LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – If the SEC and Big Ten have seen their television revenues take off like rockets, the ACC has been treading water in a lifeboat in shark-infested seas.

Some of us — all right, me — have been urging the league to get more creative with its football broadcasts. On Monday, came a report that the ACC is finally moving in that direction.

They’re going to put a microphone in the replay booth.

Think about that.

The ACC is (correctly) acknowledging that it needs more than football to sell a little TV sizzle.

Clemson at Louisville is nice. But a hot mic on a middle-aged man staring at freeze-frames of a toe on turf is even better.

That’s the plan.

Starting this season, the ACC and ESPN will air the live audio of replay reviews. Meaning, for the first time in college

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