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The Sickos Committee’s Weather Travel and Football Master Almanac Network aka the SCWTFMAN - The ACC
Welcome to the Sickos Committee’s Weather, Travel & Football Master Almanac Network aka the SCWTFMAN.
Here at the SCWTFMAN we will attempt to forecast the upcoming 2024 college football season by using our Sickos Committee alert system. We’re going to do this in the Famer’s Almanac style. If you don’t know what a Farmers' Almanac is, basically it provides long-range weather predictions for both the U.S. and Canada. We will be applying our forecast to all of Division I in the United States. We’re trying to predict what the upcoming season holds for all Division I teams in college football using our Sickos Committee Weather Alert System.
First we will preview the 129 FCS teams in a conference by conference breakdown over the next coming weeks. Then we will get to the FBS.
Will these previews be long winded and incredibly in depth? No.
Will these previews be mostly based on “vibes” as assessed by the Sickos Committee weather forecasters? Yes.
Basically, we’re going to try to assess the team as a Sickos Warning, Watch or Advisory, give you their record last year, provide a little blurb about the team and for the FCS version to possibly advise you of any of their games against the FBS and interesting schedule tidbits. This year we’re also adding a conference specific thing.
For the ACC aka the Atlantic Coast Conference, we’re going to give you the distance to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Now, we may not give you the exact shortest distance here cause we did it on vibes but will give you a general distance.
The Atlantic Coast Conference
Boston College
Last Year's Record: 7–6 (3–5 ACC) Fenway Bowl Champs
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 67th
Anything New: New Head Coach Bill O’Brien takes over after Jeff Hafley left for the Packers starting a discourse on how the college football game was in shambles but then Bill O’Brien left the NFL and joined the CFB ranks here completing the circle of discourse.
Sickos Forecast: Watch - New Head Coach and rough road games start to the year but maybe they sneak into a Bowl again?
Potential Sickos Game(s): Michigan State on Sept 21st, at Virginia on Oct 5th, at SMU on Nov 16th in a FENWAY BOWL REMATCH NEW CONFERENCE GAME
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 10.1 Miles
California
Last Year's Record: 6–7 (4–5 Pac-12), Independence Bowl loss but they got to go to Shreveport.
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 51st
Anything New: New Conference and lots of travel. Also new Offensive Coordinator Mike Bloesch who doesn’t have a Wiki Page. They got Chandler Rodgers a QB from ULM (Substack ULM Mentioned) and last year at North Texas.
Sickos Forecast: Warning - It’s Cal, they are in the ACC and it’s Cal.
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Auburn, at Florida State, at Wake, at Pitt (MY GOD), at SMU, it’s basically their entire schedule.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: I just picked Virginia Beach and its 2,979 miles.
Clemson
Last Year's Record: 9–4 (4–4 ACC), Gator Bowl Champs
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 39th
Anything New: Not much as they are not a big user of the transfer portal.
Sickos Forecast: Watch - They have a chance to win the ACC but the portal strategy is a narrative that could resurface if they drop a few games early.
Potential Sickos Game(s): They open against Georgia which is not recommended but in November they are at Virginia Tech and at Pitt in back to back weeks.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 249 miles to Folly Beach, SC on the Atlantic.
Duke
Last Year's Record: 8–5 (4–4 ACC), winner of the best booty in all of the Bowl Games, the Birmingham Bowl
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 90th
Anything New: New Head Coach Manny Diaz and new staff, new QB transfer Malik Murphy from Texas
Sickos Forecast: Watch - Not sure what to expect here. They’ll likely be in the middle of the ACC and should be a great watch week to week.
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Northwestern’s temporary stadium, at Middle Tennessee????? Home against SMU At Miami for a Manny Diaz revenge game Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 164 Miles to the Salty Pirate Waterpark on Emerald Isle, NC
Florida State
Last Year's Record: 13–1 (8–0 ACC), the post season didn’t happen
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 7th, likely due to the CFP Snub
Anything New: New QB in DJ Uiagalelei transfer from Oregon State and Clemson.
Sickos Forecast: Advisory - They project to be very good again and will compete for the ACC crown.
Potential Sickos Game(s): Ireland against Georgia Tech, home for Cal, home vs Clemson in a DJ “revenge” game? At Miami (FL) and at Notre Dame, home against Florida. I know these are mostly big name schools and rivalries but there are interesting reasons to watch FSU.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 180 miles to Atlantic Beach, FL
Georgia Tech
Last Year's Record: 7–6 (5–3 ACC), Gasparilla Bowl Champs
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 15th
Anything New: Seemed like an off-season of stability for the most part but they have a new DC in Tyler Santucci
Sickos Forecast: Warning - They were up and down all year and played the Sickos Game of the Year against Miami. Automatic Warning for BEES!!!
Potential Sickos Game(s): open in Ireland against Florida State, at Syracuse, home against Duke, at UNC, and home against Miami (FL)
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 265 miles to Tybee Island, GA
Louisville
Last Year's Record: 10–4 (7–1 ACC), lost the Holiday Bowl
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 38th
Anything New: New QB project for Jeff Brohm in Tyler Shough (seen in a practice jersey below)
Sickos Forecast: Watch - They surprised last year but faded down the stretch. Should be fun times for Louisville with some ups and downs.
