In case you missed it, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is at it again, but this time the group is going after 20 schools to abolish team chaplains from their football programs. Two schools on that list are Georgia and Georgia Tech.

The group singled out Georgia head coach Mark Richt, whose brother-in-law, Kevin Hynes, is the team chaplain. The organization accuses Richt of helping Hynes raise funds for the position as well as for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is no stranger to this organization. In the spring of 2014, the FFRF accused him of promoting a culture that promotes Christianity and violates constitutional guidelines of the separation of church and state as stipulated in the Establishment Clause of the first amendment.

Clemson supported Swinney and found no truth to the accusations, while the head coach issued a statement at the time which said participating in religious activity is not a requirement in his program and that he plays the best players regardless of their religious beliefs or convictions.

During Wednesday’s ACC teleconference, Swinney was asked about the situation involving Georgia and Georgia Tech and if he worries or understands there are concerns when people say maybe his Christian beliefs shouldn’t be mixed together at a public university. In other words, is it hard to balance the two?

“No, it’s not tough to balance at all,” he said. “I think people just got to be who they are. It’s that simple. We’ve never tried to force anything on anybody. Everybody who comes to Clemson, they know who we are as people. There are no surprises in that regard.

“We don’t make our players do anything. There’s nobody disciplined if they don’t go to church on Sundays or go to chapel or things like that, but those things are available for anybody who wants to go. We play the best football players. That’s what we do.

“As far as me personally having a hard time, I don’t have a hard time at all. I am who I am. I don’t apologize for that.”

The most anticipated game ever in Blacksburg? Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer has said Monday’s season opener against top-ranked and defending National Champion Ohio State is the most anticipated game ever played at Lane Stadium.

“You know, we’ve been fortunate. When you go back and think about it, all those Miami teams that came in here and Texas A&M and Nebraska, I mean, you kind of go on and on about all the big games that have happened here in the last few years. But this is one where, hey, never before has there been a unanimous No. 1, I believe I’m correct in saying that, to start the year, never to come to our place and open the season. That’s special,” Beamer said. “But again, you know, the game is big. There’s no question about that.

“The whole country will be watching. People will have an opinion of Virginia Tech after that game, so we’re going to determine whether it’s a good opinion or not, so you know, there’s a lot riding on it, but again, as I mentioned earlier, it’s still the first ballgame, find out where we are, let’s get better from there.”

Bobby ain’t telling. Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino told the media during his ACC teleconference call on Wednesday he knows who his starting quarterback will be when the Cardinals open the season Saturday in the Georgia Dome against Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, but he doesn’t want the sixth-ranked Tigers to know.

Louisville listed four players—Will Gardner, Reggie Bonnafon, Kyle Bolin and Lamar Jackson—as potential starters at quarterback on the depth chart it released on Monday.

“I know who’s starting, yeah,” Petrino said. “We’re good with it. We feel comfortable with it. There’s just no need to announce it.”

Petrino did admit because he does not tip his hand, does not mean he has an edge on the Tigers’ defense.

“I don’t think it really gives us a whole lot of edge. I think they are going to do what they like to do on defense. They’re good at it,” he said. “Coach (Will) Muschamp is a great defensive coordinator. He gets his guys to play really hard.

“I just feel there’s no need to announce a starter. They’re a very physical, defensive football team. They are very strong and active on the front. They have really experienced, good linebacking play. Most of the guys we’re watching in the secondary weren’t playing with the exception of the one corner and safety. There will be some newness and we’ll have to be able to evaluate and watch them as the game goes on.”

Golson is the guy. Earlier this week, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher announced Notre Dame transfer Everett Golson was going to be his starting quarterback when the eighth-ranked Seminoles opened the season on Saturday against Texas State.

Fisher said Golson ability to come in and adjust right away this summer, while bonding with his new teammates so fast is why he decided to go with the graduate student.

“I think he did a great job first of all of interacting and bonding with the players. That was first and foremost, to be a part of this team,” Fisher said. “Those guys felt he could really contribute to them not just on the field, but off the field, his personality and things. I think he’s done that. He’s a tremendous young man.”

It also helps Golson has had success as a starting quarterback and threw for more than 3,000 yards at Notre Dame last season.

“His consistency on the field, his ability to make plays, and he played very consistent,” Fisher said. “In the last scrimmage, he got a really good scrimmage in. He can make big plays. He can throw the ball down the field. He can create plays with his legs when he has to. He makes great decisions in the pocket, doing the things he has to do with his versatility and athleticism. The guys have responded very well and been very pleased with his overall camp and knowledge of what we’re trying to do.”