michaelzz

on February 5, 2024, 1:58 PM | 11 comments

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The link is to ESPN+ page:
College football 2024 returning production rankings: 134 teams

I know we're not supposed to share paywalled links, but many people have the Disney+ bundle these days and the headline is really the only major discussion point. Apologies in advance.

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DFWHokie

STRANGER IN THE ALPS

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| 2 years 5 months #

Looks like you won by 2 min but Bar's post getting more comments. Bar1990 still has to drink though, that is the rule.

4th_of_4_Hokies

WHERE AM I?

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bar1990

ATLIEN

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| 2 years 5 months # ^

Deal

Chazz Michael Michaelzz

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| 2 years 5 months # ^

That's fair, probably makes sense to put my post as a comment in his and delete this one.

rpotts12 | 2 years 5 months #

Sounds good, but as a caution, loluva is ranked #5.

stevetheking | 2 years 5 months # ^

That may be true, but (and this is a very important "but") they sucked balls last year.

hokie07ME | 2 years 5 months # ^

This is literally what some TKP users said about how much returning production we had last year. To paraphrase because I'm not looking to spend 45 minutes searching for exact quotes: "bringing back 100% of a 3 win team is still a 3 win team"

That said, I'll take Pry&Co over Elliot&Co any day of the week and twice on Saturdays so I fully expect Tony to squander whatever benefit he gets from returning "production" in ways Pry did not last year.

4th_of_4_Hokies

WHERE AM I?

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| 2 years 5 months # ^

To help illustrate your point for those of us who lack the attention span to read a well thought out post... /s

Chazz Michael Michaelzz

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Yea, it's not an indicator of who will be successful, but who could be successful. If a team is on an upward trend, you can expect that trend to continue. Or, if a team has players in place, a new coach may have more success than anticipated.

Summary of the ACC is as follows:
1. VT
5. UVA
10. Syracuse
14. Cal
36. WF
37. Stanford
40. BC
44. UL
45. Miami
46. GT
53. Pitt
54. Clemson
66. SMU
80. NCSU
83. FSU
88. Duke
127. UNC

Other Notables:
8. Rutgers
22. ODU
64. Marshall
74. ND
75. Liberty
76. Vandy
126. JMU

My takeaways:

The top of the ACC is projected to be a mix of FSU, Clemson, UL, Miami, NCSU, and an emerging VT. Every top ACC team besides VT needs to get better production from their players or have other players step up. I was expecting higher returning production numbers for all these schools based on the portal transfers they were able to get this year. And also, man, if Clemson tried in the portal, they would have been national title contender good. I still think Clemson (along with UL) will be the ACC team to beat in 2024, but they are not the Clemson of yesteryear.
Cuse and Cal are dark horse contenders in the ACC. I think Cuse is exaggerated by McCord's production at OSU, but if Brown and his staff can coach, they'll be a tough out all season.
Duke and UNC will be bad next year.
Rutgers will be legit and very competitive in the B1G. Based on how they played last year and their returning production, I will expect VT to be underdogs in this match.
I still expect a solid win at ODU, but it may not be a cakewalk like we would expect it to be.
The reign of G5 schools "owning" the state of Virginia is undoubtedly over. Liberty and JMU will take major steps back next year. Too bad for UVA that they are not on their schedule next year.