Cal's opener is still a week away, but the ACC kicks off Saturday with a pair of games, including one in Europe
Of all the changes and adjustments we’ve all had to make since the death of the Pac-12 Conference as we know it and Cal’s trek to the Atlantic Coast Conference, now suddenly there’s this:Jake Curtis and I have have covered the Pac-12 for decades and we like think we know something about the schools and programs in the conference. We tell ourselves that, anyway.
There’s no getting around the fact that our familiarity with the ACC is much more distant, quite a bit fuzzier. But the task here is to predict outcomes of games involving ACC teams, and we’ll forge ahead. Cal doesn’t open its season until next Saturday when it hosts UC Davis. In the meantime, we have a pair of games this week, including one that will take place more than 5,000 miles from Berkeley in Dublin, Ireland.Georgia Tech has a good offense with lots of experience, but its defense is lousy. That should allow Florida State QB DJ Uiagalelei, a transfer from Oregon State, to have a big day in his first game with his new team.The Seminoles are still steaming over being left out of the CFP last season.
Meanwhile, Nevada is just trying to stay out of the Mountain West basement in Jeff Choate’s first season as head coach after going 2-10 last year.History only tells us so much about what will happen next. The point spread in this game is huge — SMU must win by 28 points on the road to cover. But consider this: When these teams last played, back in 2009, Nevada was a 10.5-point favorite and SMU won 45-10.
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