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FLORIDA STATE

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DEAR ACC FOOTBALL FANS: On behalf of the Atlantic Coast Conference, welcome to Bank of America Stadium and the Sixth Annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game. Our Conference and the Charlotte community have worked hard all year to make this a very special and exciting time for all the players, coaches, and fans. We sincerely hope you enjoy this weekend’s celebration of ACC Football and that you find your trip to the Charlotte area to be a pleasurable experience. As a league, our schools have compiled a rich football history that includes 10 national championships, five Heisman Trophy winners, 673 All-Americans, 152 bowl victories, 141 No. 1 rankings, and 226 NFL first-round draft picks. We hope that you will enjoy this year’s football championship game as you watch two of the leagues’ top teams showcase their talents and vie for the coveted bid to this year’s Discover Orange Bowl. The ACC’s 12 member institutions have a tremendous tradition of academic and athletic balance. As a conference, we are extremely excited to shine the spotlight on what has made this league so strong throughout our history – our student-athletes, coaches, and fans. It is our hope that all the dedicated followers of the ACC will continue to bring meaning to the ACC’s promise – A Tradition of Excellence…Then, Now and Always. Sincerely, y,

J h D John D. Swoff S ffordd Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner

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JOHN D. SWOFFORD

EDUCATION High School College Graduate

PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1965-67 1969-71

NOW IN HIS 14TH YEAR AS COMMISSIONER, John Swofford has made a dramatic impact on the Atlantic Coast Conference and college athletics. Swofford has built his career on the appropriate balance of academics, athletic achievement and integrity and is regarded as one of the top administrators in the NCAA. Swofford assumed his role as the fourth full-time commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference in July of 1997. He follows James H. (Jim) Weaver, the league’s first Commissioner from 1954-1970, Robert (Bob) James, who served from 19711987 and Eugene F. (Gene) Corrigan, who held the position from 1987 to 1997. In addition to overseeing one of the nation’s largest athletic conferences, Swofford has been pivotal in positioning the Atlantic Coast Conference for the future. In July of 2010, Swofford’s leadership and negotiating skills helped the conference secure a new 12 year multi-media rights agreement with ESPN. The extensive television package begins with the 2011-12 academic year and will more than double television revenue to the 12 member institutions. In addition to reaching new heights financially, ACC content will now be televised more, both regionally and nationally, than at any point in league history, while also best positioning the conference within the continuous, ever-changing world of technology. Equally as historic, in 2003, on behalf of the nine league institutions and the ACC Council of Presidents, Swofford introduced Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College as the newest members of the ACC. With the expansion, Swofford helped bring the conference extended and enhanced television contracts in both football and basketball. Highlights included the rights to the inaugural ACC Football Championship Game and significant increases in the number of televised games as well as negotiating an agreement with XM Satellite Radio, to broadcast the league’s football, men’s and women’s basketball games nationally. In the sport of basketball, Swofford was instrumental in creating the ACC/Big Ten Challenge that began in men’s basketball in 1999. Then in 2007, the two conferences hosted the inaugural ACC/Big Ten Women’s Basketball Challenge. Highly respected by his peers, Swofford was a force in the development and growth of the Bowl Championship Series and is the only person to serve two terms as its Coordinator. Since becoming Commissioner, Swofford has been responsible for securing increased bowl opportunities for the ACC. The past five seasons, at least seven ACC teams have earned bowl bids and, in 2008, the conference set an NCAA record when 10 of its 12 teams (83%) participated in bowl play. This year, the ACC has agreements in place with nine bowls including the Orange Bowl, home to the ACC Champion since 2006. 4

During Swofford’s first 13 years as Commissioner, ACC teams have won 50 national team titles and 1,337 ACC teams have participated in various NCAA championships - an average of over 100 NCAA teams per year. A long-time advocate of the importance of academics and student-athlete welfare, Swofford stimulated the formation of the league’s first-ever ACC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. This group of current ACC student-athletes gives the conference direct feedback on their experiences participating at the highest level of college athletics. In 2006, the prestigious ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament was awarded out to 2015. Throughout Swofford’s tenure, the iconic event will have traveled to many dynamic cities within the footprint of the league including Atlanta, Ga., Washington D.C. and Tampa, Fla., in addition to the traditional stops in Greensboro and Charlotte. The 2001 ACC Tournament in Atlanta set NCAA attendance records for single session (40,083), per session average (36,505) and total attendance (182,525). Swofford placed an added emphasis on the development of women’s basketball in the ACC with the hiring of an Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball to oversee all aspects of the sport on both a conference and national level. The Director of Athletics at the University of North Carolina from 1980 to 1997, Swofford was instrumental in building North Carolina’s athletics department into one of the country’s most respected programs. He became the school’s athletic director on May 1, 1980 and at the age of 31, he was the youngest major college Athletics Director in the nation at the time. During his tenure, Tar Heel athletic teams claimed 123 ACC championships and 24 national collegiate titles, including two in men’s basketball and one in women’s basketball. During the 1993-94 year, the Tar Heels captured the inaugural Sears Directors’ Cup, emblematic of the collegiate all-sports champion and finished in the Top Six of the Sears Cup standings in each year of Swofford’s tenure that the award was given. Under his leadership, North Carolina enjoyed tremendous growth in its athletic facilities, including the construction of the Smith Center, a complex which includes a 21,572-seat basketball arena, the Koury Natatorium and the Frank H. Kenan Football Center. He initiated the idea and provided the impetus for the founding of North Carolina’s trademark licensing program. The University chose to recognize his many accomplishments by establishing the John D. Swofford women’s athletics scholarship and naming an auditorium in the school’s football complex in his honor. John and his wife Nora reside in Greensboro, N.C. and together they have three children, Amie, Chad and Autumn, who is married to Sherman Wooden. Autumn and Sherman welcomed Maya, their first child, to the family in April of 2010.

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Wilkes Central High School North Wilkesboro, NC University of North Carolina, 1971 Morehead Scholarship Recipient Ohio University, 1973 M.Ed. in Athletics Administration

Two-time All-State QB and three-sport MVP at Wilkes Central High School North Carolina varsity football team quarterback and defensive back Peach Bowl, 1970 Gator Bowl, 1971 ACC Champions, 1971

ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE 1973-76

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1979-80

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Ticket Manager/Asst. to the Director of Athletic Facilities and Finance University of Virginia Assistant Athletics Director and Business Manager University of North Carolina Assistant Executive Vice President of the Educational Foundation University of North Carolina Director of Athletics University of North Carolina Commissioner Atlantic Coast Conference

MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES • NCAA Men’s College Basketball Officiating, LLC Board, 2010-present • National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Honorary Board, 2009-present • College Football Officiating, LLC Board of Managers, 2008-present • North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Advisory Board, 2008-present • Wyndham Championship Board of Directors, 2002-present • National Letter of Intent Appeals Committee, 2002-present • BCS Coordinator, 2000-01, 2008-09 • IA Collegiate Commissioner’s Assoc. (Chair), 2005-07 • NCAA Football Board of Directors (President), 2004-05 • NCAA Executive Committee, 1995-97 • NCAA Division I Championship Committee (Chair), 1995-97 • NCAA Special Committee to Study a Division I-A Football Championship, 1994-95 • President of NACDA, 1993-94 • NCAA Special Events Committee, 1987-91 • NCAA Communications Committee (Chair), 1987-89 • NCAA Football Television Committee (Chair), 1984

HONORS AND AWARDS • North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, 2009 • Homer Rice Award, 2005 (presented by the Division 1A Athletic Directors’ Association) • Horizon Award, 2004 (presented by the Atlanta Sports Council, recognizing the National Sports Business Executive of the Year) • Chick-ﬁl-A Bowl Hall of Fame, 2003 • Fifth most inﬂuential person in U.S. sports by the Sporting News, 2003 • Outstanding American Award for the Triangle Chapter of the College Football Hall of Fame, 2002 • North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame, 2002 • Ohio University’s Charles R. Higgins Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1984

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE STAFF

JOHN D. SWOFFORD

JEFF ELLIOTT

NORA LYNN FINCH

MIKE FINN

KARL HICKS

MICHAEL KELLY

SHANE LYONS

COMMISSIONER

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS & SWA

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER MEN’S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER COMMUNICATIONS & FOOTBALL OPERATIONS

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE

BRIAN A. MORRISON

AMY YAKOLA

LINDSEY BABCOCK

W. SCOTT MCBURNEY

KRIS W. PIERCE

DOUG RHOADS

JOHN CLOUGHERTY

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER MEN’S BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNANCE

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ADVANCED MEDIA

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COORDINATOR, FOOTBALL OFFICIALS

COORDINATOR MEN’S BASKETBALL OFFICIALS

CHARLENE CURTIS

SHAMAREE BROWN

BRAD HECKER

LYNNE HERNDON

KATHY C. HUNT

CHRISTINA L. TRACEY

LEE BUTLER

COORDINATOR, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OFFICIALS

DIRECTOR STUDENT-ATHLETE PROGRAMS & COMPLIANCE

DIRECTOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR MEN’S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

ALLISON DOUGHTY

LINDSEY ROSS

BEN TARIO

STEVE “SLIM” VOLLINGER

GEORGIA DAVIS

DONALD MOORE

STEVE PHILLIPS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOOTBALL OPERATIONS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ADVANCED MEDIA

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CECELIA DIAMICO

HEATHER C. HIRSCHMAN

SUSAN ANTHONY

JENNIE BARRETT

BARB DERY

TRACEY HAITH

KARRIE B. TILLEY

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE COMMISSIONER

WEBSITE COORDINATOR

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATION/BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CHAMPIONSHIPS

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT STUDENT-ATHLETE WELFARE/ COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MEN’S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

EMILY WATKINS

SETH BARWICK

SHELDON BELL

JOANNE CANNELL

NEIL SLEIGHT

CHARLOTTE ZOLLER

RECEPTIONIST

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INTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS

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...Then, Now and Always THE TRADITION Consistency. It is the mark of true excellence in any endeavor. However, in today’s intercollegiate athletics, competition has become so balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to maintain a high level of consistency. Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has defied the odds. Now, in its 58th year of competition, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers support it. Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 120 national championships, including 64 in women’s competition and 56 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 130 times in men’s competition and 91 times in women’s action. The conference had an immediate impact on the national college football scene in the fall of 1953 when the University of Maryland captured the first of what would eventually be five national football titles for the ACC. Clemson laid claim to the league’s second national title in 1981 while Georgia Tech followed suit in 1990. Florida State pocketed national titles No. 4 and 5 in 1993 and 1999. Additionally, Miami has laid claim to five national gridiron titles over the past 27 seasons. Four of the Hurricanes’ five national titles (1983, 1987, 1989, 2001) were unanimous with both the sportswriters and coaches polls, while in 1991 Miami (AP) shared the national title with Washington (coaches). The 12 institutions that take to the field this fall under the ACC banner have produced 558 first- or second-team gridiron All-Americas and 73 first-team academic All-Americas. ACC Football, though, has always been

about more than just wins and losses and individual athletics honors. ACC schools, cumulatively, were ranked higher nationally than any other conference in the most recent rankings of American Universities by the U.S. News & World Report, with eight ACC institutions ranked 53rd or higher nationally and all 12 schools rated as “Tier One” schools. The Conference was No. 1 with a diploma in 2009 for the fifth straight year, as the ACC led all Football Bowl Subdivision Conferences in the NCAA’s graduation rate (GSR). The ACC also had the highest football APR as a league for the fourth consecutive year. Miami was honored nationally (AFCA) for the top graduation rate for any football program in the country. It marked the 20th time a current ACC school has recorded the highest football graduation rate in the nation. Since becoming a 12-team league in 2005, the ACC has consistently made history in the NFL’s annual professional football draft. When Clemson running back C. J. Spiller was chosen as the ninth overall pick in this past year’s NFL Draft it marked the fifth consecutive year the ACC has had a player taken in the Top 10 of the Draft. The ACC is the only conference in the nation to have achieved that feat, but his was only the latest in a long line of Draft accomplishments. In the 2009 NFL Draft, the ACC was the only league with four players chosen among the top nine selections in the draft. It marked the second time in four years the ACC had managed that trick, also claiming four of the top nine picks in 2005. During the 2006, 2007 and 2008 drafts, the Conference became the first college league in the history to have two of the top four NFL Draft picks in each of three consecutive years. In 2008, the ACC also set an NFL Draft

record having the first defensive player chosen for three straight years with NC State’s Mario Williams (2006), Clemson’s Gaines Adams (2007) and Virginia’s Chris Long (2008) claiming the honor. The ACC’s run began with the 2006 Draft when the Conference set an NFL Draft record with 12 players chosen in the first round and 51 players chosen overall. In all, the ACC is second among all conferences in the last four years in first round draftees, having 34 chosen and overall draftees with 179. Heading into the 2010 football season, no league in America has sent more linebackers to the NFL, as no fewer than 56 former ACC standouts began the summer on NFL rosters tying both the Big Ten and SEC for that honor. The 12 current ACC schools have had 2,221 players selected in the annual professional football draft, including 226 first round selections. Three ACC teams—Georgia Tech (9), Virginia Tech (11) and Miami (15)—finished among the Top 15 in the final 2010 BCS Standings and four ACC squads— Virginia Tech (10), Georgia Tech (13), Miami (19) and Clemson (24) finished the year ranked in the final Associated Press poll. The ACC also has a storied bowl tradition, setting an NCAA record with 10 of its teams (.833) to post-season bowl games in 2008, breaking its own record for bowl participation (.833) set originally in 2002. Since 2005, the Conference is second among all leagues with 41 of its teams travelling to post-season bowl games. Additionally, four of its teams—Boston College (5th, 13-8, .619), Florida State (6th, 23-14-2, .615), Georgia Tech (12th, 22-16, .579) and Miami (15th, 19-16, .543)— rank among the Top 15 winningest bowl programs of all-time. Four ACC schools are also among the Top eight nationally theACC.com

ACC INTERINSTITUTIONAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATIVE THE ACCIAC is a special commitment of the 12 university presidents and the conference office to enhance academic excellence. Funded by a portion of the revenues from the Dr Pepper Football Championship Game, the ACCIAC effort is to advance the quality of education for all undergraduate students by sharing academic and administrative resources and by hosting conferences that bring together experts from all our campuses. Strategies for collaboration include conferences of students from all 12 universities, scholarship awards for international study, academic grants to competitively judged creative projects, faculty development seminars led by experts from other ACC campuses, and exchanges of best practices among leaders with similar job responsibilities. In 2010-11 a new program will sponsor ACC student-athletes working through the teaching of sports to motivate promising young people in developing countries to advance their own education. The ACC’s commitment of athletic funds to the direct enhancement of the undergraduate education experience is distinctive among all athletic conferences and an appropriate reﬂection of the centrality of academics. Among all athletic conferences, only the Ivy League can claim a higher percentage of its members among the Top 35 universities in the country. Excelling both academically and athletically is both a goal and a reality. 8

in current bowl game streaks including national leader Florida State (28 straight bowl games), Virginia Tech (3rd, 17), Georgia Tech (4th, 13) and Boston College (7th, 11). 2009-10 IN REVIEW The 2009-10 academic year saw league teams capturing an all-time high eight national team titles and 9 individual NCAA crowns. In all, the ACC has won 50 national team titles over the last 13 years. The ACC has won two or more NCAA titles in 28 of the past 30 years. The ACC was the only conference in America to place four of its teams in the final Top 10 rankings of the 2009-10 Learfield Director’s Cup Standings--symbolic of the nation’s top overall programs-as Virginia (3rd), Florida State (5th), North Carolina (7th) and Duke (10th) all were ranked nationally in the Top 10. The Pac-10 placed three teams in the Top 10, while the SEC and Big 12 had one each. A total of 123 ACC teams placed in NCAA post-season competition in 200910. League teams compiled a 116-64-3 (.637) mark against opponents in NCAA championship competition. 2009-10 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FIELD HOCKEY NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER NORTH CAROLINA MEN’S SOCCER VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL DUKE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY BOSTON COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE DUKE WOMEN’S ROWING VIRGINIA WOMEN’S LACROSSE MARYLAND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS The conference will conduct championship competition in 25 sports during the 20010-11 academic year - 12 for men and 13 for women. The first ACC cham-

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pionship was held in swimming on February 25, 1954. The conference did not conduct championships in cross country, wrestling or tennis during the first year. The 12 sports for men include football, cross country, soccer, basketball, swimming, indoor and outdoor track, wrestling, baseball, tennis, golf and lacrosse. Fencing, which was started in 1971, was discontinued in 1981. Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 with the first championship meet held in tennis at Wake Forest University. Championships for women are currently conducted in cross country, field hockey, soccer, basketball, swimming, indoor and outdoor track, tennis, golf, lacrosse, softball and rowing with volleyball deciding its champion by regular season play. A HISTORY The Atlantic Coast Conference was founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven charter members - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest - drawing up the conference by-laws. The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953, during the Southern Conference’s annual spring meeting. On June 14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh, N.C., where a set of bylaws was adopted and the name became officially the Atlantic Coast Conference. Suggestions from fans for the name of the new conference appeared in the region’s newspapers prior to the meeting in Raleigh. Some of the names suggested were: Dixie, Mid South, Mid Atlantic, East Coast, Seaboard, Colonial, Tobacco, Blue-Gray, Piedmont, Southern Seven and the Shoreline. Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommended

that the name of the conference be the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the motion was passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with each member institution assessed $200.00 to pay for conference expenses. On December 4, 1953, conference officials met again at Sedgefield and officially admitted the University of Virginia as the league’s eighth member. The first, and only, withdrawal of a school from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, when the University of South Carolina tendered its resignation. The ACC operated with seven members until April 3, 1978, when the Georgia Institute of Technology was admitted. The Atlanta school had withdrawn from the Southeastern Conference in January of 1964. The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991, with the addition of Florida State University. The conference expanded to 11 members on July 1, 2004, with the addition of the University of Miami and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. On October 17, 2003, Boston College accepted an invitation to become the league’s 12th member starting July 1, 2005. THE SCHOOLS BOSTON COLLEGE was founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus to serve the sons of Boston’s Irish immigrants and was the first institution of higher education to be founded in the city of Boston. Originally located on Harrison Avenue in the South End of Boston, the College outgrew its urban setting toward the end of its first 50 years. A new location was selected in Chestnut Hill and ground for the new campus was broken on June 19, 1909. During the 1940s, new purchases doubled the size of the main campus. In 1974, Boston College acquired Newton College of the Sacred Heart, 1.5

REMEMBERING THE YELLOW JACKETS’ CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON WHENEVER BOBBY ROSS reminisces about Georgia Tech’s magical national championship season of 1990, the stories of buses arise. As the Yellow Jackets returned to campus on Nov. 3 that year after a rapturous 41-38 come-from-behind win at No. 1 Virginia, thousands of students waited. “I said, ‘My golly; I can’t believe this,’ ” the former Tech coach recalled. “There was a guy up on the bus, on the windshield. And I said, ‘What an idiot.’ It was my son. He was a student.” There remain many memorable moments, including the Jackets’ 45-21 win over Nebraska in the Citrus Bowl. That led to Tech (11-0-1) finishing atop the old UPI national rankings. Yet members of that team recall more vividly how everyone was on the figurative bus even before the season began. “Going into that summer [‘90] the starters on both sides of the ball and maybe 45 players stayed and worked out [voluntarily] every day,” said former quarterback Shawn Jones, a sophomore that season. “That let me know we had special guys.” “The most disappointing thing was . . . we were all in the hotel after the Citrus Bowl, and to see Rocket [Ismail] return that kick and there’s a flag on the ground [a penalty canceled Ismail’s late touchdown],” Rudolph said. As the Jackets celebrated the 20-year reunion of their title team before Tech’s Nov. 13 game against Miami, Ross preferred to remember the togetherness of his ’90 squad. “We had great internal leadership . . . Ken Swilling, Marco Coleman and Willie Clay defensively. Shawn and [lineman] Joe Siffri really stood out on offense,” the coach said. “Commitment — from the top to the bottom — you have to have that to have that type of year.” theACC.com

TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE miles away. With 15 buildings on 40 acres, it is now the site of the Law School and residence halls. In 2004, BC purchased 43 acres of land from the archdiocese of Boston; this now forms the Brighton campus. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Georgia border, and the tiger paws painted on the roads make the return to I-85 easier. The school is built around Fort Hill, the plantation home of John C. Calhoun, Vice President to Andrew Jackson. His son-in-law, Tom Clemson, left the land to be used as an agricultural school, and in 1893 Clemson opened its doors as a landgrant school, thanks to the efforts of Ben Tillman. DUKE UNIVERSITY was founded in 1924 by tobacco magnate James B. Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. Originally the school was called Trinity College, a Methodist institution, started in 1859. In 1892, Trinity moved to west Durham where the east campus with its Georgian architecture now stands. Nearby are Sarah P. Duke gardens, and further west the Gothic spires of Duke chapel overlook the west campus. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY is one of 11 universities of the State University System of Florida. It was established as the Seminary West of the Suwannee by an act of the Florida Legislature in 1851, and first offered instruction at the post-secondary level in 1857. Its Tallahassee campus has been the site of an institution of higher education longer than any other site in the state. In 1905, the Buckman Act reorganized higher education in the state and designated the Tallahassee school as the Florida Female College. In 1909, it was renamed Florida State College for Women. In 1947, the 10

school returned to a co-educational status, and the name was changed to Florida State University. Next to I-85 in downtown Atlanta stands the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, founded in 1885. Its first students came to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering, the only one offered at the time. Tech’s strength is not only the red clay of Georgia, but a restored gold and white 1930 model A Ford Cabriolet, the official mascot. The old Ford was first used in 1961, but a Ramblin’ Wreck had been around for over three decades. The Ramblin’ Wreck fight song appeared almost as soon as the school opened, and it is not only American boys that grow up singing its rollicking tune, for Richard Nixon and Nikita Krushchev sang it when they met in Moscow in 1959. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND opened in 1856 as an agricultural school nine miles north of Washington, D.C., on land belonging to Charles Calvert, a descendant of Lord Baltimore, the state’s founding father. The school colors are the same as the state flag: black and gold for George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) and red and white for his mother, Alice Crossland. Maryland has been called the school that Curley Byrd built, for he was its quarterback, then football coach, athletic director, assistant to the president, vice-president, and finally its president. Byrd also designed the football stadium and the campus layout, and suggested the nickname Terrapin, a local turtle known for its bite, when students wanted to replace the nickname Old Liners with a new one for the school. THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI was chartered in 1925 by a group of citizens who felt an institution of higher learning was needed for the development of their young and growing

