Mitchell Light of Athlon Sports gives us an early look at ACC football this week.

Light, the magazine's senior editor, likes Clemson, but he has concerns about some of the other top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. We also asked Light if the ACC would be a player on the national stage this year or any year in the near future. Hear what he has to say.

Athlon's football preview magazine will be available June 1. --

Also on the podcast this week:

-- Patrick and Q discuss the NCAA baseball brackets;

-- The guys ask, "Where in the world is Matt?"

-- Patrick was on ESPN and gives the interesting story about how it happened;

-- Virginia Tech is in the Women's College World Series;

And more on ACC Nation this week.

Dan Bonner discusses the ACC baseball tournament with ACC Nation this week. We asked him if any of the other five teams in the tournament can knock off the big three -- Miami, FSU and North Carolina. Also, does Dan like the current tournament format? And is Fenway Park a good choice to host next year's tournament?

Also this week:

-- Bonner also talks ACC basketball, including his position on the 18-game schedule and the length of time college players have to change their minds about the NBA Draft;

-- Alex Stepheson is leaving North Carolina;

-- Matt Simon stops by Patrick's house for the night during his tour of the ACC schools and gets the grand tour of Staunton, Va.;

-- FSU's T.K. Wetherell believes there will eventually be a college football playoff;

-- Spring meeting news from the ACC;

-- Virginia Tech has cut ties with a football recruit;

And more on this week's podcast.

John Feinstein stops by ACC Nation to discuss his latest book, "Living on the Black." Feinstein spent the 2007 baseball season following the New York Yankee's' Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine, then of the New York Mets, and chronicled their experiences in this book. Feinstein also gives us his thoughts on Joe Alleva leaving Duke.

Also on the podcast this week:

-- Virginia Tech softball coach Scot Thomas talks about his team's ACC Tournament title and the upcoming NCAA Tournament;

-- Matt Simon checks in from Clemson as he continues to compile his ACC Travel Guide (note: he's looking for a place to crash at every stop, so if you can help him out contact us at patrick@accnation.com);

-- Patrick can't do math;

-- the ACC spring meetings are under way and one topic of discussion is about increasing the conference football schedule to nine games;

-- Plus the Patrick and Q talk about postseason in men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf and softball. Visit the ACC's official site for more details.

Sylvia Crawley, the new women’s basketball coach at Boston College, chats with Patrick and Q about her new job. The former Tar Heel — she both played and coached at Carolina — inherits a young team at BC and things are looking up for the Eagles. She talks about why she took the job at Boston College, how her past travels will help her and what she thinks of returning to the ACC.

Also on the podcast:

– No BCS playoff, again;

– men’s basketball is looking to expand the ACC schedule to 18 games;

– Duke signs a big man;

– the ACC has a new bowl home;

– Mac McDonald is no longer the Voice of the Cavaliers, and he says he wasn’t pushed out;

– Sylvia Hatchell is staying at Carolina;

– Were Tyler Hansbrough and Bobby Frasor being dumb or just being college kids?;

And more on this week’s show.