Locked On ACC - Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast - ACC SQUAD - What Analysts Say About the ACC Ahead of Week Eleven

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

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The ACC has only one unbeaten left in conference play. And as we all predicted, it's Virginia. Coastal Chaos Range Supreme. Let's bring in the squad. You're talking ball with the ACC squad. From Florida State to North Carolina, from Syracuse to Miami. And from NC State to California, it's the local experts of the locked on podcast network, bringing you scoops, breakdowns, and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming ACC week.

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app today. I am Alex Dono from Lockedon Cain's. Miami goes down again. They're down to two conference losses. We also got Kenton Gibbs and Grace and Boone from Lockdown Wolfpack coming off a massive victory. They played spoiler to Georgia Tech's undefeated season. And speaking of Georgia Tech, we got Jarvis Davis with us, who is now co-host of the brand-new Locked-on Georgia Tech show. Clearly, he brought great luck to the rambling wreck over the weekend. Show debuts and they lose a game. We got JJ Jackson from Lockdown Blue Devils with us. And as we're going to talk on this episode, ACC Hoops is underway.

And at the time of this recording, all the ACC teams who have played to this point are 1-0, except Boston College. So Boston College football and basketball have that Spider-Man meme thing going on. We're going to talk about an incredible rant by Davo Sweeney, head coach of the Clemson football team, about holding officials accountable. But let's talk some ACC football.

And Jarvis, I'm going to let you buy the first round, my friend. A tough loss for Georgia Tech. But Georgia Tech is still very much in the ACC championship game picture after suffering their first loss of the year. Yeah, absolutely. And one of the things that is perfect timing because when you talk about going into a bye week and you have a lot of things to figure out on the defense side of football because they made CJ Bailey look like a doggone number one overall pick. Like I was like, hey, the Jets better get ready because C.J. Bailey can be that guy if he wants to, you know, try to forego, you know, another year of college football and try to get into the NFL because they just made him look like an all-American type guy. because he was just sitting back there slicing the defense up left and right. And, you know, the one thing that, you know, I talked about on the show, you know, pretty often is the fact that there was a lot of like Blake Gideon defensive coordinator.

I didn't like the game playing going into the game because of just how the defense was and how they was playing a lot of off coverage. And it was just so many things that I was just like, okay, I understand that your corners are out. You got a couple corners out, you know, some of your best guys. out, but you can't go into a game like that on the road where a team that's your, quote, unquote, supposed to be. Like, you can't come in with that type of game playing in a game like that because you are supposed to win that bad boy. And your offense put up 36 points.

That's kind of where they're averaging, you know, for the year. So, you know, as one of the top five scoring teams in the conference. So it's just, that defense just did not come to play. And shout out to NC State be able to take advantage of it. Well, I don't think that y'all made C.J. Bailey look like a number one overall pick kind of guy. That's what he is. That's what he is. That's future Miami quarterback, CJ Bailey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, watch him all.

I'm not arguing yesterday right now. I promise you I'm not arguing. I still got an appointment down in Coral Gables with Mario. The way he was talking to me at ACCC Media Days, just to fist down his leg later. But we'll get to him later. Yeah, we will. I've said this all year about C.J. Bailey. When he's at his best, there's not.

15 other guys in the country that can do what he does. The problem is when he's at his worst, there are not 15 other guys that will make some of the bad decisions that he makes. Y'all just happened to get the good CJ Bailey experience. But even beyond that, I think the most important part of it is Georgia Tech was unprepared to be physical and stop to run, which Grayson so expertly and eloquently pointed out all throughout our episode last week saying, hey, there is a weakness here. They are malleable.

And we're thinking Hollywood Smothers is going to carry the mail because he's one of the top five rest of the country. He's out. He's out. And so we got Duke Scott in there and he goes off for 200 total yards and a couple tuttees. I mean, this game to me, it's what Grace and I talked about all offseason, how the offense was going to have to carry this team. We knew you're not stopping Georgia Tech out right. We knew that wouldn't go happen. That's true. You know, Peyton Wilson ain't walking through that door with all due respect. Mario Williams, they walk through that door. Bradley Chubb and Company, they're gone. They ain't got no eligibility left. So the goal, for this defense should be just hang on.

