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  • Wake Gets to 11 Wins with Defensive Gem

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb recaps Wake Forest’s Gator Bowl triumph and historic season. Wake Forest caps off 11-win season with defensive masterpiece After not earning a playoff berth for the first time since the creation of the College Football […]

    Wake Offense vs State Defense for Division

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb previews NC State vs Wake Forest. As far as the College Football Playoffs go, all eyes are on the other Power 5 conferences. Will the SEC get two teams? Who is the best team in […]

    Wake Pass Catchers Look Forward to Pinstripe Bowl

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Donavon Greene and the Wake Forest wide receiver depth should play a major role in the Pinstripe Bowl against Michigan State. Wake Forest football didnt exactly end the season as it hoped. The Demon Deacons couldnt start […]

    Wake, UNC Schedule Non-conference Series

    Back To ACC By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page This marks the first time members of the same major conference will play each other in games that won’t count in the league standings. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) x94 Atlantic Coast Conference members Wake Forest and North […]

    WATCH: Richt Brings Backflip to Miami

    Back To ACC By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Watch UM head coach Mark Richt show off his trademark athletic skills. Mark Richt has brought his signature back-flip from Georgia to Miami. His high-dive team-building experience is now a tradition with the Hurricanes. @CanesFootball Head […]

    Watson, Kaaya Among 2017 Draft Favorites

    Back To ACC By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page As attention turns to this fall, and ultimately next spring, the new tier one for quarterbacks starts in the ACC. With quarterbacks Jared Goff and Carson Wentz going first and second overall in the first round of […]

    UNC Looking to Spoil ACC’s Playoff Hope

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb previews North Carolina and Wake Forest. This is the part of the football schedule that starts to get a little complicated for the middle-tiered Power 5 teams around the country. Thats particularly true in the […]

    UNC Pulls Away in Offensive Slugfest

    By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb recaps North Carolina’s 59-39 win over Virginia. For old offensive records, it was not a great night at Chapel Hill. The North Carolina and Virginia offense broke two school records and approached several other offensive milestones in their […]

    UNC Stuns Wake With Comeback

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb recaps North Carolina’s comeback win over top ten Wake Forest. If the Wake Forest fan base doesnt believe in the announcer jinx, they may after Saturday. With the game against North Carolina seemingly in hand, […]

    UNC Tops Clemson For ACC’s Best Class

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb talks about North Carolina signing the ACC’s top recruiting class. Only one ACC football teams 2022 recruiting class landed among the nations top 10 based on the 247Sports composite rankings. It was not Clemson. Rather, […]

    UNC’s Downs Makes History with 100th Catch

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb reflects on Josh Downs’ remarkable season. North Carolina head coach Mack Brown didnt receive the four and a half gallon mayo bath following the Dukes Mayo Bowl on Thursday. While to the average person not […]

    Union Issue Raises Questions

    Back To ACC By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Around the country Thursday, coaches and administrators pondered the potential ramifications of the stunning decision by the National Labor Relations Board, which ruled the Northwestern football players are actually university employees in everything but name. CHICAGO […]

    Venables’ Defense Does What it Does

    Back To ACC By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page For all the talk about Deshaun Watson and company, last year, there is no telling where Clemsons program would be without Brent Venables. His impact was, perhaps, never as evident as it was tonight against Auburn. For […]

    Venables Leaves Lasting Legacy at Clemson

    Back To ACC By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Even now, as the head coach of the Sooners, Brent Venables remains a Clemson legend. The legacy Brent Venables leaves at Clemson is simply stunning. During his career as defensive coordinator with the Tigers, Venables won two […]

    Versatile Days Making Plays for Tech

    By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Synjyn Days brings a unique perspective to the field in that he has seen it from a variety of different angles. x9c He did some good things. He made some plays. He’s a big, strong guy. ~Paul Johnson Synjyn Days […]

    Virginia cancels Coastal Carolina Game in Wake of Tragedy

    Back To ACC By Christian GoeckelSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page From Virginia Athletics CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA The Virginia athletics department announced today (Nov. 16) the Cavaliers home football game vs. Coastal Carolina scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19 has been canceled. The decision was made following the shooting of […]

    Virginia Catching FSU at the Right Time

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page As these two programs prepare to meet for the first time in five years, it seems as though the timing couldnt be better for the Cavaliers. The funny thing about preseason schedule discussions is the most important […]

    Virginia Dominates Duke

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Behind a dominating performance in hidden yardage categories across the board, Virginia cruised to a 48-14 victory against Duke. Nothing is constant in the chaotic ACC Coastal division, but if there are one or two teams that […]

    Virginia Holds Off Pitt

    Back To ACC By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Virginia built a 24-3 lead by halftime, then held on after the Panthers mounted a comeback in the third quarter. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Kevin Parks ran for a career-best 169 yards and a touchdown and Virginia […]

    Virginia, Louisville Renew Close Rivalry

    Back To ACC By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dave Holcomb breaks down Louisville and Virginia. The Virginia-Louisville matchup doesnt garner quite the same attention as some of the other cross-divisional matchups in college football or even in the ACC. That will particularly be the case […]

    Virginia Names Matt Johns Starting QB

    Back To ACC By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Matt Johns will be Virginia’s starting quarterback on Saturday at Georgia Tech. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) x94 Matt Johns will be Virginia’s starting quarterback on Saturday at Georgia Tech. Coach Bronco Mendenhall made the announcement Monday, saying […]

    Virginia Names Tony Elliott Head Coach

    Back To ACC By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The Cavaliers hire Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott. VirginiaSports.com CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Virginia athletics director Carla Williams announced today the hiring of Tony Elliott as the University of Virginias Fralin Family Head Football Coach. Elliott becomes the […]

    Virginia Ready to Compete for Coastal

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Bronco Mendenhall arguably gets more out of his talent than anyone else in the ACC, and if he can snap those losing streaks against the Coastal Divisions elite programs, playing in the ACC Championship is possible. In […]

    Virginia Slays the Dragon

    Back To ACC By Dave HolcombSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Bryce Perkins etched his name in Cavaliers football history forever with an epic performance during his final regular season game. Its the time of year where college football legends are born. In Charlottesville on Friday afternoon, Virginia […]



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