Let the complaining and frustration begin, the first BCS Rankings of 2012 are out! Why is Florida ahead of Oregon? Why is Notre Dame is fifth after beating 3 teams that were ranked when they played? Mississippi St. is 12th without beating a team with a winning record? Just relax people… It’s the middle of October. …
Monthly Archive: October 2012
Oct
13
2012
ACC Week 7 awards: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The Good Plenty to play for… Even though North Carolina can’t play in the ACC Championship this year, don’t tell the Tar Heels there isn’t plenty to play for. The Heels went down to Miami and beat the Canes 18-14 to prove they are this year’s best team in the ACC Coastal Division. I’m looking …
Oct
13
2012
How much will Notre Dame be worth to the ACC?
The big question people have wondered since Notre Dame agreed to join the ACC as partial member earlier this year. We know the details full member in all sports and 5 scheduled ACC games a year. Maybe we can gain an idea with some actual numbers. Let’s start with the ACC’s current TV deal. The …
Oct
10
2012
Quick 2nd Half ACC Predictions
Florida State will not lose another ACC game I know alot of people are predicting the demise of the Seminoles after their inexplicable performance at NC State, but I think Florida State will learn from that. This is still a very talented team with an elite defense. That night they got caught up playing not …
Oct
08
2012
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere October 8, 2012.
Time to see what those ACC Bloggers have going on this week! Of course the first blogger we must check in with is one of the NC State bloggers. StateFansNation talks about the upset of Florida State that was felt across the country. On the other end of the spectrum, there is FSU blog Tomahawknation …
Oct
08
2012
ACC Announces Game Times and TV Networks for October 20, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Game Times and TV Networks for October 20, 2012 GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Monday announced the following game times and networks for Saturday, Oct. 20. Virginia Tech at Clemson, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2*, Noon Wake Forest at Virginia, ACC Network, 12:30 p.m. …
Oct
07
2012
ACC Mid-Season Report Card (Coastal Division)
Amazingly and somewhat sadly we’ve already reached about the halfway point of the college football season. It really goes to fast doesn’t it? Well it’s time to hand out some mid-season ACC grades. The Coastal Division might need curve because this division has had some real disappointments. Duke Blue Devils (5-1, 2-0) – A David …
Oct
07
2012
ACC Week 6 awards: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The Good Shocker? maybe not… Remember when most people thought that if FSU had a trap game it would be at NC State? That was before NC State got ripped in Atlanta by Tennessee. We kind of forgot that NC State still had a very good QB in Mike Glennon, and in Raleigh can beat …
Oct
06
2012
Oct
04
2012
Notre Dame may join ACC in Football at a later date
I’m glad to have a new author submit an article. This week we have MiamiJosh, a Miami Hurriance’s fan, giving his opinion on Notre Dame and the ACC. You can find MiamiJosh on twitter at @AsylumGodfather. I hope you enjoy his piece! With the changing to a playoff system in college football and with the …
Oct
02
2012
Are the Miami Hurricanes a real threat in the ACC Coastal Division?
I haven’t always written the kindest things about the Miami Hurricanes. About a year ago I said Adding Miami to the ACC had been a failure thus far. As I said in that article it wasn’t that I was against the move to add Miami. I actually favored it. The problem is that the Hurricanes had not come …
Oct
01
2012
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere October 1, 2012.
After 5 weeks of college football, the separation in the ACC just keeps growing. Florida State and Clemson are heads and shoulders above the rest of the conference. Miami and Duke have been nice surprises, and Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech are your two most disappointing teams. Ok ACC bloggers what do you have? FromtheRumbleSeat …