Just hold on to the rope and the offense lighted up. And that's what we saw. It looked like a classic Big 12 game back when Pat Mahomes and Baker Mayfield was going out and you were seeing 54 to 46 type of stuff. This game was insane. Kenton was upstairs. I was in the crowds. We had both angles covered, as you might hear my voice,

a little rass because I was letting some Georgia Tech fans know what we'd like to do with the chains on the first down. But this game, and I'm not on here to beat my chest about it, it went exactly. how I thought that it would. Coming into this game, I knew that Georgia Tech's run defense was, to Kenton's point, a little malleable. Would you believe if Georgia Tech had like, I think, the 11th or 12th run defense in the ACC?

You wouldn't know that based on the record, but coming into this game, even if it was Hollywood or Duke Scott, I knew we were going to have a chance. And then kind of like the, I guess if you want to call it like the Fugazi Fugazi part of this, NC State was due for a win like this. Georgia Tech was due for a loss like this. They've been on the road a couple times, played with fire a couple times, but able to escape. I just, I had this feeling. It was time for something to go right for state, something to go wrong for Georgia Tech.

NC State up until this point of the season, they had not played a complete full quarter effort one single time in eight games. And I knew that if they could find a way to put it together for 60 minutes, they can play with anyone in the country. It just so happened to be Georgia Tech on Saturday night. So apologies to the rest of the ACC. We shook up the race even more, which were about the. to talk about, but unbelievable win for Dave Dorn and the Wolfpack. Well, and let me let J.J. Jackson get in a word because what, what an epic showdown. You talk about offense and points being scored. 46 to 45, JJ, and a late two-point conversion

allowed Duke to get that outright victory over Clemson, a victory. Kenton and I were predicting on Locked on ACC would happen. I thought it would be a little bit easier than it was, but we said wrong team favored with Clemson being the favorite. Blue Devils got it done. Yeah, a long time coming in 45 years, 45 years since Duke football was able to go on the road and win in Death Valley against Clemson. It had been really long period since Duke had won at all against the Tigers. Riley Leonard was able to get a win to snap that streak in Durham a few seasons ago. But that was really exciting to see Duke be able to get to win this past weekend. The offense has been incredible all season long. There really has not been a single team in the country that has slowed down this Duke offense,

other than Duke themselves, not taking care of the football in certain games throughout the course of the year. What a statement it was for Duke. I was a little concerned by the defensive effort. Duke's really starting to get banged up a little bit, health-wise, they're on the defensive end. But hopefully they've got still a big push coming here down the stretch, because as we're getting into, man, it is insane to be an ACC football. fan right now with the number of different teams that still have a chance. Yeah, and there was a pivotal game on Saturday in Dallas, Texas, where Miami effectively eliminated themselves from ACC championship

game from the standings, and SMU got themselves right back into it because SMU only has one conference loss, so they will have an opportunity to get in the ACC championship for the second straight game. And JJ, when you talk about Duke's offense being their own worst enemy, Miami's worst enemy is the man in the mirror. And, you know, listen, SMU had to go out there and make fewer mistakes. I didn't think either team looked particularly good. I mean, there were a few big plays for SMU, a few big plays for Miami. But Miami cannot fix their issues.

I mean, all season long, too many penalties, too many miscues, too much predictability on offense. They go out there, they commit 12 penalties for 96 yards. They go out there, they have a couple of interceptions. First of those was not Carson Beck's fault was off the hands, Bobble the tip for an interception by receiver Jojo Trader. The second of those Beck threw it in overtime, which obviously was very, very costly. But my big issue with Miami guys is this complete inability to fix their self-inflicted wounds, which is now a story that goes back even to last season and beyond.

And then the other part of it is I talked about this a lot with Kenton this week on Locked on ACC. Yeah, the offensive philosophy, they treat every single drive in every single quarter as if it's late first quarter and you're up seven points. Like that's how they treat every single drive. And for a team that is as talented as the Miami Hurricanes are to try to play ball control, clock control, shorten the game and shorten the margins, guess what? When you're going up against less talented teams and you're intentionally shortening the game and shortening the amount of possessions, you are going. going out of your way to keep less talented teams in these games. It's the definition of insanity, guys, doing the same things over and over and over and expecting a different result.

