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ACC Nation podcast June 2 ? show notes
2008-06-04 01:56:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Phil Stanton of College Baseball Insider joins us to talk about the NCAA Tournament. Four ACC teams — Miami, North Carolina, Florida State and NC State — are in the super regionals and will play this weekend. Phil, Patrick and Q make their picks on which ACC ...
By: ACC Nation
Early-season ACC football TV schedule
2008-06-03 20:27:00 ACC press release: Nineteen televised games in the first three weeks of the season and the ACC Football Championship Game on Dec. 6 in Tampa Bay headline the early-season football television schedule announced today by Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford. The fourth ACC title contest?but the first to be played in Tampa Bay ?s Raymond James ...
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ACC baseball update - 06/01/08
2008-06-01 16:47:00 Four of the six ACC teams that were selected to the NCAA baseball tournament are in good shape to win a regional championship Sunday. Miami, North Carolina, NC State and Georgia Tech are all in the championship bracket of their regionals and now have two chances to win just one game and move into the super regionals.. Three ...
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Friday Fish Fry
2008-05-31 05:50:00 Column and Commentary by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Contrary to popular belief, I haven’t been in my hammock enjoying a cool one the past few Fridays. Rather, I’ve been hard at work putting the finishing touches on our new facilities. As anyone who has moved can tell you, nothing ever goes exactly as you’d like it to, thus ...
By: ACC Nation
McDowell, Devvarman win tennis titles
2008-05-27 20:28:00 Georgia Tech’s Amanda McDowell and Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman captured individual titles in the NCAA ingles championships Monday. McDowell won in straight sets over Baylor’s Zuzana Zemenova in the finals to become the first Yellow Jacket tennis player to earn an individual national championship. The Georgia Tech sophomore dropped her first game of the championship match but won ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 26 ? show notes
2008-05-26 22:40:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Mitchell Light of Athlon Sports gives us an early look at ACC football this week. Light, the magazine’s senior editor, likes Clemson, but he has concerns about some of the other top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. We also asked Light if the ACC would be a ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 19 ? show notes
2008-05-20 02:56:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Dan Bonner discusses the ACC baseball tournament with ACC Nation this week. We asked him if any of the other five teams in the tournament can knock off the big three — Miami, FSU and North Carolina. Also, does Dan like the current tournament format? And is ...
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ACC baseball tournament pairings announced
2008-05-19 02:12:00 A pair of league schools from the Sunshine State highlight the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship field, as No. 1 seed Miami and No. 2 seed Florida State prepare to battle with six other schools for the coveted championship crown at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., this week. The complete pairings and ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll ? May 18
2008-05-18 06:51:00 The regular season is complete and the ACC Tournament begins Wednesday in Jacksonville. This is unofficial, since the ACC won’t release the seedings until Sunday afternoon, but it appears this is the way things will shape up: Division A will consist of No. 1 Miami, No. 4 NC State, No. 5 Georgia Tech and No. ...
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Bye-bye Boise (hello D.C.?)
2008-05-15 20:47:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Most of the news coming out of the ACC’s spring meetings was expected — no 18-game schedule in basketball or 9-game schedule in football– but I thought the best news this week was that, after 2008, the ACC won’t be affiliated with the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho. Despite what John Swofford said ...
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Random thoughts from the outsider
2008-05-14 16:37:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com Shortly after the recent NFL Draft, ESPN’s Todd McShay posted a first round mock draft for 2009. I know it’s a year early, but it’s always interesting to gauge who the so called draft experts really like coming in to the next season. Some players of note include Georgia Tech DE Michael Johnson, ...
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Matt?s fantastic ACC voyage
2008-05-13 19:43:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Matt Simon knew how to get our attention. He wrote nice things about me, the Evil Q and ACC Nation. That’s all it takes. His e-mail started this way: First off I just want to say that stumbling on your podcast this year was probably one of the best things I did. As ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 12 ? show notes
2008-05-13 02:52:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes John Feinstein stops by ACC Nation to discuss his latest book, “Living on the Black.” Feinstein spent the 2007 baseball season following the New York Yankees’ Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine, then of the New York Mets, and chronicled their experiences in his first baseball book in ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll ? May 12
2008-05-12 15:10:00 After studying the ACC baseball standings for three minutes (it shows below) Sunday afternoon, I believe seven six of the eight spots have been claimed in the ACC Tournament. (OK, thanks to Jimmy Smith (see comments below) I was figuring something wrong concerning teams with ties. Ties count as half a win. See corrections below in bold.) FSU and NC State ...
