I will be posting on other ACC team fan boards information about visiting Berkeley (Airports, driving/parking/ game day info, eating/drinking establishments, etc.). It looks like each team has message boards hosted by 247 Sports, Rivals, as well as a few Independents (also Scout, but I think they've been subsumed by 247 Sports). The independent boards appear to be mostly free, while 247 Sports and Rivals require membership payment. Being them um, er, frugal person that I am, I was hoping to minimize costs instead of sending this info out to EVERY board.

Do you folks have any suggestions as to whether which would give me the biggest bang for my buck when it comes to deciding which forums I should join? Thanks, and Go Bears.

https://www.footballforumsguide.com/#gsc.tab=0

Oooer - thanks!

For Duke, it's the Duke Basketball Report message board, which also covers Duke football. It's very active. Below are a few more. In many cases I'm giving a link to a BB message board but you can easily find the football board. I'm a Duke fan, which means I have an obsessive interest in CBB.
Louisville
NCSU
Syracuse
UNC Nobody does a message board meltdown like IC! Check them out after UNC has a disappointing BB loss.
U.Va.
General ACC board

I found this free FSU message board - the territory - at http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/

I also found the "warchant" site - but it seems to be pretty much a paid site. There is a free page there but not very active. https://www.on3.com/boards/forums/fsu-sports-message-board.96/

This is a good ACC board

https://csnbbs.com/forum-351.html

This is a good board about all college sports and realignment info and misinformation

https://csnbbs.com/forum-637.html

Hallcity said:

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For Duke, it's the Duke Basketball Report message board, which also covers Duke football. It's very active. Below are a few more. In many cases I'm giving a link to a BB message board but you can easily find the football board. I'm a Duke fan, which means I have an obsessive interest in CBB.
Louisville
NCSU
Syracuse
UNC Nobody does a message board meltdown like IC! Check them out after UNC has a disappointing BB loss.
U.Va.
General ACC board

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Nice to see you, Hallcity. I joined this board back in April. I tried to join an SMU and a Stanford board as well, but encountered sign-in or other technical problems.

One of my Summer 2023 projects was to compile a list of links for every Division I basketball team, including message boards. I'm still short a couple of conferences, but the Power 4 and most mid-major leagues are covered.

Here's the rest of the ACC, including Notre Dame. I provided active independent boards whenever possible. Some of these are posted above. (Clemson Sports Talk, Inside Pack Sports, and Irish Sports Daily use the same F5 Sports software as Bear Insider.)

Boston College
http://eagleoutsider.com/phpbb/index.php

Clemson
https://clemsonsportstalk.com/forums
https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-forums
https://messageboard.theclemsoninsider.com/threads

Duke
https://forums.dukebasketballreport.com/index.php
https://crazietalk.net/ourhouse/viewforum.php?f=3

Florida State
http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/index.php
(As we know, they already have a Cal game thread, and it's here.)

Georgia Tech
https://gtswarm.com/forums/
https://stingtalk.com/board/

Louisville
https://247sports.com/college/louisville/board/
https://louisville.forums.rivals.com/aud-feeds/

Miami
https://www.canesinsight.com/forums/-/list

NC State
https://insidepacksports.com/forums

North Carolina
https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/board/
https://northcarolina.forums.rivals.com/aud-feeds/

Notre Dame
https://irishsportsdaily.com/forums
https://www.irishenvy.com/forum/
https://ndnation.com/
https://www.domerdomain.com/forum/118-notre-dame/
https://forum.uhnd.com/index.php

Pittsburgh
https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/forums/ (Subscription only)
https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.com/aud-feeds/

SMU
http://www.ponyfans.com/phpBB3/index.php

Stanford
https://thecardboard.org/board/index.php

Syracuse
https://syracusefan.com/

Virginia
https://virginia.forums.lockerroomaccess.com/categories
https://virginia.sportswar.com/chat-board-index/

Virginia Tech
https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/chat-board-index/

Wake Forest
https://ogboards.com/

While I'm at it, Cal will host three nonconference opponents in football. Their message boards:

UC Davis
https://www.aggiesportstalk.com/
(You can find their Cal game thread here.)

San Diego State
https://aztecmesa.proboards.com/

Oregon State
https://bennyshouse.freeforums.net/