Archive for February, 2008

Stop Complaining!
February 11, 2008

  It’s happened again!  Yes, for the 50th time in the past 50 years, fans are upset about ACC officiating.  All you have to do is log onto any college’s sports message board and you’ll find it.  Vitriol, hate, disgust, smack talk… all aimed at the ACC’s men in stripes.  Some say this year’s officiating [...]

The 2008 ACC Football Schedule Is Out
February 8, 2008

And here it is, direct from the ACC Office: 

2008 ACC Team by Team Football Schedules
2008 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game—Saturday, Dec. 6, ABC, Tampa, Fla.

 Boston College
Aug. 30      at Kent State (Cleveland)
Sept. 6        Georgia Tech
Sept. 20      UCF
Sept. 27      Rhode Island
Oct. 4         at NC State
Oct. 18       Virginia Tech
Oct. 25       at North Carolina
Nov. 1        Clemson
Nov.  8       Notre Dame
Nov. [...]

The Latest From Signing Day
February 6, 2008

Here are the latest football signees, culled from college sports websites and e-mails, as of 6:00pm, February 6th:
From Wake Forest:

NLI Arrived
Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Hometown
High School

7:05 am
Andrew Parker
TE
6-5
225
Jacksonville, FL
Bartram Trail

7:30 am
Terence Davis
WR
6-1
180
Lilburn, GA
Brookwood

7:50 am
Gabe Irby
OL
6-3
315
Mt. Airy, GA
Habersham Central

8:20 am
Ted Stachitas
QB
6-3
185
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Nease

8:40 am
Derricus Ellis
DE
6-2
225
Rome, GA
Darlington School

8:41 am
Joey Ehrmann
LB
6-4
210
Baltimore, MD
Gilman

9:15 am
Ramon Booi
DL
6-6
330
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Nease

9:20 am
Scott Betros
LB
6-1
220
Jacksonville, FL
Bolles [...]

Super Bowl Connections
February 5, 2008

   For a guy who was born and raised 20 minutes from Foxboro, where the Patriots play, I was happy the New York Giants won the Super Bowl.  Once upon a time, I covered the Patriots, but that was once upon a time.  Since then, I have more connections to the Giants, some personal, some [...]