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Hamilton out at Georgia Tech
2008-05-09 06:23:00 Ten days after taking the job, former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton is out as the school’s assistant director of player personnel following his arrest early Tuesday. The 1999 Heisman Trophy runner-up is looking at charges of marijuana possession, DUI, hit-and-run and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Hamilton was released from jail ...
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Should ACC hoops split into divisions?
2008-05-07 05:25:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Poll: What format would you like to see? The ACC’s athletics directors will discuss a possible 18-game schedule for men’s basketball at next week’s spring meetings. So far, I’ve seen just one benefit from an 18-game schedule - the ACC can line its pocket a little more. With the additional games, it’s hard to ...
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ACC Nation podcast May 5 ? show notes
2008-05-06 03:10:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Sylvia Crawley, the new women’s basketball coach at Boston College, chats with Patrick and Q about her new job. The former Tar Heel — she both played and coached at Carolina — inherits a young team at BC and things are looking up for the Eagles. She ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll - May 5
2008-05-05 05:37:00 Only a couple of conference series this past weekend — and FSU still has one game left with Clemson later today — and two teams has the week off. The rest of the teams has light schedules because of exams. We now have two weekends left in the regular season and the ACC Tournament field is ...
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ACC Nation podcast feed announcement
2008-05-04 22:14:00 We talked about doing this several months ago and, now that we’re past basketball season, ACC Nation has switched its podcast feed. We tried to do so without disrupting any current iTunes subscribers, but I don’t think we pulled it off. So, anyone who is already subscribed to the ACC Nation podcast feed will have to make ...
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Friday Fish Fry
2008-05-03 04:10:00 WEEKLY ACC WRAP-UP & COMMENTARY BY THE EVIL Q jim@accnation.com Time again to take a look at what is going on in ACC sports and make a few pointed observations along the way. We’ll wrap-up with our bits and pieces segment with some stories that you probably haven’t had a chance to see. This week we’ve included a ...
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ACC Nation podcast April 28 ? show notes
2008-04-29 03:24:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Patrick and Q had some trouble with guests this week, getting all the way to plan E before giving up. But don’t worry because the guys have it covered. Among the issues on this week’s show: – Three Carolina players declared for the NBA Draft and ACCNation.com wants to ...
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ACC baseball power poll ? April 28
2008-04-28 16:30:00 Virginia took the largest drop this week and, if I could have justified it, I would have dropped them farther. If it wasn’t for Clemson, UVa. would be the most disappointing team in the ACC this year. Sure, the Cavaliers have 32 wins overall and a winning record in the conference, but they haven’t won a ...
By: ACC Nation
Friday Fish Fry
2008-04-26 01:47:00 ACC WEEKLY WRAP-UP AND COMMENTARY BY THE EVIL Q jim@accnation.com I love warm weather. So it completely boggles my mind that I’m still sitting here while the weather is perfect. The severe side of this moment of whining is that I’m in an office that is meat-locker cold because of all the electronics in the immediate area. ...
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ACC Basketball season in review ? part two
2008-04-24 13:46:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com We’re one quarter of the way through the season recaps, and this week, I’ll recap three more teams who didn’t have very successful seasons. One did make the postseason, but was promptly eliminated in the first round of the postseason. Florida State SeminolesDespite a couple of shocking losses to Cleveland State and South ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll - April 21
2008-04-21 17:02:00 Here is the power poll for this week. We had our first tie of the season, with Clemson and Duke getting rained out in the 11th inning Sunday with the scored tied at six. What’s wrong with Clemson? Weren’t the Tigers supposed to be good? Is it just that I haven’t paid attention much before this week, ...
