There are only two more shopping days until Christmas and if you are still trying to find just the right thing for a special ACC fan, I have your solution. The 2005 Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. I got an email a while back from Chris Dortch, the editor of this tome asking me if…

If you knew me personally, you’d know that I’m not really a black and white kind of guy. I always see shades of gray. Maybe it’s my scientific background, but if a future event has even a slight possibility, I consider that a real possibility and I won’t declare any other outcome as absolute. That’s…

It’s been nearly a week – time for my belated ACC-Big Ten Challenge wrapup! Before I get too much into this, let me be clear that I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. No titles are decided, no careers are validated and it doesn’t even end the discussion of who the better conference…

In a statement released earlier today, the Seminole Tribe of Florida announced that they no longer support Florida State University’s use of their name for their athletic teams. This announcement reverses years of support, including a recent show of solidarity in the face of an NCAA ruling that the name was offensive. Based largely on…

The first big night of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge went almost as I predicted it. The only game I got wrong was the Wake Forest – Wisconsin game. Wake played much better than I expected and outlasted the Badgers in an outstanding game. Of the other results, the only real surprise was the margin by…

The ACC – Big Ten Challenge kicks off for the eighth time tonight when Virginia Tech visits Ohio State. In the previous six years, the ACC has won the “challenge” every single time. 6-0. If it were ping-pong, one more ACC win and the game would be over. Next. Are you ready Big East? Sure,…

A poster in the Sports Shack (named after infamous NC State forward Charles Shackelford) asked me how I’d compare the ACC to the Big Ten in football this year. I figured that instead of putting my answer in there, I’d write a quick article about it. First off, comparing conferences in football is difficult. With…

Some observations and thoughts about last weekend’s ACC football games… Note to self – you never want to play a good team the game after they get embarassed on national television. Man. Virginia Tech destroyed UVA. They beat them in every possible way. Their offense was better, their defense was better, their special teams were…

What a great weekend of football we had last weekend! Going in, almost all of the games had critical importance to one or both teams. With so many ACC teams nearing the magical 6-5 mark that earns (potentially) a bowl bid, it’s a certainty that the last several weekends will have plenty of triumph and…

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted about football, huh? That’s what happens when the sneakers start squeaking the round balls start bouncing. I get distracted. Or at least, that’s my excuse. I have two weeks worth of thoughts to dump here, so I’ll probably miss some stuff. The big event in the ACC…