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Herea s some special information regarding the 2009 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, being held in Tampa on Dec.

In an event that hardly seems like a challenge anymore for the ACC, the Big Ten finally has a shot to win it and flex their basketball muscle.A Penn State has a chance to be the first team in the Big Ten to win three straight in the contest if they can pick upA a win against the Virginia Cavaliers who are currently 4-2 coming off a win against ...

Maryland 's dismal football season is over, yet one important question remains unanswered: Will Ralph Friedgen return as head coach? The Terrapins finished with a seven-game losing streak and a school-record 10 defeats.

Conference commissioners and bowl representatives met last week and named the Hurricanes as one of 20 teams still under consideration for the 10 BCS slots.

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden , a night after stunning folks by saying he had some "soul searching" to do about his future, couldn't have made his hopes for 2010 any clearer a day later: "Right now, I would like to come back," he said Sunday, sounding more upbeat than he did moments after a 37-10 loss at No.

Virginia fired Al Groh after nine seasons as football coach at his alma mater Sunday, ending a tenure marked by his inability to beat rival Virginia Tech.

Most of the ACC's top teams came up with poor performances this weekend. Clemson, Georgia Tech and North Carolina all lost.

Clemson's C.J. Spiller has set an NCAA record with his seventh career kickoff return for a touchdown to start the Tigers ' game at South Carolina .

With a regular-season finale and bowl game remaining, Miami's newest goal is to finish the season with double-digit victories.

BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech is focusing on what it can do, not what it can't. The No.

The Wake-Up Call greets you each weekday with news, views and a few Tampa Bay area sports offerings to anticipate for the day and night.

It could have been one of those days Eric Moncur would remember forever. He was supposed to be playing his final regular-season game Saturday for the Miami Hurricanes.

Former University of Miami defensive coordinator Tommy Tuberville once called end Kevin Patrick ``one of the best defensive players in the country.

Congratulations to the Clemson Tigers. They won the ACC's Atlantic Division Saturday.

Hurricanes DT Allen Bailey sacks Virginia quarterback Tyrod Thomas on fourth down to seal a 16-14 win at Dolphin Stadium on Nov.

According to Playboy Magazine, it is looking good for the Spartans this year! Playboy's annual college basketball preview predicts a championship for Michigan State, with the Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tar Heels, Kentucky Wildcats and Purdue Boilermakers rounding out the top five.

North Carolina State offensive coordinator Dana Bible has been diagnosed with leukemia.

UM quarterback Jacory Harris was named an Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week for the fourth time this season.

Randy Shannon said the game against South Florida and the bowl game will set the tone for future success.

Therea TMs not a lot Florida State standout Susan Kuijken hasna TMt accomplished during her four-year career.

After further review, Jacory Harris putting on a postgame sling was merely for comic effect.

The Clemson Tigers will have their first ever chance to play in the ACC Championship game.

The HooYa! Blog expands upon the content and insights in HooYa! C-VILLE's UVa game-day publication.

The negative numbers are starting to wear on the Maryland Terrapins. Six straight losses.

I just submitted my ballot for the ACC player of the week honors and I voted for a pair of Florida State Seminoles -- quarterback EJ Manuel as the rookie of the week and kicker Dustin Hopkins as the specialist of the week.

It's become a seemingly annual rite of passage for the Boston College Eagles to be counted out before the season has started.

It was probably the best special-teams performance of the season for the Florida State Seminoles.

No. 12 Miami vs. North Carolina , 3:30 p.m. TV: ABC Line: Miami by 3 Series record: North Carolina leads 7-5. Last meeting: 2008, North Carolina won 28-24. What's at stake: Miami has won two straight games and can reach eight wins for the first time in four years.

Five conference games to pick this week with the lead storyline being heavily favored Clemson hoping to finally wrap up an ACC Championship Game berth with a win over Virginia.

Clemson-Clemson Tiger running back C.J. Spiller's name has popped up as one of the top five candidates for the Heisman Trophy in eight of the published polls this week.

When/where: 5, Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. Radio: 1010-AM. Records: USF 1-1, Wake Forest 1-0. Notable: USF is coming off an 88-72 win against St.

The national championship race seems as if it's being put on hold this week, with the top contenders all big - in some cases too big to count - favorites.

At some time during his lengthy coaching career, Clemson defensive coordinator Kevin Steele developed the habit of not eating on game days until the contest is over.

The Eagles used a 70-yard fourth-quarter drive that included two fourth-down conversions and ended with a one-yard sneak for a touchdown, catapulting Boston College to a 14-10 victory over Virginia in Charlottesville and keeping BC's hopes for an ACC Atlantic Division title alive.

About 10 days into North Carolina's basketball practices, coach Roy Williams said that freshman John Henson, a 6-foot-9 small forward, had attempted more three-pointers than 6-2 point guard Larry Drew II.

In the ACC, former Hawaii coordinator Paul Johnson saw his Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets capture the Coastal Division title and a berth into the ACC Championship Game.

Kendric Burney returned one of his three interceptions for a 77-yard touchdown and his third pick resulted in a bizarre fourth-quarter score that helped North Carolina beat No.

A perfect game. It has been Paul Johnson's lusted-for holy grail all season. The Jackets beat Virginia Tech, and he still found fault.

The 80-year-old embattled coach was sitting in a golf cart and upbeat moments after his redshirt freshman quarterback kept their bowl hopes alive.