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ACC tennis championships
2008-04-21 03:33:00 The word is upset. First there was sixth-seed Florida State knocking off third-seed Miami. Then there’s stunning upset. Fourth-seed Clemson shutdown top-seed Georgia Tech to move into the women’s ACC tennis championship against Duke. The nail-biting didn’t stop in the semifinals for Tiger fans as it took close to three and a half hours for Carol Salge ...
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Michael Hutts death may be linked to heroin and alcohol
2008-04-20 05:28:00 ROOMMATE STANDS BY COMMENTS The roommate and teammate of deceased Georgia Tech pitcher Michael Hutts is standing by the story he told to Atlanta Police. Hutts was found unresponsive on Friday April 11, by his roommate Ryan Tinkoff. According to a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Tinkoff said that Hutts was drinking alcoholic beverages the night ...
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ACC baseball weekend skinny
2008-04-18 14:27:00 ACC Nation has never tried picking baseball games before, but with basketball over and football still many, many months away, Patrick and Q thought they’d give hardball a try. See below for some brief information about the weekend series and the guy’s picks (they chose series winners and didn’t even try to pick scores). NC State ...
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2008 ACC-Big Ten Challenge schedule announced
2008-04-15 20:18:00 ACC press release: Matchups for the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge — featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner?s Cup on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU ? are set. For the fourth consecutive year, the event will feature 11 games and include two telecasts on ESPNU, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise ...
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ACC Nation podcast April 14 - show notes
2008-04-15 02:28:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Baseball America’s Aaron Fitt joins the guys to discuss ACC baseball. Find out which ACC team Aaron thinks has the best shot at a College World Series title, what is wrong with Clemson and how the rest of the college baseball world views the ACC. Also, - The latest ...
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ACC Nation baseball power poll - April 14
2008-04-14 19:46:00 The baseball power poll debuts this week. Teams are listed with their conference and overall records as well as results from this past week (April 7-13). 12. Wake Forest (6-11, 13-21) — lost to High Point 12-8, lost two out of three to VT (3-7, 4-13, 3-2) 11. Virginia Tech (3-15, 15-21) — beat Davidson 5-4, beat VCU ...
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Georgia Tech Pitcher Michael Hutts Dies Unexpectedly
2008-04-12 03:13:00 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets relief pitcher Michael Hutts was unexpectedly found dead on Friday. Hutts was a 21-year-old junior studying management. Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich had this to say about Hutts untimely passing: The tragic news of Michael Hutts’ sudden passing can not be justified in words. Michael was an outstanding student-athlete, but more importantly an ...
Friday Fish Fry
2008-04-12 02:57:00 The ACC Weekly Wrap & Comment with The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Boston College skates into the NCAA Ice Hockey Championship, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina begin pulling away in baseball, Carolina and Virginia Tech pull away in softball and a Maryland player picks up the Lieberman award. Also, a scary picture from track & field, football updates, ...
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Georgia Tech pitcher found dead
2008-04-11 23:15:00 ATLANTA - Georgia Tech?s baseball players and coaching staff were notified late Friday afternoon on the death of junior pitcher Michael Hutts, 21, of Dunwoody, Ga. Atlanta Police Department officials, in conjunction with the Georgia Tech police, were still trying to determine cause of death late Friday afternoon. “The tragic news of Michael Hutts? sudden passing can ...
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The Q Report - Elitists
2008-04-08 20:09:00 The Q report examines the eliticism of fans in the ACC.
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ACC to NBA: My best guess
2008-04-08 14:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com It’s that time of year again when we can start guessing which ACC underclassmen will declare for the NBA Draft. Now that players can test the water and, as long as they don’t hire an agent, return to college if they don’t like what they hear about their chances in the draft, ...
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ACC Nation podcast April 7 - show notes
2008-04-08 02:52:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Heather Dinich of ESPN.com discusses ACC spring football with the guys. She has the latest on North Carolina’s quarterback battle, Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher, Ralph Friedgen’s decision to give up play calling at Maryland and more. Also, - more on North Carolina’s loss to Kansas, including a comment from ...
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Friday Fish Fry
2008-04-04 23:08:00 The Evil Q jim@accnation.com We’ve been on hiatus the past few weeks. Apparently our absence has upset some of you because I noticed this morning that I was beginning to look a bit like Don Knotts in the mirror. I beg of you to remove the voodoo curse that has been placed upon me so I may return to my ...
