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Virginia Tech Hokies players run onto the field

Introducing the ACC: Virginia Tech Hokies

Bruce Smith, one of the best defensive players in NFL history, came from Virginia Tech

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Introducing the ACC: Virginia Tech Hokies

Bruce Smith, one of the best defensive players in NFL history, came from Virginia Tech

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Introducing the ACC: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Football's Calvin Johnson and basketball's Chris Bosh among Tech's recent star athletes

Former SMU running back Eric Dickerson while with the Rams

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Introducing the ACC: SMU Mustangs

SMU has produced two of the best running backs in history -- Doak Walker and Eric Dickerson

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Introducing the ACC: Syracuse Orange

Syracuse produced the best running back ever -- Jim Brown -- who might also be the best football player ever

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Introducing the ACC: Boston College Eagles

Doug Flutie threw a miracle last-second TD pass to beat Miami and perhaps clinch the 1984 Heisman Trophy

Darrell Griffith (35) drives against UCLA

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Introducing the ACC: Louisville Cardinals

Louisville has an impressive basketball legacy and has produced elite quarterbacks a half-century apart

Wake Forest Demon Deacons mascot leads the team onto the field

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Introducing the ACC: Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Wake Forest is the smallest school in the ACC with about 5,500 undergraduates, but it produced Tim Duncan and Arnold Palmer

Jim Valvano celebrates NC State's 1983 championship

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Introducing the ACC: North Carolina State Wolfpack

NC State pulled off two of the most stunning Final Four upsets of all-time

Miami Hurricanes mascot Sebastian the Ibis leads the team onto the field

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Introducing the ACC: Miami Hurricanes

Miami has won five national championships in football, but none since 2001

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Introducing the ACC: Pittsburgh Panthers

Pitt has produced a series of NFL greats, including Tony Dorsett, Dan Marino and Larry Fitzgerald

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney points up while rubbing Howard's Rock

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Introducing the ACC: Clemson Tigers

Clemson has played in the national championship game in football four times in the past nine years, winning twice

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Introducing the ACC: Virginia Cavaliers

Thomas Jefferson's school hasn't had a winning football season since 2019 but has plaed in 9 of the past 10 NCAA basketball tournaments

Florida State Seminoles symbols Chief Osceola and Renegade

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Introducing the ACC: Florida State Seminoles

Florida State is the defending conference champion in football and will be Cal's first ACC opponent

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Introducing the ACC: Duke Blue Devils

Five-time national champion Duke will provide the Bears with a significant challenge in basketball

The golden dome at the main administration building on the campus of Notre Dame.

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Introducing the ACC: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

We profile Cal's rivals in a new league: the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notre Dame is an independent in football but an ACC member in other sports

Michael Jordan releases his game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA title game.

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Introducing the ACC: North Carolina Tar Heels

We profile Cal's rivals in a new league: the Atlantic Coast Conference

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 1: The Play, 1982

Stanford coach Paul Wiggin’s decision to call timeout with 8 seconds left for what he hoped was a game-winning field goal, left 4 seconds on the clock and gave Cal a window to execute The Play

San Francisco Chronicle coverage of Cal-Stanford women's basketball game

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 2: Female First, 1896

America's first intercollegiate women's competition in any sport was a 19th-century women's basketball game between Cal and Stanford

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 3: Greeting Oscar, 1959

Bob Dalton’s pregame exchange with Cincinnati star Oscar Robertson set a tone for Cal’s upset victory in the national semifinals

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 4: Wrong Way, 1929

Roy Riegels found a permanent place in college football infamy with a moment of directional disorientation in the Rose Bowl

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 5: The Pass, 1921

Brick Muller's long touchdown pass in the 1921 Rose Bowl changed the perception of West Coast football

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 6: Sub-4, 1957

Hours after taking a final exam at Cal, Don Bowden drove to Stockton and became the first American to break the 4-minute mile

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 7: Andy's Death, 1926

Andy Smith had built perhaps the top college football program in the country when he died unexpectedly at the age of 42

Jason Kidd, surrounded by his parents, sister and coach Frank LaPorte, signs with Cal

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 8: Kidd Stuff, 1991

Jason Kidd's decision to stay home and play basketball for Cal was the school's most impactful recruiting victory ever

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Top 50 Cal Sports Moments -- No. 9: First Touch, 1990

A football recruit seemingly out of Cal’s reach, Russell White opted for Berkeley, sat out his first year due to academics then exploded onto the scene at Memorial Stadium