Boston College took the proper steps to wrapping up Steve Addazio on Thursday, signing the second-year coach to an extension through the 2020 season. The deal should, at the very least, provide some security for a program that has done nothing but overachieve in Addazio's first two years on the job, making consecutive bowl games despite massive personnel losses.
Addazio's name has been floated around plenty during silly season, but Eagles fans can at least rest a little bit easier knowing that his rebuilding plan is still on schedule. But clarity throughout ACC regimes remains difficult to find after Wednesday.
Pittsburgh still needs a new athletic director, in addition to a new head coach, and it is unclear which will come first, or the effect one will have on the other. As colleague Andrea Adelson wrote this week, you cannot blame the Panthers for third-year coach Paul Chryst leaving for his dream job, as he went home to Wisconsin. But it is clear now more than ever that the program needs some stability, something Chryst was able to bring to the program after so much turnover.
The Panthers have plenty of young weapons on offense and are in a much better position now than they were when Chryst took over, but the cumulative effect of a fourth coaching search -- and an AD search -- since 2010 cannot be overstated.
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Clemson is calling on a famous alum for recruiting purposes.
FootballScoop has named Clemson's Brent Venables its defensive coordinator of the year.
Duke guard Laken Tomlinson has now made six All-America teams.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Ken Sugiura has notes from Georgia Tech's bowl practices.
Louisville linebacker James Burgess has announced he will return next season.
Former North Carolina defensive coordinator Vic Koenning is Troy's new DC.
Syracuse will open spring practice early in its new practice facility, Nate Mink writes in the (Syracuse) Post-Standard.