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The Q Report
2008-04-04 02:56:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Slowly but surely both the men’s and women’s ACC basketball teams were trimmed like just so much fat from a side of beef in the NCAA, NIT, WNIT and CBI over the past few weeks. Wait, did I miss anything like an AAU tournament perhaps? The glory days of dominating college basketball ...
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ACC Nation podcast March 31 - show notes
2008-04-01 01:57:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Fresh off his coverage of the Division II national championship, CBS and Raycom college basketball analyst Dan Bonner joins Patrick and Q to break down the Final Four. Dan also gives his thoughts on North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest basketball, plus he has a great story ...
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ACC baseball update
2008-03-27 15:38:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com The ACC Baseball season is in full swing, and a lot of teams are off to very strong starts, in particular, most of the Coastal Division. Here’s a look at the standings. Atlantic Division Florida State 9-0 20-2 Wake Forest 4-4 11-10 Clemson 4-5 15-7 NC State 4-5 14-7 Maryland 2-7 12-11 Boston College 2-7 10-11 Coastal Division Miami 7-1 18-2 North ...
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ACC Nation podcast March 24 - show notes
2008-03-25 02:21:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes On the show this week we talk to the genius that is Penn Holderness. The NBC 17 sports director got around NCAA regulations about showing NCAA Tournament highlights by using dolls - that’s right, I said dolls - and we crawl inside his warped mind this week. ...
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ACC Women?s Basketball
2008-03-24 17:59:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com The clock is ticking away in Tampa as we watch team after team take their best shot at the ACC as they head toward the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four. We’ll take a look at the WNIT as well. I’ve been on hiatus for the better part of last week but have “miraculously” found time ...
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Georgia Tech President to Lead Smithsonian
2008-03-18 08:28:00 New York Times - Born in Douglas, Ga., he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 1964 and 1965 and a doctorate in civil engineering from University of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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ACC Nation bracket challenge
2008-03-18 04:30:00 ACC Nation has a bracket challenge again this year. We might be able to dig up a prize or two for the winner, but mostly this is for fun and bragging rights. We already have more participants than last year, but we want more (I know, we’re never satisfied). All you do is click here and enter ...
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ACC places six teams, two top seeds in women?s tourney
2008-03-18 01:43:00 The field for the NCAA Women’s Tournament was announced Monday night. The ACC got six teams in the tournament, including a pair of top seeds in North Carolina and Maryland. The Tar Heels are the top seed in the New Orleans region and begin play Sunday in Norfolk, Va., against No. 16 Bucknell. LSU is the second seed in that region. Maryland is the conference’s ...
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ACC Nation podcast - March 17
2008-03-17 05:56:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes ACC Nation was in Charlotte, N.C., for the 2008 ACC Tournament and we have continuing coverage on this week’s podcast. Patrick Hite sat down with ACC commissioner John Swofford following North Carolina’s win over Clemson Sunday. Swofford talked about the ACC Tournament’s future, including whether it will ...
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ACC Nation podcast - day two of the 2008 ACC Tournament
2008-03-15 05:49:00 Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes ACC Nation talks with David Glenn of the ACC Sports Journal. David talks about how the tournament has changed with the addition of three teams in the past few years, what North Carolina has to do to be a No. 1 seed in the East and Virginia ...
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ACC Tournament - Georgia Tech vs. Duke in-game blog
2008-03-14 21:50:00 We are live at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena for the Friday evening session of the 2008 ACC Tournament. Join us for this in-game blog by posting in the comments section. This blog is sponsored by TicketCity.com, where you can get the best deals on NCAA Tournament tickets. The tournament’s second-seeded Duke Blue Devils will face No. 7 ...
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Delta Dental Awards $50,000 Grant to Georgia Tech to Improve Quality
2008-03-14 20:43:00 Earthtimes - ALPHARETTA, Ga. - (Business Wire) Delta Dental Insurance Company announced today the award of a $50,000 grant to the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology to support free and low-cost community clinics that Read more dBusinessNews.com - Wells Names Peter Mitchell Senior VP, Midwest Acquisitions ... |



