Wanna bet that this isn’t exactly what the suits at ESPN had in mind when they contracted with the ACC to show a bunch of Thursday night games? 2-5 Virginia hosting 1-5 UNC? Between them, the Cavaliers and Tar Heels have beaten two 1-A teams and lost to nearly every direction, West(ern Michigan), East( Carolina)…

Over the years, I don’t think I’ve worked hard enough to express my thanks to John Swofford and his visionary leadership of the ACC.  Why, a few years ago, the ACC would never have been associated with this sort of excellence. We’re all literally stomping up and down and swinging our arms with excitement over…

Grant Wahl has an outstanding article in this week’s Sports Illustrated about Jay DeMerit, an American playing in the English Premiere League. If you’re thinking to yourself “DeMeritt? I’ve never heard of him,” there’s a good reason. He’s never played for a US team at any level. He played his college soccer at Illinois-Chicago. He…

Remember last summer when Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated ranked the worst college football coaches in the country and put our lovable Chuck Amato at #1?  Well, times have changed and so have Mandel’s rankings.  Amato is officially off the Mandel Hot Seat and he was replaced by none other than arch-rival John Bunting. I…

Today’s Dave Sez entry is brought to you by the number 10.  Ten.  The percentage of the reduction in the number of plays and points in college football this year. That’s one of many interesting numbers you’ll find when you click here and read this excellent post over at StateFans Nation.  Be sure to click…

Caulton Tudor has a very good, interesting article up today lambasting Duke’s football program.  Tudor says that it’s time to end the charade and that Duke should just drop to 1-AA. If you watched Duke’s thrilling 37-0 loss to Virginia on Saturday, you’d understand why Tudor wrote this.  Well actually, Duke’s pretty much been at…

The N&O wrote a piece today about something I’ve been meaning to write about – Steve Logan’s radio gig on 620 The Bull. Logan first started showing up on the radio as a frequent guest of Adam Gold (and others, I’m sure) and very quickly became one of my favorites. When I heard that he…

I’ve heard a lot of morons rant about their teams.  You know the guys, they care waaay too much and they know way more than the coaches.  They’re funny and scary at the same time. Well, one of those guys is a big Michigan State fan and somehow he got a radio show. You need…

 … or should I have spelled that “futbol?”  While the conference may be sucking out loud on the gridiron, they are kicking ass on the pitch. The ACC has the top ranked soccer team in the country (Virginia), four of the top five and five of the top seven. Further, the ACC has six in…

The US men’s basketball team completed their preliminary round at 5-0 and won their first knock-out game yesterday by 40 points over Australia. I think it’s safe to say (again) that these guys are quite a bit better than our recent pro teams. There are still two main concerns for our guys though – half-court…