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Friday Fish Fry
2008-02-02 01:09:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com Like most people in this business I have a tendency to start digging much like a dog after an elusive mole. I will keep digging until the entire landscape has been disrupted. It takes someone popping their head through a door screaming for it to stop. I think I hit that point late, no very late ... More About: Fish , Friday
Weekend Skinny - Feb. 2-3
2008-02-01 17:21:00 Two weeks in a row of 1-5 for Patrick, and this week he pulled The Evil Q in the gutter with him. So, Patrick stays a game back of the Q on the season - Q: 22-16 and Patrick: 21-17 (at this rate, they’ll hit 30 correct picks sometime around the third week of next season). Saturday’s games: Maryland at Georgia Tech ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
Bubble Teams-what do they need to do to get in?
2008-01-31 14:15:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com I’m among many who think the ACC is a little down this year, but the unpredictability makes the games all the more fun to watch. Despite that, the ACC still ranks first in terms of conference RPI. But as far as the NCAA tournament goes, I feel there are four teams that ... More About: World , Eagles , Tigers , Hurricanes , Boston College
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-31 12:57:00 Defense the key in tonight’s State-Duke game. Good story on Carolina’s Deon Thompson Clemson’s pipeline from Jacksonville. No big names in the AD search at FSU. Duke football creating a buzz? Boom time for Terps. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
The Tuesday Twelve
2008-01-29 18:04:00 12. Wake Forest football a victim of its own success. 11. Tar Heel Fan has a post on the opening of Carolina’s basketball museum. 10. The Georgia Tech Sports Blog wonders if the Jackets are in the Twilight Zone? 9. Statefans Nation gives a cheer to Miami. 8. Based on the RPI, the ACC may be fighting to get a fifth team ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-29 13:05:00 As the point guards go, so goes Georgia Tech. Clemson’s Trevor Booker questionable for Saturday’s game. Utah State athletics director may be headed to same job at FSU. Duke falls to Tennessee in women’s hoops. The ACC has two top seeds, but only four total teams, in Joe Lunardi’s latest brackets. More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College
ACC Nation podcast Jan. 28 - show notes
2008-01-29 02:55:00 Listen here Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald joins Patrick and The Evil Q this week to talk about the up-and-down Hurricanes , which were up this past weekend with a win over Clemson. Also, Patrick talked with Tyler Vaught and Connor Dougan of EA Sports during halftime of the Georgia Tech-UVa. game ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Boston College
GT?s Causey, Duke?s Nelson and State?s Hickson honored
2008-01-28 21:38:00 Georgia Tech?s Matt Causey and Duke ?s De Marcus Nelson were named Co-ACC Players of the Week while NC State?s J.J. Hickson was selected as ACC Rookie of the Week. Causey scored 18 points each in back-to-back ACC road wins last week over NC State and Virginia. In Tech?s 92-82 win over Virginia Sunday, the Gainesville , ... More About: Men , Hoops , Georgia Tech
Power Poll - Jan. 28
2008-01-28 14:00:00 I considered just putting Duke first, Carolina second and everyone else in a tie for third. Well, maybe everyone else but Virginia, which seems a perfect fit for last place at the moment. The Cavs are getting good at building big leads and letting them slip away. Anyway, the following is this week’s power poll with ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-28 13:01:00 Mike Wise of the Post writes that Maryland has a “hitch that needs to be fixed.” FSU’s Leonard Hamilton: “Our record could be much better.” Duke forcing turnovers as the Devils roll through the ACC. ESPN.com’s Heather Dinich writes that Duke is quietly taking care of business. Reserve Wake Forest running back kicked off team after threat. David Glenn writes ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Around ACC Nation
2008-01-27 14:51:00 That’s right, Around ACC Nation has returned from its extended holiday break. One last goodbye to the Orange Bowl. It’s fun to be a Blue Devil again. Clemson needs to work out some kinks. Good story by John Feinstein on former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins. More bad news for UVa. football - Jeffrey Fitzgerald may be gone. Wide receiver D.J. ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
College GameDay crew on Carolina
2008-01-27 04:56:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Carolina fans may be sick of hearing about how terrible the Tar Heel defense is (yes, even ACC Nation was caught up in the frenzy with a story we posted last week). But the ESPN College GameDay crew wanted to have its say on Saturday morning. Host Rece Davis asked how much, if any, does Carolina ... More About: North Carolina , Men , Hoops
Friday Fish Fry
2008-01-25 23:17:00 Column by The Evil Q jim@accnation.com If there is one thing that I know for certain about this small weekly contribution of mine is that it will never be short of material. This week is a superb example. Can you imagine having a job where all you do is soak up sports 24/7? I can see it now. Some of you sports ... More About: Fish , Friday
Weekend Skinny - weekend of Jan. 26-27
2008-01-25 05:47:00 Bad week for Patrick last week as he went 1-5. The Q at least kept his head above water at 3-3. For the season, Q is now in first with a 21-11 record, while Patrick slips to 20-12. Saturday games: N.C. State at Florida State (1:30 p.m. Raycom) Patrick’s pick: Was that Brandon Costner’s face I saw on a milk ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Hurricanes , Boston College , Miami
Rathbun: ?It hurts all levels of basketball.?
2008-01-24 12:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com By Bob Rathbun’s count, there are 51 players in the NBA who could still be playing college ball if they had chosen to stay. By my count, six of them are former ACC players. Rathbun, the Voice of the Atlanta Hawks as well as a veteran ACC basketball announcer, was a guest on the ACC Nation ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Basketball , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Seth Greenberg?s contract extension-does he deserve it?
