Virginia Tech Football: 3 takeaways from ACC media days
By Scott Roche
Four days of ACC Football Media Days are in the books in Charlotte and now all 17 teams have headed back home to begin preparations for the 2024 season. Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry and three players, Antwaun Powell-Ryland, Kyron Drones, and Dorian Strong all spoke with the media on Tuesday about the upcoming season.
With the week behind us and teams back on campus getting ready for the 2024 campaign, here are three takeaways from the week in North Carolina.
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips opens up about the conference
As everyone knows by now, Florida State and Clemson are looking to get out of the ACC at some point. Things have got somewhat ugly between the schools and the conference and Phillips spoke about all schools either being all in or not.
"This is a really important time for the conference,'' Phillips said. "Either you believe in what’s been signed or you don’t. We’re going to do everything we can to protect and fight for the league."
There was also a report from Pete Thamel of ESPN on Monday that FSU and Clemson were not going to notify the conference by Aug. 15 that they were going to leave by next season. If they don't then the league will stick together for another season, but you would have to think that realignment talk will not go away for some time.