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 [...]

Be Careful What You Wish For January 15, 2008

   Wonder what Wolfpack fans are thinking now?  After the Tar Heels spanked ‘em on Saturday, it’s hard to fathom the ACC media’s third-place pick for the Pack.  All the promise that Sidney Lowe brought in his first season has evaporated before the second week of conference play.  Injuries have hamstrung Lowe’s attempts at finding [...]

Early ACC Thoughts January 15, 2008

  It’s North Carolina…..
then Duke…..
then maybe Clemson..
    and Miami….
then everybody else.
That’s what ACC basketball looks like after a week or so.  Who can get a read on Wake Forest?  They blow out a pretty good BYU team, then look as if they have no interest in playing at BC.
How about NC State?  The media (including [...]

Happy New Year! January 2, 2008

   Happy New Year to everyone… I hope the holidays were good to you.  I’m just back to work after eleven days off, during which time I attended several sporting events.  And I have to tell you, it was weird to watch as a fan without any deadlines to worry about.
   My family and I [...]

The Mitchell Report December 13, 2007

   After 20 months, we’ve finally seen the Mitchell Report.  OK, I’ve seen some of it — scanned about 100 of the 400-plus pages.  And here’s what I gleaned from it:  major league baseball has a problem.  Believe if you want that the 80 or so players named in various places in the report are [...]

Dave’s November 17 AP Top 25 Vote November 23, 2007

1. LSU
2. MISSOURI
3. KANSAS
4. WEST VIRGINIA
5. OHIO STATE
6. OKLAHOMA
7. OREGON
8. GEORGIA
9. ARIZONA STATE
10. SOUTHERN CAL
11. VIRGINIA TECH
12. FLORIDA
13. BOISE STATE
14. BOSTON COLLEGE
15. VIRGINIA
16. TENNESSEE
17. CLEMSON
18. UCONN
19. ILLINOIS
20, TEXAS
21. HAWAII
22. CINCINNATI
23. WISCONSIN
24. MICHIGAN
25. SOUTH FLORIDA
Others I thought about:  KENTUCKY
PENN STATE
BYU
OKLAHOMA STATE
AIR FORCE
TROY
AUBURN
 

This Week’s AP Top 25 Vote November 23, 2007

This Week’s AP Top 25 Vote
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 11/12/2007 5:17 PM

1. LSU
2. Oregon
3. Oklahoma
4. Missouri
5. Kansas
6. West Virginia
7. Ohio State
8. Arizona State
9. Georgia
10. Southern Cal
11. Virginia Tech
12. Clemson
13. Florida
14. Boise State
15. Boston College
16. Virginia
17. Tennessee
18. UConn
19. Cincinnati
20. Texas
21. Hawaii
22. Illinois
23. Penn State
24. Kentucky
25. Michigan