The ACC held its media get together this past weekend. There was some good news and some bad news for the Terps program. Of course it all depends on how much credence you give this pre-season stuff. We’ll go with the bad first. Maryland was picked to finish just 5th in the Atlantic division, ahead of only Boston College. B.C. is the defending Atlantic division champ, but was decimated by graduation, transfers, a coaching fiasco, and a terrible cancer diagnosis to their top defensive player. The Terps return much of their offense from last season (minus Heyward-Bey), but were still not given much love by the voting media.
Here is the full chart
ATLANTIC COASTAL
1. Florida St. 479 pts Virginia Tech 512 pts
2. Clemson 387 Georgia Tech 415
3. NC State 364 N. Carolina 350
4. Wake Forest 295 Miami (FL) 282
5. Maryland 157 Virginia 148
6. Boston College 145 Duke 120
Virginia Tech was predicted to defeat Florida St. in the ACC championship game. And Georgia Tech running back and returning player of the year Johnathan Dwyer was voted 2009 preseason player of the year.
Some better news for the Terps came with the selection of the ALL-ACC first team. Maryland put two players on the squad led by LB Alex Wujciak. Preseason favorite Virginia Tech led all schools with four selections.
ALL-ACC TEAM
QB Russell Wilson, NC State
RB Johnathan Dwyer, Ga Tech
RB CJ Spiller, Clemson
WR Jacoby Ford, Clemson
WR Demaryius Thomas, Ga Tech
TE Greg Boone, Va Tech
T Jason Fox, Miami
T Anthony Castonzo, BC
G Sergio Render, Va Tech
G Rodney Hudson, Florida St
C Matt Tennant, BC
K Matt Bosher, Miami
DE Jason Worilds, Va Tech
DE Willie Young, NC State
DT Marvin Austin, UNC
DT Vince Oghobaase, Duke
LB Dekoda Watson, Florida St
LB Alex Wujciak, Maryland
LB Quan Sturdivant, UNC
CB Ras-I Dowling, Virginia
CB Kendric Burney, UNC
S Morgan Burnett, Ga Tech
S Kam Chancellor, Va Tech
P Travis Baltz, Maryland
In the Colonial Athletic Association, poor Towson did not fare very well. They had no Tigers put on the conference first team and were projected to finish last in their division in 2009. Of course it is probably the toughest division in all of 1-AA (I refuse to say FCS), with 3 of the last 4 schools to win national championships residing in the South division.
Here is the complete table
SOUTH NORTH
1. Richmond New Hampshire
2. Villanova UMass
3. James Madison Maine
4. Delaware Hofstra
5. William and Mary Northeastern
6. Towson Rhode Island
The MEAC will have their media day tomorrow, so all you Bears fans don’t think I forgot about you.
Just think, College Football begins 5 weeks from today. I can’t wait
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