Jan
01
2012
Some bowl losses are easier to swallow than others. For Virginia fans I think this is one of those times. A 43-24 loss to Auburn in the Chick Fil A Bowl is not how you want to end the season, but Virginia fans have a lot to feel good about. They also know exactly where …
Dec
31
2011
How does an 8-5 season feel like a huge letdown? When you lose 5 of your final 7 games, including a 3rd straight loss to your in-state rival and lose a mind boggling 7th straight bowl game. Up 24-10 in the fourth quarter Georgia Tech was minutes from changing the perception of their entire offseason. …
Dec
30
2011
Florida State beat Notre Dame 18-14 Thursday night in the Champs Sports Bowl. Sounds like a hard fought good victory for the Seminoles. Oh but it was so much more for the Noles. Sometimes the Box Score doesn’t tell the whole story of a game. This was of the gutsiest grittiest wins you’re likely to …
Dec
28
2011
I’m going to be the first admit, I haven’t really cared for Tom O’Brien during his time at NC State. I felt he had underachieved in his first 3 seasons with losing seasons in each one. This wasn’t what O’Brien was brought to Raleigh to do following the departure Chuck Amato. He made coaching at …
Dec
27
2011
Every year is a struggle for the ACC to gain respect nationally football. Each bowl season though is an opportunity for the conference to prove the detractors wrong. Unfortunately when a performance like the one Monday occurs in North Carolina’s 41-24 loss to Missouri all UNC and ACC fans can do is shrug their shoulders. …
Dec
25
2011
Just a short entry for this Christmas day. First off I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I came across this at FoxSports, The Best Sports Images of 2011. They had 36 entries, and here are my five favorite in no particular order. Those Hockey fights are real. How can you not love …
Dec
24
2011
Everyone enjoying their Christmas festivities this weekend? I hope so… I have one last Christmas wish and that’s for the BCS to go away. It isn’t necessary to go through the litany of reasons why this system is one big joke, but let’s just say there wasn’t the BCS. How good would any of these …
Dec
21
2011
I’ll be honest; I don’t make it a habit of writing complimentary articles about the Mark Richt and the Georgia Bulldogs. How can I? They’ve caused me a decade of utter frustration as nearly every November ends with Georgia Tech losing to Georgia. In this case, though I have to defend some of the actions …
Dec
20
2011
Last week before the bowl season begins in earnest. It also won’t be long before the ACC Conference basketball games get started too. Right now UNC, Duke, Virginia and Florida State are looking like the conference’s best basketball teams. Ok ACC Bloggers what’s happening out there? You know what school has to be feeling pretty …
Dec
19
2011
Georgia Tech heads into their Sun bowl game with Utah with an 8-4 record. By most estimations the Yellow Jackets slightly over achieved this season following a forgettable 6-7 2010. Most folks had the Jackets going 6-6 or 7-5. They started the year a surprising 6-0, but that’s when things started going south. Remember it’s …
Dec
17
2011
Ah Christmas is just around the around the corner, and those lists for the North Pole are getting ready. What does each ACC Football team need from St. Nick and what do we need to make sure they don’t get. Clemson Tigers WishList: The Tigers got their Christmas wish early when OC Chad Morris resigned …
Dec
15
2011
Move over Bobby Petrino there’s a new a face in the college football coaching ranks that seems to only care about his next gig, and his name is Todd Graham. Now I haven’t written much about our new ACC friends Pittsburgh and Syracuse since it was announced they would join the ACC, but now it’s …
Dec
14
2011
Hi everyone. Sorry there wasn’t much blogging this past week. The day job sent me out of the country for a few days, and my internet connection and free time were rather limited. So if you know someone out there that would let me blog and talk about sports full time I’m all ears. Anyways …
Dec
10
2011
Think there are too many bowl games? Too many undeserving teams? Come on the college football season flew by in milli-second and this is a chance at hello? More football. Personally I like the bowls and the bowl system. OK there are too many bowls. It would be better if there were about 25, but …
Dec
08
2011
You know what I think about this. Alabama had their shot against LSU at home and lost. Oklahoma St. hasn’t, give them their shot. ESPN, I mean the BCS, I mean EBCSPN, seems to think LSU should be playing Alabama. The question is what do you the reader think? Here’s you chance, go ahead and …
Dec
06
2011
The ACC Bowl games are set, and the college basketball season is in full swing. Ok ACC Bloggers what do you have to say? GobblerCountry makes it clear to everyone. Don’t like the fact Virginia Tech got selected for the Sugar Bowl, we’ll its about ticket sales, and Hokie fans will go in droves to …