Dave Sez

All-ACC Football Teams

The ACC released 2004 All-ACC Football teams the other day.

One of the things that struck me was that despite adding two very good teams to the conference, this is one of the weakest sets of offensive skill position players that I can remember. No offense to the players selected, who all had good years, but it's hard to find a real superstar among their ranks. I guess Bryan Randall is the closest, but he didn't really even wrap up his position until the last game or two of the season.

On the flip side, check out those linebackers! You know it's impressive when guys like Darryl Blackstock and Ernie Sims have to settle for second team honors.

Judging by the voting, Virginia's huge lineman Elton "Big E" Brown had the best season relative to his peers. From what I saw, he was pretty deserving of that honor. It's hard to really follow offensive line play, especially on TV, but big Elton managed to make an impression anyway. When someone that big can move that well, well you know he's gonna make some money next year.