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community. Since the first class of 560 students enrolled in the fall of 1926, the University has expanded to more than 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from every state and more than 114 nations from around the world. The school’s colors, representative of the Florida orange tree, were selected in 1926. Orange symbolizes the fruit of the tree, green represents the leaves and white, the blossoms. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, located in Chapel Hill, has been called “the perfect college town,” making its tree-lined streets and balmy atmosphere what a college should look and feel like. Its inception in 1795 makes it one of the oldest schools in the nation, and its nickname of Tar Heels stems from the tar pitch and turpentine that were the state’s principal industry. The nickname is as old as the school, for it was born during the Revolutionary War when tar was dumped into the streams to impede the advance of British forces. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY is located in the state capital of Raleigh. It opened in 1889 as a land-grant agricultural and mechanical school and was known as A&M or Aggies or Farmers for over a quartercentury. The school’s colors of pink and blue were gone by 1895, brown and white were tried for a year, but the students finally chose red and white to represent the school. An unhappy fan in 1922 said State football players behaved like a pack of wolves, and the term that was coined in derision became a badge of honor. THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and is one of three things on his tombstone for which he wanted to be remembered. James Madison and James Monroe were on the board of governors in the early years. The Rotunda,

a half-scale version of the Pantheon which faces the Lawn, is the focal point of the grounds as the campus is called. Jefferson wanted his school to educate leaders in practical affairs and public service, not just to train teachers. VIRGINIA TECH was established in 1872 as an all-male military school dedicated to the original land-grant mission of teaching agriculture and engineering. The University has grown from a small college of 132 students into the largest institution of higher education in the state during its 132-year history. Located in Southwest Virginia on a plateau between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, the campus consists of 334 buildings and 20 miles of sidewalks over 2,600 acres. The official school colors - Chicago maroon and burnt orange - were selected in 1896 because they made a “unique combination” not worn elsewhere at the time. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY was started on Calvin Jones’ plantation amid the stately pine forest of Wake County in 1834. The Baptist seminary is still there, but the school was moved to Winston-Salem in 1956 on a site donated by Charles H. and Mary Reynolds Babcock. President Harry S. Truman attended the ground-breaking ceremonies that brought a picturesque campus of Georgian architecture and painted roofs. Wake’s colors have been black and gold since 1895, thanks to a badge designed by student John Heck who died before he graduated.

THE ACC & NFL: A SUCCESS STORY

he Atlantic Coast Conference has seen a record number of players selected in recent National Football League drafts, but ACC success at the next level is hardly unprecedented. The collection of alumni of current ACC schools who have made their mark professionally could ﬁll a sizeable wing at Canton. From Boston College’s Art Donovan to Maryland’s Randy White … From NC State’s Bill Cowher to North Carolina’s Lawrence Taylor … From Florida State’s Fred Biletnikoff to Miami’s Reggie Wayne … From Virginia’s Tiki Barber to Virginia Tech’s Bruce Smith …From Clemson’s Jeff Bostic to Georgia Tech’s Calvin Johnson … From Duke’s Sonny Jurgensen to Wake Forest’s Brian Piccolo … The legendary and starstudded list merely scratches the surface and spans generations. And it is a success story that appears destined to continue. When Clemson running C.J. Spiller was chosen by the Buffalo Bills as the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, it marked the ﬁfth consecutive year the ACC had at least one player selected among the top 10 picks. The ACC is the only conference in the nation that

can make that claim. In 2009, the ACC was the only conference to boast four NFL first-round draft picks among the first nine selections. Incredibly, that feat wasn’t even a first for the league. Four ACC players were also among the first nine selected in 2005. The ACC made NFL Draft history in 2006, 2007 and 2008, when two of the first four overall selections in each of those years hailed from league schools. The ACC also became the first conference to have the first defensive player chosen in three straight years (NC State defensive end Mario Williams in 2006, Clemson defensive end Gaines Adams in 2007 and Virginia defensive end Chris Long in 2008). The total 30 first-round draftees from ACC schools over the past three years also led all conferences. Last February’s Super Bowl XLIV matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts featured no fewer than 17 players who attended ACC schools, and 10 of the coaches involved in the game had some connection to an ACC institution. That followed Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, when the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals combined for 22 players and five

coaches with ACC ties. But again, ACC participation in the NFL’s biggest game has ample historical precedent. Former Georgia Tech player and coach Bill Curry started at center for the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts in three of the ﬁrst ﬁve Super Bowls, and former Virginia Tech standout wide receiver Carroll Dale played a key role in the Packers’ victories in Super Bowl I and II. Clemson’s Jeff Bostic starred on the offensive line for three Washington Redskins Super Bowl championship teams, and former NC State star Jim Ritcher was the starting center on all four Buffalo teams that reached the Super Bowl in the 1990s. As recent as November 14, 2010 former Miami Hurricane players have scored a touchdown in NFL regular-season play for 132 straight weeks. Young and talented players such as Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan (Boston College), Detroit wide receiver Calvin Johnson (Georgia Tech) and New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (North Carolina) are among the NFL’s current crop of rising stars that recently graced this conference’s stage. The ACC’s NFL tradition carries on, stronger than ever. theACC.com

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Prior to the 2010 ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, the Chick-fil-A Cows will be roaming the parking lots and giving away great Chick-fil-A prizes. A LIMITED NUMBER OF TAILGATING FANS WILL RECEIVE FREE SPICY AND ORIGINAL CHICK-FIL-A CHICKEN SANDWICHES. Be on the lookout, as you may be one of the lucky recipients. Chick-fil-A....We Didn't Invent the Chicken, Just the Chicken Sandwich theACC.com

THE RIGHT NOTES Over the years, ACC fans have enjoyed award winning performances from some of the biggest names in music during the annual 48 hour celebration of ACC Football.

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At the 2007 ACC Championship, award-winning Nashville recording star PHIL VASSAR wowed fans with an unforgettable show. Vassar continues to impress the country music world with his versatility as a singer, songwriter and performer with a resume that boasts six No. 1 hits for a list of artists such as Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw.

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At the 2008 ACC Championship, BLAKE SHELTON put on a performance that had fans dancing in the aisles. Shelton has topped the Billboard Country charts with a list of hits that include “Austin,” “The Baby,” “Some Beach,” “Home” and “She Wouldn’t Be Gone.”

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2009’s festivities were headlined by CMA Award winning artist JAMES OTTO. Otto was the voice behind ACC Football’s “Ain’t Gonna Stop” campaign throughout the 2009 regular-season and his performance continued the ACC Championship Game tradition of providing fans with live concerts. Otto also sang the National Anthem as part of the pre-game festivities.

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This year’s events are headlined by both Montgomery Gentry and 2010 ACC Football theme song “Loud” artist BRIDGETTE TATUM. Montgomery Gentry has recorded six studio albums that yielded ﬁve #1 singles, nine more Top 10 singles and millions of albums sold. In addition, Bridgette Tatum will perform at this year’s event, as her current single “That’s Love Y’all,” just debuted at #51 on the Billboard Indicator chart and is steadily rising. In addition to the gameday FanFest concerts, contemporary jazz composer ERIC DARIUS has performed some of his greatest hits on saxophone at both the 2008 and 2009 ACC Night of Legends as well as the National Anthem during the pregame ceremonies for the 2008 game. Darius is best known for his single “Goin’ All Out” which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart. This year, jazz singer NICOLE HENRY will perform at both the ACC Night of Legends as well as the national anthem before kickoff. Nicole has been heralded as a jazz artist and has performed the national anthem at various Miami Heat games as well as the 2010 Orange Bowl.

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ORANGE BOWL DISCOVERING A NEW ERA BY DAVID DROSCHAK As the second oldest postseason game, the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl is headed for its 77th matchup Jan. 3. However, the Bowl Championship Series matchup in Miami is certainly entering an exciting era in its rich and memorable history.

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There is a fresh, new title sponsor in financial services company Discover, a renewed push by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its 12 schools to integrate the brands of the two partners, and several festivals scheduled that only a vibrant destination like Miami can pull off in the middle of winter. FedEx, the longest standing bowl title sponsorship, ended its partnership with bowl after 21 years, and Discover signed on this summer, meaning a new logo and some extra energy surrounding the Monday night game at Sun Life Stadium. “We’re thrilled about the prospects of the new relationship,” said Eric Poms, CEO of the Orange Bowl. “Discover is a very proactive, consumer-oriented corporation that mirrors itself well with what college football has to offer, specifically the Orange Bowl. It certainly has a great ring to it with Discover Orange Bowl. In Discover, we have someone who is very eager to activate their investment and make this experience as worthwhile and as meaningful as it can be.” With the ACC Football Championship Game moving out of the state of Florida to Charlotte, N.C., for the first time in four years, a new marketing initiative called “Represent” was launched this fall between the ACC’s 12 institutions and league officials to help create more brand awareness that the Discover Orange Bowl is the home of the ACC champion. If you follow any ACC team, you likely saw the ads on stadium scoreboards and websites, in game programs and heard them on radio broadcasts in a major marketing investment. “Because our relationship is relatively new, we needed to do a little more to connect the brands,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “It is a relationship that means much more than just a football matchup,” added Poms. “The game is in the ACC’s geograph-

ic footprint, it’s a destination that offers so much to the fan bases coming from the ACC institutions. With the brand and tradition from both of the entities we feel it is just a great marriage. We’ve got to manage that and watch that take shape and continually work upon it. Here we are year five and it’s getting more activated in so many different areas – on the campuses, in the ACC’s promotional campaigns and in our promotional campaigns.” The last five ACC champions have participated in the Discover Orange Bowl, including Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech twice, Wake Forest and Florida State. “In the evolution of postseason college football, specifically in the BCS era, what we’ve seen is parity that has descended upon the game,” Poms said. “It’s a great opportunity for programs throughout all conferences to see themselves on that stage.” For example, Wake Forest won the 2006 ACC Championship for the first time since 1970 and played in Miami. “What we saw that night was a fan base that was just energized like nothing I had ever seen before because of the stage that was provided,” Poms said. “We’ve had some unique matchups in the sense that programs are on these BCS stages that we haven’t seen in many years. From our standpoint, it is a great opportunity for conferences like the ACC to get energized because

all the programs truly have a shot to win their conference.” “I don’t think there’s any bowl game that’s any more prestigious or more recognizable than the Orange Bowl,” said Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe. “It really helps us in recruiting and elevates every program in the ACC by having the Orange Bowl as our bowl tie-in for the champion. The atmosphere at the game is second to none and I think it’s an experience of a lifetime for the kids. For the coaches and fans to get the opportunity to go to the Orange Bowl, it just doesn’t get any better.” Virginia Tech had the opportunity to experience the Orange Bowl and the festivities that surround the BCS game in 2008 and 2009. “You are talking about a class outfit with great leadership and a bowl that has been recognized with greatness over a long period of time,” said Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer. “You go back and talk about the history, all the great players who have participated in the Orange Bowl game and all the championship games they have had there, and I know the ACC is very fortunate to be associated with this great game.” New in 2011 are festivals in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Starting Dec. 31, Ocean Drive in South Beach will be transformed and renamed “Orange Drive,” offering fans an area of entertainment, interactive experiences, night life, top-notch restaurants and all the amenities South Beach offers. “South Beach is truly a destination everyone seeks to experience,” Poms said. At the same time, in nearby downtown Fort Lauderdale, fans can experience a similar atmosphere at the city’s “Downtown Countdown.” “Throughout South Florida fans will be able to experience the Orange Bowl in so many different ways building up to the game on Jan. 3,” Poms said.

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Charlotte Collegiate Football, a non-profit organization, runs the Meineke Car Care Bowl and serves as the local organizing committee for the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game. Will Webb serves as the Executive Director for the organization. The Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, in its sixth year,

will be played in Charlotte, on December 4, 2010 and December 3, 2011. The winner of the championship earns the ACC bid to play in the Discover Orange Bowl, if not selected for the BCS National Championship Game. The 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl will be played on Friday, December 31 at 12 noon. It features a matchup

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SITE

TIME

Dec. 18

New Mexico Bowl

Mountain West vs. WAC

Albuquerque, NM

2:00 p.m.

NETWORK ESPN

Dec. 18

uDrove Humanitarian Bowl

MAC vs. WAC

Boise, ID

5:30 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 18

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

C-USA vs. Sun Belt

New Orleans, LA

9:00 p.m.

ESPN

Dec, 21

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl

Big East vs. C-USA

St. Petersburg, FL

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 22

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl

Mountain West vs. Pac-10

Las Vegas, NV

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 23

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

Mountain West vs. Navy

San Diego, CA

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 24

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

C-USA vs. WAC

Honolulu, HI

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 26

Little Caesars Bowl

Big Ten vs. MAC

Detroit, MI

8:30 p.m.

ESPN

DEC. 27

ADVOCARE V100 INDEPENDENCE BOWL

ACC VS. MOUNTAIN WEST

SHREVEPORT, LA

5:00 P.M.

ESPN2

DEC. 28

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL

ACC VS. BIG EAST

ORLANDO, FL

6:30 P.M.

ESPN

Dec. 28

Insight Bowl

Big Ten vs. Big 12

Tempe, AZ

10:00 p.m.

ESPN

DEC. 29

MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN

ACC VS. C-USA

WASHINGTON, D.C.

2:30 P.M.

ESPN

Dec. 29

Texas Bowl

Big Ten vs. Big 12

Houston, TX

6:00 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 29

Valero Alamo Bowl

Big 12 vs. Pac-10

San Antonio, TX

9:15 p.m.

ESPN

Dec. 30

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

C-USA vs. Mountain West

Fort Worth, TX

Noon

ESPN

Dec. 30

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Big 12 vs. Big East

Bronx, NY

3:20 p.m.

ESPN

DEC. 30

FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL

ACC VS. SEC

NASHVILLE, TN

6:30 P.M.

ESPN

Dec. 30

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl

Big 12 vs. Pac-10

San Diego, CA

10:00 p.m.

ESPN

DEC. 31

MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL

ACC VS. BIG EAST

CHARLOTTE, NC

NOON

ESPN

DEC. 31

HYUNDAI SUN BOWL

ACC VS. PAC-10

EL PASO, TX

2:00 P.M.

CBS

Dec. 31

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

C-USA vs. SEC

Memphis, TN

3:30 p.m.

ESPN

DEC. 31

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL

ACC VS. SEC

ATLANTA, GA

7:30 P.M.

ESPN

Jan. 1

TicketCity Bowl

Big Ten vs. Big 12

Dallas, TX

Noon

ESPNU

Jan. 1

Outback Bowl

Big Ten vs. SEC

Tampa, FL

1:00 p.m.

Jan. 1

Capital One Bowl

Big Ten vs. SEC

Orlando, FL

1:00 p.m.

ESPN

Jan. 1

Gator Bowl

Big Ten vs. SEC

Jacksonville, FL

1:30 p.m.

ESPN2

Jan. 1

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO

BCS vs. BCS

Pasadena, CA

4:30 p.m.

ESPN

Jan. 1

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

BCS vs. BCS

Glendale, AZ

8:30 p.m.

ESPN

JAN. 3

DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL

BCS VS. BCS

MIAMI, FL

8:00 P.M.

ESPN

Jan. 4

Allstate Sugar Bowl

BCS vs. BCS

New Orleans, LA

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

Jan. 6

GMAC Bowl

MAC vs. Sun Belt

Mobile, AL

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

Jan. 7

AT&T Cotton Bowl

Big 12 vs. SEC

Arlington, TX

8:00 p.m.

FOX

Jan. 8

Papajohns.com Bowl

Big East vs. SEC

Birmingham, AL

Noon

ESPN

JAN. 9

KRAFT FIGHT HUNGER BOWL

PAC-10 (ACC CONDITIONAL) VS. WAC

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

9:00 P.M.

ESPN

Jan. 10

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game

BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2

Glendale, AZ

8:00 p.m.

ESPN

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AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year: CHRIS BARCLAY, WAKE FOREST Defensive Player of the Year: D’QWELL JACKSON, MARYLAND Rookie of the Year: JAMES DAVIS, CLEMSON Coach of the Year: FRANK BEAMER, VIRGINIA TECH Tatum Award: BRENDAN LEWIS, DUKE & DAVID CASTILLO, FLORIDA STATE

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Florida State’s Willie Reid returned a punt 83 yards for a touchdown and Drew Weatherford threw for 225 yards and one touchdown as the Seminoles upset No. 5 Virginia Tech 27-22 in the inaugural ACC title game ... the victory marked the Seminoles’ 12th ACC title in 14 years … Reid, who ﬁnished with 210 all-purpose yards, was named the game’s most valuable player … sparked by Reid’s return to open the second half, FSU scored 24 unanswered third quarter points, snapping a 3-3 halftime tie … Marcus Vick led the Hokies to three touchdowns in the fourth quarter that cut the Seminole lead to 27-22. MVP WILLIE REID, FLORIDA STATE 2005 ACC LEGENDS Mike Ruth (Boston College), Jeff Davis (Clemson), Leo Hart (Duke), Marvin Jones (Florida State), Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech), Jack Scarbath (Maryland), George Mira Sr. (Miami), Roman Gabriel (NC State), Don McCauley (North Carolina), William “Bill” Dudley (Virginia), Bruce Smith (Virginia Tech), Bill Armstrong (Wake Forest)

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2006

WAKE FOREST GEORGIA TECH

Wake Forest’s Sam Swank kicked three field goals, including the game winner with 2:55 left to play as the 16th-ranked Demon Deacons claimed their first ACC title since 1970 with a 9-6 victory over No. 23 Georgia Tech ... Swank, who made good on three of four field goal attempts and punted seven times for a 42.6 yards per kick average, was named the game’s most valuable player ... freshman QB Riley Skinner completed 14-of-25 passes for 201 yards including a 45-yard completion to Willie Idlette that set up Swank’s game-winning field goal ... Deacon LB Jon Abbate had a game-high 15 tackles and keyed a defense that limited the Yellow Jackets to a pair of field goals and 272 yards in total offense ... Tech WR Calvin Johnson finished with eight catches for 117 yards while Tashard Choice had his sixth-straight 100 yard effort, finishing with an even 100 yards on 21 carries. MVP SAM SWANK, WAKE FOREST

2006 ACC LEGENDS

Doug Flutie (Boston College), Michael Dean Perry (Clemson), Art Gregory (Duke), William Floyd (Florida State), Marco Coleman (Georgia Tech), Randy White (Maryland), Gino Torretta (Miami), Jim Ritcher (NC State), William Fuller (North Carolina), Jim Dombrowski (Virginia), Carroll Dale (Virginia Tech), James McDougald (Wake Forest)

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AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year & Offensive Player of the Year: CALVIN JOHNSON, GEORGIA TECH Defensive Player of the Year: GAINES ADAMS, CLEMSON Rookie of the Year: RILEY SKINNER, WAKE FOREST Coach of the Year: JIM GROBE, WAKE FOREST Tatum Award: JOSH WILSON, MARYLAND Piccolo Award: GLENN SHARPE, MIAMI Jacobs Blocking: JOSH BEEKMAN, BOSTON COLLEGE

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AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year & Offensive Player of the Year: MATT RYAN, BOSTON COLLEGE Defensive Player of the Year: CHRIS LONG, VIRGINIA Rookie of the Year & Offensive Rookie of the Year: JOSH ADAMS, WAKE FOREST Defensive Rookie of the Year: DEUNTA WILLIAMS, NORTH CAROLINA Coach of the Year: AL GROH, VIRGINIA Tatum Award: TOM SANTI, VIRGINIA

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Virginia Tech held the high-powered Boston College offense scoreless over the final 35 minutes of play, overcoming a nine-point first half deficit to claim their second ACC title since joining the league in 2004...Led by junior quarterback Sean Glennon, who was named the championship game MVP, the Hokies scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull out the 30-16 win...for the game, Glennon completed 18 of 27 pass attempts for 174 yards and three touchdowns...Hokie receivers Josh Morgan, Eddie Royal and Josh Hyman combined for nearly 150 yards and three touchdowns...the Hokie defense forced two turnovers, scoring one TD on an interception return, and the special teams unit blocked two kicks, including a PAT that was returned for two points...for BC, Matt Ryan passed for 305 yards and running back Andre Callender set a championship game record with 13 receptions in the losing effort. MVP SEAN GLENNON, VIRGINIA TECH 2007 ACC LEGENDS Pete Mitchell (Boston College), Jerry Butler (Clemson), Clarkston Hines (Duke), LeRoy Butler (Florida State), George Morris (Georgia Tech), Dick Shiner (Maryland), Jim Kelly (Miami), Dennis Byrd (NC State), Harris Barton (North Carolina), Joe Palumbo (Virginia), Antonio Freeman (Virginia Tech), Norm Snead (Wake Forest)

