BeerControl's 2012 ACC Road Trip

By: BeerControlOffense on August 22, 2012, 12:09 AM | 13 comments

College football is knocking on our door, so that must mean my annual ACC roadtrip is back. After consulting the all important ACC helmet schedule (pdf) found here, I came up with my travel plans. I need to find a sponsor or quit my job and live off credit. Pack an Airstream full of beer, funyuns and energy drinks and hit the road for the anti-Mike Hogewood ACC experience.

The rules, visit every ACC stadium while trying to see as many OOC teams and stadiums as possible. The must see games featuring VT, FSU and CU were etched in stone, while everything else was open. Everything save the drives to Miami and Chestnut Hill are done pretty easily. This roadtrip features a first, a flight to the west coast thanks to a dreadful week 2 group of matchups.

Wk	Game	Miles	Hours	Notes
0	Home
1	NC State vs Tennessee (ATL)	565	8.5	The Brickstore Pub and Porter Bar, dressing up like wilding for Dragoncon (using same outfit for The Cheetah later).
	Auburn vs Clemson (ATL)	-	-	Rinse repeat, however due to being hungover, I may look more like a white walker.
	Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (Monday)	410	6	The Techmo Bowl, rejoice in an all day tailgate and asking GT people dumb questions about the option.
2	Duke at Stanford (CLT Airport -> SF Airport)	177	2.75	Take the flight to visit beautiful Palo Alto, drink much Russian River Pliny the Elder, laugh at nerds.
3	Virginia at Georgia Tech	237	3.5	All over Midtown drinking Sweetwater beers watching the intensity of algroh and CPJ for 3+ hours, still laughing at nerds.
4	Clemson at Florida State	278	4.5	The Atlantic decided in week 4! Peeping chest beefers, wondering aloud what the ACC will do when the both go to the Big XII.
5	Virginia Tech at Cincinati (FedEx Field)	884	13	Eating bbq thru the Carolinas, stopping briefly at the Capital to fix the budget, wishing I could see just 1 Bearcat fan to heckle.
6	Florida State at NC State	278	4.5	Big Boss Beer, The Pit BBQ and telling anyone in read State was my safety school then I got into Tech.
7	North Carolina at Miami	788	11.5	South Beach thong action and other things, ok that's a lie, just south beach thong action then blacking out.
8	Virginia Tech at Clemson	742	11	Getting loose and conversational on COAST Boy King IPA for the Clemson Coeds in cowboy boots.
9	Clemson at Wake Forest (Thursday)	210	3.5	Lexington BBQ and red slaw, Foothills Brewing, trying to calm my self from the excitement that is Deacon's football.
	NC State at North Carolina	83	1.5	Wearing a Packpride shirt on Franklin Street, might have to do this one sober and wear running shoes.
10	Virginia Tech at Miami (Thursday)	811	12	Looking for the hooker who took my wallet 3 weeks earlier and South Beach thongs again.
	Clemson at Duke	812	12	Fullsteam brewery, meeting Christian Laettner by accidently bumping into his face with my fists.
11	Florida State at Virginia Tech (Thursday)	164	3	Home with my people and a turkey leg or 2 in the game, and trying to figure out how FSU's 5th string DE sacked EJ 3x.
	Notre Dame at Boston College	708	11	Bargating at the Publick House, Sunset Grill and Deep Ellum in my O&M Yankees hat and Notre Dame Starter jacket from H.S.
12	North Carolina at Virginia (Thursday)	551	8.75	Hanging out at the Corner, telling hoos I was a cop once and @theuvafool joke redacted ... for 4 straight hours.
	Florida State at Maryland	127	2.5	Wearing a Maryland Jersey in case they need me to play QB, blue crabs and DuClaw beer.
13	Georgia Tech at Georgia	604	9.25	Blaming my loss of (Terrapin) beer control on Mark Richt and finding my best accent (not hard) and telling dawg fans, chop blocking is for pussies.
14	ACC CG (CLT)	198	3.25	Enjoying 6 hours of House Hunting with Michael Felder, dranking in the NODA district before listening to Noles fans complain about it being 50 degrees out.
END	Home	327	5	HUNG.OVER. Eating at all 6 Cookouts on the way home, puking at 5 of them, getting a speeding ticket on 58.
Total		8954	137

Road trips are a thing in the SEC, just imagine it being a thing for us in the ACC any and every weekend were available. Take a look at the schedule let me know in the comments section which games you would go see and places or things that would interest you at those locations.

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