SFN recently asked Debbie Yow about the current non-conference scheduling policy (click here for a refresher). She commented that the ACC is discussing “alternate scheduling models,” which could have been a reference to the once-planned nine-game league schedule that was scrapped once Notre Dame became a partial member (more info about this recently in the […]
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AJC: ACC Considering 9-game Schedule (again)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: …At the board of trustees meeting for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association last Thursday, athletic director Mike Bobinski shared an update about scheduling discussions among officials at the ACC member schools and brought up ESPN’s possible influence. At the conference’s meetings this week, the conference and ESPN are expected to have an […]
A solution to NC State’s in-state football recruiting struggles?
ESPN The Magazine has undertaken a research project focused on high school football talent and where they attend college. Heather Dinich’s blog entry today at ESPN.com highlights the struggles that NC State and Georgia Tech have had since Chuck Amato left Raleigh. When it comes to keeping top talent at home, Georgia Tech and NC […]
Dabo Fires Back at Spurrier
Nice to see another coach who is willing to stand up for his players, coaches, program and university. From Scout.com http://clemson.scout.com/2/1134735.html What about Spurrier’s comment, ‘We ain’t Alabama, we ain’t LSU, but we ain’t Clemson.’ It was kind of a derogatory tone. I wondered if you had a comment on that.Swinney: That’s sad I get […]
2010 ACC – This Is Why We Hired TOB
Back when we were happily in the market for a new football coach (at long last for me, as I was maybe the very first person off the Amato train – having told several people after the Maryland game during PR’s senior year that the Amato experiment was going to end very badly), I got […]
Now or Never for TOB
A rampant problem in sports journalism is oversimplification. Despite that acknowledgement, I’m going to keep this very, very simple: This is Tom O’Brien’s “shit or get off the pot” moment. No, I’m not saying that he should be fired if he loses to Florida State. Nor am I saying this season will become a disaster. […]
The ACC’s best combined coaching 1-2 punch
September 9th, 9:15 pm: This entry originally posted earlier in the week, but got buried in the UNC scandal coverage. We’re going to bring it back to the top of the blog since we are getting so much traffic from various ACC blogs today. Please don’t miss out on the other big entries we’ve got […]
Ted Brown highlights ACC’s 2010 Legends Class
NC State’s 4-time All-ACC running back, Ted Brown, will lead the 2010 ACC Football Championship Legends Class. The group of 12 former gridiron standouts from current ACC schools includes five former players who earned some kind of ACC Player of the Year honors, three members of the ACC’s prestigious 50th Anniversary Football Team, a former […]
ACC Football Transformations Ahead
This is a busy time of year in college athletics as teams prepare for bowl season, basketball hits high gear, recruiting in all sports heats up, and college football coaches jump on and off the coaching carousel at an accelerated pace and ultimately change the fortunes of programs for years to come. Please remember that […]
Nine Years of Sellouts – What Have We Gotten In Return?
This season is the 9th consecutive where football season tickets have sold out at Carter-Finley. Here is a recent entry about selling out season tickets. For this entry, I am going to focus only on home football games. Set aside the LTRs, gas, hotel and airfare for road trips, donations to the Wolfpack Club, merchandise, […]
