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 …
Sep
04
2012
Week 1 in the ACC is the books, so that means a return to weekly series the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the ACC. The Good: What Orange Bowl? The Clemson Tigers sent several messages in week 1, but the most important one was the Orange Bowl debacle is history. When you beat …
Sep
02
2012
There was something I ran across earlier this weekend that I wanted to talk about. There’s been concern with several conferences upcoming 9 game conference schedules, that some teams will lose flexibility in scheduling OOC opponents. I believe most if not all major conferences will end up with this. In particular in the ACC schools like Georgia …
Sep
02
2012
Let me go all Clemson fan on you for a minute. I have this Clemson shirt with a Danny Ford signature. My wife and I gave it to my Father in Law but it was too big for him. I ended up with the shirt and now the shirt has gone 9-0 in Clemson events …
Aug
31
2012
A few days I wrote that NC State could make statement Friday against Tennessee. Unfortunately for the Wolfpack, they made the wrong kind statement in a 35-21 to Tennessee loss that wasn’t that close. Sure the defeat looks bad for the ACC. The Wolfpack were considered a darkhorse in the ACC Atlantic, but lets not get …
Aug
29
2012
Some ACC links for you tonight… Our friend @HokieGuru receives these links as a member of the ACSMA (Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association) ACC Football Coaches Teleconference Transcripts, Aug. 29, 2012 Transcripts from today’s ACC Football Coaches Teleconference are located at the following link: http://bit.ly/ACCFB-coaches-082912 ACC Football Coaches Teleconference Audio Replay, Aug. 29, 2012 Audio Replay from today’s ACC …
Aug
28
2012
With the college football season about to start, we’re going to look at the some bowl projections. Does it really make sense to check out bowl projections before a game is played? Probably not, but what’s the fun in that? Let’s see what these folks are predicting. I’ll have to remember to go back when …
Aug
27
2012
It’s here! The first weekend college football! Excuse my excitement, but except for the Olympics and the occasional Golf Major I’ve been in sports Siberia since about May. Sorry if you are a baseball fan, but it’s just not my thing. I’ve watched maybe 4 innings of baseball this summer. It doesn’t matter because we’re …
Aug
26
2012
As I was putting together my ACC Atlantic Division prediction, I got to NC State and for the first time in a number of years I was really paying attention to the Wolfpack. As recently as the middle of last year, I thought Tom O’Brien was going to be at best on the hotseat entering 2013 and …