http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article28013830.html
"The Atlantic Division wouldn’t look so out of whack if the Coastal Division weren’t so chaotic. Clemson and Florida State just happen to be nationally relevant at a time when traditional powers like Miami and Virginia Tech are not – and it wasn’t long ago, in the first seasons after expansion, that Clemson and Florida State were just as irrelevant.
In the limited scope of recent ACC history, and the limited scope of Triangle geography, that’s good news for Duke and North Carolina, which can nurture realistic thoughts of a division title, and will again this season, and bad news for N.C. State, which knows it has a tremendous amount of work to do to catch up with the two bullies in its neighborhood.
“When you’re a coach there’s nothing you can do about who’s on your schedule from a conference standpoint,” Doeren said. “You just gotta take what they give you. I’m just happy we have a bye week in the middle this year.”
"The Atlantic Division wouldn’t look so out of whack if the Coastal Division weren’t so chaotic. Clemson and Florida State just happen to be nationally relevant at a time when traditional powers like Miami and Virginia Tech are not – and it wasn’t long ago, in the first seasons after expansion, that Clemson and Florida State were just as irrelevant.
In the limited scope of recent ACC history, and the limited scope of Triangle geography, that’s good news for Duke and North Carolina, which can nurture realistic thoughts of a division title, and will again this season, and bad news for N.C. State, which knows it has a tremendous amount of work to do to catch up with the two bullies in its neighborhood.
“When you’re a coach there’s nothing you can do about who’s on your schedule from a conference standpoint,” Doeren said. “You just gotta take what they give you. I’m just happy we have a bye week in the middle this year.”
