Jim Young of The ACC Sports Journal is hosting this RoundTable. He writes for a family friendly site so we’ll cut the cursing for this post,  fuck-shit-damn it,  right now.

Most of the ACC has now reached the halfway point of its season. On a scale of 1 (I’m rounding up pitchforks, torches and a mob to storm the football office) to 10 (I’m selling of organs to raise money for a statue of the coach) how do you feel about your team’s performance thus far?

I’ll throw down on a nine. NO ONE GETS MY ORGANS. If we had beat Alabama I might have gone one-zero. Virginia Tech is in position to win another ACC Championship and, right now, is in the second tier of teams with a shot at the National Championship. Huzzah!

Give me the best case scenario for your team the rest of the way. Then give me the worst case.

In the best case we win all of our games, in the worst case we lose all of our games.

Because it’s my turn to host the roundtable and I like fantasy football, I’m going to ask a few questions with that theme. First, you’re in an ACC keeper league. Which three players on your team do you designate as keepers for next season? (Obviously this rules out seniors, except for Riley Skinner, who I assume has six more years of eligibility remaining)

I would designate Ryan Williams, Christian Ponder and Torrey Smith as my keepers. Christian Ponder is slangin’ the rock and is on pace to throw over 3,500 yards. I expect him to be back, more comfortable (read master of) Jimbo’s system and therefore uber productive in 2010. Williams and Smith are young and key components to their respective offenses and would hold down a running back and receiver position on my fantasy squad for a couple more years.

Let’s do the reverse of this, with coaches. You’re forced to drop one member of your team’s coaching staff. Who gets the axe? (Head coaches or assistant coaches are eligible here)

Beamer, “Everyone who’s got a job raise your hand… Not so fast Curt Newsome.” Newsome is our offensive line coach and when he arrived in 2005 from JMU Hokies thought he would take our offensive line to that next level. They’ve shown some glimpses of greatness, but for the most part they’ve been shoddy. The one thing he’s consistently done is waste four years turning high school tight ends into lineman. To his credit, Ed Wang has finally got his shit together.

Let’s say the rest of the ACC is available via free agency. Who’s the one player from the other 11 teams that you’d most like to add to your squad?

Deunta Williams (FS) because the one glaring liability in the Hokies’ secondary has been Kam Chancellor getting beat deep.

Finally, we’ll stage a mock draft of ACC quarterbacks. Who are you taking with the first pick, and why? And who would you get stuck with if you had to pick No. 12?

I’m drafting Tyrod Taylor. By far he’s the most accomplished quarterback in the ACC, has the highest ceiling and he’s been playing lights out over the last three weeks. If I’m picking last, right now, I’m getting stuck with Kyle Parker. Parker has the lowest QB rating (102.42) in the ACC and it’s looking like WILLY KORN could be back into the fold.