Potential Sickos Game(s): vs Georgia Tech, at BC, at Virginia, at Stanford and at Kentucky
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: About 669 miles to Virginia Beach, VA
Miami (FL)
Last Year's Record: 7–6 (3–5 ACC), loss in the Rose Bowl of the East, the Bad Boy Pinstripe Mowers Bowl
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 24th
Anything New: Two new QBs, Cam Ward from Wazzu and Reese Poffenbarger from Albany
Sickos Forecast: Warning - This is a Warning until proven otherwise. Will Cristobal get this right with all the talent?
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Florida, at South Florida, at Cal and at Syracuse to end the year
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 3.5 miles to the coast
NC State
Last Year's Record: 9–4 (6–2 ACC), defeated in the Pop Tarts Bowl, did not get to taste any of Strawberry’s remains
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 94th
Anything New: New QB from Coastal Carolina, Grayson McCall and the mullet!
Sickos Forecast: Watch - NC State is solid on both sides of the ball and maybe an outside chance at the ACC title?
Potential Sickos Game(s): Mayo Classic vs Tennessee and any game they play on the CW and at CAL my word.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 141 Miles to the Salty Pirate Waterpark on Emerald Isle, NC
North Carolina
Last Year's Record: 8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 73rd
Anything New: New DC Geoff Collins, the former Georgia Tech Head Coach and new QB Max Johnson
Sickos Forecast: Watch - It’s Mack Brown and UNC, they are always liable for some fun and unpredictable outcomes.
Potential Sickos Game(s): open at Minnesota, at Duke could be wild, home for Georgia Tech, at Virginia and final game vs NC State is always fun to watch.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 166 Miles to the Salty Pirate Waterpark on Emerald Isle, NC
Pittsburgh
Last Year's Record: 3–9 (2–6 ACC)
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 21st
Anything New: New OC Kade Bell from Western Carolina, will that translate to Western PA? Also, Kade Bell played QB for the Jacksonville Dolphins in FCS
Sickos Forecast: Warning - It’s Pitt! New OC and this marks a decade of Narduzzi as Head Coach. You know what to expect and we love Pitt so much, so we will enjoy the ride.
Potential Sickos Game(s): THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE! All games. Every single one of them has a varied Sickos potential. Home to Kent State, at Cincinnati, West Virginia, Youngstown State are the first four games. Then at UNC, home to Cal and Syracuse, we could go on!
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: About 369 miles to each Rehoboth Beach, DE and Ocean City, NJ pending your choice.
SMU
Last Year's Record: 11–3 (8–0 AAC), American Conference Champs but lost in the Fenway Bowl to Boston College
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 60th
Anything New: New Conference and new scoreboard!
Sickos Forecast: Warning - New Conference here and the schedule is a little strange due to that reason, it should be quite fun.
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Nevada to open the year in Week 0, at Louisville, at Stanford, at Duke, at Virginia and they welcome Florida State
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 1,049 miles to Tybee Island, Georgia
Stanford
Last Year's Record: 3–9 (2–7 Pac-12)
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 62nd
Anything New: Nothing new to see here… well except for a new Conference called the Atlantic Coast Conference and all these Stanford Trees!
Sickos Forecast: Watch - No idea what to expect here. The offense could be fun… we hope.
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Syracuse on a Friday night, at Clemson the very next week!
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: I had Cal go to Virginia Beach, so let’s do the same, 2,996 miles.
Syracuse
Last Year's Record: 6–7 (2–6 ACC)
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 37th
Anything New: Dino Babers is gone and New Head Coach Fran Brown brings in basically a whole new staff. Also, new QB Kyle McCord.
Sickos Forecast: Watch - New Staff, New QB, not sure what to expect here but we will be watching. Otto what should we expect this year?
Potential Sickos Game(s): Friday Night Stanford, at Pitt in the game that no one thinks is a rivalry, they just play each other a lot because they are relatively close to each other geographically.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: Let’s say 289 miles to Jones Beach, NY
Virginia
Last Year's Record: 3–9 (2–6 ACC)
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 42nd
Anything New: Seemingly everyone returns for their 3rd year coaching staff wise
Sickos Forecast: Watch - They have returning QBs Tony Muskett and Anthony Colandrea who are both different style yet very entertaining QBs
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Wake, at Coastal Carolina? At Pitt are all you really need to know.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 180 miles to Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Tech
Last Year's Record: 7–6 (5–3 ACC), won an incredibly rainy & muddy Military Bowl over Tulane
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 103rd
Anything New: Seemingly everyone returns for their 3rd year coaching staff wise
Sickos Forecast: Advisory - Virginia Tech seems to be the sleeper pick to win the ACC, which is nice for Hokie fans as they went through a few rough years after Frank Beamer retired.
Potential Sickos Game(s): at Vandy to open the year, at Old Dominion and let’s hope no one gets stuck in an elevator again, at Stanford and at Syracuse
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 309 miles to Virginia Beach, VA
Wake Forest
Last Year's Record: 4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Final FBS Sickos Poll Ranking: 100th
Anything New: New QB Hank Bachmeier from Boise State and La Tech to work the Slow Mesh of Dave Clawson.
Sickos Forecast: Watch - Middle of the road ACC team that may need a few breaks to find a bowl game but still should be interesting in some games
Potential Sickos Game(s): First four games at Home, NC A&T, Virginia, Ole Miss?? And the Ragin Cajuns will tell us a good bit.
Distance to the Atlantic Coast: 244 Miles to the Salty Pirate Waterpark on Emerald Isle, NC
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