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2008

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Virginia Tech came up with a solid defensive effort to defeat Atlantic Division rival Boston College 30-12 in the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium...the win marked the second straight ACC title and the third in four years for the Hokies, who defeated the Eagles 30-16 in the 2007 championship game...freshman Darren Evans added 114 yards rushing on 31 carries, including a 10-yard touchdown run, and Dustin Keys set an ACC Championship Game record with a 50-yard ﬁeld goal...Orion Martin capped the win for the Hokies (9-4) when he recovered a fumble and returned it 17 yards for a TD. Boston College (9-4) scored a second-quarter touchdown on Dominique Davis’ 16-yard pass to Rich Gunnell, who ﬁnished the game with seven catches for 114 yards. MVP TYROD TAYLOR, VIRGINIA TECH

2008 ACC LEGENDS

Steve DeOssie (Boston College); Levon Kirkland (Clemson); Claude “Tee” Moorman, II (Duke); Danny Kanell (Florida State); Pat Swilling (Georgia Tech); Stan Jones (Maryland); Russell Maryland (Miami); Marcus Jones (North Carolina); Bill Yoest (N.C. State); Tiki Barber (Virginia); Don Strock (Virginia Tech); John Henry Mills (Wake Forest)

Player of the Year & Offensive Player of the Year: JONATHAN DWYER, GEORGIA TECH Defensive Player of the Year: MARK HERZLICH, BOSTON COLLEGE Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year: RUSSELL WILSON, NC STATE Defensive Rookie of the Year: SEAN SPENCE, MIAMI Coach of the Year: PAUL JOHNSON, GEORGIA TECH Tatum Award: DARRYL RICHARD, GEORGIA TECH Piccolo Award: ROBERT QUINN, NORTH CAROLINA Jacobs Blocking: EUGENE MONROE, VIRGINIA

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AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year & Offensive Player of the Year: C.J. SPILLER, CLEMSON Defensive Player of the Year: DERRICK MORGAN, GEORGIA TECH ACC Coach of the Year: PAUL JOHNSON, GEORGIA TECH Rookie of the Year & Offensive Rookie of the Year: RYAN WILLIAMS, VIRGINIA TECH Defensive Rookie of the Year: LUKE KUECHLY, BOSTON COLLEGE Tatum Award: RILEY SKINNER, WAKE FOREST

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On a night of big plays and shifting momentum, 12th-ranked Georgia Tech landed the ﬁnal offensive punch to outlast 25th-ranked Clemson, 39-34. A crowd of 57,227 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium and a national ESPN television audience saw the Yellow Jackets’ Jonathan Dwyer score what proved to be the winning touchdown on a 15-yard run with 1:20 to play...the rushing TD was the junior running back’s second of the night and allowed Tech (11-2) to answer after Clemson (8-5) had taken a 34-33 lead on Andre Ellington’s 1-yard run with 6:11 remaining in the game...though the Tigers came up short in their bid to claim their ﬁrst ACC title since 1991, senior RB C.J. Spiller took home game MVP honors. Spiller rushed for a career-high 233 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries. Spiller had scoring runs of 3, 41, 36 and 9 yards, and added a 54-yard run to set up Clemson’s fourth-quarter go-ahead TD. MVP C.J. SPILLER, CLEMSON 2009 ACC LEGENDS Mike Mayock (Boston College), Danny Ford (Clemson), Bob Pascal (Duke), Chris Weinke, (Florida State), Eddie Lee Ivery (Georgia Tech), Kevin Glover (Maryland), Vinny Testaverde (Miami), Kelvin Bryant, (North Carolina), Willie Burden (NC State), Jim Bakktiar(Virginia), Bob Schweickert (Virginia Tech), Bill Barnes (Wake Forest)

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You could call MARK HERZLICH and NATE IRVING the ACC’s “comeback kids,” but “miracle kids” fits even better.

fter they missed the 2009 football season, both defied long odds to return and play the sport that means so much to them. Herzlich, from Boston College, was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer and Irving, from NC State, endured a terrible car accident that he barely survived. With ample amounts of patience, discipline, dedication and courage, each has returned to play – and play well. “I think he’s probably exceeded our expectations,” said Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien, “especially after looking at how he was last year and thinking that he (might never) play college football again.” Moving from outside linebacker to middle linebacker, Irving resumed his role as a disruptive force on NC State’s defense. Through the end of the regular season, he is second on the team in total tackles and leads the team in tackles for loss.” Herzlich, the ACC’s defensive player of the year in 2008, has started every game and through the regular season, was their thirdleaking tackler and had four interceptions. “It’s a miracle, that’s the way I look at it,” said Eagles coach Frank Spaziani. “He didn’t have any preseason. He’s played with a broken bone in his foot, then he broke his wrist and played with it swollen in a cast.

“He’ll be the first to admit he’s not back to where he was, but he’s certainly the best we have at that position. He’s contributing and making plays and doing really a fantastic job under all the circumstances.” Herzlich’s cancer, called Ewing’s Sarcoma, is in remission. The tumor in his left femur was treated with long bouts of chemotherapy and radiation. A titanium rod was inserted in the length of his lower leg, and he has learned how to play with it. Through it all, Herzlich approached things with a positive attitude, pushing himself to be even better than before while knowing that might not be possible. “I’ll be able to sit back at the end of the season and say ‘how did it go?’” he said. “And it will either be great or it will be OK. But it can’t be bad because just coming back and playing is going to be great in itself.” Irving’s path back was no less grueling. The accident left him with a broken rib, a punctured lung, a separated shoulder and a compound fracture of his left leg. “I never doubted that I was going to return,” he said, “but when I began my rehab things weren’t going the way I wanted them to. It was a little bit slower than I thought it should be, so that was the hard part.” Irving was cleared for spring practice,

was ready for fall camp and has not slowed down since. “I believed for a long time that nothing stays the same,” Irving said before the season. “So instead of trying to get back to where I was, the expectations are to be better than I was, on and off the field. You have to work for everything you want, and I believe in working hard for it.” Both say their lives have changed for the better. Herzlich is involved in raising money for cancer research, has met numerous cancer survivors and patients and hears from many others. “I think it has become, by choice, something that I want to do,” he said. “It’s not something that was forced on me and I said ‘I guess I have to do this.’ Besides football, this is what I want to base my life around, to help people overcome this disease and to help raise money to stop it.” After the long rehab to resume playing, Irving sees himself as a more mature person. “At the time I didn’t appreciate so many of the small things, things I took for granted,” he said. “Like how to make smarter decisions and thinking about how those decisions can affect me in the long run instead of thinking short-term.”

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ATLANTIC DIVISION CHAMPIONS

FLORIDA STATE 2010 SEASON RESULTS Sep. 4, 2010 Sep. 11, 2010 Sep. 18, 2010 Sep. 25, 2010 Oct. 2, 2010 Oct. 9, 2010 Oct. 16, 2010 Oct. 28, 2010 Nov. 6, 2010 Nov. 13, 2010 Nov. 20, 2010 Nov. 27, 2010

vs. Samford at Oklahoma vs. BYU vs. Wake Forest at Virginia at Miami vs. Boston College at North Carolina State vs. North Carolina vs. Clemson at Maryland vs. Florida

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ATLANTIC DIVISION CHAMPIONS | FLORIDA STATE

2010 SEASON STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS

FLORIDA STATE

OPP

380

214

SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing

LOSS

NET

AVG

LONG

708

686

6.8

AVG/G 57.2

TY JONES

505

496

6.4

49.6 44.0

237

JERMAINE THOMAS

522

484

5.7

CHRISTIAN PONDER

344

167

177

1.9

16.1

EJ MANUEL

136

115

5.0

14.4

LONNIE PRYOR

103

102

4.9

8.5

112 29

2129

1484

PASSING

EFFICCMP-ATT-INT

PCT

YDS

LNG

AVG/G

2436

1904

CHRISTIAN PONDER

137.61

182-293-8

62.1

2038

185.3

EJ MANUEL

158.89

31-47-2

66.0

489

61.1 AVG/G

Yards lost rushing

307

420

Rushing Attempts

428

454

Average Per Rush

5.0

3.3

Average Per Game

177.4 23

Comp-Att-Int

GAIN

101

106

PASSING YARDAGE

ATT

237

114

TDs Rushing

CHRIS THOMPSON

17.8

Penalty

Yards gained rushing

RUSHING

31.7

Passing

RUSHING YARDAGE

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RECEIVING

NO.

YDS

AVG

LONG

BERT REED

547

10.5

45.6

123.7

TAIWAN EASTERLING

462

13.2

38.5

WILLIE HAULSTEAD

500

15.2

45.5

RODNEY SMITH

408

15.1

34.0

2560

2612

BEAU RELIFORD

171

11.4

14.2

214-343-10

239-413-12

JERMAINE THOMAS

134

11.2

12.2

7.5

6.3

CHRIS THOMPSON

113

9.4

SCORING

FGS KICK

RUSH

RCV

PASS

DXP

SAF

POINTS

DUSTIN HOPKINS

17-23 47-47

0-0

JERMAINE THOMAS

0-0

LONNIE PRYOR

0-0

WILLIE HAULSTEAD

0-0

CHRIS THOMPSON

0-0

Average Per Pass Average Per Catch

12.0

10.9

Average Per Game

213.3

217.7

4689

4096

|----PATS ----|

TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays

771

867

Average Per Play

6.1

4.7

Average Per Game

390.8

341.3

CHRISTIAN PONDER

0-0

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards

47-924

33-709

TAIWAN EASTERLING

0-0

RODNEY SMITH

0-0

BERT REED

0-0

TY JONES

0-0

TOTAL OFFENSE

PLAYS

RUSH

PASS

TOTAL

AVG/G

CHRISTIAN PONDER

388

177

2038

2215

201.4

CHRIS THOMPSON

101

686

57.2

115

489

604

75.5

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards

30-265

17-130

INT RETURNS: #-Yards

12-181

10-103

KICK RETURN AVERAGE

19.7

21.5

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE

8.8

7.6

INT RETURN AVERAGE

15.1

10.3

FUMBLES-LOST

19-10

21-10

EJ MANUEL

PENALTIES-Yards

82-758

89-681

TY JONES

496

49.6

PUNTS-Yards

45-1977

61-2509

JERMAINE THOMAS

484

44.0

LONNIE PRYOR

102

8.5

BERT REED

3.6

2.8 14.0

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game

29:57

30:03

3RD-DOWN Conversions

77/159

73/190

SHAWN POWELL

4TH-DOWN Conversions

6/6

10/21

DEBRALE SMILEY

GREG REID

1.2

A.J. ALEXANDER

2.4

SCORE BY QUARTERS

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

WILLIE HAULSTEAD

0.5

Florida State

162

380

MATTHEW DUNHAM

0.5

Opponents

214

TAIWAN EASTERLING

-8

-0.7

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COACHING STAFF

JIMBO FISHER HEAD COACH

JAMES COLEY OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

DAMEYUNE CRAIG QUARTERBACKS

PASSING GAME COORDINATOR

LAWRENCE DAWSEY

ODELL HAGGINS DEFENSIVE LINE COACH

GREG HUDSON ASST. HEAD COACH DEFENSE

MARK STOOPS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

RICK TRICKETT ASST. HEAD COACH

D.J. ELIOT DEFENSIVE ENDS COACH

EDDIE GRAN ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

VIC VILORIA HEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

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5-11 6-1 6-4 6-2 5-8 5-10 6-3 6-4 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-8 5-11 6-3 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-8 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-4

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JR R-FR R-SO JR SO R-FR R-SR FR R-JR R-JR FR R-SO R-SO JR R-SR R-SR R-FR SO R-FR FR R-SO FR SO SO R-FR SR FR FR JR FR FR R-JR JR R-SR FR JR

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5-10 6-7 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-6 6-0 6-6 6-2 6-0 6-6 6-6 6-4 5-11 6-3 5-10 6-6 6-3 6-5 6-6 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-0

210 236 251 250 304 260 300 285 288 270 224 279 307 195 307 280 214 292 307 300 165 213 175 222 237 219 254 302 285 289 273 232 280 265 298

R-JR R-SO FR SO R-FR R-FR R-FR R-SR SR R-JR R-SO R-JR JR R-FR R-JR R-SO R-FR R-FR JR JR FR SO R-JR SO JR R-JR JR R-SO R-SO FR FR R-SO R-FR SR SO

MIKE HARRIS JUSTIN BRIGHT EJ MANUEL TERRANCE PARKS GREG REID GERALD DEMPS CHRISTIAN PONDER CHRISTIAN JONES TAIWAN EASTERLING CHAD COLLEY CLINT TRICKETT NICK MOODY VINCE WILLIAMS NIGEL BRADHAM OCHUKO JENIJE MISTER ALEXANDER WILL SECORD DUSTIN HOPKINS JOSH GEHRES LAMARCUS JOYNER DEBRALE SMILEY TELVIN SMITH CHRIS THOMPSON LONNIE PRYOR XAVIER RHODES KENDALL SMITH CHRIS FINN TERRENCE BROOKS TY JONES GREG DENT JARRED HAGGINS DARREN EDWARDS JERMAINE THOMAS MATTHEW DUNHAM CHAD ABRAM SHAWN POWELL

MIAMI, FL DUNCAN, SC VIRGINIA BEACH, VA FAIRBURN, GA VALDOSTA, GA VALDOSTA, GA COLLEYVILLE, TX WINTER PARK, FL HATTIESBURG, MS GULF BREEZE, FL TALLAHASSEE, FL WYNCOTE, PA DAVENPORT, FL CRAWFORDVILLE, F TALLAHASSEE, FL ALDINE, TX FRISCO, TX HOUSTON, TX TALLAHASSEE, FL FT. LAUDERDALE, FL THOMASVILLE, GA VALDOSTA, GA GREENVILLE, FL OKEECHOBEE, FL MIAMI, FL BUSHNELL, FL TAMPA, FL DUNNELLON, FL TAMPA, FL BELLE GLADE, FL LAKELAND, FL LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL JACKSONVILLE, FL COLUMBUS, GA LAKELAND, FL ROME, GA

VINCENT ZANN JONATHAN JOHNSON JEFF LUC BRANDON JENKINS BRYAN STORK DAN HICKS HENRY ORELUS RYAN MCMAHON RODNEY HUDSON A.J. GANGUZZA DAX DELLENBACH JACOB STANLEY ANDREW DATKO CHRIS REVELL ANTWANE GREENLEE RHONNE SANDERSON PHILIP DOUMAR GARRETT FAIRCLOTH ZEBRIE SANDERS DAVID SPURLOCK KENNY SHAW WILLIE HAULSTEAD BERT REED RODNEY SMITH JA’BARIS LITTLE CAMERON WADE BEAU RELIFORD ANTHONY MCCLOUD EVERETT DAWKINS DARIOUS CUMMINGS BJOERN WERNER TOSHMON STEVENS DEMONTE MCALLISTER MARKUS WHITE JACOBBI MCDANIEL

PLANTATION, FL SANFORD, FL PORT ST. LUCIE, FL TALLAHASSEE, FL VERO BEACH, FL OXFORD, MS BELLE GLADE, FL SAVANNAH, GA MOBILE, AL BOCA RATON, FL FT. LAUDERDALE, FL JACKSONVILLE, FL WESTON, FL TALLAHASSEE, FL COLUMBUS, GA TAMPA, FL JUPITER, FL BRUNSWICK, GA DAYTON, OH MURFREESBORO, TN ORLANDO, FL TITUSVILLE, FL PANAMA CITY, FL MIAMI, FL TALLAHASSEE, FL CAIRO, GA CORAL SPRINGS, FL THOMASVILLE, GA SPARTANBURG, SC TITUSVILLE, FL BERLIN, GERMANY POMONA PARK, FL TAMPA, FL W. PALM BEACH, FL GREENVILLE, FL

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1 MIKE

3 JUSTIN

HARRIS

7 CHRISTIAN

JONES

15 OCHUKO

JENIJE

22 TELVIN

8 TAIWAN

EASTERLING

16 MISTER

ALEXANDER

23 CHRIS

SMITH

33 TY

THOMPSON

35 GREG

JONES

45 SHAWN

POWELL 38

BRIGHT

DENT

46 VINCENT

ZANN

3 EJ

MANUEL

8 CHAD

COLLEY

16 WILL

SECORD

24 LONNIE

PRYOR

36 JARRED

HAGGINS

46 JONATHAN

JOHNSON

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4 TERRANCE

PARKS

9 CLINT

TRICKETT

18 DUSTIN

HOPKINS

27 XAVIER

RHODES

38 DARREN

EDWARDS

48 JEFF

LUC

5 GREG

REID

10 NICK

MOODY

19 JOSH

GEHRES

29 KENDALL

SMITH

38 JERMAINE

THOMAS

49 BRANDON

JENKINS

6 GERALD

DEMPS

11 VINCE

WILLIAMS

20 LAMARCUS

JOYNER

29 CHRIS

FINN

40 MATTHEW

DUNHAM

52 BRYAN

STORK

7 CHRISTIAN

PONDER

13 NIGEL

BRADHAM

21 DEBRALE

SMILEY

31 TERRENCE

BROOKS

41 CHAD

ABRAM

58 DAN

HICKS

ATLANTIC DIVISION CHAMPIONS | FLORIDA STATE

59 HENRY

ORELUS

69 CHRIS

REVELL

81 KENNY

SHAW

92 ANTHONY

MCCLOUD

60 RYAN

MCMAHON

70 ANTWANE

GREENLEE

82 WILLIE

HAULSTEAD

93 EVERETT

DAWKINS

62 RODNEY

HUDSON

73 RHONNE

SANDERSON

83 BERT

REED

94 DARIOUS

CUMMINGS

63 A.J.

GANGUZZA

75 PHILIP

DOUMAR

84 RODNEY

SMITH

95 BJOERN

WERNER

64 DAX

DELLENBACH

76 GARRETT

FAIRCLOTH

85 JA’BARIS

LITTLE

96 TOSHMON

STEVENS

66 JACOB

STANLEY

77 ZEBRIE

SANDERS

87 CAMERON

WADE

97 DEMONTE

MCALLISTER

67 ANDREW

DATKO

79 DAVID

SPURLOCK

88 BEAU

RELIFORD

98 MARKUS

WHITE

99 JACOBBI

MCDANIEL

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COASTAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS

VIRGINIA TECH 2010 SEASON RESULTS Sep. 06, 2010 Sep. 11, 2010 Sep. 18, 2010 Sep .25, 2010 Oct. 02, 2010 Oct. 09, 2010 Oct. 16, 2010 Oct. 23, 2010 Nov. 04, 2010 Nov. 13, 2010 Nov. 20, 2010 Nov. 27, 2010

at #3 Boise State JAMES MADISON EAST CAROLINA at Boston College at #23 NC State CENTRAL MICHIGAN WAKE FOREST DUKE GEORGIA TECH at North Carolina at #24 Miami VIRGINIA

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COASTAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS | VIRGINIA TECH

2010 SEASON STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

VIRGINIA TECH

OPP

418

215

RUSHING

ATT

GAIN

LOSS

NET

AVG

LONG

AVG/G

17.9

DARREN EVANS

133

777

748

5.6

62.3

TYROD TAYLOR

119

793

180

613

5.2

51.1

DAVID WILSON

595

573

5.9

52.1

RYAN WILLIAMS

476

428

4.5

53.5

TONY GREGORY

107

102

4.4

11.3

SCORING Points Per Game

34.8

FIRST DOWNS

252

206

Rushing

129

Passing

104

101

Penalty

2537

1883

PASSING

EFFICCMP-ATT-INT

PCT

YDS

LNG

AVG/G

2858

2196

TYROD TAYLOR

156.90

154-256-4

60.2

2258

188.2

313

LOGAN THOMAS

80.72

12-26-0

46.2

107

15.3

TOTAL..........

149.88

166-282-4

58.9

2365

197.1

OPPONENTS......

102.31

183-374-20

48.9

2303

191.9

RECEIVING

LONG

AVG/G 60.7

RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing

321

Rushing Attempts

493

406

Average Per Rush

5.1

4.6

Average Per Game

211.4

156.9

2365

2303

166-282-4

183-374-20

8.4

TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch

14.2

NO.

