ACC commissioner Jim Phillips fires back at Big 12 commissioner during ACC Media Day

The anticipation continues to build for the start of college football season, which now sits just over a month away.

Plenty of new head coaches take over programs, plenty of school enter new conference and roster decisions still need to be made. Alabama enters its first season in the post-Nick Saban era – will the Crimson Tide remain a college football power? How does Michigan go about replacing numerous starters from its National Championship-winning team? Can Oklahoma thrive in the SEC?

The ACC, as a whole, took a step closer to college football season with the first of Football Media Days on Monday. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips was easily the highlight of today, clapping back at Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yorkmark, who claimed the ACC wasn’t a Top-3 conference earlier in July.

It’s encouraging knowing that the conference – in which your favorite school resides – has a boss sticking up for his members.

I know UNC is just one school in the ACC, but it’s one of the conference’s seven charter members. It’s tough to imagine an ACC without the Tar Heels – or imagining the conference no longer.

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