A few ACC traditions endure. At least we’ve still got an ACC game on Super Bowl Sunday, although the conference and its TV partners are remarkably quiet on the subject.
The league and our national football holiday have shared a rich link since an undefeated NC State squad led by David Thompson edged a comparably gifted Maryland team 87-85 in January 1973. A late score by Thompson, the ACC’s greatest player -- a tip of a missed shot at the buzzer -- sealed the outcome in an unusual national telecast of a college game in that pre-cable, pre-dunk era.