YDS

AVG

JARRETT BOYKIN

728

16.2

DANNY COALE

497

19.1

41.4

DYRELL ROBERTS

303

14.4

33.7

6.2

ANDRE SMITH

164

9.6

13.7

12.6

MARCUS DAVIS

213

13.3

17.8

DAVID WILSON

165

18.3

15.0

Average Per Game

197.1

191.9

TDs Passing

4902

4186

Total Plays

775

780

Average Per Play

6.3

5.4

SCORING

FGS KICK

RUSH

RCV

Average Per Game

408.5

348.8

CHRIS HAZLEY

19-20 47-49

0-0

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards

39-927

50-1211

DARREN EVANS

0-0

RYAN WILLIAMS

0-0

DAVID WILSON

0-0

JARRETT BOYKIN

0-0

TOTAL OFFENSE

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards

19-251

21-89

INT RETURNS: #-Yards

20-316

4-67

KICK RETURN AVERAGE

23.8

24.2

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE

13.2

4.2

INT RETURN AVERAGE

15.8

16.8

FUMBLES-LOST

20-8

RYAN WILLIAMS

104

11.6

13.0

DARREN EVANS

100

11.1

8.3

PASS

DXP

SAF

POINTS

0-0

104

0-0

|----PATS ----|

ANDRE SMITH

0-0

TYROD TAYLOR

0-0

1-3

TOTAL OFFENSE

PLAYS

RUSH

PASS

TOTAL

AVG/G

PENALTIES-Yards

59-518

87-734

TYROD TAYLOR

375

613

2258

2871

239.2

PUNTS-Yards

51-2218

64-2611

DARREN EVANS

133

748

62.3

28:21

DAVID WILSON

573

52.1

RYAN WILLIAMS

428

53.5

LOGAN THOMAS

107

129

18.4

TONY GREGORY

102

11.3

JOSH OGLESBY

4.5

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game

31:39

3RD-DOWN Conversions

62/148

59/174

4TH-DOWN Conversions

4/9

11/20

SCORE BY QUARTERS

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

DYRELL ROBERTS

1.8

Virginia Tech

136

118

418

MARCUS DAVIS

1.0

Opponents

215

DANNY COALE

-3

-0.2

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COACHING STAFF

FRANK BEAMER HEAD COACH

BILLY HITE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

BRYAN STINESPRING OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

BUD FOSTER DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

CURT NEWSOME OFFENSIVE LINE COACH

KEVIN SHERMAN WIDE RECEIVERS COACH

JIM CAVANAUGH STRONG SAFETIES/ OLB COACH

MIKE O’CAIN QUARTERBACKS COACH

TORRIAN GRAY DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD COACH

CHARLEY WILES DEFENSIVE LINE COACH

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219 196 242 200 210 229 180 189 220 200 195 216 178 225 200 170 186 182 228 211 180 188 220 198 228 220 255 202 221 190 211 194 254 207 232 216 214

R-FR. SR. R-FR. SO. SR. R-SO. R-JR. JR. R-SO. FR. JR. R-SR. FR. SO. R-JR. SO. R-SR. R-FR. R-FR. R-JR. R-FR. R-SO. R-SO. R-SR. R-SR. R-JR. R-JR. R-SO. R-SO. R-JR. R-SO. R-SO. R-FR. R-SO. R-SO. R-SO. JR.

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 71 72 74 75 76 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 91 93 95 96 97 98 99

FS SN LB LB DT OT DT DT LB LB C OT C DE SN DE C OG OG OT C OG OG SE DE P TE TE TE TE DT DT TE DE PK DT DE

5-10 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-6 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4 6-5 5-8 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-7 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-4

189 248 246 236 277 311 270 302 217 228 286 320 237 245 215 220 300 296 298 275 283 293 300 215 250 184 234 268 262 272 278 294 266 231 196 289 248

R-SR. R-JR. R-SO. R-JR. R-SO. R-SO. R-SO. R-SO. R-FR. R-FR. R-SR. R-JR. R-SO. SR. FR. R-FR. R-SO. R-JR. R-SO. R-JR. R-FR. R-JR. R-FR. JR. R-SR. R-SO. R-SR. R-FR. R-SR. R-SR. R-SR. R-JR. R-SO. R-SR. R-SR. FR. R-FR.

ANTONE EXUM DAVON MORGAN LOGAN THOMAS DAVID WILSON TYROD TAYLOR MARCUS DAVIS CRIS HILL DYRELL ROBERTS JU-JU CLAYTON TREY GRESH EDDIE WHITLEY ZACH LUCKETT KYLE FULLER D.J. COLES DANNY COALE JAYRON HOSLEY RASHAD CARMICHAEL TONY GREGORY TARIQ EDWARDS JOSH OGLESBY JAMES HOPPER ALONZO TWEEDY XAVIER BOYCE BRIAN SAUNDERS KENNY YOUNGER DARREN EVANS CHRIS DRAGER RYAN WILLIAMS AUSTIN FULLER JACOB SYKES MARTIN SCALES WILEY BROWN J.R. COLLINS JERON GOUVEIA-WINSLOW LYNDELL GIBSON JOEY PHILLIPS JUSTIN MYER

GLEN ALLEN, VA RICHMOND, VA. LYNCHBURG, VA. DANVILLE, VA. HAMPTON, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA RICHMOND, VA. SMITHFIELD, VA. RICHMOND, VA. BLACKSBURG, VA. MATTHEWS, N.C. MAYS LANDING, N.J. BALTIMORE, MD. MAIDENS, VA. LEXINGTON, VA. DELRAY BEACH, FLA. CLINTON, MD. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. CHERAW, S.C. GARNER, N.C. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. RICHMOND, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. ROSELAND, VA. RICHMOND, VA. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. JEFFERSON HILLS, PA. MANASSAS, VA. RICHLANDS, VA. GOLDSBORO, N.C. MARTINSVILLE, VA. BRANDYWINE, MD. STAFFORD, VA. ASHBURN, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA BLACKSBURG, VA. MANHEIM, PA.

RON COOPER COLLIN CARROLL BRUCE TAYLOR BARQUELL RIVERS DWIGHT TUCKER NICK BECTON ISAIAH HAMLETTE ANTOINE HOPKINS TELVION CLARK JACK TYLER BEAU WARREN BLAKE DECHRISTOPHER BO GENTRY JEFF WARDACH JOE ST. GERMAIN TYREL WILSON MICHAEL VIA JAYMES BROOKS VINSTON PAINTER ANDREW LANIER ANDREW MILLER GREG NOSAL DAVID WANG JARRETT BOYKIN STEVEN FRIDAY SCOTT DEMLER ROB STANTON ERIC MARTIN PRINCE PARKER ANDRE SMITH JOHN GRAVES KWAMAINE BATTLE GEORGE GEORGE JOSH EADIE CHRIS HAZLEY DERRICK HOPKINS JAMES GAYLE

RICHMOND, VA. HOPKINS, MINN MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. WADESBORO, N.C. OVIEDO, FLA. WILMINGTON, N.C. STAFFORD, VA. HIGHLAND SPRINGS, VA NORFOLK, VA. OAKTON, VA. CLIFTON, VA. MIDLOTHIAN, VA. BLACKSBURG, VA. ROANOKE, VA. LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF. HAMPTON, VA. MCLEANSVILLE, N.C. NEWPORT NEWS, VA. NORFOLK, VA. MOORE, S.C. BASSETT, VA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. ASHBURN, VA. MATTHEWS, N.C. HAMPTON, VA. WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA. RICHLANDS, VA. WOODBRIDGE, VA. NORFOLK, VA. GERMANTOWN, MD. RICHMOND, VA. SPRING HOPE, N.C. SALEM, VA. LYNCHBURG, VA. WEST CHESTER, PA. HIGHLAND SPRINGS, VA. HAMPTON, VA.

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COASTAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS | VIRGINIA TECH

1 ANTONE

EXUM

11 DYRELL

ROBERTS

19 DANNY

MORGAN

12 JU-JU

CLAYTON

20 JAYRON

COALE

28 ALONZO

TWEEDY

35 AUSTIN

FULLER

45 JOEY

HOSLEY

29 XAVIER

BOYCE

37 JACOB

SYKES

48 JUSTIN

PHILLIPS 44

2 DAVON

MYER

3 LOGAN

THOMAS

14 TREY

GRESH

21 RASHAD

CARMICHAEL

30 BRIAN

SAUNDERS

39 MARTIN

SCALES

49 RON

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WILSON

15 EDDIE

WHITLEY

22 TONY

GREGORY

31 KENNY

YOUNGER

40 WILEY

BROWN

50 COLLIN

CARROLL

5 TYROD

TAYLOR

16 ZACH

LUCKETT

24 TARIQ

EDWARDS

32 DARREN

EVANS

42 J.R.

COLLINS

51 BRUCE

TAYLOR

7 MARCUS

DAVIS

17 KYLE

FULLER

25 JOSH

OGLESBY

33 CHRIS

DRAGER

9 CRIS

HILL

18 D.J.

COLES

26 JAMES

HOPPER

34 RYAN

WILLIAMS

43 JERON GOUVEIAWINSLOW

44 LYNDELL

52 BARQUELL

53 DWIGHT

RIVERS

GIBSON

TUCKER

COASTAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS | VIRGINIA TECH

54 NICK

BECTON

63 BO

GENTRY

72 ANDREW

LANIER

85 ROB

STANTON

96 JOSH

EADIE

55 ISAIAH

HAMLETTE

64 JEFF

WARDACH

74 ANDREW

MILLER

86 ERIC

MARTIN

97 CHRIS

HAZLEY

56 ANTOINE

HOPKINS

65 JOE

ST. GERMAIN

75 GREG

NOSAL

87 PRINCE

PARKER

98 DERRICK

HOPKINS

57 TELVION

CLARK

66 TYREL

WILSON

76 DAVID

WANG

88 ANDRE

SMITH

58 JACK

TYLER

67 MICHAEL

VIA

81 JARRETT

BOYKIN

91 JOHN

GRAVES

60 BEAU

WARREN

68 JAYMES

BROOKS

82 STEVEN

FRIDAY

93 KWAMAINE

BATTLE

62 BLAKE DECHRISTOPHER

71 VINSTON

PAINTER

83 SCOTT

DEMLER

95 GEORGE

GEORGE

99 JAMES

GAYLE

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2010 ACC FOOTBALL SEASON

WEEK WEEK GAME RESULTS AND PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

WEEK

1 09/02/10 Wake Forest Miami

53 45

Presbyterian FAMU

13 0

09/04/10 Florida State Boston College Georgia Tech Clemson NC State Virginia Duke LSU

59 38 41 35 48 34 41 30

Samford Weber State So. Carolina State North Texas Western Carolina Richmond Elon North Carolina

6 20 10 10 7 13 27 24

09/06/10 Maryland Boise State

17 33

Navy Virginia Tech

14 30

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK T.J. Yates, North Carolina, QB CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Zebrie Sanders, Florida State, RT CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Sean Bedford, Georgia Tech, C CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Oday Aboushi, Virginia, OT DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Joe Vellano, Maryland, DL DEFENSIVE BACK Kenny Tate, Maryland, FS SPECIALIST Dawson Zimmerman, Clemson, P ROOKIE Lamar Miller, Miami, RB

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09/11/10 Kansas Wake Forest James Madison Boston College Clemson Oklahoma Ohio State Maryland NC State USC

WEEK

28 54 21 26 58 47 36 62 28 17

Georgia Tech Duke Virginia Tech Kent State Presbyterian Florida State Miami Morgan State UCF Virginia

25 48 16 13 21 17 24 3 21 14

09/16/10 NC State 09/18/10 Georgia Tech West Virginia Virginia Tech Alabama Florida State Auburn Stanford

30 31 49 62 34 27 68

Cincinnati

North Carolina Maryland East Carolina Duke BYU Clemson Wake Forest

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Marshall Williams, Wake Forest, WR

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Russell Wilson, NC State, QB

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Joe Torchia, Virginia, TE

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Rodney Hudson, Florida State, OG

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Luke Kuechly, Boston College, MLB

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Izaan Cross, Georgia Tech, DE

DEFENSIVE BACK Audie Cole, NC State, LB

DEFENSIVE BACK Rashad Carmichael, Virginia Tech, CB

SPECIALIST Travis Benjamin, Miami, WR

SPECIALIST Scott Blair, Georgia Tech, K

ROOKIE Tanner Price, Wake Forest, QB

ROOKIE Mustafa Greene, NC State, RB

24 17 27 13 10 24 24

09/23/10 Miami

Pittsburgh

09/25/10 Maryland NC State Virginia Tech Virginia Army Florida State North Carolina Stanford

42 45 19 48 35 31 17 68

FIU Georgia Tech Boston College VMI Duke Wake Forest Rutgers Wake Forest

28 28 0 7 21 0 13 24

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Russell Wilson, NC State, QB OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Orlando Franklin, Miami, OL DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Nate Irving, NC State, MLB DEFENSIVE BACK Bruce Carter, North Carolina, LB SPECIALIST Chris Hazley, Virginia Tech, PK ROOKIE Danny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Maryland, QB

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10/02/10 Florida State Miami North Carolina Virginia Tech Maryland Georgia Tech Notre Dame North Carolina Stanford

WEEK

34 30 42 41 21 24 31 17 68

Virginia Clemson East Carolina NC State Duke Wake Forest Boston College Rutgers Wake Forest

14 21 17 30 16 20 13 13 24

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Leonard Hankerson, Miami, WR

10/09/10 NC State Virginia Tech Georgia Tech North Carolina Navy Florida State

44 45 33 21 28 45

Boston College Central Michigan Virginia Clemson Wake Forest Miami

17 21 21 16 27 17

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK CO-OFFENSIVE BACK Anthony Allen, Georgia Tech, RB

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Da’Quan Bowers, Clemson, DE

CO-DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Kevin Reddick, North Carolina, LB

DEFENSIVE BACK Vaughn Telemaque, Miami, S

CO-DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech, ILB

DEFENSIVE BACK Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech, CB

ROOKIE Josh Harris, Wake Forest, RB

DEFENSIVE BACK Brandan Bishop, NC State, S

SPECIALIST Scott Blair, Georgia Tech, K ROOKIE Christian Jones, Florida State, LB

Maryland NC State Boston College Duke Middle Tennessee Wake Forest Virginia

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Brandon Washington, Miami, G

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Rodney Hudson, Florida State, LG

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Marcus Forston, Miami, DL

31 33 24 28 42 52 44

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Dwight Jones, North Carolina, WR

CO-OFFENSIVE BACK Russell Wilson, NC State, QB

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Ryan McMahon, Florida State, C

10/16/10 Clemson East Carolina Florida State Miami Georgia Tech Virginia Tech North Carolina

SPECIALIST Andre Ellington, Clemson, RB

SPECIALIST Greg Reid, Florida State, CB ROOKIE DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson, WR

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7 27 19 13 14 21 10

10/23/10 Virginia Tech Maryland Clemson Virginia Miami

WEEK

44 24 27 48 33

Duke Boston College Georgia Tech Eastern Michigan North Carolina

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Andre Ellington, Clemson, RB OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Tyler Horn, Miami, OL, DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Allen Bailey, Miami, DL DEFENSIVE BACK Antwine Perez, Maryland, DB SPECIALIST Terence Fells-Danzer, Virginia, FB ROOKIE Danny O’Brien, Maryland, QB

7 21 13 21 10

10/28/10 NC State

Florida State

11/4 /10 Virginia Tech

Georgia Tech

10/30/10 Boston College Virginia Duke Maryland North Carolina

16 24 34 62 21

Clemson Miami Navy Wake Forest William & Mary

10 19 31 14 17

11/6/10 Clemson Miami Duke Boston College North Carolina

14 26 55 23 37

NC State Maryland Virginia Wake Forest Florida State

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Russell Wilson, NC State, QB

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK T.J. Yates, UNC, QB

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Cooper Helfet, Duke, TE

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Luke Kuechly, Boston College, MLB

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Bruce Taylor, VT, LB

CO-DEFENSIVE BACK Chase Minniﬁeld, Virginia, CB

CO-DEFENSIVE BACK DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson, S

CO-DEFENSIVE BACK Corey Mosley, Virginia, S

SPECIALIST David Wilson, VT, TB

SPECIALIST Will Snyderwine, Duke, K

ROOKIE Stephen Morris, Miami, QB

13 48 13

ROOKIE Danny O’Brien, Maryland, QB

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11/13/10 Boston College Miami NC State Maryland Virginia Tech Florida State

WEEK

21 35 38 42 26 16

Duke Georgia Tech Wake Forest Virginia North Carolina Clemson

16 10 3 23 10 13

11/20/10 Boston College NC State Georgia Tech Clemson Virginia Tech Florida State

17 29 30 30 31 30

Virginia North Carolina Duke Wake Forest Miami Maryland

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK EJ Manuel, Florida State, QB

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech, TB

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Brandon Linder, Miami, OL

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Brandon Washington, Miami, OL

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Luke Kuechly, Boston College, MLB

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Luke Kuechly, Boston College, LB

DEFENSIVE BACK Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech, CB

CO-DEFENSIVE BACK Mario Butler, Georgia Tech, CB

ROOKIE Danny O’Brien, Maryland, QB

CO-DEFENSIVE BACK Nick Moody, Florida State, S

SPECIALIST Dustin Hopkins, Florida State, K

SPECIALIST T.J. Graham, NC State, WR

13 25 20 10 17 16

11/27/10 Boston College USF Virginia Tech Florida State Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Wake Forest Georgia

16 23 37 31 38 24 29 34 42

Syracuse 7 Miami 20 (OT) Virginia 7 Florida 7 NC State 31 Duke 19 Clemson 7 Vanderbilt 13 Georgia Tech 34

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE BACK Torrey Smith, Maryland, WR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Rodney Hudson, Florida State, G DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Brandon Jenkins, Florida State, DE DEFENSIVE BACK Antwine Perez, Maryland, S SPECIALIST Shawn Powell, Florida State, P

ROOKIE Lamar Miller, Miami, RB

ROOKIE Danny O’Brien, Maryland, QB

LUKE KEUCHLY TORREY SMITH

LAMAR MILLER

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09/25/10

WAKE FOREST

31-0

09/25/10

AT BOSTON COLLEGE

19-0

10/02/10

AT VIRGINIA

34-14

10/02/10

AT #23 NC STATE

41-30

10/09/10

AT MIAMI

45-17

10/16/10

WAKE FOREST

52-21

10/16/10

BOSTON COLLEGE

24-19

10/23/10

DUKE

44-7

10/28/10

AT NC STATE

28-24

11/04/10

GEORGIA TECH

28-21

11/06/10

NORTH CAROLINA

37-35

11/13/10

AT NORTH CAROLINA

26-10

11/13/10

CLEMSON

16-13

11/20/10

AT #24 MIAMI

31-17

11/20/10

AT MARYLAND

30-16

11/27/10

VIRGINIA

37-7

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2010 RECAP FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS AND STATISTICS ATLANTIC DIVISION

CONFERENCE

OVERALL

COASTAL DIVISION

CONFERENCE

OVERALL

FLORIDA STATE MARYLAND

6-2

9-3

VIRGINIA TECH

8-0

10-2

5-3

8-4

MIAMI

5-3

7-5

NC STATE

5-3

8-4

NORTH CAROLINA

4-4

7-5

BOSTON COLLEGE

4-4

7-5

GEORGIA TECH

4-4

6-6

CLEMSON

4-4

6-6

VIRGINIA

1-7

4-8

WAKE FOREST

1-7

3-9

DUKE

1-7

3-9

TEAM STATISTICS SCORING OFFENSE 1. Virginia Tech 2. NC State 3. Florida State 4. Maryland 5. Georgia Tech 6. Miami 7. Virginia 8. Duke 9. North Carolina 10. Clemson 11. Wake Forest 12. Boston College

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

TD 52 48 47 47 41 42 39 34 36 36 34 24

TOTAL OFFENSE 1. Miami 2. Georgia Tech 3. Virginia Tech 4. NC State 5. Virginia 6. Florida State 7. North Carolina 8. Duke 9. Maryland 10. Clemson 11. Boston College 12. Wake Forest

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Rush 2285 3924 2537 1500 1672 2129 1483 1320 1499 1757 1599 1902

TURNOVER MARGIN 1. Virginia Tech 2. Maryland 3. Boston College 4. NC State 5. Florida State 6. North Carolina Wake Forest 8. Georgia Tech 9. Clemson 10. Miami 11. Virginia 12. Duke

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Fum 8 8 11 16 10 5 6 13 4 12 5 9

XP 47 47 47 47 36 35 37 32 35 34 31 23

2XP 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Pass 2786 1050 2365 3380 3186 2560 3198 3256 2610 2297 2104 1726 Gained Int Tot 20 28 17 25 19 30 8 24 12 22 16 21 11 17 8 21 14 18 16 28 11 16 8 17

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Plays 872 850 775 925 862 771 796 872 762 798 756 762

FG 19 18 17 13 15 12 11 21 16 12 12 20

Saf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Pts 418 391 380 368 331 325 304 303 299 286 273 227

Avg 34.8 32.6 31.7 30.7 27.6 27.1 25.3 25.2 24.9 23.8 22.8 18.9

SCORING DEFENSE 1. Clemson 2. Florida State 3. Virginia Tech 4. Boston College 5. Miami 6. Maryland 7. NC State 8. North Carolina 9. Georgia Tech 10. Virginia 11. Duke 12. Wake Forest

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

TD 23 23 27 24 27 32 35 31 41 43 56 55

Yards 5071 4974 4902 4880 4858 4689 4681 4576 4109 4054 3703 3628

Avg/P 5.8 5.9 6.3 5.3 5.6 6.1 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8

TD 38 39 48 43 37 45 34 33 41 33 22 32

Yds/G 422.6 414.5 408.5 406.7 404.8 390.8 390.1 381.3 342.4 337.8 308.6 302.3

TOTAL DEFENSE 1. Boston College 2. Miami 3. Clemson 4. North Carolina 5. NC State 6. Florida State 7. Virginia Tech 8. Maryland 9. Georgia Tech 10. Virginia 11. Wake Forest 12. Duke

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Rush 962 2050 1580 1606 1356 1484 1883 1586 2036 2444 2310 2499