The Clemson Tigers are just two victories away from their first shot at an ACC Championship Game, and possibly their first ACC title since 1991.A Tigers fans have been here before, though, when Tommy Bowden and Co.

The Miami Hurricanes are at a point in the season where many things have gone wrong in years past.

They are virtually assured of being in the NCAA Tournament already. This weekend could go a long way in making sure they go in as the 2009 ACC volleyball champions.

There is no favorite. Not this season. Last year the North Carolina Tar Heels came into November as the odds-on choice to not just win the ACC title, but the national championship as well.

The ACC is jam packed with six conference games this Saturday.A Can Georgia Tech wrap up the Coastal Division against Duke?A Will Clemson suffer a let down against NC State on the road.A With QB Christian Ponder out, will FSU lose to Wake Forest for a fourth straight year?A I give my insight and predictions for this week's game below.

C.J. Spiller, the Clemson University running back who has become one of the nation's top all-purpose players, is one of 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award, which goes each year to the top running back in the nation.

With three games remaining, the Miami Hurricanes are at the point in the season where they can start thinking postseason.

As football season reaches its last turn, the glorious ACC basketball season cometh.

ACC North Carolina Tar Heels It says a lot when you win a championship, lose your top four contributors, and are still considered to be the favorite in one of the best conferences in the country.

It starts with the biggest guy on the floor. It has to. The reason the Florida State Seminoles are getting more preseason attention than they ever have in the Leonard Hamilton era is because of a talented, soft-spoken, gigantic presence named Solomon Alabi.

ACC Football has an image problem. Critics say there have been a lack of big non-conference wins.

Entering his eighth season at the helm of the Florida State program, Leonard Hamilton has 36 seasons of coaching experience, including 21 seasons as a head coach ... named the seventh head coach in FSU history on March 18, 2002 ... named the ACC Coach of the Year last season after guiding the Seminoles to a 25-10 overall record - their best mark in ...

The Clemson Tigers are so close to attaining a goal they have never reached, it's impossible for them not to notice.

Michael Jackson's father is making accusations of fraud against the administrators of the singer's will as he intensifies his campaign to get money from his son's estate.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 4:26 pm US/Eastern Click here for more NCAA coverage By Solange Reyner 1 of 1 DURHAM, NC - OCTOBER 18: Jason Fox #64 of the Miami Hurricanes moves to block during the game against the Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium on October 18, 2008 in Durham, North Carolina.

Sometimes, the reward is in the work itself. It can be impressive without being elegant.

Quarterback Christian Ponder separates his throwing shoulder late in Saturday's loss at Clemson and is out for at least this weekend's matchup at Wake Forest.

Entering his 21st season as head coach of his alma mater, Gary Williams stands third in Atlantic Coast Conference history and first in Maryland annals with 418 wins ... has directed the Terps to 13 NCAA Tournament berths over the past 16 seasons and has averaged 22.4 wins per season over that span ... with 625 career victories in 31 seasons ...

So this is what it has come to for Florida State: If the offense misses a beat, the Seminoles have no chance of winning.

Coach: Al Skinner . Last year: 22-12 . Key loss: G Tyrese Rice. Key returnees: F Joe Trapani, G Rakin Sanders.

Another emotional win under their belts, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets rallied from a second-half deficit to come back and beat ACC foe Wake Forest 30-27. It marked the second time this season that they had beaten a team this year after going into halftime trailing.

On Friday night in front of the largest home crowd this season, the No.16 Florida State Seminoles volleyball team came closer to sealing the crown in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 3-2 victory over the Duke Blue Devils.

Ita TMs almost too fitting, too circular, and too coincidental. Yet, Clemson plays Florida State tomorrow for a chance to lock up the Atlantic Division of the ACC.

The ACC has a good slate this weekend, loaded with five conference games. Clemson-Florida State headlines the action, but before we get to that game let's look at the rest of the action around the conference.

Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage says a decision on Al Groh's future as the school's football coach will come at the end of the season.

For the final time this week, Christian Ponder had to answer questions about his ribs.

Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews paused as he contemplated the question, the images of Clemson's do-it-all senior C.J. Spiller racing in his mind's eye.

LSU has a chance to prevent that Alabama-Florida SEC championship game that everyone seems to be looking forward to in December.

Florida State's defense had success under Kevin Steele when he teamed up with Mickey Andrews for four seasons.

Looking at my picks for last week , I went 4-2 SU and 4-2 ATS. I hit Duke winning as underdogs to UVA and the GT cover of SEC opponent Vanderbilt, but missed out on the Central Michigan's upset of BC badly.

Mickey Andrews, Florida State 's defensive coordinator since 1984, will retire at the end of the season.

Ranking the ACC after Week 9 of College Football action. Single Page Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images This was a wild week in the ACC.

The Eagles moved to a perfect 6-0 at home this season with a 31-10 victory over Central Michigan this past weekend.

The No. 7 Boston College women's soccer team celebrated senior day by extending its seven-game winning streak by beating the No.

Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder 's bruised ribs were feeling better than even he expected.

The Seminoles look to win back-to-back games, even their overall record and stay alive in the conference's Atlantic Division race.

As a kid, University of Miami quarterback Jacory Harris dressed up on Halloween in his little league football uniform, using his helmet to collect candy.