The three biggest ACC football questions of the week, as we start up bowl season.
Does NC State get its 8th win against Memphis?
I really like NC State in this game. I know NC State’s defense is suspect, but this could be QB CJ Bailey’s last game at NC State, and I think he wants to go out as a winner. Memphis has an interim coach and lost its final 3 games. The Wolfpack had some momentum later in the year, and these bowl games are all about motivation, and I think NC State will have it.
What is Miami’s key to beating Texas A&M?
Miami has to take the College Station crowd out of the game early. Texas A&M might be struggling a bit with its confidence. In their last 2 games against teams with a pulse, they were down 31-3 at the half to a bad South Carolina team, and lost 27-17 to a Texas team that couldn’t beat 4-8 Florida. Texas held A&M to 337 total yards, and the Canes are as good, if not better, defensively than Texas. If Miami’s All-America DE’s can contain QB Marcel Reed, I really like Miami’s chances. Remember when Miami made the country’s best RB Jeremiyah Love look average? I can see another performance like that coming.
Does Miami have to win to validate its inclusion in the playoffs?
No of course not. Miami was an obvious choice to be included.