I'm kind of tired of talking about it, but I'm still here. Dono, Dono, but look who you have at the quarterback position, Carson Beck. He sees ghosts, baby. This is who Carson is. He played for a team that the red and black team up the road. I no longer say their names out loud, and I'm definitely not going to say their name on the ACC squad show. That team in the red and black,

oh, I'm very familiar with his game, sir. The Shaq meme is real, you know? So when you think about who Carson Beck is, because he can't play his way out of it. Once he starts seeing ghosts, it's over. He can't play his way out of it. Coming into his year before, the year when he was at Georgia before he transferred to Miami,

I was talking about him being one of those guys. I'm talking about the top five pick. The way he played, that year prior and in the year right before the year before you left left that school down there and he was one of those prospects but he just could not figure out a way it was so many things going on within the team and his girlfriend you know a TikTok famous and all this stuff and driving the Lamborghini trucks and all that stuff man it was just too much going on and he can't just figure out a way to get focused and now you're starting to see it it's starting to come out he's

who he really is is starting to come out. And I think that, you know, you got to kind of come to grips with that, Alex. You know what I'm going to grips? I'm totally gripping. Jarvis, you're looking too zoomed in. You got to take it out from the microscope. You got to get a bird's eye view of this thing, okay?

Carson Beck is not the problem. He's a symptom of the problem because last year, they had the number one overall pick. Did it work out for him even? What's the common denominator that has been there for Miami all along? Mario Manuel Cristobal. It's him. It is him.

I'm not willing to say he needs to be fired, but he needs to change. They can't fire him. He's got a $61 million buyout. But the thing, I will be fair to Mario and say, this thing has been like this for 20 years with Miami. And he's been the coach for four seasons. So this is not a problem he created,

but it's a problem he is yet to be able to fix. I agree. But my thing is, is the stuff that you're talking about as their problem in terms of this iteration and last year's iteration of the team, those are Mario Crystal Ball exclusive things. Even if you go back three years ago, he keeps losing in ways that he's lost before. You lost to Georgia Tech because you were running the ball when you had no damn business. You should have took a knee and you lose that game. You lose last year because all of a sudden you forget, well, wait a minute now, we're up a lot of

points against Georgia Tech, but scoring is still an option. We can still do what we can still do what we need to do. We don't have to shut down the offense and go over conservative in order to win this football game. And then you do things like that again this year where like you said, Dono, you treat every possession like you're trying to squeeze the life out of the game. You've got better players.

You don't have to do that. Vanderbilt has to do that. They do not have the talent in comparison to their opponents on average. They just don't. You do. You got more time to play. Hey, let's speed it up. We got a big first down. Get some tempo going. He refused.

us to do it. So I'm not saying he needs to be fired, but he needs to change. Yeah, 100%. Well, we can get more into this on the other side. I also, I want us to predict who's going to square off in the ACC championship game. And I want to break down the absolute fire that Davosweeney has been spitting. You want to keep it locked right here. It's the locked on ACC squad and we're only getting started. Folks, when the opening whistle blows on a new repair, get your crew moving forward with supply house. Order today and see parts on your doorstep tomorrow. Over 280,000. Over 280,000. plumbing, HVAC, and electrical items for the most trusted brands in the business. Their real-time inventory and honest lead times keep you from punting projects,

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We're all available free wherever you get your podcasts and available free on YouTube. So, guys, Virginia, I mean, they have been, at sometimes it's better to be lucky than to be good. They've been both. They have been good and they have been lucky throughout the season. Virginia Cavaliers are still technically undefeated in conference. Their remaining schedule, home against Wake Forest, a game they probably should win, but Wake has been tricky at times. On the road at Duke, that's a game. they'll probably be an underdog in, but even if they lose that game, they're still in great position.

And then home against Virginia Tech to wrap up the season is a game that they probably should win. Georgia Tech's remaining conference schedule, they only have two conference games left at Boston College should be an easy win. And versus Pittsburgh at home, that could be tricky. Their final game is at Georgia, so they have just two conference games left. Pittsburgh's remaining conference schedule, they're still in the hunt. You know, they're home against Notre Dame, non-conference game. They're at Georgia Tech and then home against Miami. Two really tough games.

I mean, with Pitt, you never know. They could go 2 and 0. They could go 1 in 1. They could go 0 in those final two conference games. I think everything is on the table there. The Louisville Cardinals play home against Cal, probably a win. Home against Clemson should be a win. At SMU could be a toss-up.

And then their final game at Kentucky non-conference. So Louisville very much alive. SMU found new life in that upset win against Miami. Their remaining conference games at Boston College shouldn't be too tough. Home against Louisville, very tough. And at Cal could be tricky, especially if they make that a late night game. So you think about all those teams, fellas, that have either zero or one conference losses. I'll let anyone buy the first round on this one.

