ACC mailblog: Pitt's schedule, Clemson's backfield, FSU's epic opener

It’s time to crack open the old mailbag. Let’s get to it...

@DavidHaleESPN is FSU-Bama the biggest ever kickoff/opener for an ACC team?

There's a good argument to be made that this is the best opening week game ever, not just in the ACC.

Going back to 2005, there have only been four other top-10 matchups on the season's opening week:

2012: Alabama vs. Michigan

2011: Oregon vs. LSU

2010: Boise State vs. Virginia Tech

2009: Alabama vs. Virginia Tech

Of those four, only the 2010 game between Boise State and Virginia Tech turned out to be any good. The others were all decided by 10 points or more. Given the talent on both sidelines, the name recognition of both teams and the likelihood that it should…