Tot 12 12 23 21 20 21 17 23 21 32 23 28

Mar +16 +13 +7 +3 +2 +0 +0 -2 -3 -4 -7 -11

Per/G 1.33 1.08 0.58 0.25 0.17 0.00 0.00 -0.17 -0.25 -0.33 -0.58 -0.92

Fum 8 4 6 7 10 13 7 17 9 9 6 9

Lost Int 4 8 17 14 10 8 10 6 12 23 17 19

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KICKOFF RETURNS 1. Virginia Tech 2. Clemson 3. Virginia 4. Duke 5. Georgia Tech 6. Wake Forest 7. North Carolina 8. Florida State 9. Miami 10. NC State 11. Maryland 12. Boston College

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

XP 21 22 26 24 26 29 28 27 41 37 50 50 Pass 2758 1756 2305 2456 2730 2612 2303 2651 2508 2309 2858 2902 Ret 39 40 51 68 50 69 41 47 37 43 45 49

2XP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 1

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plays 839 797 801 797 775 867 780 896 782 784 884 848

Yds 927 936 1107 1419 1033 1420 831 924 721 802 813 862

FG 18 18 9 22 16 15 10 18 9 14 11 16

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

Pts 213 214 215 234 236 268 270 275 314 339 425 430

Avg 17.8 17.8 17.9 19.5 19.7 22.3 22.5 22.9 26.2 28.2 35.4 35.8

Yards 3720 3806 3885 4062 4086 4096 4186 4237 4544 4753 5168 5401

Avg/P 4.4 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.4 4.7 5.8 6.1 5.8 6.4

TD 20 26 22 29 32 22 27 29 38 42 53 51

Yds/G 310.0 317.2 323.8 338.5 340.5 341.3 348.8 353.1 378.7 396.1 430.7 450.1

TD 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Avg 23.8 23.4 21.7 20.9 20.7 20.6 20.3 19.7 19.5 18.7 18.1 17.6

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING 1. Montel Harris 2. Anthony Allen 3. Joshua Nesbitt 4. Johnny White 5. Damien Berry 6. Andre Ellington 7. Keith Payne 8. Josh Harris 9. Lamar Miller 10. Darren Evans

Team BC GT GT NC UM CU VA WF UM VT

INTERCEPTIONS 1. Jayron Hosley 2. Chase Minniﬁeld 3. Da’Norris Searcy 4. Donnie Fletcher 5. Rashad Carmichael 6. Davon Morgan Jim Noel DeAndre McDaniel Mark Herzlich Adrian Moten

G 12 12 9 9 11 9 11 11 10 12

Att 269 217 166 130 181 118 160 126 103 133

Team VT VA NC BC VT VT BC CU BC MD

Yds 1243 1225 737 720 865 686 749 720 633 748

G 11 12 9 12 11 12 12 12 12 12

Avg 4.6 5.6 4.4 5.5 4.8 5.8 4.7 5.7 6.1 5.6

Int 8 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4

Yds 110 80 53 49 87 95 79 33 17 0

TD 8 6 10 7 5 10 14 7 6 10

Long 72 48 71 76 42 71 49 87 47 54

Yds/G 103.6 102.1 81.9 80.0 78.6 76.2 68.1 65.5 63.3 62.3

TOTAL OFFENSE 1. Russell Wilson 2. T.J. Yates 3. Sean Renfree 4. Tyrod Taylor 5. Marc Verica 6. Christian Ponder 7. Jacory Harris 8. Danny O’Brien 9. Kyle Parker 10. Joshua Nesbitt

Team ST NC DU VT VA FS UM MD CU GT

G 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 12 12 9

Rush 394 -49 -47 613 -47 177 27 -48 20 737

Pass 3288 3184 3131 2258 2799 2038 1756 2257 2079 674

Plays 611 458 515 375 438 388 292 346 369 271

Total 3682 3135 3084 2871 2752 2215 1783 2209 2099 1411

Yds/G 306.8 261.2 257.0 239.2 229.3 201.4 198.1 184.1 174.9 156.8

PUNT RETURN AVG 1. Tony Logan 2. Jayron Hosley 3. Marcus Gilchrist 4. Greg Reid 5. Lee Butler 6. T.J. Graham 7. Jerrard Tarrant 8. Travis Benjamin

Team MD VT CU FS DU ST GT UM

G 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12

Ret 30 17 23 29 21 19 20 21

Yds 563 229 233 261 181 154 131 106

TD 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

Long 85 80 37 74 33 87 25 79

Avg 18.8 13.5 10.1 9.0 8.6 8.1 6.6 5.0

TD 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Long 42 65 46 19 68 28 43 33 12 0

Int/G 0.73 0.50 0.44 0.42 0.36 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33

PASSING AVG/GAME 1. Russell Wilson 2. T.J. Yates 3. Sean Renfree 4. Marc Verica 5. Jacory Harris 6. Tyrod Taylor 7. Danny O’Brien 8. Christian Ponder 9. Kyle Parker 10. Tanner Price

Team ST NC DU VA UM VT MD FS CU WF

G 12 12 12 12 9 12 12 11 12 11

Att 482 383 464 396 263 256 315 293 324 241

Cmp 280 259 285 233 144 154 179 182 185 137

Int 14 8 17 14 12 4 6 8 10 8

Pct. 58.1 67.6 61.4 58.8 54.8 60.2 56.8 62.1 57.1 56.8

Yds 3288 3184 3131 2799 1756 2258 2257 2038 2079 1349

TD 26 18 14 14 14 20 21 20 12 7

Avg/G 274.0 265.3 260.9 233.2 195.1 188.2 188.1 185.3 173.2 122.6

PASS EFFICIENCY 1. Tyrod Taylor 2. T.J. Yates 3. Christian Ponder 4. Danny O’Brien 5. Russell Wilson 6. Marc Verica 7. Sean Renfree 8. Jacory Harris 9. Kyle Parker 10. Tanner Price

Team VT NC FS MD ST VA DU UM CU WF

G 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 9 12 11

Att 256 383 293 315 482 396 464 263 324 241

Cmp 154 259 182 179 280 233 285 144 185 137

Int 4 8 8 6 14 14 17 12 10 8

Pct. 60.2 67.6 62.1 56.8 58.1 58.8 61.4 54.8 57.1 56.8

Yds 2258 3184 2038 2257 3288 2799 3131 1756 2079 1349

TD 20 18 20 21 26 14 14 14 12 7

Eff. 156.9 148.8 137.6 135.2 127.4 122.8 120.7 119.3 117.0 106.8

RECEIVE YDS/GAME 1. Leonard Hankerson 2. Torrey Smith 3. Conner Vernon 4. Dwight Jones 5. Owen Spencer 6. Dontrelle Inman 7. Kris Burd 8. Donovan Varner 9. Jarrett Boykin 10. Travis Benjamin

Team UM MD DU NC ST VA VA DU VT UM

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Rec 66 65 73 57 57 51 58 60 45 40

Yds 1085 1045 973 895 868 815 799 736 728 699

TD 12 12 4 4 4 3 5 1 5 3

Long 79 80 70 81 60 52 76 39 69 60

Avg/C 16.4 16.1 13.3 15.7 15.2 16.0 13.8 12.3 16.2 17.5

Yds/G 90.4 87.1 81.1 74.6 72.3 67.9 66.6 61.3 60.7 58.2

SCORING 1. Keith Payne 2. Chris Hazley 3. Josh Czajkowski 4. Dustin Hopkins 5. Andre Ellington 6. Will Snyderwine 7. Travis Baltz 8. Nate Freese Casey Barth 10. Joshua Nesbitt

Team VA VT ST FS CU DU MD BC NC GT

G 11 12 11 12 9 12 12 12 12 9

TD 16 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 10

XPT 0 47 40 47 0 32 47 23 35 0

FG 0 19 17 17 0 21 13 20 16 0

2XP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Pts 96 104 91 98 72 95 86 83 83 62

Pts/G 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.9

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TYROD TAYLOR VIRGINIA TECH

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DA’QUAN BOWERS CLEMSON

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DANNY O’BRIEN MARYLAND

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XAVIER RHODES FLORIDA STATE

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THE JIM TATUM AWARD

CHRISTIAN PONDER FLORIDA STATE

PAST AWARD WINNERS 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Charlie Cobb , NC State not available Steve Ainsworth, Wake Forest Tom Burns, Virginia Ed Glenn, Clemson Russell Babb, North Carolina Daryl Bush, Florida State Stephan Phelan, Virginia Ebenezer Ekuban, North Carolina Noel LaMontagne, Virginia Louis Marchetti, North Carolina

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Kyle Young, Clemson Jeremy Muyres, Georgia Tech Chris Douglas, Duke Nick Novak, Maryland Brendan Dewan, Duke David Castillo, Florida State Josh Wilson, Maryland Tom Santi, Virginia Darryl Richard, Georgia Tech Riley Skinner, Wake Forest

Ponder, a native of Colleyville, Texas, and a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, has guided Florida State this year to a 9-3 overall record, a No. 20 national ranking, the Atlantic Division championship and Florida State’s first berth in the ACC title game since 2004. Ponder graduated from Florida State after just two and a half years in May of 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, compiling a 3.73 undergraduate GPA. He then completed his MBA degree at FSU last May, compiling a cumulative 3.703 graduate GPA. He is currently enrolled in Florida State’s graduate program in Sports Management. A two-time All-ACC Academic Football (2008-09) team member, Ponder has been named this year as one of the recipients of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame’s Scholar-Athlete Awards. Ponder has also been to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and is a two-time finalist for the Wuerffel Trophy (2009, 2010). THE TATUM AWARD is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior studentathlete (in athletic eligibility) among the league’s football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the fifties at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete.

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THE PICCOLO AWARD

NATE IRVING NC STATE NC State’s Irving was severely injured in a single car motor vehicle accident on June 28, 2009. Irving suffered a compound fracture of the tibia, a broken rib, a punctured lung and a separated shoulder. Irving faced a length rehab due to the severity of his injuries and the quantity of body parts that were affected. He has enjoyed a sometimes spectacular senior season as the 2nd leading tackler for an NC State defense which ranks 3rd nationally in sacks and 4th in tackles for loss. He ranks 4th nationally in tackles for loss with 19 and has ﬁve quarterback sacks among his 85 total tackles. He set an NCAA FBS singlegame record for most tackles for loss with eight against Wake Forest and he was named the Walter Camp National Defensive player of the Week for his play on Sept. 25.

THE PICCOLO AWARD has been given annually since 1972 in memory of the late Brian Piccolo to the “most courageous” football player in the ACC. Piccolo was the ACC Athlete of the Year in 1965 and played for the Chicago Bears before his career was cut short when he was stricken with cancer. His courageous ﬁght against that disease was an inspiration to the Bears and the entire football community. 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 60

Paul Miller, QB, North Carolina Jim Webster, LB, North Carolina Mark Johnson, QB, Duke Al Neville, QB, Maryland David Visaggio, DG, Maryland Scott Gardner, QB, Virginia Jeff Green, DE, Duke Ralph Stringer, DB, NC State Rex Varn, DB, Clemson not available Jack Cain, DB,Clemson Aaron Stewart, DB, Duke Kenny Duckett, WR, Wake Forest John Piedmonte, OLB,Wake Forest

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

JD Maarleveld, T, Maryland Danny Burmeister, DB, N Carolina Ray Williams, WR, Clemson no recipient Jerry Mays, TB, Georgia Tech Michael Anderson, RB, Maryland Marc Mays, WR, Duke Scott Adell, T, NC State Dan Footman, DE, Florida State Randy Cuthbert, TB, Duke Scott Youmans, DL, Duke Chris Harrison, T, Virginia Warren Forney, DT, Clemson John Lewis, RB, Wake Forest

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1997 Sam Cowart, LB, Florida State 1998 Anthony Poindexter, DB, Virginia Corey Simon, DT, Florida State 1999 Chris Weinke, QB, Florida State 2000 Ed Wilder, FB, Georgia Tech 2001 Matt Crawford, T, Maryland 2002 Anquan Boldin, WR, Florida State 2003 Kevin Bailey, OL, Virginia 2004 Frank Gore, RB, Miami 2005 Ryan Best, S, Virginia 2006 Glenn Sharpe, Miami 2007 Matt Robinson, DE, Wake Forest 2008 Robert Quinn, DE, North Carolina 2009 Toney Baker, RB, NC State

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THE PICCOLO AWARD

MARK HERZLICH BOSTON COLLEGE In May of 2009, Herzlich was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma in his left thigh. Ewings is an aggressive cancer which attacks both soft tissue and bone. He underwent extensive radiation and chemotherapy in the months following his diagnosis. Once the cancer was controlled, a titanium rod was also inserted into his left leg to stabilize the bone. Still, Herzlich has responded to be Boston College’s third-leading tackler on the nation’s top ranked defense against the run. Herzlich has recorded 54 tackles this year, including 41 solo hits, 3.5 for loss. Despite the “club cast” on his hand, he has four pass interceptions, ﬁve pass deﬂections and one forced fumble.

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THE JACOBS BLOCKING AWARD

RODNEY HUDSON FLORIDA STATE One of three finalists for this year’s prestigious Outland Trophy, Hudson, a 6-2, 282-pound senior from Mobile, Ala., is seeking to be one of seven players in ACC history to be honored four times with All-ACC honors. A first-team FWAA All-America in 2009, Hudson was a second-team All-ACC selection as a freshman in 2007 and earned first-team honors in 2008 and 2009. He has been the leader of a Florida State offensive line which has paved the way for the Seminoles to average almost 400 yards a game of total offense, despite a rash of injuries which forced FSU to use various starting combinations upfront this year. Hudson, who was named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week twice during the 2010 season, has made 46 career starts at guard, has graded out to 87 percent this year with 44 knockdown blocks. He has been penalized only once in 772 snaps this year. He is also the only offensive lineman nominated for ACC Player of the Year by the ACC’s football coaches.

THE JACOBS BLOCKING TROPHY has been awarded annually since 1953 to the player voted the most outstanding blocker in the ACC by a poll of the league’s head coaches and defensive coordinators. The trophy is given in memory of William P. Jacobs, who served as president of Presbyterian College from 1935 to 1945. 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 62

Bill Wohrman, FB, South Carolina Bill Wohrman, FB, South Carolina Bob Pellegrini, C, Maryland Hal McElhaney, FB, Duke Hal McElhaney, FB, Duke John Saunders, FB, South Carolina Doug Cline, FB, Clemson Dwight Bumgardner, T, Duke Art Gregory, T, Duke Jim LeCompte, G, North Carolina Art Gregory, T, Duke Chuck Walker,T, Duke Eddie Kesler, FB, North Carolina John McNabb, G, Duke Wayne Mass, T, Clemson Harry Olszewski, G, Clemson Greg Shelly, T, Virginia Ralph Sonntag, T, Maryland Dan Ryczek, C, Virginia Geof Hamlin, FB, North Carolina

1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Ron Rusnak, G, North Carolina Bill Yoest, G, NC State Ken Huff, G, North Carolina Billy Bryan, C, Duke Billy Bryan, C, Duke Joe Bostic, G, Clemson Jim Ritcher, C, NC State Jim Ritcher, C, NC State Ron Wooten, G, North Carolina Lee Nanney, T, Clemson Dave Pacella, T, Maryland James Farr, G, Clemson Jim Dombrowski, T, Virginia Jim Dombrowski, T, Virginia Paul Kiser, G, Wake Forest John Phillips, G, Clemson Jeff Garnica, C, North Carolina Chris Port, T, Duke Ray Roberts, T, Virginia Ray Roberts, T, Virginia

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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Ben Coleman, T, Wake Forest Mark Dixon, G, Virginia Clay Shiver, C, Florida State Clay Shiver, C, Florida State no recipient Tra Thomas, T, Florida State Craig Page, C, Georgia Tech John St Clair, C, Virginia Tarlos Thomas, T, Florida State Brett Williams, T, Florida State Brett Williams, T, Florida State Elton Brown, G, Virginia Elton Brown, G,Virginia Eric Winston, T, Miami Josh Beekman, G-C, Boston College Steve Justice, C, Wake Forest Eugene Monroe, T, Virginia Rodney Hudson, G, Florida State

ALL-ACC FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST TEAM

SECOND TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION

OFFENSE

Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech (77)

Russell Wilson, NC State (75)

Dwight Jones, North Carolina (20)

Montel Harris, Boston College (122)

Damien Berry, Miami (37)

Jake Vermiglio, NC State (34);

Anthony Allen, Georgia Tech (108)

Keith Payne, Virginia (30)

Leonard Hankerson, Miami (118)

Conner Vernon, Duke (70)

Thomas Claiborne, Boston College (34)

Torrey Smith, Maryland (96)

Owen Spencer, NC State (41)

Beau Warren, Virginia Tech (22)

George Bryan, NC State (92)

Dwayne Allen, Clemson (31)

Cooper Helfet, Duke (24);

Anthony Castonzo, Boston College (79)

Orlando Franklin, Miami (65)

Chris Hairston, Clemson (69)

Blake DeChristopher, Virginia Tech (39)

Johnny White, North Carolina (22)

Rodney Hudson, Florida State (116)

Jaymes Brooks, Virginia Tech (41)

TJ Yates, North Carolina (21)

Brandon Washington, Miami (50)

Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech (35)

Casey Barth, North Carolina (20)

Sean Bedford, Georgia Tech (91)

Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina (35)

Marcus Gilchrist, Clemson (24)

Chris Hazley, Virginia Tech (100)

Ryan McMahon, Florida State (47)

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Tony Logan, Maryland (69)

Will Snyderwine, Duke (38)

DEFENSE

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David Wilson, Virginia Tech (61)

JR Sweezy, NC State (26)

Colin McCarthy, Miami (34);

DEFENSE DE

Da’Quan Bowers, Clemson (120)

DEFENSE

Brandon Jenkins, Florida State (101)

Allen Bailey, Miami (51)

Quinton Coples, North Carolina (101)

Steven Friday, Virginia Tech (42)

Jarvis Jenkins, Clemson (63)

John Graves, Virginia Tech (46)

Luke Kuechly, Boston College (112)

Joe Vellano, Maryland (33)

Nate Irving, NC State (105)

Bruce Carter, North Carolina (43)

Alex Wujciak, Maryland (78)

Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech (41)

Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech (112)

Sean Spence, Miami (37)

Chase Minniﬁeld, Virginia (57)

Xavier Rhodes, Florida State (49)

DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson (99)

Brandon Harris, Miami (45)

Kenny Tate, Maryland (78)

Davon Morgan, Virginia Tech (48)

Matt Bosher, Miami

Ray-Ray Armstrong, Miami (25)

Brian Saunders, Virginia Tech (48)

Paul Pinegar, Maryland (27)

Andre Smith, Virginia Tech (23)

Abraham Kromah, Duke (30) CB

Greg Reid, Florida State (20)

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TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECORDS TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS

PUNT RETURNS 83

YARDS AVERAGE

469 5.65

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State (376 yards), 2005 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson (469 yards), 2009 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson (83 plays), 2009 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson (83 for 469), 2009

65 333 5

Georgia Tech vs. Clemson (333 yards), 2009 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson (65 attempts), 2009 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009

PASSING ATTEMPTS COMPLETIONS COMP. PERC YARDS TD

52 33 63.6 335 3

Boston College vs. Virginia Tech (33 completions, 305 yards), 2007; Virginia Tech vs. Florida State (26 completions, 335 yards), 2005 Boston College vs. Virginia Tech (52 attempts, 305 yards), 2007 Virginia Tech vs. Boston College (21 of 33), 2007 Virginia Tech vs. Florida State (26 of 52), 2005 Virginia Tech vs. Boston College, 2007

98 32.7

122 26.0

28 23 16

Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009 Boston College vs. Virginia Tech, 2007

PUNTING MOST PUNTS FEWEST PUNTS AVERAGE

8 0 0 50.0

MOST POINTS MOST TDS MOST FGS

39 5 4

LEAST POINTS ALLOWED LEAST RUSH YARDS ALL. LEAST PASS YARDS ALL. LEAST TOTAL YARDS ALL. MOST INTERCEPTIONS MOST TURNOVERS FORCED MOST PENALTIES MOST PENALTY YARDS TIME OF POSSESSION ATTENDANCE

Florida State vs. Virginia Tech (340 yards), 2005 Clemson, Clemson vs. Georgia Tech, 2009 Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009 Georgia Tech vs. Wake Forest (5 for 250), 2006

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Boston College vs. Virginia Tech (6 attempts.), 2008 Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech (3 for 78), 2006

SCORING

FIRST DOWNS TOTAL RUSHING PASSING

Florida State vs. Virginia Tech (3 attempts), 2005 Florida State vs. Virginia Tech (3 for 98), 2005

KICKOFF RETURNS YARDS AVERAGE

RUSHING CARRIES YARDS TDS

YARDS AVERAGE

6 41 91 272 2

Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech, 2006 Florida State vs. Virginia Tech, 2005 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009 Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech, 2006 Virginia Tech vs. Boston College, 2007, 2008; Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009 4 Virginia Tech vs Boston College, 2008 17 Virginia Tech vs. Florida State, 2005 143 Virginia Tech vs. Florida State (17), 2005 37:17 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, 2009 72,749 Virginia Tech vs. Florida State, 2005

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECORDS TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS YARDS AVG/PLAY TDR (TIE)

SCORING 69 346 6.3 3

Marcus Vick, VT (52 pass, 17 rush) vs. FSU, 2005 Marcus Vick, VT (335 pass, 11 rush) vs. FSU, 2005 Joshua Nesbitt, GT (38 for 239) vs. CL, 2009 (minimum 10 plays) Sean Glennon, VT (3 pass) vs. BC, 2007 Marcus Vick, VT (2 rush, 1 pass) vs. FSU, 2005

RUSHING CARRIES YARDS AVERAGE LONG RUN

31 233 11.65 54

Darren Evans, VT (114 yards) vs. BC, 2008 C.J. Spiller, CL (20 rushes) vs. GT, 2009 C.J. Spiller, CL (20 for 233) vs. GT, 2009 (minimum 10 carries) C.J. Spiller, CL vs. GT, 2009

POINTS TD FG ATTEMPTS FGS MADE LONG FG PAT ATTEMPTS

PAT MADE POINTS/KICKING

24 4 4 4 4 50 4 4 4 4 4 15

C.J. Spiller, CL (4 TDs), vs. GT, 2009 C.J. Spiller, CL vs. GT, 2009 Sam Swank, WF (3 made) vs. GT,2006; Scott Blair, GT (4 made) vs. CL, 2009 Scott Blair, GT (4 attempts) vs. CL, 2009 Dustin Keys, VT vs. BC, 2008. Jud Dunlevy, VT (4 made) vs. BC, 2007; Dustin Keys, VT (3 made) vs. BC, 2008; Richard Jackson, CL (4 made) vs. GT, 2009. Jud Dunlevy, VT (4 attempted) vs. BC, 2007; Richard Jackson, CL (4 attempted) vs. GT, 2009 Scott Blair, GT (4 FGs, 3 PATs) vs. CL, 2009

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS

301

Willie Reid, FSU (79 receiving, 98 PR, 33 KR) vs. VT, 2006

PASSING ATTEMPTS COMPLETIONS CON. COMPLETIONS COMP. % YARDS TD PASSES INTERCEPTIONS

LONG PASS PASS EFF.

