These answers are admittedly half-assed, but Chili has been sick and/or busy lately and Willy Mac has been AWOL, so we’re doing this just to get our contribution in to the Roundtable and hopefully do a bit better for the next one. Here’s a link to Tar Heel Mania’s responses. VT blog CollgeGameBalls’ responses. Legacy x4, From Old Virginia, BC Interruption, Gobbler Country.

1. Okay, first things first: could someone please explain what the hell just happened this past Saturday?

Well…. didn’t catch too many other games in the league. Clemson had a hell of a TUMULTUOUS week in which preparation for Saturday’s game took a backseat to a coaching change for a while. The team played better in some areas, but the offensive line still is pretty bad and that was reflected in the lack of running  game (plus, Spiller was out) and the beating our QBs took, which led to some INTs. Penalties also screwed us, and the chorus of boos in the stadium evidenced the fact that the average Clemson fan still does not grasp the fact that you can be blocked into the kicker and flagged for it, as long as you weren’t illegally blocked into the kicker, and that a ref is going to flag it no matter how bad the kicker was acting. Coach Swinney and Billy Napier called plays a bit better than did Rob Spence, but you aren’t going to change up the entire offensive system in 96 hours.  We now can be pretty sure the Tigers aren’t going to make a bowl this year, which is just fucking pathetic, regardless of how poor our line play is.

2. Good Maryland, Bad Maryland, we.ve seen a fair share of both in 2008. Good Maryland may be the best team in the ACC, while Bad Maryland could probably lose by 20 to anyone left on their schedule. Which Maryland do we see for the rest of the season and where do you expect the Terps to finish?

Well, personally, I won’t see any Maryland for the rest of the season. I guess they’ll continue to vacillate between dangerous and a danger to themselves, but overall have a respectable season and go to a decent bowl game.

3. Injuries are a part of college football, but they seem to have ravaged ACC offenses this year. Wake Forest has been without Sam Swank, Clemson is without C.J. Spiller, UNC is without T.J. Yates and Brandon Tate, Virginia Tech is without Kenny Lewis Jr., and NC State is without?just about everybody. Which team misses their fallen star(s) most and why?

I think that UNC will suffer the most. The loss of two key components of their offense in Yates and Tate will be a blow to a very special season that was in the makings for the Tarheels. However there is still some good talent in Chapel Hill and they could make it into the Championship Game.

Clemson, without a doubt, misses their linemen. The line was not terribly strong coming into this season, but nobody could’ve predicted that we’d see five different lineups in seven games and four different linemen missing playing time with injuries. Without a line making holes, Davis and Spiller have had reduced production. Without good blocking up front, our QBs have gotten injured and made hurried passes that derail our air attack. With an unproductive offense, our comparitively stout defense has had to be on the field way too much. A healthy offensive line wouldn’t have made this season as bountiful as some thought, but it certainly would’ve made it less miserable than it is now.

4. Last one: the pretty much unanimous division champs were Virginia Tech and Wake Forest last week. Given all the craziness that just happened, give us your updated ACC Championship scenario.

Florida State and either Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech.