ACC Bloggers Pick Virginia Tech to Win Conference

by furrer4heisman on Jul 31, 2009 6:00 AM EDT Comment 6 comments

The mainstream media had its fun earlier this week in Greensboro, tabbing the Hokies to win the conference and D-Train Dwyer to win player of the year. But what about the people whose opinion really counts: The bloggers? I polled bloggers representing the conference and every team but Duke (whose lone blog didn't reply to E-mails) to come up with our own preseason vote. Today, the proletariat's voice gets heard.

Here are your participants:

**ACC Blog Voters**
Blog	Team
ACC/SEC Blog	ACC
The Buzz Blog	ACC
On The B.Rink	ACC
BC Interruption	Boston College
Clempson Football	Clemson
Scalp 'Em	Florida State
Tomahawk Nation	Florida State
From the Rumble Seat	Georgia Tech
Testudo Times	Maryland
Turtle Waxing	Maryland
The 7th Floor	Miami
Tar Heel Fan	North Carolina
Tar Heel Mania	North Carolina
Backing the Pack	NC State
From Old Virginia	Virginia
College Game Balls	Virginia Tech
Beer Control Offense	Virginia Tech
Blogger So Dear	Wake Forest

Results after the jump.

The ACC bloggers overwhelmingly selected Virginia Tech as its conference champion for 2009. The Hokies received 10 of the 18 votes cast and 13 first-place votes in the Coastal Division. In the Atlantic, Florida State was selected as the division winner, receiving 12 first-place votes.

The individual award voting was much closer. Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer was selected as the preseason offensive player of the year, receiving 10 votes. Virginia Tech defensive end Jason Worilds was picked as the preseason defensive player of the year, leading the way with four votes. There was a three-way tie for preseason rookie of the year with Florida State's Greg Reid, Clemson's Kyle Parker and Virginia Tech's Ryan Williams all receiving two votes.

Below are the full results of the poll.

**Predicted Standings**
	Atlantic	Pts
1	Florida State (12)	101
2	Clemson (3)	83
3	NC State (2)	72
4	Wake Forest (1)	54
5	Maryland	36
6	Boston College	32
	Coastal	Pts
1	Virginia Tech (13)	101
2	Georgia Tech (4)	91
3	Miami (1)	66
4	North Carolina	64
5	Virginia	30
6	Duke	26

Conference Champion

1. Virginia Tech - 10
2. Georgia Tech - 4
3. Florida State - 2
4. Clemson - 1
4. Miami - 1

Offensive Player of the Year

1. Jonathan Dwyer, GT - 10
2. C.J. Spiller, CU - 6
3. Darren Evans, VT - 1
4. Riley Skinner, WF - 1

Defensive Player of the Year

1. Jason Worilds, VT - 4
2. Dekota Watson, FSU - 3
3. Sean Spence, MIA - 2
3. Quan Sturdivant, UNC - 2
5. DaQuan Bowers, CU - 1
5. Morgan Burnett, GT - 1
5. Kam Chancellor - VT - 1
5. Mark Herzlich, BC - 1
5. Stephan Virgil, VT - 1
5. Alex Wujciak, UMD - 1
5. Willie Young, NCS - 1

Rookie of the Year

1. Greg Reid, FSU - 2
1. Kyle Parker, CU - 2
1. Ryan Williams, VT - 2
4. Josh Adams, UNC - 1
4. Anthony Allen, GT - 1
4. Ray Ray Armstrong, MIA - 1
4. Tajh Boyd, CU - 1
4. Justin Dixon, UNC - 1
4. Dustin Hopkins, FSU - 1
4. Jacobbi McDaniel, FSU - 1
4. Brandon McGee, MIA - 1
4. Donte Moss, UNC - 1
4. Desmond Scott, DU - 1
4. Jamal Womble, UNC - 1
4. No vote - 1

Thanks to everyone who participated and I look forward to doing this again at the end of the year.

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I dunno about BC

finishing last… I think their defense will keep them in a lot of games.

The big question is whether or not VT can be the national title hope of the ACC, and I just don’t see that happening either. :-\

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't." - General George S. Patton

by NoleCC on Jul 31, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions

the bc dt's will take a major step back

as will the lb play.

teams will jam it down their throat, making the secondary support the run A LOT more and exposing them to get lit up from the air.

the secondary won’t come close to getting as many picks this year.

dominant DT’s are extremely hard to find and they had the best tandem in the ACC in over a decade.

VT’s schedule is too hard, they lose at least 2 games this year.

by BeerControl on Jul 31, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Rec'd

Their secondary is very average, but they look like worldbeaters because they are consistently put in amazingly favorable situations by their front 7. That ends this year.

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by Bud Elliott on Aug 2, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions