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It was recently announced that the Atlantic Coast Conference has added Pittsburgh and Syracuse . The ACC has also expressed interest in Connecticut and Rutgers. That move would make the ACC the first to go to a 16-team super conference. Personally, I like this move by the ACC. It is no secret money is the big reason behind conference expansion, most notably, acquiring new television markets. This move moves the ACC into Pitt, a good sized market, and into upstate New York, truly making it the Atlantic Coast Conference (Florida to Massachusetts). Now, the ACC cane make its conferences actually make since. Ditch the "Atlantic" and "Coastal" division and make this conference make sense. Instead, make it the ACC-NORTH and ACC-SOUTH. In the South, put Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina, NC State and Duke. For the North, put Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Pitt, Syracuse and Boston College. Of course if they end up ad

The lockout is over, we got the preseason out of the way, and Thursday starts off the much-anticipated NFL season. It is easy to pick the Packers to repeat with Aaron Rodgers, but who is going to win the divisions this year. AFC East 1-New England Patriots 2- New York Jets (wildcard) 3- Buffalo Bills 4-Miami Dolphins North 1- Baltimore Ravens 2- Pittsburgh Steelers (wildcard) 3- Cleveland Browns 4-Cincinatti Bengals South 1- Houston Texans 2- Indianapolis Colts 3- Jacksonville Jaguars 4- Tennessee Titans West 1- San Diego Chargers 2- Kansas City Chiefs 3- Oakland Raiders 4- Denver Broncos NFC East 1- Philadelphia Eagles 2- Dallas Cowboys 3- New York Giants 4- Washington Redskins North 1- Green Bay Packers 2- Detroit Lions 3- Chicago Bears 4- Minnesota Vikings South 1- Atlanta Falcons 2-New Orleans Saints (wildcard) 3- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (wildcard) 4- Carolina Panthers West 1- St. Louis Rams 2- Arizona Cardinals 3- Seattle Seahawks 4-