What Joe Lunardi won’t tell you in this snippet is that over the past three tournaments, where the ACC had no one-seeds, the conference has:
- 6 Sweet 16 appearances (T-2nd)
- 4 Elite 8 appearances (T-1st)
- 3 Final Four appearances (1st)
- 6.2 wins over KenPom expectation (1st)
- 6.3 wins over seed expectation (1st)
- 23 total wins (T-2nd)
And it did so with just the fourth-most bids of any conference (17).
The only “concerning trend” here is your strange obsession with pushing the false narrative that the ACC is dying.
Lamar Jackson was missing his All-Pro left tackle and lost his right tackle mid-way through the game.
Plus, WRs Odell Beckham Jr and Rashod Bateman were out.
AND he was going up against the league’s No. 1 defense (statistically speaking).
He was pulled early, and still finished with:
Two rushing touchdowns
Two passing touchdowns
78.9 completion percentage
142.8 passer rating
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