52 33 8 66.6 335 3 2

70 150.06

Matt Ryan, BC (33 completions, 305 yards) vs. VT, 2007 Marcus Vick, VT (26 completions, 335 yards) vs. FSU, 2006 Matt Ryan, BC (52 attempts, 305 yards) vs. VT, 2007 Matt Ryan, BC (4th quarter) vs. VT, 2007 Sean Glennon, VT (18 of 27) vs. BC, 2007 Marcus Vick, VT (26 of 52) vs. FSU, 2005 Sean Glennon, VT vs. BC, 2007 Matt Ryan, BC vs. VT, 2007 Reggie Ball, GT vs. WF, 2006 Dominique Davis, BC vs. VT, 2008 Kyle Parker, CL vs. GT, 2009 Joshua Nesbitt to Demaryius Thomas, GT vs. CL, 2009 Sean Glennon, VT vs. BC, 2007 (Min. 20 attempts)

PUNTING PUNTS YARDS PUNT AVERAGE LONG PUNT

8 340 50.0 61

Chris Hall, FSU (340 yards) vs. VT, 2005 Chris Hall, FSU (8 punts) vs. VT, 2005 Durant Brooks, GT (5 punts, 250 yards) vs. WF,2006 (min. 5 punts) Durant Brooks, GT vs. WF, 2006

4 98 32.7 83

Eddie Royal, VT (23 yards) vs. FSU, 2005 Willie Reid, FSU (3 returns) vs. VT, 2005 Willie Reid, FSU (3 ret., 98 yards) vs. VT, 2006 Willie Reid, FSU vs. VT, 2005

PUNT RETURNS PR YARDS AVERAGE LONG

KICKOFF RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS YARDS AVERAGE LONG

6 117 30.5 31

Orwin Smith, GT (117 yards) vs. CL, 2009 Orwin Smith, GT (6 returns) vs. CL, 2009 Alphonso Smith, WF (2 returns, 61 yards) vs. GT, 2006 Eddie Royal, VT vs. FSU, 2005

RECEIVING REC. YARDS AVERAGE TDS

13 128 24.3 1

Andre Callender, BC (92 yards) vs. VT, 2007 Josh Morgan, VT (7 receptions) vs. FSU, 2005 Willie Idelette, WF (3 receptions, 73 yards) vs. GT, 2006 Chris Davis, FSU vs. VT, 2005; Josh Morgan, VT vs. FSU, 2005; Josh Morgan, VT vs. BC, 2007; Eddie Royal, VT vs. BC, 2007; Josh Hyman, VT vs. BC, 2007; Rich Gunnell, BC vs. VT, 2008; Demaryius Thomas, GT vs. CL, 2009

INTERCEPTIONS INTERCEPTIONS

YARDS RETURN TD LONG RETURN

50 1 40

Pat Watkins, FSU vs. VT (0 yds), 2005; Aaron Curry, WF vs. GT (30 yds), 2006; Riley Swanson, WF vs. GT (0 yds), 2006; Vince Hall, VT vs. BC(6 yards), 2007; Xavier Adibi, VT vs. BC (40 yds), 2007; Jamie Silva, BC vs. VT (0 yds), 2007; Stephan Virgil, VT vs. BC, 2008; Brett Warren VT vs. BC, 2008; Paul Anderson, BC vs. VT, 2008; Jerrard Tarrent, GT vs. CL (50 yds), 2009; Dominique Reese, GT vs. CL (0 yds), 2009 Jerrard Tarrent, GT vs. CL, 2009; Xavier Adibi, VT vs. BC (40 yards), 2007 Xavier Adibi, VT vs. BC, 2007

FUMBLES LONG RETURN RETURN/TD

50 1

Jerrard Tarrent, GT vs. CL, 2009; Jamie Silva, BC vs. VT (51 yards), 2007; Orion Martin, VT vs . BC (17 yards), 2008

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THE QUEEN CITY AND THE ACC Charlotte is no stranger to hosting Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, or other big games involving conference schools. BY JOHN DELL

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he Queen City has rolled out the red carpet on numerous occasions during the last 57 years, including hosting bowl games, dozens of NCAA and ACC basketball tournaments, and several of the league’s golf championships. The ACC and area sports fans are now looking forward to the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, which will be played at Bank of America Stadium in 2010 and 2011. It’s the first time Charlotte will host the ACC title game since its inception four seasons ago. The previous title games were staged in Florida in the cities of Jacksonville and Tampa Bay. “Bank of America Stadium has housed the Panthers for over a decade and will be a great setting for our teams and fans,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “Charlotte is within a 300-mile radius of eight of our conference schools and also has a first class airport that offers many travel options. In addition, the Uptown area has impressive hotel, dining and attraction

options for everyone.” Later this month, Bank of America Stadium will also host the Meineke Car Care Bowl, which features the ACC against the Big East Conference. The bowl game has averaged 60,000 fans in its first eight years and has had three sellouts since its inception. The first was played in December 2002 with Virginia beating West Virginia 48-22. Other ACC schools to have played in the game in Charlotte include North Carolina, NC State, Boston College and Wake Forest. The city of Charlotte has seen its share of ACC title winners throughout the years – and historic events. The first time the ACC men’s basketball tournament was played in Charlotte it was without a shot clock, producing a game that would forever change the sport. During the 1968 semifinals, NC State beat Duke 12-10 in the lowest scoring game in tournament history. Duke coach Vic Bubas did not want to play NC State man-to-man and sat back in a zone. In a cat-and-mouse matchup, Wolfpack coach Norm Sloan countered by

not attacking on offense as the game slowed to a glacial pace. The score was 4-2 at halftime. Charlotte has played host to the men’s tournament 11 times, while the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament was played in Charlotte four times in the late 1990s. In addition, ACC teams have a long history of success in Charlotte in the NCAA Tournament. The city has hosted NCAA basketball 20 times, dating to 1958. That includes the 1994 Final Four, in which Duke and senior Grant Hill were gunning for their third championship in four seasons, but fell to Arkansas in the title game 76-72. The Charlotte Coliseum also hosted the popular North-South Doubleheaders in men’s basketball starting in the 1960s. The winter mainstay ran for 27 consecutive years, and once the North-South ended, North Carolina and NC State alternated playing host to the Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions for several seasons beginning in 1988. Meanwhile, Duke won the ACC Women’s

Golf Championships at Carmel Country Club in 2005 and ’07, going on to win national titles each of those seasons. The ’05 ACC crown was the 15th championship captured by coach Dan Brooks. “The City of Charlotte has been a longtime partner of the Atlantic Coast Conference and we appreciate the excitement that continues to be generated for our teams,” Swofford said. “Over the years, Charlotte has done a terrific job hosting events and our league has benefited from the success of the annual bowl games and postseason basketball tournaments.”

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ATLANTIC DIVISION

FOUNDED 1863

HOME FIELD ALUMNI STADIUM

ENROLLMENT 14,500

CAPACITY 44,500

HOME CHESTNUT HILL, MASS

NICKNAME EAGLES

REV. WILLIAM P. LEAHY PRESIDENT

ROBERT A. TAGGART, JR FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

GENE DEFILIPPO ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

FRANK SPAZIANI HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

BOSTON COLLEGE BOSTON COLLEGE was founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus to serve the sons of Boston’s Irish immigrants and was the ﬁrst institution of higher education to be founded in the city of Boston. Originally located on Harrison Avenue in the South End of Boston, the College outgrew its urban setting toward the end of its ﬁrst 50 years. A new location was selected in Chestnut Hill and ground for the new campus was broken on June 19, 1909. During the 1940s, new purchases doubled the size of the main campus. In 1974, Boston College acquired Newton College of the Sacred Heart, 1.5 miles away. With 15 buildings on 40 acres, it is now the site of the Law School and residence halls. In 2004, Boston College purchased 43 acres of land from the archdiocese of Boston; this now forms the Brighton campus.

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ATLANTIC DIVISION

FOUNDED 1889

HOME FIELD MEMORIAL STADIUM

ENROLLMENT 18,317

CAPACITY 81,500

HOME CLEMSON, SC

NICKNAME TIGERS

JAMES F. BARKER PRESIDENT

LARRY LAFORGE FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

TERRY DON PHILLIPS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

DABO SWINNEY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

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CLEMSON CLEMSON UNIVERSITY is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in South Carolina near the Georgia border, and the tiger paws painted on the roads make the return to I-85 easier. The school is built around Fort Hill, the plantation home of John C. Calhoun, Vice President to Andrew Jackson. His son-in-law, Thomas Clemson, left the land to be used as an agricultural school, and in 1893 Clemson opened its doors as a land grant school, thanks to the efforts of Ben Tillman.

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FOUNDED 1838

HOME FIELD WALLACE WADE STADIUM

ENROLLMENT 6,340 CAPACITY 33,941

HOME DURHAM, NC NICKNAME BLUE DEVILS

RICHARD H. BRODHEAD PRESIDENT

MARTHA PUTALLAZ FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

DUKE DUKE UNIVERSITY was founded in 1924 by tobacco magnate James B. Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. Originally the school was called Trinity College, a Methodist institution, started in 1859. In 1892, Trinity moved to west Durham where the east campus with its Georgian architecture now stands. Nearby are Sarah P. Duke gardens, and further west the Gothic spires of Duke chapel overlook the west campus.

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FOUNDED 1851

ENROLLMENT 38,886

HOME TALLAHASSEE, FL

HOME FIELD BOBBY BOWDEN FIELD AT DOAK S. CAMPBELL STADIUM

CAPACITY 83,000

NICKNAME SEMINOLES

DR. ERIC BARRON PRESIDENT

JOSEPH C. BECKHAM FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

RANDY SPETMAN ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

JIMBO FISHER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

FLORIDA STATE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY is one of 11 universities of the State University System of Florida. It was established as the Seminary West of the Suwannee by an act of the Florida Legislature in 1851, and ямБrst offered instruction at the post-secondary level in 1857. Its Tallahassee campus has been the site of an institution of higher education longer than any other site in the state. In 1905, the Buckman Act reorganized higher education in the state and designated the Tallahassee school as the Florida Female College. In 1909, it was renamed Florida State College for Women. In 1947, the school returned to a co-educational status, and the name was changed to Florida State University.

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FOUNDED 1885

ENROLLMENT 19,393

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HOME ATLANTA, GA CAPACITY 55,000

NICKNAME YELLOW JACKETS

G.P. “BUD” PETERSON PRESIDENT

SUE ANN BIDSTRUP ALLEN FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

DAN RADAKOVICH ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

PAUL JOHNSON HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

GEORGIA TECH Next to I-85 in downtown Atlanta stands GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, founded in 1885. Its first students came to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering, the only one offered at the time. Tech’s strength is not only the red clay of Georgia, but a restored gold and white 1930 model A Ford Cabriolet, the official mascot. The old Ford was first used in 1961, but a Ramblin’ Wreck had been around for over three decades. The Ramblin’ Wreck fight song appeared almost as soon as the school opened, and it is not only American boys that grow up singing its rollicking tune, for Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev sang it when they met in Moscow in 1959.

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CAPACITY 54,000

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WALLACE D. LOH PRESIDENT

CHARLES WELLFORD FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

KEVIN ANDERSON ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

RALPH FRIEDGEN HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

MARYLAND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND opened in 1856 as an agricultural school nine miles north of Washington, D.C., on land belonging to Charles Calvert, a descendant of Lord Baltimore, the state’s founding father. The school colors are the same as the state ﬂag: black and gold for George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) and red and white for his mother, Alice Crossland. Maryland has been called the school that Curley Byrd built, for he was its quarterback, then football coach, athletic director, assistant to the president, vicepresident, and ﬁnally its president. Byrd also designed the football stadium and the campus layout, and suggested the nickname Terrapin, a local turtle known for its bite, when students wanted to replace the nickname Old Liners with a new one for the school.

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MIAMI THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI was chartered in 1925 by a group of citizens who felt an institution of higher learning was needed for the development of their young and growing community. Since the ﬁrst class of 560 students enrolled in the fall of 1926, the University has expanded to more than 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from every state and more than 114 nations from around the world. The school’s colors, representive of the Florida orange tree, were selected in 1926. Orange symbolizes the fruit of the tree, green represents the leaves and white, the blossoms.

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NORTH CAROLINA THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, located in Chapel Hill, has been called “the perfect college town,” making its tree-lined streets and balmy atmosphere what a college should look and feel like. Its inception in 1795 makes it one of the oldest schools in the nation, and its nickname of Tar Heels stems from the tar pitch and turpentine that were the state’s principal industry. The nickname is as old as the school, for it was born during the Revolutionary War when tar was dumped into the streams to impede the advance of British forces.

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NC STATE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY is located in the state capital of Raleigh. It opened in 1889 as a land-grant agricultural and mechanical school and was known as A&M or Aggies or Farmers for over a quarter-century. The school’s colors of pink and blue were gone by 1895, brown and white were tried for a year, but the students ﬁnally chose red and white to represent the school. An unhappy fan in 1922 said NC State football players behaved like a pack of wolves, and the term that was coined in derision became a badge of honor.

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CAPACITY 61,500

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DR. TERESA A. SULLIVAN PRESIDENT

CAROLYN M. CALLAHAN FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

CRAIG K. LITTLEPAGE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

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VIRGINIA THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and is one of three things on his tombstone for which he wanted to be remembered. James Madison and James Monroe were on the board of governors in the early years. The Rotunda, a half-scale version of the Pantheon which faces the Lawn, is the focal point of “the Grounds” as the campus is called. Jefferson wanted his school to educate leaders in practical affairs and public service, not just to train teachers.

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VIRGINIA TECH VIRGINIA TECH was established in 1872 as an all-male military school dedicated to the original land-grant mission of teaching agriculture and engineering. The University has grown from a small college of 132 students into the largest institution of higher education in the state during its 138-year history. Located in Southwest Virginia on a plateau between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, the campus consists of 125 buildings and 20 miles of sidewalks over 2,600 acres. The official school colors — Chicago maroon and burnt orange — were selected in 1896 because they made a “unique combination” not worn elsewhere at the time.

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WAKE FOREST WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY was started on Calvin Jones’ plantation amid the stately pine forest of Wake County in 1834. The Baptist seminary is still there, but the school was moved to Winston-Salem in 1956 on a site donated by Charles H. and Mary Reynolds Babcock. President Harry S. Truman attended the ground-breaking ceremonies that brought a picturesque campus of Georgian architecture and painted roofs. Wake’s colors have been black and gold since 1895, thanks to a badge designed by student John Heck who died before he graduated.

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BOSTON COLLEGE ALUMNI STADIUM Built originally for $275,000, Alumni Stadium opened on September 26, 1957, with an original seating capacity of 26,000. The stadium accommodates 44,500 fans. Alumni Stadium is unique in that it connects with Conte Forum, home of the BC basketball and ice hockey teams.

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MEMORIAL STADIUM Clemson’s Memorial Stadium opened in 1942 and is currently the 14th largest on-campus facility in the country. It was built originally for $125,000 with a seating capacity of 20,000. Known as one of the loudest stadiums in the world, more than 80,000 fans attending a 2005 Miami Hurricanes-Clemson matchup hit 126 decibels, louder than a jet engine at takeoff.

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WALLACE WADE STADIUM Known as Duke Stadium when it opened on October 5, 1929, it was renamed Wallace Wade Stadium in 1967 for its legendary coach. The stadium is a part of college football lore—it’s the only facility outside of Pasadena, Calif., to host the Rose Bowl. The stadium’s current capacity is nearly 34,000.

GEORGIA TECH BOBBY DODD STADIUM AT HISTORIC GRANT FIELD Built in 1913 by members of the student body, it was named Grant Field after a gift from a member of the Board of Trustees. In April 1988, it was officially named Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in honor of the legendary coach. It is the oldest on-campus facility in Division I-A. In 2003, a $75 million expansion project at the stadium increased the seating capacity to 55,000. Tech has won more games in its current stadium than any team in college football.

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MARYLAND CAPITAL ONE FIELD AT BYRD STADIUM, nestled in the corner of the University of Maryland’s campus, has been home to the Terps for over half a century, but remains in state-of-the-art form. The recently completed $50.8 million upgrade to Byrd began in 2007 and included the expansion of Tyser Tower. There were 64 suites added to the structure, as well as close to 500 mezzanine seats and a University suite for 200 guests. In addition, the expansion, which was completed prior to the 2009 season, included a state-of-the-art scoreboard and increased the stadium’s capacity to 54,000.”

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MIAMI SUN LIFE STADIUM Sun Life Stadium is home to not only the Miami Hurricanes but also the Miami Dolphins. The stadium has been host to the 2009 BCS National Championship Game and the 2010 Super Bowl, and will continue to host the Discover Orange Bowl. Sun Life Stadium boasts one of the largest hi-deﬁnition video boards in professional sports and the world’s longest LED ribbon display. It was opened in 1987 and currently has a 72,424 seating capacity for ‘Canes games.”

NC STATE CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM Jointly named for textiles executives Harry and Nick Carter, along with Raleigh philanthropist A.E. Finley, the stadium was built for $3.7 million and opened in 1966 on land donated by the N.C. Department of Agriculture. Today, Carter-Finley boasts a seating capacity of 57,583 and continues to invest in the facility, including the recent opening of Vaughn Towers.

VIRGINIA TECH LANE STADIUM / WORSHAM FIELD Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium/ Worsham Field is named for university benefactors Edward H. Lane and Wes and Janet Worsham. The stadium opened in 1965, but was not fully ﬁnished until four years later. More than $85 million has been spent on improvements and expansions to Lane Stadium in the last nine years.

NORTH CAROLINA KENAN STADIUM Named for Carolina alumnus and benefactor Frank H. Kenan, the circa 1927 Kenan Stadium is considered one of the most beautiful college football stadiums in the country. The original seating capacity of 24,000 has grown to 60,000 over the last 80 years. The latest change to Kenan is a $70 million renovation of the west end zone to include the Carolina Student-Athlete Center For Excellence and premium seating options.

VIRGINIA SCOTT STADIUM Built in 1931 with an original capacity of 25,000, The Carl Smith Center and David A. Harrison, III, Field at Scott Stadium is the oldest Division I football stadium in the state. Its name reﬂects the three major benefactors behind its construction. A donation in 1995 for grass to be reinstalled on the ﬁeld allowed the team’s Cavalier mascot to once again ride into the stadium.

WAKE FOREST BB&T FIELD Groves Stadium took a new name—BB&T Field—in the fall of 2007, only months after the Demon Deacons became the smallest school to participate in the Bowl Championship Series. BB&T Field opened in 1968 after a $1.5 million investment in its construction. Deacon Tower houses a new press box and luxury suites as well as an improved grandstand.

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ormer Boston College safety Tony Thurman has plenty of reasons to look forward to this year’s ACC football championship weekend. Maybe the biggest of all is close to home. “Probably it’s bringing my family, because they never really experienced and they don’t know about my time playing football,” Thurman said. “Just introducing them to that type of atmosphere will be great.” He certainly has a remarkable history to share with them. Thurman was a consensus All-America pick as a senior in 1984, when he led the Eagles to a 10-2 finish and a rout of Houston in the Cotton Bowl. It was Boston College’s first bowl victory since the 1941 Sugar Bowl, capping a season in which Thurman’s play helped the Eagles pull off road upsets of Alabama and Miami. Boston College completed the season ranked No. 5 in The Associated Press poll, matching the school’s highest final ranking. Thurman had a school-record 12 interceptions that season, and also established a career mark of 25 interceptions – fourth-best in NCAA history. He twice had three interceptions in a game — in 1982 against Holy Cross and at Alabama in ‘84. Thurman also holds the school record for career interception return yards (335).

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STEVE FULLER / QUARTERBACK / CLEMSON ON / 1975-78 / ENID, OKLA.

