Got your bowl plans firmed up yet? Hundreds of thousands of college football fans have done or are doing just that, making preparations for that great New Year’s extravaganza, the bowl season. Planes, trains and automobiles will be ferrying those fans to destinations, mostly south [sorry, Canes], as we prepare for that annual vacation quite [...]
The bright Monday morning Jacksonville sun sent shafts of light slicing through the early-morning mist. Those out early on the Landing stopped to marvel at the combination of light and shadow that danced over the St. John ’s River . Upon closer examination, however, they discovered that this was not caused by fog coming from [...]
They say Saturday’s Tech- Wake game doesn’t mean much. True, the best the Hokies can hope for is to remain on course for another ten-win season, not too shabby in a rebuilding year. Yes, no matter what happens in Groves this weekend, the ACC’s Atlantic Division will not be settled until Wake travels to Maryland [...]
It was Florida . The field of 65 was whittled to one Monday night, as the Florida Gators made short work of UCLA to capture the school’s first-ever NCAA men’s basketball championship. It was a triumphant moment for coach Billy Donovan, who ended a decade of building at Florida by etching his name into school [...]
A-Line Extra LSU announced today that its men’s basketball team would not participate in this weekend’s Final Four. Athletic Director Skip Bertman said the move came because of a conflict with the Tigers’ Spring Football Game, also scheduled for Saturday, April 1. Bertman said he had petitioned the NCAA to move the Final Four away [...]
The days of the Dead Zone are dwindling down to a precious few. Before we know it, another college football season will be upon us. When it does, so will the ACC’s new television contract. It will come in with a bang. Opening games used to be a time for the coaches of the powers [...]
Is it warm enough for everybody? With Mother Nature decreeing that the July weather should closely resemble, well, July weather, a heat wave has locked up the Mid-Atlantic and a good chunk of the rest of the country. Temperatures soar into the Nineties, combining with humidity levels of roughly the same number, making any journey [...]
During the Great ACC Expansion War of 03 much was made of the necessity of expansion candidates fitting into the ‘culture’ of the ACC. At various times this was construed to mean various things. To some it meant that any prospective new member must have the proper ‘balance’ between athletics and the reported academic mission [...]
