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…

Some random interesting bits from the weekly ACC football release (and elsewhere): Maryland’s kicker Nick Novak became the ACC’s all-time leading scorer last weekend. He now has 335 career points. I guess that means the best ACC player ever, right? Nine true freshmen played in UNC’s comeback win over William & Mary. That says two…

Some random interesting bits from the weekly ACC football release (and elsewhere): Maryland’s kicker Nick Novak became the ACC’s all-time leading scorer last weekend. He now has 335 career points. I guess that means the best ACC player ever, right? Nine true freshmen played in UNC’s comeback win over William & Mary. That says two…

A few quick notes and comments about the weekend’s games: Virginia at Temple – Well, I was wrong. Virginia did blow the Owls out. Maybe the Wahoos are legit and all that talent that Al Groh has collected is starting to pay off. My favorite play of the weekend also qualifies as one of the…

Virginia at Temple – Give a hoot, don’t pollute your schedule with crappy games. Virginia wins this easily, although probably not in a blowout. Virginia’s style isn’t conducive to big margins. Samford at Georgia Tech – Samford could bring his son and it wouldn’t help here. GT wins the scrimmage. William & Mary at North…

Every year, hundreds of newspapers, magazines and blogs (OK, this one is a recent trend) put out their preseason rankings of football teams. What’s the point? While I admit to finding them occasionally interesting, the idea that you can guess what the final standings are going to be is laughable. You could replay the entire…

Don’t look now, but former Virginia quarterback Matt Schaub is having an incredible preseason with the Atlanta Falcons. Backing up the paper mache Michael Vick, Schaub has had back-to-back games with 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions. In the first of those two games (his second overall), he completed 16 of 19 passes. As a…

For each of the past two Sundays, I’ve been fortunate enough to have a little time in the house with the Olympics on. Each day, they showed a marathon, live and in full. Last Sunday it was the women and yesterday it was the men. In each case, the race was much more interesting than…

I haven’t really written much about the Olympics yet, but it not because I’m not watching or don’t care. It’s quite the opposite. Watching the games at night has taken away some of my time and I’ve built up so much to say that it’s a bit intimidating. To help me out a bit, I’m…

A friend of mine (you know him as pope ttb xxx from the Sports Shack) sent me a great story today. I thought I’d share. I know baseball is not very high on your list, but here’s a hardball story even you’ll like. Most of us revere Dock Ellis as the man to pitch a…