WH WAS YOUR GREATEST WHAT ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? AT The 1977 South Carolina game, which a Th lot of people still think is the best game in a series that’s more than 100 years old. We came back and scored late to win it.

enerations of quarterbacks in pass-happy systems have passed Steve Fuller on various statistical lists in ACC history. In one category, the former Clemson QB stands alone. Fuller is still the only ACC quarterback to play for the winning team OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, in a Super Bowl while playing for one of the most acclaimed club in history, the 1985 WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD Chicago Bears. His champion’s ring is a reminder of a career-capping achievement. VENUE AND WHY? “That has always been a source of great pride for me,” Fuller said. My two choices would be South Carolina More than 30 years after he graduated, Fuller remains fourth on Clemson’s career or at Georgia. We didn’t necessarily have total offense list and sixth in passing yardage. His total of 1,737 rushing yards is the great success at Georgia, but it was fun. seventh-highest by an ACC quarterback. Fuller finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1978 – he tied with WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU another 2010 ACC Legend, NC State’s Ted Brown – and held every major Tiger RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR passing mark when he played his final game. Successors in an era friendlier to the COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? pass have overtaken him, but nobody has shoved Fuller aside altogether. I played against Randy White at Maryland Fuller is a two-time ACC Player of the Year, a distinction he shares with four others, for a year and Lawrence Taylor for a year. and he’s a member of the league’s 50th anniversary team. Also, Lloyd Burruss at Maryland. I had the Fuller led the Tigers to the 1978 ACC title, the school’s first in 11 years, and earned chance to play with him in Kansas City, and Lloyd was always such a great player All-America honors on the field and academically. He became a first-round NFL draft and nice guy. pick – he was taken 59 picks ahead of Joe Montana – and a starter in the league. After the 1983 season, however, Fuller was unsure where his career was headed. He had been on the Los Angeles Rams’ roster but didn’t get in a game. Shortly before WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND training camp in 1984, the Bears called. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Bluffton, S.C. Real-estate development, In 1985, Fuller started five games for the injured Jim McMahon. building golf courses and then selling The Bears went 4-1 in those contests, earning the wins by an average the land to developers. of 27 points. The dominant defense, “Super Bowl Shuffle” and other side acts caught the public’s BY THE NUMBERS attention, but Fuller, a native of Oklahoma who grew up in Spartanburg, S.C., witnessed his career highlight when he got into the final stages of a 4410 defeat of the New England Patriots. At this year’s Super Bowl, he reunited with his ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR RUSHING YARDS (SEVENTH-HIGHEST CONSECUTIVE GAMES teammates as they remade their shuffling video. AWARDS (’77 & ’78) BY AN ACC QUARTERBACK) STARTED AT CLEMSON

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WILKINSON JAY WILKINSON / HALFBACK / DUKE / 1961-63 / NORMAN, OKLA.

ay Wilkinson kinson grew up in Norman, Okla., where his father Bud was the legendary coach at Oklahoma. asily could have remained. Instead, he He easily ut to attend Duke, where he eventually branched out CC championship teams in 1961 and 1962, played on ACC and earned the ACC’s player of the year honor in 1963. he Blue Devils were 20-9-1 in Wilkinson’s Overall, the three seasons. “It was a marvelous experience to have the opportunity to go to Duke,” Wilkinson said. While in Durham, Wilkinson played running back for the Blue Devils. As a senior, he scored 12 touchdowns (then a Duke record), finishing second in the ACC in rushing yards and earning first-team All-America honors from multiple outlets. He also finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1963. He did more than just carry the ball. Wilkinson returned three punts for touchdowns in his career and had 160 punt return yards in a 1961 game against N.C. State. Both remain school records, and his 761 career punt return yards ranks second in Duke history. Now semi-retired, Wilkinson is spending time crisscrossing the country to visit his four children and their families, as well as work on a book that will include letters he received from his father during his college career. He’s also grateful for the chance to be part of this year’s ACC Legends class. “I feel very honored to be part of the group,” Wilkinson said. “I have great admiration for the ACC and certainly for the Duke tradition. I knew all the other players that had been honored before me. I just consider it a very special privilege to be a part of that group.”

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PUNT RETURNS FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN A SINGLE GAME (DUKE RECORD)

PUNT RETURNS FOR TOUCHDOWN IN A SEASON (DUKE RECORD)

160 PUNT RETURN IN A SINGLE GAME (DUKE RECORD)

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? I’ve always been taught football is a team sport. I was very proud of that fact. I didn’t play as a freshman, but my ﬁrst three years we won the ACC all three years. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? Grant Field in Atlanta. I always felt it had a special atmosphere and kind of a spirit to it. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? My senior year, the year [Navy’s] Roger Staubach won the Heisman, he had a great game at Duke. I remember watching the ﬁlm and I just didn’t think he’d do to us what he did to the other teams. He was so very consistent. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Oklahoma City. For the last 35 years, I’ve been an executive manager for retirement programs, but am now semi-retired.

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BOULWARE

PETER BOULWARE / DEFENSIVE END / FLORIDA STATE / 1994-96 / COLUMBIA, S.C.

nly policy could keep Peter Boulware out of the NCAA record books. The organization didn’t track quarterback sacks as an official, historically archived statistic until 2000, and that explains why Boulware, who lit up Florida State opponents from 1994-96. In his final ACC season, Boulware amassed 19 sacks. Nobody got more than 17.5 before Boulware’s 1996 campaign, and nobody has accrued more than 16 since. (The ACC began tracking sacks in 1978.) And there’s more to Boulware’s sack total than the number. Six of FSU’s conference wins that season were by 31 or more points, and the margins often gave the starters considerable time off in the second half. In that era, coach Bobby Bowden was fond of saying he tried to combine that season’s victories with the following year’s preparation. Boulware was among the first prominent national prospects to choose FSU in its ACC era. In another time, he might have picked one of his home state’s major programs — Clemson or South Carolina — but the Seminoles’ migration from independence to the ACC gave the program an entrée into new recruiting turf. In the spring of 1997, the Baltimore Ravens were starting to piece together a defense, and they made Boulware the fourth overall pick of the NFL Draft. They figured he’d work just fine with their top choice of the previous season, linebacker Ray Lewis, and they were right. (In the sixth round of that 1997 draft, the Ravens chose another 2010 ACC Legend, Virginia Tech linebacker Cornell Brown.) Over nine seasons, Boulware recorded 70 sacks, a franchise record at the time, and he was an important part of one the best defenses in NFL history. In 2000, the Ravens allowed more than 14 points in only four of 20 games, including a dominant run to the Super Bowl title. In the process, they returned the championship ball to a city that helped the league grow from a fringe entity to the unquestioned king of American pro sports. Boulware got out of the game happy and healthy, and he now serves on the Florida board of education and as vice president of a Toyota dealership in Tallahassee. A year after his retirement from football, the Ravens placed him in their Ring of Honor.

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19 34 70 SINGLE SEASON QUARTERBACK SACKS

CAREER SACKS (SECOND MOST IN FSU HISTORY)

SACKS OVER NINE SEASONS, A RAVENS FRANCHISE RECORD AT THE TIME

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT? Winning a World Championship with Baltimore Ravens. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? Clemson. It was fun playing in South Carolina, the state that I’m from. I grew up watching a lot of Clemson games. Pro Tennessee Titans. Great city, great stadium, and great fans. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? Danny Wuerffel. A very good player and a great man of faith.

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RHINO

RANDY RHINO / DEFENSIVE BACK / GEORGIA TECH / 1972-74 / CHARLOTTE, N.C.

s the name suggests, Randy Rhino was a hard-charging sort who seldom met a punt return n he didn’t like. His combination of excellence in special teams and versatile play in the secondary made him the first – and still the only – three-time, first-team All-American in Georgia Tech history. Rhino’s 14 career interceptions – eight coming in his sophomore season — remains tied for second in the Yellow Jacket record books. Perhaps more impressively, he racked them up while switching positions – from cornerback as a sophomore in 1972 to free safety the following year, and then back to corner in ’74. The native of Charlotte, N.C., was just as celebrated for returning kickoffs and punts. In 1972, a few years before the Yellow Jackets joined the ACC, Rhino led the nation by averaging 17.6 yards per punt return. Only five ACC players have put up better single-season averages, and only six have eclipsed his career average of 13.1. Rhino says he was willing to make a fair catch, but he didn’t particularly like the idea. Asked how he’d tweak the rulebook if allowed, he said, “No fair catching. And give the guy a 5-yard (free) radius.” Cooler still, Randy Rhino’s records stood until his son Kelley Rhino broke them from 1999-2002 as an all-ACC punt returner. Randy Rhino’s brother, Danny Rhino, also played at Georgia Tech from 1974-76, and father, Chappell Rhino, was also a Yellow Jacket in the 1950s under legendary coach Bobby Dodd. Randy Rhino was with the World Football League’s Charlotte Hornets when the league folded in October 1975. He proceed to a six-year career in the Canadian Football League, in which he helped the 1977 Montreal Alouettes win the Grey Cup. Rhino played in three CFL title games in all, and his total of 170 puntreturn yards in Grey Cups is still fourth in league history. He left football at the top of his game, having earned all-league honors in 1981, to become a chiropractor.

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14 13.1 17.6 CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

CAREER AVERAGE YARDS PER PUNT RETURN

YARDS PER PUNT RETURN, WHICH LED THE NATION IN 1972

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? It would have to be beating Georgia my senior year. It was raining in Athens and it was one of those bitter, cold, rainy days. I think we had a 28-point lead at halftime and that’s what everybody remembers: that the (Georgia) Redcoat Band left at halftime because it was so miserable. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? We were independent back then and we went everywhere. We went to Michigan State and beat them when they had Brad Van Pelt and Billy Joe Dupree. We upset them in front of about 85,000. That was pretty special. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? I played Tony Dorsett when he was a freshman at Pittsburgh. Missed about 10 tackles. I knew he was going to be pretty special. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I work at Georgia Tech, in the training room taking care of all of our student-athletes.

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? When I stepped foot on the ﬁeld and received the opening kickoff of the opening game against North Carolina State at College Park, Md. It was the ﬁrst time an AfricanAmerican had ever played in a football game in the ACC.

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HILL

DARRYL HILL / WIDE RECEIVER / MARYLAND / 1963-64 / WASHINGTON, D.C.

arryl Hill played two seasons at Maryland, yet his greatest victory arguably came simply by slipping on a Terrapin uniform. Hill became the ACC’s first African-American football player in 1963 despite brushback from other parts of the league. “It was a long, hard fight,” Hill said. “The ACC was a segregated conference, and some of the teams threatened to leave the conference if I came to play. There was considerable resistance to having blacks and whites on a sporting field together, not only in the ACC but also the other major Division I conferences in the south — the SEC and the Southwest Conference. The ACC was the first to have an African-American player.” Hill began his college career at Navy, where he was a contemporary of Roger Staubach, a player he respected greatly. But his experience at Wake Forest with Brian Piccolo, who publicly supported him in the face of angry fans, stays with him to this day. “I was gratified,” Hill said. “Every time ‘Brian’s Song’ comes on, it brings a tear to my eye.” In the face of venomous comments, Hill thrived in his two years in College Park, Md. He led the Terrapins with 43 catches for 516 yards and seven touchdowns while also averaging 24.4 yards on kickoff returns. He was Maryland’s primary punt returner in 1963 and 1964. Today, Hill falls back on a simple-but-effective slogan in his motivational speaking: “Yes I can.” When it came to making a difference in the ACC, Hill can confidently say “Yes, I did.”

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7 516 24.4 TOUCHDOWNS IN TWO YEARS

YARDS COMPLETED

AVERAGE YARDS ON KICKOFF RETURNS IN 1964

OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? None of them were my favorites. I can’t say I was feeling warm and fuzzy in any of the stadiums at the time. The players were ﬁne. The fans were pretty aggressive and abusive. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? While taking abuse during a trip, Wake Forest’s star running back comes over and puts his arm around my shoulder and turns toward the Wake Forest cheering section and that quieted everyone down. That was Brian Piccolo. That took a lot of courage at the time, to befriend an AfricanAmerican publicly. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I was the director of major gifts at Maryland and I retired about a year ago. I am back in business and work with corporations on issues of diversity. I’m a speaker on issues of leadership and overcoming adversity, living in Columbia, Md.

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KENNEDY

CORTEZ KENNEDY / DEFENSIVE TACKLE / MIAMI / 1988-89 / OSCEOLA, ARK.

t can be easy to ignore the defensive tackle. Often stuck in the middle of a two-ton pile of humanity, he derives his satisfaction and compensation from things you can’t – and maybe shouldn’t – see. So it’s fair to say Cortez Kennedy was a breakout player, an interior lineman so proficient at block-shedding that he couldn’t be missed. In an 11-year career spent entirely with the Seattle Seahawks, he earned his place on the team’s Ring of Honor — a distinction supplemented by a national championship ring with the University of Miami. As a senior in 1989, Kennedy registered 22 tackles for loss in leading an oppressive Hurricane defense to the championship. The total would rank among the top 10 in ACC history if eligible for consideration. The Hurricanes were independent in football at the time. Kennedy wore No. 96 for Miami and the Seahawks, and he brought considerable distinction to the jersey. In 2007, Sports Illustrated named him the best athlete to wear No. 96 in any sport. The Hurricanes’ emissary in the ACC Legends celebration, Kennedy has come close to election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame but has fallen just short of the necessary vote total. To some, this amounts to an exclusion. Of the 28 defensive linemen enshrined in Canton, Ohio, 17 are ends and 11 played in the interior. The 4-3 defensive alignment has been more common than the 3-4, so the numbers suggest ends are under-represented in immortality. Kennedy, who played in the NFL from 1990-2000, was named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s. He was the league’s defensive MVP in 1992 even though his Seahawks went 2-14. In the award’s 29-year history, only four MVPs have played for losing teams, and none had to overcome as many deficiencies around him as Kennedy did. Getting noticed in spite of the surroundings was a general theme of Kennedy’s career. Kennedy grew up in Osceola, Ark., and had to start his college career at Northwest Mississippi Junior College, a winding 90-mile trek from home that parallels the Mississippi River. But he got his shot when Miami called in recruiting and brought him south. In two years, Kennedy grew into a menace that helped the Canes claim the 1989 national title. Eight Pro Bowls representing the Seahawks followed. Kennedy’s total of 58 sacks is 12th among tackles in NFL history.

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WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? When we beat Notre Dame on our way to winning the National Championship at the Orange Bowl in 1989.

TACKLES FOR LOSS

NAMED THE BEST ATHLETE EVER TO WEAR THE NUMBER 96 BY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

SACKS WHILE PLAYING IN THE NFL

OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? I was ﬁred up every time we played at Florida State. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? Tim Grunhard, who was a heck of an offensive guard for Notre Dame and went on to have a long career with the Kansas City Chiefs. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I’m currently living in Orlando where I’m raising my daughter. During training camp, I help out with the New Orleans Saints Defensive Line.

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HORTON

ETHAN HORTON / TAILBACK / NORTH CAROLINA / 1981-85 / KANNAPOLIS, N.C.

than Horton went to North Carolina as a quarterback out of Kannapolis, N.C. He left as one of the most accomplished running backs in school history. Horton was The Associated Press’ ACC player of the year in 1984 while rushing for 1,247 yards, and was twice a first-team all-conference selection, leading the Tar Heels to bowl appearances in his first three seasons. He is tied for sixth on North Carolina’s career rushing list with 3,074 yards. Only two Tar Heels in the last quarter-century matched his career output. Horton was especially strong in postseason games, rushing for 144 yards in the Gator Bowl against Arkansas after the 1981 season and 119 yards against Texas in the 1982 Sun Bowl. He had 17 100-yard games in his career, during which North Carolina was 31-15-1. Horton was a first-round pick in the 1985 NFL Draft and played with Kansas City, the Los Angeles Raiders and Washington. He eventually switched positions — again — and earned a Pro Bowl invitation as a tight end. Since retiring from the NFL, Horton and his wife Lawanda have raised sons Jay and Kyle. Horton has also remained active in the Charlotte community, and is looking forward to welcoming his fellow legends during the championship weekend. “It means an awful lot to be honored as a legend of the ACC,” Horton said. “It took a lot of hard work, and a lot of people were part of this honor. It’s surely something I don’t take lightly.”

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17 1,247 3,074 100-YARD GAMES

RUSHING YARDS ACCUMULATED IN 1984

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? Being able to participate in bowl games. Playing in bowl games allowed you to see another part of the world and go places and explore places you might not have had a chance to explore. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? I would go with [Clemson’s] Death Valley. You knew you were going to face 80-some thousand fans and that they were going to be real loud. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? Lester Lyles for Virginia. We had a running play [late in the game] and I never saw Lester. He got me pretty good. I went one way and the ball went the other. It was a heck of a play.

CAREER TOTAL RUSHING YARDS WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Charlotte, N.C. I’m involved in a variety of things --- color commentating for the Carolina Panthers, and I’m also doing broadcasting of high school football. My wife and I also started the Youth Development Football League.

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BROWN

TED BROWN / RUNNING BACK / NC STATE / 1975-78 / HIGH POINT, N.C.

fter 32 years, maybe it’s time to amend the assumption that all records in football have expiration dates. New rule: Records are made to be broken unless they were set by Ted Brown. The former North Carolina State running back still holds ACC standards for career rushing yards (4,602), rushing touchdowns (49) and 100-yard games (27) more than three decades after he played his final down. And the staying power of his achievements is more impressive than you might imagine. For context, let’s look to the air. As Brown was wrapping up his career in 1978, the ACC’s career passing leader was Duke’s Leo Hart, whose total of 6,267 yards had stood for eight years. Since Brown’s final game, 30 quarterbacks have surpassed Hart’s number. Nobody has caught Brown. Hart ultimately owned his mark for 13 years, and nobody has had it for more than 10 years since. Likewise, Brown’s total of 312 points scored has remained the highest by a non-kicker in ACC history. It took 27 years for anybody – in this case Virginia’s Wali Lundy in 2005 – to catch up. Lundy also finished with 312. It took 30 years for somebody to make a serious charge at Brown’s TD mark, but Clemson’s James Davis fell two short in 2008. Furthermore, Brown’s totals are misleading by modern standards since today’s players have their bowl stats counted in official totals. Brown didn’t have that benefit. By current statistical measurements, Brown’s career total would be 5,001 yards, 399 of which came in three bowl games. Brown finished his eligibility fourth on the NCAA’s all-time rushing list, and he proceeded to have an eight-year NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings that featured 4,546 career rushing yards and another 2,850 on receptions.

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27 49 4,602 100-YARD GAMES

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS

CAREER RUSHING YARDS

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? Rushing for over 250 yards against the number one defense in the country at that time(Penn State). They were only allowing approximately 30 or 40 yards per game. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? Clemson University because they named their stadium Death Valley and all the way to the Stadium you see Tiger Paws in the street. That was a fun venue to go to and win, their fans were great. We just so happened to win the game there, that was icing on the cake. I still can remember the sea of orange in the stands. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? The whole entire Penn State defense because as a team we were able to rush for a lot of yards in a game we should have won, but they found a way to win the game in the end. Penn State also played a clean hard hitting game which any running back can appreciate. They weren’t call linebacker U for nothing, they produced quite a few All-Americans at that position. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I live in Apple Valley, MN and I am a Probation officer for Juveniles in the City of St. Paul, MN. I have worked for the county for 15 years and love what I do. I am able see young youths everyday and try to make a difference in their lives, through guidance and mentoring.

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WORD

BARRY WORD / RUNNING BACK / VIRGINIA / 1984-85 / LONG ISLAND, VA.

arry Word, who went on to a seven-year career in the NFL, might have enjoyed his most scintillating athletic moment as a hurdler. Word was a high school track and field star, and earned an invitation to the 1984 Olympic trials after quietly running for Virginia that spring. “No one knows anything about that,” Word said. “I ran in the 110-meter hurdles throughout high school and I was allowed to run on the track team when I was at UVa. In 1984, I snuck out to the track and coach [George] Welsh didn’t know. I ran with the track team for a few weeks and participated in a couple of meets, and at one of the meets I qualified for the Olympic trials.” As a fan of Renaldo Nehemiah, the chance to make the trials was a thrill. But he also excited Virginia fans as the school’s football program began to emerge in the 1980s. Word’s played in a victorious 1984 Peach Bowl and his 1,224-yard rushing season vaulted him to ACC player of the year honors as a senior in 1985. The chance to relive the highlights of his college career as an ACC legend is something he is looking forward to. “It’s a big deal to me,” Word said. “The ACC is a pretty powerful conference. To be honored as a legend considering all the players that played in the conference is pretty cool. My kids are of an age where they can appreciate it. They weren’t born when I was still playing, so it’s good they get to see all of this.”

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1985 1,224 2,257 ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR)

RUSHING YARDS FOR THE 1984 SEASON

CAREER YARDS RUSHING

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? A game against Georgia Tech in 1985. We went down there and I think I ran for 180 yards or so and we were able to beat them. That was a big deal for our program. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? North Carolina. It’s a beautiful ﬁeld. I thought it was really cool. It had a feel to it when you were there. They had the hedges in the end zone. I grew up in southern Virginia, so I grew up a Carolina fan. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? Vaughan Johnson of NC State. He broke my ribs. He was big, and he was a hard hitter. Having played with him (in the NFL) and against him, I know the type of guy he is and have a lot of respect for him. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Haymarket, Va., and I own a landscaping construction company.

