Apr
28
2013
Plenty has been written the last few days about the ACC and their new GOR deal. The reasons for the ACC doing this are obvious… to provide and prove the stability conference. Without ESPN though, I don’t believe a GOR is possible. As we’ve said, before the ACC schools all committed to a long term agreement, …
Apr
26
2013
Friday a story appeared on CBS Sportsline that the ACC is considering playing game in Europe. My first reaction was WHUT THE? Then I remembered the Pac 12 was bouncing around the idea of playing in China, that Virginia and Oregon had already discussed the possibility of playing a football game Europe, and Notre Dame and …
Apr
25
2013
On Monday we said it was time to give John Swofford his due in securing the ACC’s future. Depending on who you ask either John Swofford pulled the proverbial rabbit out of hat that saved an ACC that was weeks from imploding or the other train of thought, and the one I believed, that nobody was …
Apr
23
2013
When the ACC announced it’s 15 new members had signed a Grant of Rights it sent shockwaves through college athletics. Just like that expansion died… ok maybe not, who can predict the future? Let’s just say for the time being it’s been severely stunted to the point we have a real problem on our hands. How do …
Apr
22
2013
Monday it was announced the ACC’s 15 future schools had signed a Grant of Rights. This effectively ends any further discussion of an ACC team leaving for the duration of the ACC’s television contract that runs through 2027. You can find the official announcement at theACC.com. For me as a fan of Georgia Tech and Clemson, …
Apr
09
2013
Louisville is your 2013 National Champions, so obviously the question is who will win the 2014 National Title. First let me say I went to the National Title game Monday, and it was well worth the 2 hour drive from South Carolina to attend. It was a fantastic game, though my Michigan grad buddy, left …
Apr
07
2013
Just a few short thoughts on the Final Four Saturday… Now that was fun wasn’t it? So many years the NCAA tournament has been a wild and thrilling event only to have the Final 4 be a snooze fest. Saturday it was wasn’t. Louisville and Michigan got everything they could handle from Wichita State and Syracuse in …
Apr
05
2013
On the eve of the Final 4, who’s going to win it all? That sounds like a good poll question. I’m sticking with the team I picked in just about every bracket I filled out, and that’s Louisville. I love their backcourt with Peyton Siva and Russ Smith. Of course Rick Pitino is the man …
Apr
04
2013
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the athletic success of the Louisville Cardinal’s this with amazement. BCS wins, Final 4’s you name it. How is this current Big East and future ACC school doing what the mega budgets of Texas, Ohio State, and others like them cannot? I wanted to know more about what’s …
Apr
02
2013
We’ve returned from hiatus! Articles from around the ACC Blogoshere is back after a couple of weeks off. Basketball season is drawing to a close, as we move into Spring Practice. If you take a look at the bottom right of the blog under favorite sites and blogs, you’ll see some cleanup and some new …
Apr
01
2013
Following a strong bowl season where the ACC went 4-2 highlighted by wins in the Orange Bowl by Florida State and victories over LSU and USC by Clemson and Georgia Tech, the ACC looked to carry the momentum into college basketball’s post-season. It didn’t quite happen as for the 3rd straight year the ACC didn’t …
Mar
31
2013
Beat a SEC team in a BCS game? Check – Louisville beats Florida in the Sugar Bowl Beat this generation’s top coach and program for a trip to the Final 4? Check – Louisville beats Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils in the Elite 8 and may win the national title. Beat women’s college most …
Mar
30
2013
Remember when the SEC started the SEC Championship game in the early 90s? There were attendance problems, and critics of the game. Now it’s arguably the biggest college football event played outside of the BCS group of games. Some might say it’s bigger than some of the BCS games as it plays to huge ratings …
Mar
30
2013
Just a couple of thoughts after watching Duke defeat Michigan St. 71-61… The Blue Devils are tough, they are really tough. You just don’t wear down a Tom Izzo coached Michigan St. team, but that’s exactly what Duke did. They matched the Spartans physically early. Seth Curry was carried Duke offensively for much of the …
Mar
26
2013
With Gonzaga, Georgetown, and New Mexico out among others let’s rank the remaining teams chances of winning the national title. Now how I rank them won’t solely be based on who the best team, but also on potential matchups and easiest path, especially in the regionals where the games are already set. Here we go… 1. Indiana The Hoosiers …
Mar
25
2013
Well here we are… It’s the Sweet 16. Florida Gulf Coast was the story of the weekend. When you are the first 15 seed ever to make the Sweet 16, you earned and deserve the headlines, but I want discuss how a couple of ACC teams fared though. The conference started with 4 teams in …