HOUR 1 | The ACC hosts its football kickoff events on Radio Row in Charlotte, NC. Co-hosts discuss a new tiebreaker policy starting in 2026.

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Transcript Speaker 1: Live in Charlotte, it is as we are uptown Charlotte on Radio Row at the Hilton Uptown ACC kickoff. Rolling along, it's been going hot since this morning at around 7:00 AM, Diesel, when this place was packed to the brim in here this morning. And now it's 3:00. It's time for the best local sports radio show in the upstate. And he's Diesel, I'm Cole Bryson, so good to be with you this afternoon. Live from ACC kickoff, and when we say loaded show, Diesel, we've said that many, many times. I don't know if loaded show does it justice for what we have in store today. Speaker 2: That's very true. The dignitaries are all here today, Cole. Mario Cristobal was here, Dave Doeren, Tony Elliott, Mike Norvell, Jimbo Fisher. Everyone, in and everyone around the ACC who is here, you know, the big names are all around. Tom Luginbill of ESPN going to join the show coming up at 3:20. Some audio from Mike Norvell, David Epps, the new Peach Bowl CEO. We, you've heard his predecessor here on the station, Gary Stokan, quite a bit over the years. Well, the new Gary Stokan. I don't know, I don't know if David would like being called that. I know, it's like a big shoes to fill, you know, if you want to step in for the king, you got to be ready to go. But, you know, Brian Yarro, the VP of sports production for ESPN, you and I just had a chance to sit down and talk to him, and, man, that was a fascinating conversation. All those questions that, that bug viewers live on TV as the, as the, the game is being produced, the Masters being produced. We got deep into the details with Brian earlier. Speaker 1: The ACC Commissioner, Jim Phillips, spoke this morning at 9:00. Well, you mentioned the team, some of the teams in attendance, Diesel. Today, Wednesday, July 15th: Miami, Florida State, Stanford, NC State, Virginia, all here in Charlotte. And we have talked to a lot of those. We've got audio on the show, you mentioned a few of those. Davis Warren, Stanford quarterback, who was previously on Michigan's national championship team, he'll join the show. Cam Robinson of Virginia, Tony Elliott, are you kidding me? That's exciting as well. Speaker 2: Yeah, Cam is not a dude that I would want to get hit by. Speaker 1: No, no, no, not at all. Not at all. A lot of audio that you mentioned from Mike Norvell and, as you said, Tom Luginbill. Great insight as always. And, man, a lot to get to on the show, Tolos. If you're a fan of the team in the ACC or a Clemson fan, we want to hear from you. The next three days, very ACC heavy as we are live in Charlotte for ACC kickoff. As you mentioned, David Epps joining the show here in about 1 hour from now. The World Cup just got underway in the last few minutes. We'll keep you updated on that as well. 97.1 Spartanburg, 97.7 Greenfield, 101.5 FM in Anderson. And, Diesel, a lot to get into from what's been said today, what's happened today. But, I think what's interesting from the very git-go is a new tiebreaker policy. We were sent this earlier today. And, just in case, I am going to forward this email to you just so it's front of mind, because I know mine got buried in my inbox. But, let's start with this, Diesel. Smitty of Sports Talk Media Network and I were trying to figure this out. Let's see if you and I can figure it out together. The ACC announced earlier this morning a new football championship tiebreaker policy. You ready to go? Speaker 2: Yeah. Let's, let's get our shoes off so... We need a calculator? Calculator, any kind of graph, any kind of measurement tool you used in high school. Let me get my paper out, I'll sketch this thing out, I'll start connecting dots. Speaker 1: Here we go. The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced a new football championship tiebreaker policy that will take effect beginning 2026, reflecting the league's transition to a nine-game conference schedule and ensuring a fair and equitable process for determining participants in the ACC football championship game ...

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