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BROWN

CORNELL BROWN / DEFENSIVE END / VIRGINIA TECH / 1993-96 / LYNCHBURG, VA.

hen former Virginia Tech defensive end Cornell Brown learned he would be honored this year as one of the ACC’s legends, he knew exactly what it meant. “It says I’m getting old,” he said recently with a laugh. “But it’s a great accomplishment to say you did something that was appreciated by other people.” Brown’s playing career corresponded with the rise of the Virginia Tech program to national prominence. Brown was named the national defensive player of the year by The Football News in 1995, a year in which he registered 14 sacks and totaled 103 tackles. Despite missing three games in 1996 as a senior, he still earned All-America honors while rolling up eight sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 19 quarterback hurries and 58 total tackles. Brown’s graduating class was the first at Virginia Tech to play in four bowls, and the Hokies won both the 1993 Independence Bowl and 1995 Sugar Bowl during his career. After college, Brown was a sixth-round pick for Baltimore in the 1997 NFL Draft. He went on to an eight-year career with the Ravens, and was part of the franchise’s Super Bowl XXXV championship.

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WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? I would honestly say my ﬁrst game in college; just knowing I was that caliber of player, that as a young guy I was playing college football with the best guys on that level.

SACKS HIS FINAL TWO SEASONS

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NAMED NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BY THE FOOTBALL NEWS

OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? West Virginia was totally the favorite because it was such a hostile place. If you could pull out a win there, that was an accomplishment. WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? Pete Kendall of Boston College. He liked to talk a lot, so he kept the game interesting as well as being a great player. WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Blacksburg, Va., and work as a defensive line coach with the CFL Calgary Stampeders. theACC.com

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DR. LARRY HOPKINS / FULLBACK / WAKE FOREST / 1970-71 / PANAMA CITY, FL.

hink it’s stressful to run into an ACC defense with the conference championship on the line? Dr. Larry Hopkins can introduce you to something more precious than possession of a football. “I can’t fumble babies,” the former Wake Forest fullback and current obstetrician-gynecologist said. “That’s not good for business.” In a quarter-century of helping bring life into the world, Hopkins has displayed the same resolve he delivered to a team that pulled off one of the most surprising feats in ACC history. The 1970 Demon Deacons won the ACC title to snap a string of five losing seasons. Only one other club before or since, the 2001 Maryland squad, has done that. “We were like family, really,” he said. “We had gone through so much and Wake Forest had a history of perennial losing. That year, we were expected to be in last place. But it was a different group of guys.” Hopkins came to Wake Forest from Panama City, Fla., and in two seasons he amassed 2,212 rushing yards. That includes the 984 he got in 1970, when he accounted for 36 percent of his team’s total offense. Hopkins enrolled at Wake Forest’s medical school a year after receiving his undergraduate degree in chemistry. He later joined the staff at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and has been a teacher and practitioner ever since. “Yeah, the hours are bad, but when I get up at 2 or 3 in the morning and I see my colleagues, they’re dealing with bad news,” Hopkins said. “Most of the time, babies arrive healthy and moms do just fine.”

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WHAT WAS YOUR Y GREATEST ATHLETIC MOMENT IN COLLEGE? Winning the conference championship in 1970. We had a reunion this year, and it was great seeing all the guys back. We were probably crazy enough to try a few plays. OTHER THAN YOUR HOME FIELD, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD VENUE AND WHY? I don’t know if there was a favorite place to play on the road, especially after we started winning, everybody was ﬁred up to play us. Death Valley was tough. Chapel Hill was tough. And even the folks in Durham didn’t like to see us coming.

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WHAT OPPOSING PLAYER DID YOU RESPECT THE MOST DURING YOUR COLLEGE PLAYING DAYS AND WHY? Johnny Rodgers. I can recall standing on the sidelines at Nebraska and Rodgers is ﬂanked out wide by himself like he’s running one of those decoy routes. He goes down the ﬁeld and he’s gliding along by our defensive backs, and they end up throwing the ball to him. I asked myself, ‘Who are these guys?’ WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Winston-Salem. I have been practicing obstetrics and gynecology for more than 25 years.

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s he stood before more than 100 media representatives at the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff event, John Swofford rattled off an impressive list of the league’s on-the-field superlatives. The ACC commissioner pointed to the numerous players on preseason watch lists for prestigious national awards, and noted that no other conference in the nation had more teams ranked in the preseason Top 25 – five – than the ACC did. But Swofford appeared to take special pride when he began to detail the ACC’s lengthy slate of academic accomplishments. He pointed out that the ACC led the nation in graduation rates for the fifth consecutive year; he explained that the league also ranked first nationally in football APR (Academic Progress Rate) for 118

the fourth consecutive year; and praised the top billing the University of Miami received for its football graduation rate by the American Football Coaches Association. The AFCA, which presents academic achievement awards each season, listed Miami and Notre Dame as the only two FBS programs in the country to graduate 100 percent of their freshman football players from the 2002 recruiting class. That was the first such honor for the Hurricanes’ football program, but it was the latest of many for the ACC. Dating back to 1981, league schools have earned 20 AFCA academic awards (including ties) – that’s more than any other conference. Duke leads the way in that category with 12, followed by Boston College (4), Virginia (2), Wake Forest (1) and Miami (1).

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But those were far from the ACC’s only academic accomplishments. The conference continued to post impressive results in the category of APR, which measures the success of every program at every school in the areas of student-athlete retention, progress toward earning degrees and graduation. All 12 of the league’s football programs fared better than the NCAA-required score of 925, and seven schools ranked among the top 34 nationally. Duke again led the conference and ranked fourth nationally at 983, and Miami was not far behind at 978 (sixth nationally). Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and North Carolina also finished in the top 34, and helped the ACC post the highest composite APR in the country.

EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP: Maryland’s Katie O’Donnell won the 2010 Honda Sports Award in field hockey, designating her as the nation’s top collegiate female athlete in that sport (left) the Florida State’s Myron Rolle (middle) was awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship; 2009 ACC Player of the Year C.J .Spiller (below) graduated from Clemson in December 2009

The conference produced equally impressive numbers when the NCAA released Graduation Success Rate (GSR) statistics in October. Ten of the conference’s programs ranked higher than the national GSR average of 79, and the ACC also had more football programs score above the national average than any other BCS automatic-qualifying conference. Three of the conference’s programs scored cumulative scores of above 90, which also outpaced the nation’s other BCS automatic-qualifying conferences. And ACC student-athletes also racked up numerous individual accolades this past year. Six of the conference’s brightest athletes were honored in 2010 with NCAA Elite 88 awards, which are granted each year to students “who perform at the highest levels,

The ACC led the nation in graduation rates for the ﬁfth consecutive year and the league also ranked ﬁrst nationally in football Academic Progress Rate for the fourth consecutive year. both academically and athletically,” according to the NCAA’s website. Elite 88 winners this year included North Carolina athletes Bill Dworsky (men’s soccer), Kristi Eveland (women’s soccer), Meredith Newton (women’s lacrosse); Virginia’s Lauren Elstein (field hockey); Clemson’s Allison Colberg (rowing) and Duke’s Matt Anderson (men’s lacrosse). The students were honored for carrying the highest cumulative grade-point averages into NCAA championship sites for each of their respective sports.

The ACC also produced winners of four of 12 national Honda Awards, given annually to female student-athletes who not only show superior athletic skills but also prove to excel in the areas of leadership, academics and community service. Maryland’s Katie O’Donnell (field hockey) and Caitlyn McFadden (lacrosse); North Carolina’s Whitney Engen (soccer) and Miami’s Laura Vallverdu (tennis) all won the top awards in their respective sports. No other conference in the country produced more than two winners. theACC.com

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A HISTORIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN ESPN AND THE ACC KEEPS THE CONFERENCE AHEAD OF THE GAME

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ESPN is going all-in with the Atlantic Coast Conference. The multiplatform programming network is not only the “worldwide leader in sports,” but it also will be the premier distributor of football, basketball and Olympic broadcasts for the conference’s 12 member institutions, thanks to more than a billion dollar, 12-year agreement signed by ESPN and the ACC in July. The agreement combines football and basketball rights for the first time in league history, and provides unprecedented coverage of the league’s 22 Olympic sports. “It’s an extensive package that reaches new heights financially, provides unprecedented branding opportunities for us, and we think strongly positions our league within the ever-changing world of technology as we look ahead,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “And our institutions will benefit tremendously from a financial standpoint from this new agreement.” ESPN will provide ACC fans with new technology as well, including the network’s first use of 3D technology on its new channel, ESPN 3D, at today’s 2010 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game. And, thanks to the league’s dedication to providing the latest technology to promote its events, fans will have more access to ondemand digital content — around the

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world and around the clock. That includes the league’s popular new iPhone application, which allows fans to receive fully programmable, up-to-the-minute updates of their favorite teams and preferred sports on mobile phones and digital handheld devices. The app, which launched prior to the 2010 football season, includes live scoring of all ACC football and basketball games, broadcasts of selected games, news stories about league schools from The Associated

Press and other news features. The ground-breaking television deal with ESPN includes broadcasts of nearly 5,000 live events until the contract expires at the end of 2022-23 academic year. ESPN will broadcast regular-season and postseason games for all 25 of the ACC’s sponsored sports, both regionally and nationally. Every football game controlled by the league will be televised; every basketball game between ACC opponents and most conference-controlled out-of-league

FANS WILL HAVE MORE ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND DIGITAL CONTENT — AROUND THE WORLD AND AROUND THE CLOCK.

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“IT’S CRITICAL THAT OUR CONFERENCE IN THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP CAN BE NIMBLE AND ADJUST TO THE CHANGING TECHNOLOGY, AND USE IT TO OUR ADVANTAGE MOVING FORWARD,” SWOFFORD SAID. “WE ARE NOW WELL-POSITIONED FOR THAT. THE WORLD MAY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.”

contests will be broadcast. The entire ACC men’s basketball tournament will be broadcast nationally, with the semifinals and finals televised on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. The network will more than double the number of regularseason women’s basketball games it broadcasts nationally, from seven to 18. For the first time in league history, every game in the women’s tournament will also be televised for the duration of the contract. All games in the league’s popular baseball and softball championships will be televised, as will league championships in lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer. And, in an important enhancement for fans, the deal will eliminate all blackouts for regional and national telecasts. “We are a very fan-centric company at a very fan-centric conference,” said ESPN spokesman John Skipper said. “We want to make sure … more people will be able to see more games than they have ever seen. Generally speaking, all of the ACCcontrolled games are going to be available to a national audience.” And, most importantly for the league’s 12 schools, the contract will double, on average, the revenue each school receives for broadcasting rights throughout the course of the contract. Since it first signed a syndication deal for individual sports in the mid-1980s, the ACC has split all of its television revenue equally among its members. The new deal will continue to do so. While the new contract brings some exciting new changes to all ACC sports, some of the league’s most popular features will remain. ESPN will continue to broadcast five ACC Thursday night

football games. It plans to continue the popular ACC-Big 10 Challenge in men’s and women’s basketball, and the full lineup of Sunday Night Hoops, with start times ranging between 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Those games, broadcast on ESPNU, will reach 73 million households, a significant increase over the expiring television deal. Unlike some of its other deals, the ESPN contract with the ACC gives the network exclusive rights for football and basketball on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com, as well as the network’s specialized packages like ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN Full Court, ESPN International and ESPN Classic. Combined, those networks reach nearly 450 million households. “This is the first time we at ESPN have done basically an all-in deal with a conference where we worked to be able to acquire all of its product,” Skipper said. “I think that speaks to how much we value the ACC. “That was an important component to us because we value both basketball and football. We liked having them synched-up.” The ACC office considered developing its own network, as the SEC and Big Ten have done, but decided in the end that it would be better to partner with ESPN’s long-term broadcasting experience, its national exposure and its internationally

known brand. While ESPN will own exclusive broadcast rights to all conference-controlled events, the league will continue its long-time relationship with Raycom Sports, which has owned sole syndication rights for football and basketball broadcasts for more than three decades. Raycom will continue to regionally broadcast games, including weekly football and basketball broadcasts and the ACC men’s basketball tournament. It will also syndicate ACC games outside the region, taking national the excitement of conference basketball and football games that had previously been unavailable outside the region. It will also distribute the league’s digital assets through the league’s official website, www.theACC. com, and manage the league’s corporate partner program. Swofford is convinced that the deal will offer fans of the ACC’s 12 schools unprecedented access to see their teams in action, on a variety of platforms, for a dozen years to come. “It’s critical that our conference in this kind of relationship can be nimble and adjust to the changing technology, and use it to our advantage moving forward,” Swofford said. “We are now well-positioned for that. The world may look very different over the next 12 years.”

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Bouncing Right Along ACC Hoops Continues to Set the Standard B Y D AV I D D R O S C H A K

he Atlantic Coast Conference has had its share of memorable postseason basketball moments, from McGuire’s Miracle to Valvano’s Cardiac Pack. Whether it was upsetting Wilt the Stilt in triple overtime more than a half century ago to cap North Carolina’s 32-0 season or Jim Valvano looking for someone to hug following an improbable dunk by Lorenzo Charles, the ACC has always scripted a winning recipe when the NCAA Tournament rolled around. With sensational NCAA tournament success already etched in ACC lore, the league managed to turn it up a notch with unprecedented winning formulas over the last decade, capturing five national championships in a 10-year span. Defending national champion Duke won crowns in 2010 and ‘01, while North Carolina captured championships in

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2005 and ’09, and Maryland in ’02. Five other times during the decade ACC teams managed to make it to the championship field weekend, giving the league at least one team in the Final Four 19 of the last 23 seasons. The decade ended with Mike Krzyzewski appearing in an 11th Final Four and his Blue Devils entering the 2010-11 season top-ranked in the polls. “Any program that’s had continued high-level success — especially in our conference — a target is on you,” Krzyzewski said. “I think we have it and North Carolina has it in our league, and there are other ACC programs who have that. “Youngsters who come into Duke’s program have to know, and I think it’s exciting for them to know, that every game they play will be an exciting one. There usually aren’t going to be any

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empty seats when you’re playing. As a result of being watched a lot, there are going to be people who really want you to win and really want you to lose. That happens when any program at any level of sport that has continued success and high visibility.” Duke’s 2010 national title over Butler in Indianapolis gave the ACC as many national titles (5) in the last decade as all the other college conferences combined. The victory also improved Krzyzweski’s NCAA Tournament win total to 77 (the best all-time) and the ACC’s overall winning percentage to a national-best 66.6 percent since 1985. Krzyzewski’s fourth national title placed him in some elite coaching company, but as he passes 800 all-time wins with yet another top team, his drive remains as strong as ever to win at the highest level – for his school and the ACC.

CONTINUING COMMITTMENT “It’s all about doing the thing you’re doing right now,” Krzyzewski said. “I mean, if we were in another walk of life, if I was in law and was able to win a number of cases in the past, I would want to win the next one. If I was a doctor, performed some really good operations, I would want to perform another one.” Some of the ACC’s stats when it comes to basketball success over the years are staggering. For example, the league is the only conference to have each of its teams make the NCAAs over the past five years and has a non-losing tournament record for 23 straight years and counting. In addition, since 1985, ACC teams have appeared in 24 Final Fours, 36 Regional Finals and the Sweet Sixteen 66 times. “The thing about playing in the ACC that prepares you for the NCAA Tournament is the level of competition night-in and night-out,” said Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton. “In this league, you are going against the best players and best teams in the country. The ACC teaches you that you can’t take a night off in league play. That puts your players in the mindset to value each possession in each game.” Success in the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, which will be played March 10-13, 2011, in Greensboro, has often times resulted in a positive NCAA run, considering the ACC champion has make it to the Final four nine times since 1990. “Greensboro has hosted the ACC Men’s Tournament on 22 occasions, the most of any venue,” said Matt Brown, director of the Greensboro Coliseum. “We couldn’t be prouder of that record. We like to equate the Men’s Tournament to Greensboro’s ‘Superbowl.’ When the ACC Men’s Tournament is in Greensboro it just takes over the entire town. You can’t walk around without seeing people in ACC school gear and talking basketball.”

THE ACC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Tournament has been staged at eight different locations over its 33year history, but no other city has captured the growth and spirit of the women’s game quite like Greensboro. The proof is in the attendance numbers, increased interest from sponsors and the glowing praise from coaches across the Atlantic Coast Conference who value their partnership with the city and one of the nation’s best venues for a women’s conference tournament — the Greensboro Coliseum. “The tournament has become an annual tradition for people in that area and the excitement just builds from year-to-year,” said veteran North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell. “I can’t imagine having the tournament anywhere else. It has been a perfect ﬁt for both Greensboro and women’s basketball.” The ACC actually began a women’s basketball tournament in 1978 – several years before the ﬁrst NCAA Championship for women. With title game crowds hovering around 500 in the early years at various locations, the league moved to the Greensboro Coliseum in 2000 and drew 8,090 for

the championship tilt. Five years later, a record-setting crowd of 11,578 saw North Carolina knock off Duke for the title as interest in the competition rose dramatically across the region. “Hosting the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament is a ‘win-win’ partnership for the ACC and the Greensboro Coliseum,” said coliseum director Matt Brown. “The popularity of the event has continued to grow over its 11 years here in Greensboro. We help with marketing the tournament on a yearround basis and the result has become an event that the Greensboro community truly embraces.” This season’s postseason tournament will be played March 3-6, with a contract in place in Greensboro through the year 2015. Nine times since 2000 the women’s championship game has drawn at least 9,000 fans at the Greensboro Coliseum. “We have pledged from day one that we would strive to provide an environment and level of service for the women’s tournament that is equal to the men’s tournament,” Brown said. “We have upheld that commitment and it’s one of the key reasons why the ACC has returned each year.”

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SC SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN MARCH 2011, THE ACC HALL OF CHAMPIONS wwill celebrate past, present and future conference success through the design and use of interactive displays, unique institutional th exhibits and multi-purpose program space that showcases the ex le league’s 58 years. The Hall will feature a combination of content th that honors the academic and athletic accomplishments and hi highlights the ACC’s continuing promise of “A Tradition of Ex Excellence …Then, Now and Always”. Located in the western portion of the Greensboro Coliseum Co Complex’s Special Events Center, the entrance to the ACC Hall of Ch Champions will feature a four-foot, 360-degree, state-of-the-art vi video globe that will amaze and delight guests with a unique, multimedia display of conference highlights. Other features of the Hall’s ﬁrst phase (8,100 square feet) will include a historical timeline of the ACC’s founding in Greensboro, NC in 1953 through today; individual member school exhibits, life-size ACC school mascot exhibits, a “you call the play” interactive broadcasting booth and space to display memorabilia, trophies and historical event photos. The ACC Hall of Champions further cements the City of Greensboro lifelong relationship with the ACC and is a dynamic platform to showcase the incredible players, coaches and fans that have been a part of the league for over 58 years.

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ACC FOOTBALL OFFICIATING CLINIC REACHES ALL LEVELS

ACC YOUTH FOOTBALL CELEBRATION A fun, interactive day in the life of an ACC football student-athlete THE 2010 ACC YOUTH FOOTBALL CELEBRATION is an initiative that provides youth football players from four Charlotte area youth football leagues the opportunity to participate in a series of interactive pre-game activities designed to highlight the importance of classroom education and the challenging fun of college football. Following the Youth Celebration, each participant will get a chance to attend the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game. During the Youth Celebration, the kids will experience a day in the life of the ACC student-athletes they who will later see in action during the ACC Football Championship Game. Held on the Carolina Panthers practice field, the kids will visit a simulated classroom, learn healthy tips at the nutrition station, get geared up in the locker room and be taught proper warm-up techniques. The youth football players will then participate in non-contact football drills directed by expert coaches as part of USA Football’s FUNdamentals Clinic. Youth cheerleaders will experience a clinic of their own hosted by ACC cheerleaders. In addition to showing off their skills to friends and teammates, kids are exposed to the big-time atmosphere that surrounds the ACC Football Championship Game. Throw in some snacks, music and prizes, and the Youth Celebration is the perfect way to celebrate another successful football season! Through the Youth Celebration, the ACC aims to inspire kids to excel both on and off the field, in hopes that someday these kids will take the field on their own at the ACC Football Championship Game. 128

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Today’s 2nd Annual ACC Football Officials Mini-Clinic brings together over 500 football officials with experience ranging from youth league to the college ranks. Douglas Rhoads, the ACC’s Coordinator of Football Officiating points out there are three teams on the field at every game, and that this clinic addresses the “officiating team.” Just as players and coaches endeavor to improve each week, the officials must also maintain the same focus. This year’s clinic provides attendees with the opportunity to learn rules, mechanics, philosophy and techniques from veteran officials. Officials that attended the clinic a year ago stated that the significant volume of professional video and candid discussions were integral to providing a top caliber clinic program. Rhoads added that the ACC MiniClinic gives both aspiring and experienced officials the chance to learn. “Our philosophy is to recruit, train and develop officials by taking advantage of the resources and technology we have available,” said Rhoads. “This is like taking a graduate level course in football officiating, condensed into a two and a half hour session, then going out and watching a practical application of the course work.” The interest and commitment to improve officiating skills is clearly demonstrated by the great response again this year. “By sharing this experience with youth, junior varsity, high school and small college officials, the game benefits.” Further, the opportunity to network with other officials and coordinators is a longterm benefit for everyone.” The ACC MiniClinic serves as an outreach to officials of any skill level to come together for an afternoon of learning, camaraderie and the chance to enjoy the game from a different angle, as a fan. PRESENTED BY

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