What are the two teams that are going to be in Charlotte in early December? This feels like we're in Bizarro world, and I really, really hate to say this. but Virginia is definitely going to be there. And I think they're going to be met there by the Louisville Cardinals. I think the light is shining on Brown. I think the light is shining on Brown. I think it's his time to go ahead and potentially get one done here. Louisville, I'm sorry, we know how easy the rest of the schedule is for Virginia.

We know that. You're playing the Virginia Tech team that is without a coach. You're playing a Wake Forest team that I told everybody when SMU had them on CW. CW stands for Carolinian wins. Whenever you get a school from Carolina, you plan them on the CW, you're in trouble. You're in trouble. You better, you know, get to praying. But you look at that team and, you know, first year with Dickert, they've been up and down.

They go as far as Robbery Ashford takes them. How far does he take you? You're looking at a very good situation there for them. But Louisville, I think they've proven they can win enough games down the stretch. There's a reason that they've been to multiple ACC championships under, or I'm sorry, There's a reason they went to a C.C. Championship under Brougham. I don't think they've been the multiple yet. I think this is a year they get to their second.

Yeah. So they get to their second this year because, again, I think that they finish out this schedule in a very meaningful way. The only game that I'm watching for there, Clemson, because Clemson owes them some get back. Clemson owes them because they almost kept Clemson out if it wasn't for a specific team that also wears orange, choking it away up in the carrier dome. But that's neither here nor there. So the reality is, I think I forgot to shout out Duke. Duke is also in that mix, by the way, JJ. Yeah, no, I love the position that Duke is in truthfully.

And like you said, I do believe Duke will be favored going into that home game against Virginia. This offense is awesome. Jerry Minza is the quarterback that not enough people are talking about. And if they're talking about it, and I'm not listening in the right places when I look beyond the Duke circles there. because this guy is the real deal. He's worth every single penny and dollar and everything that Duke did to get him on campus ahead of the new season. Just the frustrating loss that Duke had earlier in the year against Georgia Tech

and against some of the early season losses that they had in on conference still sting in this moment. I like SMU, though. I think that is such a big, important win for them to have gotten this past week against Miami. This is an SMU team that's got. college football playoff experience from a year ago. Rhett Lashley just signs the new extension.

There are so many teams in America that would love to bring their guy to take over their program. But yeah, I think SMU is one of those teams to be on the lookout for. And then Georgia Tech as well, we'll see how they bounce back. But what they've been able to do all season with Haynes King, I think has been really impressive. Yeah, I think Georgia Tech is going to, is going to finish this, figure this thing out. because I really believe in Brent Key and what he's doing.

I don't think he's going to let this thing linger because something stinks, especially when you're going to a by week, you get time to kind of soak in that stench. And I think they're going to get this thing figured out because that's the way, the way this team is built who he is as a coach, who like JJ mentioned, Hayes King is built exactly just like Brent Key. You would think he's just a tough dude. Tech tough is the term that people have been throwing around a lot lately.

So I think they're going to get this thing figured out. And I think they'll probably end up facing a team like Virginia because I feel, I know it's that a road game against Duke is going to be very tough. But I think they'll figure out a way to get that one going because I think Tony Elliott is doing something special up there in Virginia. He's finally figuring out. And because, you know, money helps. Money helps when you put money into your program. That kind of helps.

You play better football for sure, for some strange reason. So one of my locks is Virginia because. I don't see them losing twice to put themselves in trouble. Crazy. This is the world we live in, but I think Virginia is going to play in the ACC championship game. And JJ beat me to the punch. I think the team's going to be SMU.

I think SMU has the easiest remaining schedule with all due respect to Louisville. They have to play Boston College. Again, should be a win. They play Cal should be a win. They play Louisville, but it's at home in Dallas. That's about as favorable of a schedule as you can ask for. I think SMU may get this done also because I think

Pitt is going to beat Georgia Tech and then remove Georgia Tech from the race, sliding SMU up in there. That's how I see this going down. It's so crazy that the ACC essentially has like the key to the ultimate CFP chaos this year. It's going to be an exhilarating final three weeks. And it's like, I know Virginia is a tremendous Cinderella story, especially with all the Tony Elliott's been through there and being on the hot seat and the tragedy a couple years ago. And I think, you know, JJ mentioned it that he's right, that they're basically a lot.

