Dec
04
2022
Clemson’s ACC Championship game looked a lot like DJ Uiagelelei’s previous games. Uiagelelei started the game with a ball thrown in the ground, a short completed pass, and airmailed his third pass. His next series resulted in no Clemson points as the Tigers trailed 7-0 to North Carolina as the offense had completely regressed to …
Dec
03
2022
Some seasons, I get to end the Eliminator series with a clear four Playoff teams. Some years, there’s an obvious bubble with a needed resume comparison. This year, we’re somewhere in between. First of all, the obvious. Georgia and Michigan are in. As of this writing, Georgia is at halftime of the SEC Championship Game …
Dec
03
2022
What if a movie with a doctored script depicted Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty using the N-word? Unaware viewers may take that as an accepted portrayal of Daugherty. That’s the concern of Jimmy Raye and Michigan State teammates who played on Daugherty’s ground-breaking 1960s teams. They were college football’s first …
Dec
03
2022
TCU lost the Big 12 championship 31-28 to Kansas State Saturday. It was a tough hard-fought game, where a coaching decision by Sonny Dykes to take the ball out of QB Max Duggan’s hands on 3rd and 4th down in OT will be questioned. It shouldn’t matter though. TCU should be in the playoffs despite …
Dec
02
2022
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Here is my 2022 ACC football season tweet cap review for every ACC football team: 2/ I think as we go into the 2023 football season, Florida State will be the favorite to win the ACC. They seem to be on the path to getting their …
Dec
01
2022
It’s only December, but fair or not resumes for the NCAA Tournament are built during the OOC portion of the schedule in November and December. Don’t think so? Why do you think the ACC only got 5 bids last year, with Notre Dame barely making the field and the only team higher than an 8 …
Nov
30
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Florida State – for a 45-38 win over Florida 14. Virginia (3-7) Last Week: 13 Virginia’s last two games were canceled. 13. Virginia Tech (3-8) Last Week: 13 Virginia Tech’s last game was game cancelled. 12. Boston College (3-9) Last Week: 12 Boston College blew a winnable game with Syracuse. …
Nov
29
2022
Is Florida State really the ACC’s best team? Yes – at this point, I’d question if you’ve watched football in the last month if you don’t think so. UNC has lost its continuity on offense, and the defense has had holes all year. Clemson’s offense is barely worth discussing, and their defense has underwhelmed. Florida …
Nov
28
2022
ACC Team of the Week : NC State – for 2-1 record at Battle of Atlantis (Wins Dayton and Butler) NET rankings and NCAA Projections will be added in future polls. 15. Louisville (0-6) Last Week: 15 Mark your calendars for December 10 when Louisville plays Florida State. 14. Florida State (1-7) Last Week: 14 I …
Nov
27
2022
I enjoyed spending a day at E.E. Smith High in Fayetteville, N.C., at the invitation of NFL 360 director/producer Osahon Tongo. He invited me down as the author of “Raye of Light” for interviews on a documentary on Jimmy Raye, Michigan’s pioneering Black quarterback and pioneering Black coach in both college and the NFL. E.E. …
Nov
27
2022
There is a lot of noise about Tulane HC Willie Fritz and his candidacy as Georgia Tech Head Coach. Some sites report this as a near-done deal. Nobody has reported it as official. You know how that works. If it is not officially confirmed, it’s not final. If it is not final, the search is …
Nov
27
2022
This will be a somewhat expanded introduction to the Eliminator, because there really is only one question left for the selection committee. We know that Georgia and Michigan have locked up Playoff bids. TCU is in if it wins next week, and might even be in with a loss. USC is almost certainly in with …
Nov
26
2022
What Mike Elko did at Duke this year was simply astonishing, as he coached Duke to an 8-4 regular season. He’s your slam dunk ACC COY. FSU’s Mike Norvell is the only other ACC coach that should be mentioned in the same sentence as Elko. As other coaches like Dino Babers and Mack Brown made …
Nov
26
2022
The DJ Uiagelelei experiment at Clemson has failed. Saturday’s dismal effort by Clemson against South Carolina cemented this conclusion. Dabo Swinney loyal to a fault hitched his ride to DJ Uiagelelei, and it’s now cost him the end of the Clemson dynasty, the end of Clemson’s ACC Multi-year Title run, the longest home winning streak …
Nov
25
2022
This is just a quick post for tonight, as I have an early wake up. Congrats to Florida State for defeating Florida 45-38. QB Jordan Travis was spectacular as he willed the Noles to victory. Mike Norvell is building. He is definitely building something in Tallahassee. FSU students taking to the field to celebrate with …
Nov
25
2022
NC State had such high expectations coming into the season. Through bad luck, injuries, and poor play the Wolfpack went into their instate rivalry game with UNC 7-4. A 5-loss regular season would have been bitterly disappointing especially with arch-rival North Carolina just a week ago being 9-1 and your Coastal Division Champion. The Wolfpack …