In case you missed the print edition, today's column looked at home-field advantage in the ACC.

Home, sweet home? Not quite, Tommy Lee, not in this state anyway.

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Boston College: The Eagles' 14-10 over Virginia was their first on the road and seventh of the season, which is about three more wins than any without the last name "Flutie" would have sanely predicted before the season began.

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Clemson: At 1-2 in the ACC, it looked like the Clemson had promoted the doltish gym teacher (Dabo Swinney) from "Glee," which qualified as only a slight upgrade from the prodigal son (Tommy Bowden) from "Dynasty."

Clemson's 40-24 win over Florida State means the Tigers have to beat N.C. State, in Raleigh, and Virginia, at home, to win the Atlantic Division.

That's it and not even Tommy Bowden could screw that up (or only Tommy Bowden could screw that up).

Even if the spirit of Bowden possesses the Tigers, 4-2 in the ACC, and they lose once, they would still hold the tiebreaker over Boston College (3-2), which finishes with Virginia, UNC and Maryland.

Wake Forest team physicians have cleared senior quarterback Riley Skinner to play against Georgia Tech on Saturday, the school announced.

Skinner suffered a concussion last week against Miami, but is expected to start his 33rd consecutive game for the Demon Deacons as they visit Atlanta for a 3:30 p.m. game.

The ACC has nine bowl tie-ins and three bowl-eligible teams (Georgia Tech, Miami, Boston College).

With a win this week, Clemson (5-3) and Virginia Tech (5-3) can push the total to five.

Maryland, Virginia and N.C. State are all but mathematically eliminated, leaving a group of four (UNC, Duke, Wake and FSU) for the final four spots.

Since you miss the Pick Six, and since it's an interesting weekend of football. With apologies to Jack Handey, Deep (football) Thoughts:

Wake @ Clemson, noon

In a normal conference, Wake wins, the Atlantic Division is theirs and Clemson fans scorch the Earth.

In the no-sense ACC, Clemson wins, everyone's a step closer to finishing 4-4 and the tiebreaker system exploding.

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Basketball practice starts today and the first game is Nov. 9 with North Carolina, the 2009 national champions, hosting FIU and Isiah Thomases.

In between there's ACC media day (Oct. 25) and lots of speculation about freshman, NCAA bids and offseason workouts.

All five in-state teams entered the season with big bowl hopes, in some cases bigger than others, but on Columbus Day only Wake Forest looks like slam-dunk for college football's bloated postseason.

The biggest problem for the Triangle contingent is a 6-6 record isn't good enough, thanks to the scheduling of two I-AA teams each.

Here's what the North Carolina teams have in front of them to qualify for a bowl:

Staff video by Travis Long, J.P. Giglio and Caulton Tudor

Topic: What to make of the bizarro Atlantic Division.