lock to get in at this point. So I think the matchup we will see is Virginia versus Georgia Tech. I lean to Georgia Tech. But when it comes to just getting the two best football teams on the field, the matchup I would like to see. I believe Georgia Tech and Louisville, in my humble opinion, are the two best teams in the conference. That's the matchup I would like to see, but I am expecting to see Virginia against Georgia Tech. You know, it's funny, guys, because we rewind a few months. and the team that was at the top of everybody's ballot to get to the ACC championship this year again and win it again were the Clemson Tigers. And they've had a rough go of it. But I will say, despite the fact that his team is having a poor season on the field,

I've been fist pumping for Davosweeney and what he's saying off the field. So there was a contentious, controversial pass interference call that went against his team in the Duke game that was at least partially. decisive in the outcome of that game. And Dabo was pissed. And listen, this is not, you know, I don't, a lot of people think the ACC reps are like corrupt against this team. I don't think it's corruption. I just think it's incompetence. Like, I think there has been an incompetence problem for decades with ACC officiating. And Dabo Sweeney, he talked about that PI call, said it was one of the worst calls he's ever seen. He ranted about it. He got fined $10,000 by the conference. Like the conference has no problem holding coaches accountable. when they complained about officiating, but do they hold the officials accountable? So Davosweeney says this. In the meantime, he says, we got gambling issues going on, people getting suspended, all that kind of stuff, right?

Yep, I mean, refs are people too, he said. It ain't just coaches and players. And if they're part of the game, then by God, they ought to be a part of the game. And they ought to be a part of the accountability. And they ought to be part of the consequences, not just behind some shadowy curtain. Like, no, they ought to have to answer for it. And I agree. And I know officiating is a really tough job, fellas.

But I feel accountability is very important. If you're going to get officiating better, I think they need to be held accountable for their mistakes, and they almost never do. Davos Swinney said, call the hotline. Them boys gambling. He said, call the hotline. Check out these ACC officials' fan dole accounts.

1,800 admit it. I'm going to say this. I'm not a guy who often brings the officials into things. However, we can point to multiple games that had very tangible impacts on the ACC race at large that have been drastically impacted by a call or no call in a very decisive moment in the game. That was very blatant one way or the other. And so I get where Davos coming from. And, you know, Donno and I talked about this.

earlier, there needs to be more transparency if officials are being reprimanded, if they are being downgraded, if they are getting any type of penalty or recompense for getting things wrong. Because, I mean, how many times against NC State, you talk about the jump offsides, not off sides against Duke that cost of Georgia Tech, you talk about the fact that they wouldn't even be undefeated. It wouldn't have been a field storming situation potentially if they called out off sides against Wade Forest. And now you get this situation of the past interference with Duke.

and a lot of other plays as well that have happened in very, very pivotal moments that are like, well, what's happening? You get the call wrong, and then we just all move on and say, well, can't blame the officials. The job is to remove the officials. Well, sure, in a perfect world, if you're playing football 25 or 26 now, you're beating them by 40 and it doesn't matter. Real life don't work like that, unfortunately. So, you know, it's a really tough situation to not see that transparency. that kind of come up and for getting it wrong for the ACC official?

I can't believe I'm about to say this because Debbo Swin has already always gave me snake oil salesman vibes, you know? Like, you talk one way, but behind closed doors, you might be a little different, you know? So, so for me, but I agree with him on here on this one, because I look at the NIL as a consequence of people basically tucking their tails. between their legs and not knowing that and acting like they don't know that players were getting paid, my players were getting paid way long before this whole NIL situation came about. Like, I'm sure Kenton still probably got a couple of dollars from, you know,

when he was recruited at NC State. You know what I'm saying? What is they have me for? The statute of limitations has not passed. You got to keep that quiet. The statute of limitations is done, dog. Like, you know what I'm saying? You can admit it, bro.

Like, come on. I have received no improper benefits from North Carolina State University or any other University. There is no reason I was committed to the University of Illinois, besides the fact that my former teammate Kenny Nelson was there. Love you, Kenny. But that's it. But no, but, like, it's time to start telling the truth, just like the NIL came to light, start paying the players above board. Yeah, so everybody can know, can let it be out there so everything can be above board. Same thing goes for these doggone referees, man. It's time to stop saving these cats. Why are they being saved? These probably are part-time employees?

