“The U might be back, but we never left.” – Rashad Carmichael “They’re a lot better than I thought they were.”- Bobby Bowden The A-Line Board of Football Experts Well, that was fun. Virginia Tech coupled a crisp, well-executing offense with its usual outstanding  defense to totally dominate Nebraska on the way to a solid [...]

It certainly was an interesting weekend. The ACC discovered that there seems to be a football conference it can dominate. A master, such as he is, continued his dominance over former pupils. An annual autumnal rite is in full swing. And how about that epic battle in Durham, sure to become the stuff of legend? [...]

There are times when events cause me to expand my scope a bit beyond the usual parameters of Virginia Tech and ACC sports. This is one of those times. In the summer of 2003, amid the wreckage of what was once the Big East Football Conference, a couple of athletics directors at schools left behind [...]