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Day two of ACC media days<\/a> in Charlotte on Wednesday brought its fair share of coach speak, big-time style, and some massive amounts of enthusiasm. Oh, and cows. We had a good cow reference.<\/p>\n

ACC Media Days 2<\/h2>\n

Volume in Full Effect<\/h3>\n

Florida State coach Mike Norvell had no need for the microphone. Norvell was so amped up he could be heard throughout the interview room, and the adjoining two rooms without electronic amplification. \u201cI’m extremely excited,\u201d he proclaimed in the understatement of the day. \u201cI’m excited because of the characteristics that I’ve seen from this team. From the newcomers that have joined, from all the players that have returned, because every one of them said yes to the expectation.\u201d That is going to be needed to bounce back from 2-10 in 2024.<\/p>\n

Volume in Style<\/h3>\n

The Seminoles players won the style statement of the day. The FSU colors were pronounced on stage with Tommy Castellanos, Darrell Jackson, Jr., and Earl Little, Jr.<\/p>\n

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Photo from Tony Siracusa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s What He Didn\u2019t Say<\/h3>\n

Louisville transfer quarterback Miller Moss has had a big change in life. He has lived his entire life in California, prior to transferring to Louisville. He said Wednesday that the city has embraced him. And then we delved deeper into why he transferred. \u201cI think the ability to develop within a pro-style offense, like Chris (Bell) touched on previously, was important to me. And I think just being around good and decent human beings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The decent human being theme took on a deeper level. \u201cI think that can kind of get lost on us a lot in terms of the era of NIL and transferring and all that kind of stuff, but in sitting with Coach Brohm and meeting Chris and coming on my visit, I wanted to be surrounded by good and decent human beings that cared about the right things and cared about one another, and I think I’ve absolutely found that within the program.\u201d Obviously, he did not mention his former school, USC, specifically. But did he really need to?<\/p>\n

An Innovative Change<\/h3>\n

With all of the changes going on throughout college football, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said there is one more big picture change he could handle. \u201cI was going to see if we could get 13 months a year. That would help. That would keep us from having to make changes anywhere else. 13 months, wouldn’t that be great? We could really spread things out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Speak All Around<\/h3>\n

We had plenty of coach speak to call out. One of the statements was a wildly overused clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Ga Tech coach Brent Key was asked what led to the Georgia-Georgia Tech game being played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this year. Key\u2019s response was, \u201cThose are way above my pay grade. I couldn’t care less. We could go play in Piedmont Park. I couldn’t give a crap where we play.\u201d Haven\u2019t we moved past that yet? And frankly, coach, when you are making $4.1 million per year, and your new athletic director just left a job at Tennessee where he was making about $400k per year, no, not much is above your pay grade.<\/p>\n

We also got coach speak from new Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert. \u201cA connected team is a dangerous team.\u201d Hard to argue with it, but still falls into coach speak. <\/em>And it is easier to get to the bottom of than is Dickert\u2019s new mantra for the Demon Deacons, which is, \u201cBuilt in the dark.\u201d The point is that the real work gets done when no one is watching and the bright lights are not on. Still, we picture trying to build things in the dark. That can be messy.<\/p>\n

Cows<\/h3>\n

Yes, cows. Wake Forest running back Demond Claiborne<\/a> was asked what it was like to grow up in Aylet, VA, a town of just over 7,000 population. \u201ccountry, country, country. Really country. We got cows at my school, chickens at my school, turkeys at my school.\u201d Now that is a picture to take us into the next day of media and college football. He did go on to explain the benefits of that environment. \u201cGrowing up in that environment definitely was cool, but those country folks that teach you how to work and go get it, that’s definitely something that’s embedded in me, and I’m ready to continue to roll with how I was taught coming from the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last day of ACC Media Days will bring a media circus to town. Boston College, Clemson, Duke, NC State, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina are the teams.<\/p>\n

Main Image: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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