They call these folks out, man, they get paid a good amount of money. So they need to be held accountable just like these coaches are. And shoot, and just like these players are right now. Because these cats, if you aren't playing and living up to these things, man, these cats are figuring out a way to snatch these little NIL deals from you. And next thing you know, these guys jumping in the port and trying to go get paid somewhere else. So, yeah, everybody's being held accountable now. So it's time for the referees being held accountable.

I think this is a different conference. But, I mean, Auburn has been hosed by so many calls. this year and Hugh Freeze got fired. Like, if one of those calls goes his way, he might still have a job. Well, I'll take it one step further. There was an official in the SEC that was permanently suspended for the rest of the season because of this. So perhaps Dabo is, I guess, indirectly calling out that maybe it does mean more in the SEC. They're willing to, I guess, reframe how their officials would be judged and officiated in-house there.

Why can't the ACC do this as well? I think when you're looking at accountability, if you see the SEC doing it, I'm sure the Big Ten won't be far behind. The ACC needs to meet them at the top as well. The officials should be held accountable for poor performance. It's absolutely true. Let me zag for a moment. Okay.

Let me zag for a moment in this conversation because I do want it to be pointed out that while public accountability might be lacking here where, you know, the referee in question we've talked about Ken Williamson at the SEC level and some of the calls that didn't go all conference way. What the rest of the conferences are doing, though, guys, let's not forget, is crediting the ACC with the reviews that are taking place. And everybody else, they want to now do this. Like, wow, this is incredible that we are seeing this look inside the officiating hub. I have a strong take on that because I, hold on, hold on. I watch these televised reviews every week. I just think it's such a dog and pony show, because first of all,

transparency is great, but transparency and accountability are not the same thing. And when I watch these ACC reviews on TV, like, I feel like they're reading off a script. Like it feels like a bad episode of the Kardashians, like where they already, like, I don't know, man. It's like, I'm glad they do it, but it's not like make these referees do a press conference after the game. Like that's the sort of thing that I want. That's fair. And I'll say, and I'll say this, the whole, the rest of the conference is trying to copy in that regard. That's like, your old lady doing one thing right, but she's doing everything

else wrong, right? Like everybody loves that she let you open the doors and hold your hand. You're going wrong. But you get home and you leave your shoes at the door. Like, wait a minute, now. We got some problems that go beyond just this one thing. So I do agree, JJ, that that is a good thing that the ACC is doing. But there's a lot of other stuff over here. Stop getting to go out of the head with the plan, please. I would love that because that's what the ACC.

and these officials are doing the nest yeah because like i've seen some of these televised reviews where it's like they still clearly get it wrong but it's like okay because they televised a bad review we should applaud them like i i don't know man i'm glad again i'm glad they do it but i don't know brush to sweep up the auditorium there you go yeah and dude did end up on the right side of two of those uh very interesting no calls so very interesting to see who's defending the refs and zagging here I may want to say, too, if I had two extra wins because the officials, oh, no, he just timed to snap perfectly. I'm a coach K lifer for a reason, K didn't give. Fair enough. Fair enough.

Well, when we come back, speaking to Coach K, I know he's no longer in coaching, but ACC hoops are now with us, which is obviously an exciting thing. Who could be a dark horse to get into that ACC championship game and be the hot team and maybe win the conference? you want to keep it right here. We're not done yet on this brand new episode of the Lockdowne ACC Squad. Oh, we're certainly not done yet with Fandul. Guys, the NBA season is back, and there's no better place to get in on that action than Fanduel. The official sports betting partner of the NBA, I have so much fun with this, guys.

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start 1 and 0. All of us are 1 and 0. I know our shout out to our guy, AJ Black, who's not with us tonight. His team is 0-1, Boston College. Outside of that, everybody else is 1 and 0 so far. But, yeah, I saw when I was doing that tease, I saw Grayson Boone pointing to that NC State Wolfpack logo. And yeah, man, I know Duke are favorites in the conference, rightfully so. But if I'm looking at a dark horse team, the team coached by Will Wade, probably the one I think who's going to be, if they're even a dark horse, because a lot of people are talking about him, Grayson. Goodness gracious. What a debut performance on Monday night in Raleigh.

