Sep
02
2019
*Note* I attended this game as credentialed media for r/CFB (Reddit College Football) On a night where the biggest story was off the field, the Syracuse Orange defense pitched a shutout and held the Liberty Flames to -4 rushing yards en route to a 24-0 victory in Lynchburg, Va on Saturday night. Liberty head coach …
Sep
01
2019
The decade-long coaching bond linking Ruffin McNeill and Lincoln Riley is — on its surface — a typical old-boy network story. McNeill twice appointed Riley his offensive coordinator. When Riley was named a head coach, he hired McNeill. And you say, So what? Head coaches routinely hire a familiar colleague. The coaching network has always …
Sep
01
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Which fan base should be more upset — Virginia Tech or Florida State? Answer: Yes. To be more clear: HELL, YES. Virginia Tech and Florida State fans should be very upset about their Week 1 losses. We all said it, we all …
Aug
31
2019
While Florida State and Willie Taggart melted down against and Boise State, and Virginia Tech and Justin Fuente couldn’t stop turning the ball over against BC here comes Mack Brown. Those coaches needed opening weekend wins to inspire renewed confidence from their riled up fanbases. Mack Brown, though is the coach that has his fanbase …
Aug
31
2019
I warned you back in January, that Florida State playing Boise State was a risk not worth taking. It was a mistake when it was scheduled. It was a mistake when I pointed it out in January and after Boise State beat Florida State 36-31 in a debacle of a 2nd half for the Noles, …
Aug
30
2019
In Geoff Collins’s debut, he got a closeup view of how the best team in the country Clemson plays football. It wasn’t a pretty site in a 52-14 thrashing, but Clemson is currently doing this to everyone they play. They beat Brian Kelly’s best Notre Dame team by 27, and held them to 3 points. …
Aug
30
2019
When: Saturday August 31 6:00 pm Where: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, Virginia How to watch: ESPN Plus Notes: This is the first time that the two teams will meet in football Liberty is making its FBS debut Saturday Hugh Freeze is making his head coaching debut at Liberty Syracuse is entering the season as a preseason …
Aug
30
2019
Kelvin Hopkins Jr. traversed Fort Bragg’s rugged fields and wooded sandhills under a hot North Carolina sun at the Army base his early summer days out of school. He shadowed a lieutenant and his paratroopers, combat-ready solders trained to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours. Army West Point football’s star quarterback was about …
Aug
29
2019
With the kickoff of college football happening this weekend, I found my football fan juices have gotten flowing. On the eve of the beginning of the season, I found my mind wandering to a conversation I was having with a friend of mine. It was an interesting conversation that had my college football fandom come …
Aug
29
2019
The Alabama Death Star looms large over college football in coach Nick Saban’s 13th season, but Dave Harding is convinced Duke’s players are confident they can play with the Crimson Tide when the teams open the season Saturday in Atlanta. He has good reason to feel that way. As a Duke letterman from 2010-2013, he …
Aug
29
2019
East Carolina coach Mike Houston’s his first day on the job could have named Holton Ahlelrs his starting quarterback and not raised an eyebrow among Pirate Nation faithful. Ahlers, after all, was the returning starter, having earned the job at midseason when Reid Herring struggled with turnovers, injuries on the field and a concussion from …
Aug
29
2019
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina Wake Forest Dave Clawson has quietly done one of the best jobs in the ACC the last three years. With 3 straight bowl wins, and at least 7 wins a year, the Deacs are looking to take the next …
Aug
28
2019
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | Wake Forest North Carolina After winning only 5 games the last two years, the Larry Fedora era came to an end at UNC. In walks in former UNC coaching great Mack Brown. It was met largely with skepticism at …
Aug
28
2019
The Growth Trajectory of Sports Gambling in the US For decades, American sports bettors did whatever they could to bet on sports. If they could find a local bookie, illicit gambling was not out of the question. When offshore online sports gambling sites became available, there was a large population of sports gamblers who went …
Aug
27
2019
When Hugh freeze was hired at Liberty in December of last year, he brought with him some questions surrounding his integrity and some off the field issues as well. One thing that is not questioned is Freeze’s ability to put together quality football teams. Freeze had a great stint as head coach at Ole …
Aug
27
2019
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | North Carolina | Wake Forest Syracuse Dino Babers and his Syracuse head into the 2019 as one of the most underrated teams in the country. They are coming off a 10-3 top 15 season, and the rest of the …