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Caulton Tudor has a well-written piece today on how big this weekend’s game with Carolina is for Chuck Amato. Often, newspaper columnists, Tudor included, go to extremes in an effort to get attention and sell papers. This article offered plenty of opportunity for hyperbole, but I don’t think Tudor crossed that line. He plainly pointed…
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I upgraded to DirecTV a few months ago largely because I wanted a TiVo. Great decision; I love it and I only spend about $5 more per month than I did before. With two little boys, I don’t get to watch nearly as much live sports as I’d like, so watching them later is damn…
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I hope to get a weekend preview up at some point today – afterall, this is the only weekend all year when every ACC team plays – but meanwhile, you can check out these links for plenty o’ good readin’. The guys at ACC Basketblog have a smorgasbord of fantastic ACC football links today. Start…
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Next time you hear someone say that soccer players are pussies, tell them this story. Bundesliga (that’s the German league) player Chavdar Yankow (of Hanover) took a cleat to the jimmie early in a recent match. The kick opened a nearly two inch gash in his penis which he noticed when his shorts filled with…
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Chuck Amato says that his Wolfpack “is not an undisciplined football team.” OK, Chuck. If you say so. We’ll just ignore the twelve penalties, including several personal fouls. And that running into the kicker that turned a field goal into a touchdown. Oh and that fair catch inside the one yard line. Those things aren’t…
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Florida State’s Travis Johnson was a dominant defensive lineman last year in the ACC. And from the way he’s starting out, he’s going to be a dominant pro too – at least in the postgame interviews. Check out his choice memories of playing college ball: My first college start was against Duke, but that doesn’t…
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I never got around to discussing the first week’s games. Then, I never got around to previewing the second week’s games! I guess I suck. To avoid that happening again this week, I’m going to do my review first thing. Here goes… Boston College 44 – Army 7 – You know, I really have a…
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It’s time for a second round of Name That Site. Since the game’s still new, I’m keeping it fairly easy. Just take a look at the pic below (click for a larger version) and tell me what ACC-significant site it is (I’ve airbrushed over the really obvious clues). First one to get it right wins…
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This week’s edition of Eleven concerns the Cover Two, a base defense that was mentioned in last week’s zone blitz article. Once again, Bob has a lot of great information for you, so read slowly (something that should come easily for you Virginia Tech fans… I keed, I keed!) By the way, if you have…
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Though kickoff isn’t scheduled until 3:30, they start coming early – 15 minutes, 30 minutes, even an hour. The line of cars on Deacon Boulevard is backed up for an entire quarter of a mile in two directions. Traffic is snarled everywhere within a two-block radius of the stadium. Any driver who happens to find…