So, just to recap, here’s where we stand: In a move I don’t necessarily like, but entirely understand (the cozy little basketball conference most of us grew up with is long gone), Syracuse and Pittsburgh are officially in the ACC, which doesn’t exactly thrill Jim Boeheim (ESPN): The Big East has held its tournament at […]
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Syracuse, Pitt ACCepted; who’s next?
Background from yesterday here. This morning, SportscenterU on ESPNU reported that Pittsburgh and Syracuse have officially been accepted, and that others are being considered, and Yahoo! Sports confirmed this: But USA Today reported early Sunday that the ACC presidents had already voted on Saturday morning to accept Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the league. Citing an […]
Pitt & Syracuse to join ACC on Sunday? Texas next? [Updated 3:35pm]
It appears that the ACC is being proactive and will be one of the superconferences. Pittsburgh and Syracuse have submitted applications to join the ACC. The Atlantic Coast Conference has been approached by at least 10 schools about possible membership, a group that includes the Big East’s Pitt and Syracuse, both of which have tendered […]
Basketball Adds Syracuse to 2010/2011 schedule?
According to a poster on the Pack Pride message boards, Sidney Lowe announced at the Asheville WPC Caravan a two game series with Syracuse starting with a trip to the Carrier Dome next season. This adds to what appears to be the most exciting out-of-conference schedule in a long time. It was announced last week […]
Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part I, The 1990s
Back in March of this year, any column I would’ve written could’ve only been titled “Why I should’ve gone to [insert SEC school here].†As I left Tobacco Road on Glenwood Avenue after watching yet another State basketball season mercifully end – like so many years before it – on the Thursday of the ACC […]
‘SDD’ #1 – Jan/Feb 2005: Syracuse fires Paul Pasqualoni
The Independence Day week is the heart of the dog days of summer, so what better time to introduce a new little feature we’ll be running named the “Summer Data Dump”, or “SDD” for short. Over the last few years SFN’s individual authors have all started dozens and dozens of entries/articles that were never finished […]
Report: Skip Holtz Going To Syracuse
Sunday morning: Michael Bradley from the NFL Network reports that Skip Holtz will be named Syracuse University’s football coach on Monday. Link from Syracuse, NY television station The Wiz of Odds is also covering it Published on 12/05/2008 at 3:35pm There might be trouble on the Pirate ship, as it looks like there’s some substance […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
In a few days we’ll renew our rivalry with South Carolina after a nine year hiatus, which is a real shame because it’s a fun rivalry that should be played annually. It would never be the Red River Rivalry or the Cocktail Party, but it’s a mutually-beneficial opportunity to capitalize on a spirited and profitable […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
My extreme, near-sinful hatred for Carolina could only be eclipsed by the even more intense jubilation of beating those Bastards Born & Bred and then enjoying every fleeting moment of it until it is our time, as dictated by some malevolent, forbidding destiny, to lose to them once again. I can recall with striking accuracy […]
Evaluating ACC Expansion Part I: Evolution
There is no question that the college football we all enjoy now is not the same college football we enjoyed as kids, evidenced primarily by the excessive number of bowls and the intense debate over the need for a playoff system. Personally, my favorite football season as an 11-year old kid was the ridiculous 1990: […]
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