Sep
05
2019
DURHAM, N.C. — The past two seasons Duke football learned no matter the ground covered turning around the Blue Devils, a cavernous talent gap still separates two programs benefiting the most from the social media recruiting era. A year ago the Blue Devils trailed eventual national champion Clemson 14-6 at halftime before the Tigers pulled …
Sep
05
2019
Colorado’s Rashaan Salaam, the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner, and Stanford’s Candice Wiggins, the Wade Trophy recipient as the 2008 women’s college basketball player of the year, played their high school ball decades ago at La Jolla Country Day, an elite private school outside of San Diego. They are ancient history to most kids. But West …
Sep
05
2019
After an opening weekend of upsets, and teams not looking like we thought they would, the Virginia Cavaliers went into Heinz Field and did something they have never done before, win. With an opening weekend matchup against an ACC Coastal opponent that was new for both teams, but seemingly scheduled to showcase on the newly …
Sep
04
2019
The ACC Network hasn’t launched without hiccups. Major carriers like Comcast and ATT Uverse have yet to sign on. We told earlier this month, that ATT Uverse may not sign on when we spoke with @billgarrity3 I have U-verse and that may be a problem. AT&T has planned to phase it out and push those …
Sep
03
2019
Air Force fullback Christian Mallard felt he fully made the two-year transition from running back to begin his senior year. He’s off to a good start proving it, too, with six carries for 53 yards in Saturday’s season-opening 48-7 win over Colgate at Falcon Stadium. Although starting fullback Tavin Birdow led Air Force with nine …
Sep
03
2019
Each week, we will review Saturday’s action on the gridiron and attempt to rank the teams from 14 to 1. Please note that these power rankings measure where a team is right now, meaning that they can (and will) fluctuate throughout the season. With that in mind, here’s the initial installment of the All Sports …
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 …