Sep
23
2012
Up 24-10 6:50 left in the 2011 Sun Bowl, Georgia Tech gives up 2 fourth qtr TDs and loses to Utah in OT 30-27. Up 17-14 at Virginia Tech :44 seconds left in Blacksburg, Georgia Tech can’t hold the lead, the Hokies tie it up. The Yellow Jackets lose in OT 20-17. Up 36-29 with …
Sep
23
2012
From the Office of the Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner: GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Sunday announced the following game times and networks for Saturday, September 29, 2012. NC State at Miami, ESPNU, Noon Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech, RSN, Noon Duke at Wake Forest, ACC Network, 12:30 p.m. Idaho at North Carolina, RSN, …
Sep
23
2012
The Good National Championship Contender? Is it pre-mature to talk about Florida State as a national title contender, a true one? No not at all. Clemson scored 37 points and still lost by double digits. That’s the scary part about Florida State. The defense won’t give up 37 points to anyone else they face this …
Sep
22
2012
Just a short post tonight… This Clemson\Florida State game has received wall to wall sports coverage this week. There have been far more stories on this game that Michigan\Notre Dame or Oklahoma\Kansas St. Funny what a matchup of a couple of top 10 teams will do. I haven’t yet given my thoughts on what I think …
Sep
20
2012
Understandably the focus of this week in the ACC is a top 10 matchup between Florida State and Clemson. The game has been hyped across the country, Gameday will there. It’s great for those programs and great for the ACC to have such a high profile game. I’ve always thought the perception of a conference isn’t …
Sep
18
2012
No comment. Well, actually I do have one comment – I disagree with Clay Travis. If the Tennessee Titans and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide played, it would not be close – it is beyond ridiculous to suggest that an NFL team would lose or even stay close with a college team. If not …
Sep
17
2012
Not much going on in the ACC this past week. Just a few things out there… You have the ACC’s biggest regular season game of the year with Clemson and FSU squaring off. Notre Dame is joining the ACC and the ACC’s Orange Bowl opponent is just about inked from a pool of teams from …
Sep
16
2012
Part of the perception of a conference in football is not only OOC results, but also inter-conference games. Let’s be honest there haven’t been alot of ACC football games that had national championship ramifications. I thought there could be a nice round robin set of high profile games between Clemson, Virginia Tech, and Florida State, …
Sep
16
2012
The Good ESPN Gameday to the ACC With upsets to USC and Michigan St. the ACC will feature it’s first top 10 matchup since 2007 between Florida State and Clemson. Florida St. plastered Wake Forest 52-0 and Clemson pushed Furman aside 41-7. It will be the ACC’s showcase game of the year and ESPN’s Gameday …
Sep
13
2012
It wasn’t but two weeks ago I was writing that neutral site games were the wave of the future due to conferences adopting the 9 game conference schedule. Things can quickly change. When the ACC and Notre Dame agreed to the Irish joining the ACC in all sports but football, it was a game changer. Notre Dame treasures it’s independence, but …
Sep
12
2012
Big news today for the ACC and Notre Dame… The Fighting Irish are joining in all sports expect football. The Irish will play 5 games against ACC opponents. Here’s is my quick gut reaction to the news. I am cautiously for the move. It is obvious it would have been better if Notre Dame had …
Sep
10
2012
Two weeks into the season and how are the ACC Blogger’s seeing the season shaping up? As I wrote yesterday on my blog, the ACC is off to a respectable non-conference start to football season. It seems others are starting to take notice. Florida State blog Tomahawknation wrote “ACC Meeting expectations in 2012”. This wasn’t from …
Sep
09
2012
The Good: Slowly Gaining Respect. Let’s face it the ACC has a long way to go before changing their national football perception. Years of poor performances in BCS games, and the lack of a nationally elite team for over decade will do that. With that said, there are subtle signs the tide may be slowly …
Sep
09
2012
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned college football mega upset. The Appalachian St over Michigan type stuff. Tonight was one of those nights. Lousisan Monroe, a 30 point underdog, went to Little Rock, Arkansas, to face the top 10 ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. Now I couldn’t tell you the name of one ULM player. All I know, is …
Sep
08
2012
Just a short post for tonight… Last week with Clemson playing Auburn and NC State battling Tennessee, you may have thought that they were the only big out of conference games for the ACC in the early part of the season. Not so Saturday has several nice matchups of ACC teams taking on good OOC …
Sep
05
2012
The first week of college football is in the books. It was a mixed bag for the ACC. Clemson took care of the Auburn Tigers in the Georgia Dome. Virginia Tech got a leg up in the ACC Coastal with a win over Georgia Tech. The downside was NC State. The Wolfpack were a big …