With the addition of the Cardinals, the ACC will have four new members shortly including Syracuse and Pittsburgh in 2013 and Louisville and Notre Dame in 2014.
After two tumultuous years that saw Tech finish below .500, hire a new coach, Brian Gregory, and play an entire season away from home, the Jackets enter the 2012-13 campaign hoping to bounce back and make a run in a weakened ACC.
With the possibility looming that the Tech football team breaks its 15-year streak of bowl appearances this season, the outlook on Tech athletics has been glum this fall.
On Tech’s second possession of the game, and facing a fourth-and-three from the Maryland 35-yard line, senior A-back Orwin Smith took a pitch from redshirt senior quarterback Tevin Washington and marched 17 yards to the Maryland 18.
But what most people don’t notice are the many moving parts that make up a college football game, including the many student football managers that are vital to the health of the program.
After losing at home for the first time all season, the volleyball team split two ACC matches on the road over the weekend, losing to the Maryland Terrapins 3-2 on Friday before downing the Boston College Eagles in straight sets on Sunday.
With 4:46 remaining in the second quarter and Tech trailing 21-7, redshirt freshman Safety Jamal Golden took the kickoff at his own three yard-line, switched fields and dashed 97 yards for a tochdown to cut the deficit to just seven points.
On a campus dominated by ACC athletics and riddled with more extracurricular opportunities than any student can count, it can be difficult to remember the large and thriving community of students involved with club sports.
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