Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper is the ACC's preseason player of the year. Harper set 21 school records in earning second-team All-ACC honors last season. He received 34 of 64 votes in a poll of media members on the league's top player, according to voting results released Wednesday. He finished ahead of two teammates – James Davis received 16 votes and fellow running back C.J. Spiller had four. No other player in the league had more than two votes in balloting conducted this week at the league's media days in Greensboro, Ga. Clemson was the media's pick to win the league championship. Elsewhere CIAA: The league's championship game is coming back to Durham. The Division II conference announced that its title game will be played at Durham County Stadium on Nov.8. Last year's title game was in Charlotte, where Shaw beat Virginia Union 31-24 in double overtime. CLEMSON: Alabama and Clemson will reportedly earn nearly $2million apiece for their season-opening matchup in Atlanta, the Birmingham News reported on its Web site. NORTH CAROLINA: The University of North Carolina's Board of Trustees approved the design for a first phase of plans to substantially expand Kenan Stadium. Observer News Services ...
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