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sandgk;676043; said:
Sugar gets to pick before the Orange. They'll take ND to face the Fla-Ark winner if the Rose passes on ND. Could be Urban Meyer against the team he passed on.
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These two teams were pathetic in this game. The coach of the year with all due respect is Jim Tressel.
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
Now, Steve, I have to take exception to that, the media cannot be wrong, right?Steve19;676056; said:
Grobe has undoubtedly the best high school team ever to win a conference title, surely that means something? (Probably about the new Big East, AKA ACC, but, c'mon, it does mean something).
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sandgk;676063; said:
In all fairness, he has the best JV high school team. Remember, they're without their best QB and RB for the season.
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HailToMichigan
Maize and Blue Wahoo
In fairness to the offenses the field was wet and slippery all day. Yeah, they're not exactly all-star offenses. But Johnson and Idlette are two very exciting receivers, and they both were handcuffed today by that field.
And I still don't care how putrid the game looked. The game could have been 2-0 and it wouldn't have been as putrid as last year where I had to watch two of my most hated teams in all of college.
And I still don't care how putrid the game looked. The game could have been 2-0 and it wouldn't have been as putrid as last year where I had to watch two of my most hated teams in all of college.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Dispatch
NO. 16 WAKE FOREST 9 NO. 23 GEORGIA TECH 6
Deacons capture ACC title
Interception, two key pass plays set up tying, winning field goals
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Mark Long
ASSOCIATED PRESS
</IMG> Coach Jim Grobe waves to the crowd after his team secured a spot in the Orange Bowl.
</IMG> Wake Forest running back Mike Rinfrette flies through the air after being hit by Kamichael Hall.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Wake Forest?s defensive players huddled near the sideline, pushing and shoving, yelling and screaming, jumping and dancing.
They were trailing 6-3 and ready to do something about it. Riley Swanson did.
Swanson intercepted a pass from Reggie Ball on the next play, sparking a comeback that gave Wake Forest its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 36 years and sent the Demon Deacons to their biggest bowl game in school history.
Riley Skinner followed Swanson?s pick with long completions on consecutive drives, setting up Sam Swank?s final two field goals that gave No. 16 Wake Forest a 9-6 victory over 23 rd-ranked Georgia Tech in the ACC title game yesterday.
"When you get our backs against the wall, these kids respond," Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said.
Skinner, who grew up in Jacksonville, completed 14 of 25 passes for 201 yards in his homecoming ? and might have had the biggest cheering section in the half-empty stadium. He struggled most of the game and was sacked four times, but he came up big when the Demon Deacons needed it most.
He hooked up with John Tereshinski for a 39-yard gain on third-and-10, setting up Swank?s second field goal, a 33-yarder with 8:27 to play. The kick tied the score at 6.
On the next possession, Skinner found Willie Idlette down the middle for a 45-yard gain, setting up a 22-yard field goal that turned out to be the winner.
The Demon Deacons (11-2) won their second conference title and first since 1970, adding another chapter to an improbable season in Grobe?s sixth season. The finale comes in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2 ? the program?s biggest bowl game since the 1946 Gator Bowl.
"I can?t even put it in words," said linebacker Jon Abbate, who finished with 15 tackles. "It?s been an unbelievable season. Unbelievable to be ACC champs, and I can?t explain it."
Georgia Tech (9-4) had a chance to tie the score or take the lead but punted when coach Chan Gailey opted not to go for it on fourth-and-13 from his 18-yard line.
It was one of several questionable calls for Gailey, who went for it on fourth-and-1 from Wake?s 13-yard line in the third quarter. Ball failed to pick up the first down on a quarterback sneak. Gailey also ordered a field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter instead of trying a fourthand-1 play on Wake?s 17 with the score tied at 3. Tech also called a reverse in the first quarter on third-and-1. The play resulted in a 9-yard loss.
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ant80
Think less, feel more.
OK, I am officially pissed. How the hell did #22 GT lose and not fall off the rankings? 
:bicker:They are currently tied with Oregon for #25.
Let's all pray for GT to lose to WVU in the bowl game so that Charlie Weis has no wins against ranked opponents.
And this board needs a "I hate ND" banner.
:bicker:They are currently tied with Oregon for #25. Let's all pray for GT to lose to WVU in the bowl game so that Charlie Weis has no wins against ranked opponents.
And this board needs a "I hate ND" banner.
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
ant80;677058; said:OK, I am officially pissed. How the hell did #22 GT lose and not fall off the rankings?
Let's all pray for GT to lose to WVU in the bowl game so that Charlie Weis has no wins against ranked opponents.
And this board needs a "I hate ND" banner.
[sarcasm]Have you not heard, there are special dispensations for "real" conferences with a championship game. They are so much tougher to get through that you cannot dun their second place finisher for losing the last game of the season.[/sarcasm]
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