114 points. If they really wanted to, I think they could have touched like 1.30. They had 100 with seven minutes left to play. They tied a program record 19 made three-pointers. You had seven different players in double digits. Goodness gracious. We knew that this roster would be talented. We knew the coaching staff would be revamped.

we knew the fan base to be fired up about it. We did not expect even as good of a night as we had last night. Hey, listen, when you talk about Wolfpack basketball, all they need is a head coach by the name of Frank. That's what you need every time, you know. The men's side, we got Frank William Wade, and on the women's side, we got Frank Wesley Moore. By the way, the only ACC coach with the top 10 wins so far.

Shout out to Westmore and the Wolfpack Ladies team. This is what Wolfpack Nation has been waiting for. and if you're talking about a dark horse candidate to win the ACC, I don't even think it's fair to include. Yeah, you know, you're probably right. Because so many people have talked about who we are,

what we are. And this win did nothing but confirm that because this was belt to behind from tip-all. This didn't look like a competitive basketball game. People looked at the exhibition and gave Will Wade lots of heat. Oh, that South Carolina team is terrible. Oh, they shut the big clothes. He said, here, damn. You want it?

Here you go. You want dominance? I get your dominance and ran all rough shot all over the North Carolina Central Eagles. So, you know, I look at this team and I'll say they're doing fantastic things. But let's be honest now, then boozer twins, Shire and company, there's something to be messed with. There's something that you're going to have to come in with your big boy bridges if you're going to beat them. So while this is a team that is looking great right now, I'm still excited to see how they look later on down the line. anybody else you have a shout out for a dark horse team and uh and and your take you know preseason

for you on duke yeah one of the uh one of the great opportunities to show some love to my brother in raleigh raleigh because uh i do think that nc state is going to be a really dominant team throughout the course of the season i think they're going to be really impressive with the roster that will wait was able to be put together i still don't love the j lucas hire there in miami and all of a sudden it's not this season but we're already seeing major wins for Miami basketball once again on the recruiting trail from Jay Lucas, who proves to be one of the top recruiters. And thank you for sharing Shelton Henderson with us, by the way, former Duke commit. Another great debut for him to open up the season. And here

we are not talking about the longest tenured head coach in the league at this point in Brad Brownell and Clemson, who just year after year finds a way to put them back in the NCAA tournament. I think Clemson deserves a little bit more love as well as a potential kind of dark horse when it all comes. Well, Jarvis, I'll give you the last word. As far as for me, like, I'm looking at Duke at the top of this bad boy. I mean, like you mentioned, you talk about the butcher twins and all those guys. Like, it's really their conference to essentially lose.

As far as Georgia Tech goes, I mean, they got a couple freshmen, you know, Muhammad Siler, you know, Daman Stard-Meyr's trying to figure it out, you know. You had a bond, don't go, was out in the opener, and that game was a little bit too close for comfort. So, you know, this is going to be one of those years where it's just going to have to figure it out and see what type of players you have and take a game by game and start throwing all those coaching cliches as we go through the season. But I think that Georgia Tech is big.

Like, they have some guys that, you know, they have a lot of size on the squad, but as far as competing for the ACC conference. I'll see it. You said America's sleeping on them and rightfully so hit the snooze button. Yeah, absolutely. 1,000 percent. Go back sleep.

Go back sleep. Don't wake up. I hit the actual snooze button like five times this morning, man. Well, I appreciate, you know, JJ shouting out, you know, my Miami hurricanes. I think they got a nice team. I think they can finish top half in the ACC. You know, it's a completely new roster.

And I love the Jay Lucas higher, former top assistant at Duke. It is his first year as a head coach. So I think there could be a little bit of a learning curve there. But I think Miami can have a nice season, not necessarily penciling them in as an ACC contender just yet. But it's going to be fun watching these games unfold for the rest of the week. And then, man, once conference play starts, giddy up.

Huge thank you again. And a special shout out again to Jarvis Davis, who alongside Caleb Johnson, his co-host, just launched, Locked on Georgia Tech, which long overdue, and Jarvis, I'm glad you and your co-host are doing this because the Yellow Jackets deserve that type of coverage that only Locked on can provide. So shout out to Jarvis. Make sure you check out Locked on Georgia Tech.

Make sure you check me out on Locked on Cains and Locked on ACC. Kenton Gibbs co-host Locked on ACC with me. He co-host Locked on Wolfpack with Grayson Boone down below and J.J. Jackson on Locked on Blue Devils. We will talk to everybody again next time on another episode of the ACC squad. We are part of the awesome lockdown podcast network. Your team every day.