Buy, Sell, Hold Revisited: ACC
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Ralph grades Bruce and Stew's preseason ACC predictions. Miami's national title run validates both their picks — Clemson, not so much. Is Mario Cristobal a top-tier coach? Why can’t Pitt break through despite good talent? What’s up with Florida State? James Franklin's move to Virginia Tech gets high marks as a potential power shift in the conference. Plus, North Carolina's Belichick disaster revisited, and basketball vs. football in the ACC.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Audible, presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Ralph Rousseau from The Athletic, joined by Bruce Feldman and Stuart Mandel, my great colleagues. |
| 0:16.9 | Today, we're continuing our conference-by-conference breakdown, kind of a season review and look ahead with the ACC. |
| 0:25.2 | We'll hit the buy-sell hold and see how the guys did in the preseason. |
| 0:30.3 | And of course, we'll get to an ACC-centric mailbag. |
| 0:35.1 | Let's start, though. |
| 0:36.1 | Well, we'll hit the news desk guys real quick. A couple of things |
| 0:39.3 | that have popped up in the last couple of days. Trinidad Chambliss, the Ole Miss quarterback, |
| 0:45.1 | whether he plays college football next year will now be determined by a court because the NCAA |
| 0:50.5 | denied the appeal of his eligibility waiver. |
| 0:54.7 | That wasn't necessarily surprising. |
| 0:56.9 | Hearing next week for Chambliss, guessing he probably gets his, he probably gets his injunction |
| 1:03.7 | from a judge. |
| 1:05.3 | Joey Aguilar is the other SEC quarterback who is taking this route to get another year |
| 1:10.8 | of eligibility. |
| 1:12.0 | He has a hearing next week. |
| 1:13.3 | He has sued the NCAA. |
| 1:15.6 | We all know how that will probably play out. |
| 1:18.4 | And in college football playoff news, the Rose Bowl will be a permanent quarterfinal. |
| 1:24.9 | For the next two years, it was announced, though. |
| 1:29.8 | Fact is, they signaled by announcing the next two years, it was announced, though. The fact is, they signaled by announcing the next two years that it's going to be the length of the contract, so it's going to be |
| 1:33.5 | six years. So, Stu, the Rose Bowl sunset on New Year's Eve will still be part of college |
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