With the football season right around the corner, this seems like as good a time as any to make my annual football predictions. As always, these predictions are guaranteed to be correct unless they are not. Atlantic Division 1] Florida State- For 16 years the Noles have resided atop ACC preseason forecasts. For most of [...]
Comeback Weekend 03/03/08 There were five ACC games played over the weekend. All five at various points had one team holding a double-digit lead. What made the whole business somewhat interesting is that four of the five managed to lose. Things kicked off in grand style noon Saturday with Duke playing at NC State. Given [...]
The time has come. The suitcase has finally been unpacked from the Miami trip. The coolers have been relegated to their off-season basement location for another year. The used tickets, programs and assorted other detritus from a season that tends to collect on my kitchen table from September to early January has been stashed into [...]
Well, that was fun. In one of those ‘Lane After Dark’ moments that demonstrate that those ‘loudest stadium in the country’ remarks are not all hyperbole, Tech staged an impressive Fourth Quarter rally to knock off Florida State. Frank’s ‘Bobby Jinx’ is over. And, further amusement was to be found from a score in the [...]
My bags are packed, I’m ready to go. A few hours after this communication is posted, I will be heading out for my first road trip of the 2007 football season. I will be taking the scenic route, traveling from Danville to Roanoke, then setting out Friday morning for South Carolina, collecting fellow travelers from [...]
The post-game conversations contained more than a bit of unease. Fans in attendance did not see what they expected. The big underdog had actually made a game of it. If the heavy favorite showed no more punch than this, what would happen when the heavier weights appeared on the schedule? These conversations were held outside [...]
Finally, Game Week is upon us. For the first time since the last week in December, many of us are preparing to travel to actually watch a college football game. After a rather tumultuous off-season, it is high time. Few places will pre-game emotions run as high as they will at Virginia Tech. This is [...]
With another football season right around the corner, all reputable media outlets are filling space with their predictions. I figure I might as well do it, too. The main thing that jumps out of the media’s forecasting in which order teams will finish is that they are invariably wrong. The most famous example of this [...]
1. Florida State- Year One of ACC expansion saw the Seminoles slide from their customary position atop the ACC standings. There is certainly evidence that the program has slipped. Aside from the screeching halt to the string of ACC football championships that was only broken by Maryland in 2001, the ‘Noles haven’t played for the [...]
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 [...]