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On Tuesday, Virginia landed a commitment from 6′ 10″ center Sam Warren. Warren’s dad, Rudy Woods, was a McDonald’s All-American and played in the NBA, but Sam averaged just 7 points and 5 rebounds a game last year. Seven and five? Uh, Pete …. this is the ACC, not the SWAC.
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The Washington Post has an interesting article on scheduling non-conference games in the new ACC. With the larger, tougher conference, coaches are wanting easier non-conference games. For Florida State and Virginia, their biggest and toughest non-conference game is now a conference game, so that’s a factor as well. So, we may start seeing less Ohio…
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I meant to put this in my ACC Review for week 2, but forgot. It’s too good to skip though. Virgina tailback-turned-safety Marquis Weeks had a 100 yard kickoff return against UNC last weekend. About the return, Weeks said, “that was just instinct. Kind of like running from the cops.” I wonder if UVA will…
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I haven’t made any mention of it here, but the big sports event, the Ryder Cup, started this weekend. In a surprising pairing, captain Hal Sutton paired Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for the first matches. You can follow live scoring here.
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This is pretty nuts. I admit to having never heard of him before, but Jonathan Spector, an 18-year-old American, recently started several games for Manchester United. That’s incredible. To start on any pro team at that age is amazing, but start on arguably the most storied team in all of pro sports – not just…
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Wow, my review sure is late this week, isn’t it? It’s just been one of those weeks. Let’s go ahead though, shall we? Florida State at Miami – This was an interesting game. At first, I was shocked by the speed of both defenses. They were amazing. I was thinking that there was no way…
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The Diamondback Online, Maryland’s student newspaper, has an interview with Gary Williams about Maryland’s recently completed summer trip to Italy. My favorite part is when the interviewer asked him whether he learned any Italian. Said Coach Williams, “Not really. I picked up a few words while I was there, like ‘thank you’ and things like…
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Did you see the hit that Eli Manning took in his first NFL game? Good lord! It was right at the end of the game – garbage time. Manning rolls out, looking upfield when WHAM!, he’s crushed by Philadelphia Eagle Jerome McDougle. You can watch it (over and over and over) here. Giant head coach…
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Ahhh, football weekends. I’ve missed them so. I love basketball. In fact, I’d say it’s my favorite sport. But, there’s something about football weekends. I love the schedule – college games on Saturday and pro on Sunday. In my opinion, that scheduling alone is at least half responsible for the continuing success of football. I…
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Florida State at Miami – This is the big game of the week (the season, really). I think that given the two teams’ relative strengths last year and factoring in how many players Miami lost to the NFL, you have to believe that FSU is the slightly better team. However, this game is being played…