2008-01-23 16:40:00 Column by Will Ojanen will@accnation.com On Tuesday, Seth Greenberg was given a three year extension at Virginia Tech through the 2012-13 season. In his four-plus seasons at Virginia Tech, Greenberg is 78-63, including an ACC Coach of the Year award in 2005, and a trip to the NCAA Tournament during the 2006-07 season, where the Hokies fell in the ... More About: World , Men , Hoops , Contract
The Tuesday Twelve
2008-01-23 02:37:00 Our weekly trip through the ACC blogosphere: 12. J.P. at ACC NOW has the list of ACC underclassmen that will be in the NFL Draft. 11. Barry Jacobs looks at coaches and birthdays for the DBR. 10. FSU It’s Time looks at AD candidates. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Carolina D in need of help
2008-01-22 15:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com Question of the week: Should Carolina push the panic button? In his words, Roy Williams doesn’t want his team to jump off a building. The North Carolina coach doesn’t want his team to take the loss to Maryland - a loss that knocked the Tar Heels from the ranks of the unbeaten and ...
ACC Nation podcast Jan. 21 - show notes
2008-01-22 03:35:00 Listen here Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Veteran ACC announcer Bob Rathbun, who is also the Voice of the Atlanta Hawks, joined Patrick and Q this week to talk about ACC basketball, college players jumping to the pros early, former ACC players on the Hawks and more. The guys also discuss the past weekend’s ACC games, including: - ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Maryland?s Gist, Wake?s Johnson earn weekly honors
2008-01-21 22:30:00 Maryland ?s James Gist was named ACC Player of the Week and Wake Forest ?s James Johnson was selected as ACC Rookie of the Week. Gist played a key role in Saturday?s 82-80 win over No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hill . The Silver Spring, Md. , native turned in his fifth double-double of the ... More About: Men , Hoops , Maryland , Earn
ACC Power Poll - Jan. 21
2008-01-21 20:50:00 This was the most difficult week yet to rank the teams. Honestly, teams 4-12 could be ranked in almost any order. I could justify my final rankings to myself, which made me satisfied with the final order below. I’m sure you’ll disagree with some of the choices, so let me know what you think in the comments ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
ACC Nation talks GT hoops on the BuzzLine
2008-01-21 05:49:00 Jon Rawl, host of BuzzLine (the Yellow Jacket Fan Show), was kind enough to invite ACC Nation ’s Patrick Hite to join him and his co-host Jonathan Leifheit of GoJackets.com to talk about Georgia Tech basketball. After making things interesting against North Carolina last week, the Yellow Jackets finally picked up their first conference win Saturday against Virginia Tech. Patrick ... More About: Men , Hoops
VT?s Allen suspended by ACC
2008-01-20 23:39:00 Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today that a two-game suspension has been issued to Virginia Tech freshman Jeff Allen for inappropriate contact with an official during Saturday?s game at Georgia Tech. Swofford issued Allen the suspension for deliberately making contact with game official Zelton Steed with 4:32 left to play in the Hokies 81-70 ... More About: Men , Hoops
Sail with the Pilot
2008-01-19 17:20:00 I was checking all our ACC Links to make sure they’re still active (something I should do more often, but am lucky to get to a couple of times a year). Anyway, I paid a visit to Dave Sez and discovered he had hung it up back in August (see, I really should check this ... More About: Tigers , North Carolina , Men , Hoops , Duke
Friday Fish Fry
2008-01-19 01:04:00 Column by The Evil Q accnationjim@comcast.net This was a busy week in the ACC and we have quite a number of stories we want to link you to in the Friday Fish Fry. On our agenda we find Women ’s Basketball, Baseball, Women’s Soccer, Wrestling, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field, Hall of Fame inductees and a poke ... More About: Blogroll , Eagles , Tigers
Davis to return to Clemson
2008-01-18 23:19:00 Clemson running back James Davis , the school’s number-two career rusher and touchdown scorer, has decided to return to school. Davis had announced on January 9 that he intended to turn professional. But, on Friday, Davis faxed a letter to the NFL and Clemson University asking that his name be removed from consideration. “I James Davis of ... More About: Tigers , Football , Clemson , Return
Weekend Skinny - Games for Jan. 19-20
2008-01-18 15:23:00 The Evil Q gained a game on Patrick last week by going 5-1 (Patrick was 4-2), so heading into this weekend Patrick is now 19-7 while the Q is 18-8. Saturday, Jan 19 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (1 p.m., Raycom) Q’s pick: Quite frankly a tough call as the Yellow Jackets look better on paper, while the Hokies lead ... More About: Games , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Hokies take step forward
2008-01-18 05:55:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net The next game has nothing to do with this game. Those were the words of Virginia Tech ’s Seth Greenberg following his team’s yo-yo, not-always-pretty, overtime win against Virginia Wednesday night. The next game for the Hokies is Georgia Tech. This game was Virginia. The previous game was Maryland. Three games and, so far, two wins ... More About: Men , Hoops , Sound and Fury
ACC midseason awards
2008-01-16 19:28:00 Column by Will Ojanen Special to ACCNation.com It seems like it was just last week that we were just starting to preview the college basketball season. And now, the non-conference portion of the schedule is over and teams are getting into the teeth of conference play. We?ve seen quite a bit of surprise and intrigue up to this ... More About: World , Eagles , Tigers , Awards , North Carolina
ACC basketball scores - Tuesday night
More articles from this author:2008-01-16 12:58:00 Clemson 70, N.C. State 54 Boston College 76, Miami 66 Maryland 71, Wake Forest 64 More About: Eagles , Tigers , Basketball , Hurricanes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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