Caulton Tudor hit the nail on the head with this one. NC State fell on its face this weekend. Losing to Ohio State isn’t so bad, but the way State lost was troubling. Ohio State was very beatable, but State was sloppy and blew their opportunity. If last season’s game against the Buckeyes wasn’t the great chance for Amato to show that the Pack had arrived, this year’s game was it. I guess they haven’t.
Likewise, the ACC as a whole had a bad weekend, despite what the Pony says. Maryland blew their game against overrated West Virginia and Clemson absolutely crapped the bed against a mediocre Texas A&M.
It’s looking like the ACC has its two giants, two maybes in Virginia and Virginia Tech, three not-as-good-as-advertiseds in Maryland, NC State and Clemson and two could-bes in Wake Forest and Georgia Tech. Not a great start, although there is still a lot of football to be played.