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News you can use ... ACC versus the Big 12 instead of the Big East? Woot woot. Clemson has put on the pads and started to get down to business. Georgia Tech hosted its junior day on Saturday in anticipation of what could be the largest recrui...

No, this isn't the Big 12. It wasn't USC and Oregon. It was, however, a shootout. North Carolina's defense had the bye week to prepare for Georgia Tech's spread option offense and it didn't matter one bit. Paul Johnson blew that theory -- and UNC'...

The situation has improved. Last week, the ACC was the only BCS conference without a bowl-eligible team. This week, the league has three bowl eligible teams in Clemson, Florida State and ... Duke. The Big 12, Big East and Big Ten have two bowl eli...

The Pac-12 will never understand. The Big 12 has no idea what it feels like. And the Big Ten only thinks it can relate. No other conference in the country, though, is dwarfed by the SEC like the ACC. The shadow the nation's best conference casts o...

The stakes have rarely been so high in the ACC. Florida State and Clemson are not just playing for the ACC Atlantic Division lead, they're playing for their BCS aspirations and to improve the league's national perception.

Remember this day, ACC fans, because it's going to be historic. The ACC has managed to do what no other conference has been able to, and get Notre Dame to embrace change. Not the Big Ten. Not the Big 12. The ACC. "The only conference with wh...

Under the new four-team playoff format, there will be a total of six major bowls, two of which we already know about: the Champions Bowl (Big 12-SEC) and the Rose Bowl (Pac-12, Big Ten). The ACC is expected to announce its future bowl partner "in the...

ACC commissioner John Swofford has said that the conference would prefer to have strength of schedule considered during the selection process for a four-team playoff. Well, just how strong are the ACC schedules this year? The league has some statemen...

When it comes to speculation about conference realignment and rumors about teams leaving the ACC, you can't emphasize enough the importance of academics to the ACC. The folks in Greensboro love it. The university presidents love it. And they reall...

Sometimes I get questions. Other times, my mailbag is there for you to vent ... Christopher Cothran in Jupiter, FL writes: Heather, You need to tell these guys to stop talking about the Big XII - II and get them to focus on winning football games....

Maybe one day we'll talk about football again ... Finally. Somebody has realized that nobody is going to make a move until the playoff format is decided upon. Big 12, yada yada. Hmph. The ACC embarrasses the Big 12 when it comes to big boy sche...

It's quiet out there, guys. Finally. If you ask the Big 12, all of this expansion talk is moot. FSU's Board of Trustees will meet next week, but expansion is not on the agenda. The preseason pundits seems to agree the Noles will be ranked aro...

With Big 12 and SEC spring meetings under way this week, the conference realignment speculation is bound to continue. It's important to remember, though, that there are several key figures in the Big 12 who aren't quite ready to jump into expansion. ...

Did somebody say Big 12? Florida State and its fans have reasons to pay attention to this week's Big 12 meetings. Does the Big 12 even want to expand? Maryland coach Randy Edsall is looking for a little patience from everyone. Michael Campa...

Clemson's board of trustees will meet at 4 p.m. today, but a school spokesman told me the only thing that will be voted on will be tuition. Yes, the board members will discuss the recent speculation surrounding the Big 12, but more than anything, it'...

Rumors, rumors and more rumors ... ACC commish John Swofford said talk of the Big 12 and any ACC schools are just rumors. I believe him. TCU's AD has since tried to clarify his comments. Virginia Tech AD Jim Weaver doesn't see change happenin...