The News & Observer has a very handy list up – Bob Gibbons’ Top 250 Seniors. You don’t normally see a list quite so long, so this is a nice feature. Of course, you have to wonder just how accurate it is after the top 50 or so. The ACC players: Rk Name Pos Ht…
Like I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I got way behind in my reading over the break. Since I don’t think anyone should miss Barry Jacob’s unique statistical articles on the DBR, I’m going to catch up with all of them right here. Here is Barry on: Offensive Improvements Low Scoring Good Defensive Field-Goal Percentages Season-Opening Win Streaks…
I have to admit that I’ve been looking forward to the release of Glory Road, the movie about Texas Western’s 1966 national championship win over Kentucky. I’ve read a lot about the game over the years and it seems like a fascinating subject – a team with five black starters knocking off lily-white power Kentucky…
Ken Pomeroy has a thing for Shelden Williams. But that’s OK. In a post from a couple of weeks ago (I’m still catching up from the holidays), Ken compares Shelden’s numbers to teammate J.J. Redick’s and wonders why J.J. is the one being hailed as the national player of the year. As always, Ken makes…
If he keeps this up, I’m going to have to change the name of this site to “Dave Sez Things About Marcus Vick.” Just days after polishing off his resume for Dumbest College Athlete Ever, Marcus Vick decided to go for some extra credit. He was arrested yet again today and charged with three counts…
I never would have guessed that I’d have back-to-back posts on Marcus Vick, but here I am. This is a very interesting look at the whole Marcus Vick Stomp from the view of Will Stewart, the General Manager and Managing Editor at TechSideline.com (the top Hokie website). The article starts off sort of explaining away…
With various holiday travels, I didn’t get to see Virginia Tech’s bowl win over Louisville. I read about it and watched highlights – it sounded like a good game and a solid win for the Hokies. But then I saw a video clip of Marcus Vick stomping on the leg of Louisville All-American Elvis Dumerville.…
In my article on Shavlik Randolph the other day, I wrote about why I rarely make absolute predictions. I don’t because I understand that humans and athletic competitions are inherently unpredictable. If outcomes could be 100% determined ahead of time, competition would be no fun. Al Featherston recently wrote a much longer and better article…
Barry Jacobs of the Duke Basketball Report has a very interesting chart of twenty-win seasons by ACC teams since 1980. Twenty wins is a good cutoff point for a good year, since it likely means a team either made the NCAA tourney or made a deep run in the NIT. While the two titans are,…
This is exactly the reason why all newspapers should drug test their reporters. Words fail me.