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T minus 100 days until another big opening weekend awaits the ACC
- Updated: May 24, 2016
12:53 PM ET
Time to keep it 100 … because there are 100 days left until the season opens and that means one thing for the ACC:
Do not screw up Week 1.
There are big matchups, yes, but this is a league that has a history of scheduling big nonconference games in Week 1. The problem has been an inability to actually win a majority of them. See last season, when the ACC pulled a big oh-fer. North Carolina started things off with a loss to South Carolina that remains mystifying. Louisville lost to Auburn (another winnable game). Virginia (UCLA) and Virginia Tech (Ohio State) also lost.
Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney both face key Week 1 tests as the Seminoles face Ole Miss and the Tigers tangle with Auburn. Doug Buffington/Icon Sportswire
Since 2012, the ACC is 3-10 against nonconference Power 5 opponents in Week 1. You could argue that the ACC was an underdog in a majority of those games — including all four to open last season — and you would be right.
That is what makes 2016 opening weekend so important. The ACC’s two College …
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