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2007-12-18 12:59:00 Duke blows by Albany. Miami beats Stetson. Not decision yet on Tyler Hansbrough’s availability Wednesday night. Miami fires defensive coordinator. On our podcast this week we mentioned Virginia Tech’s Bud Foster might be in the running for the West Virginia job. It looks like someone else with family ties to the ACC wants the job. ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Power Poll - Dec. 17
2007-12-18 04:27:00 12. Maryland - Ohio? In College Park? No excuse. 11. N.C. State - Beating S.C. State was a step in the right direction. A baby step, but still a step. 10. Georgia Tech - I fear Kansas could do nasty things to the Yellow Jackets. 9. Virginia Tech - When your best player shoots 4-of-15 from the floor ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Is Tampa a good idea?
2007-12-17 13:30:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net Do you like the ACC’s choice of Tampa to host the ACC football championship? The ACC announced last week that Tampa, which hosted last season’s ACC Tournament in basketball, will be the home of the ACC football championship the next two seasons. Charlotte will then host the game the following two seasons. ACC commissioner John ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
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2007-12-17 12:49:00 Deacons top Buckeyes for NCAA men’s soccer title. Carolina wins, but Hansbrough banged up in process. Wake tops Bucknell in an emotional game. Virginia Tech falls to ODU. UVa.’s Craig Littlepage defends honoring Hokies. Academic problems may hurt FSU in bowl, next season. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
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2007-12-16 15:02:00 Duke has a new football coach - UT offensive coordinator David Cutliffe. Cutliffe’s former boss thinks he will do fine with the Blue Devils. N.C. State got back on the winning track Saturday. FSU comes up short against Butler. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
College Bowl Challenge
2007-12-15 23:58:00 ACC Nation wants to get your picks for the bowl games that begin Thursday. We’ve created a group in Yahoo! Sports’ College Bowl Pick’em contest. It’s free to play and the winner gets a copy of Tim Peeler’s “When March Went Mad, plus an ACC Nation bumper stick. Maybe we’ll find another item or two in ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina
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2007-12-15 15:14:00 Duke will announce its football coach today at 5 p.m. More on the hiring - Tennessee’s David Cutliffe will get the job - from the AP. The Charlotte Observer’s Ken Tysiac likes the hire. Wake Forest knocks of Virginia Tech, one win away from soccer title. Tough loss for Hokies. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Friday Fish Fry
2007-12-14 15:30:00 Column by The Evil Q accnationjim@comcast.net This isn’t your father’s ACC anymore. Football, aka soccer, has grabbed the imagination of fans and the wrath of at least one writer, as the ACC sends two schools into the NCAA semifinals later today (Friday). Unfortunately, only one will get to move on to the national-championship game. We’ll take a look ... More About: North Carolina , Hurricanes , Boston College , Miami , Fish
Weekend Skinny
2007-12-14 13:30:00 Last week: Patrick - 4-1, Q - 3-2 Saturday’s games: South Carolina State at N.C. State (2:30 p.m.) Q’s pick: Worries expressed by coaching staff about this game … South Carolina State 83, North Carolina State 71 Patrick’s pick: Apparently Q got an early start on his weekend drinking. Really, picking South Carolina State to win was crazy enough. Picking ... More About: Virginia Tech , Men , Hoops , Florida State
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2007-12-14 12:59:00 The Men’s College Cup starts today and features two ACC teams. The two teams have already played once this season. Deacons counting on experience. Tech’s Oliver Weiss is sweating the small stuff. More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Feinstein likes new Georgia Tech hire
2007-12-13 13:30:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net John Feinstein joined Patrick and Q on the weekly podcast - listen here. John Feinstein spent the past six seasons watching Paul Johnson roam the sidelines at the Naval Academy. In addition to being a best-selling author and a contributor to NRP, The Washington Post and various other media outlets, Feinstein is also ... More About: Hire , Football , Tech , Duke , Georgia Tech
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2007-12-13 12:58:00 Not much time this morning, but I wanted to give you a few links, including two game stories. The ACC started out so well against non-conference opponents this season, but things are quickly going downhill. The latest losses … Maryland falls to Ohio. UMass takes down Boston College. Also, more on the ACC’s decision to play the football ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
ACC Nation podcast - Dec. 11
2007-12-11 13:30:00 Listen here Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Best-selling author John Feinstein, who is a color commentator on the Navy football radio network, joins Patrick and Q on this week’s podcast to discuss Georgia Tech’s new coach, Paul Johnson. The former Navy football coach landed in Atlanta last week and Feinstein gives ACC Nation his thoughts on how ... More About: Podcast
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2007-12-11 13:02:00 The News and Observer’s Chip Alexander takes a look at N.C. State’s problems. Caulton Tudor writing about the Wolfpack: “The season is not over.” Former Georgia Tech great dies. More About: Nation
Power Poll - Dec. 10
2007-12-11 05:43:00 12. N.C. State - First New Orleans. Now ECU. State may be on the NIT bubble. 11. Georgia Tech - At least Paul Hewitt gets a little break - the only Paul anyone in Atlanta wants to talk about now is Paul Johnson. 10. Wake Forest - Augusta State came closer to beating Georgia than Wake did ... More About: Power , Poll
ACC names players of the week
2007-12-10 22:16:00 GREENSBORO , N.C. ? North Carolina ?s Tyler Hansbrough was named ACC Player of the Week and Boston College ?s Corey Raji was selected as ACC Rookie of the Week. In earning the player of the week honors for the second time this season and third time in his career, Hansbrough turned in his 20th career ... More About: Players , Names
Has a slow start doomed Wolfpack?
2007-12-10 13:30:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net Poll question: Will N.C. State make the NCAA Tournament this season? Before the season began, I was asked to come up with a Final Four. Being the loyal ACC guy that I am, I chose two ACC schools. Carolina was an easy pick. But my sleeper Final Four pick was N.C. State. I just didn’t ... More About: Start , Slow , Doomed , Wolfpack
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2007-12-10 12:49:00 Boston College wins ACC opener. Virginia Tech has little trouble with George Washington. Florida State falls in women’s soccer final. Wyoming freshman James Johnson leads Wake in early going. More About: Nation
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2007-12-09 14:04:00 Miami rolls past FIU. Duke pulls away from Michigan. FSU tops Maine with help from 20 three-point buckets. N.C. State continues to struggle with loss to ECU. Wake Forest falls to Georgia. More About: Nation
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2007-12-08 14:58:00 ACCNation .com posted some information on Georgia Tech’s new coach, but here is more on Paul Johnson from the AJC. Tony Barnhart likes the hire, but Jeff Schultz writes “for now, he’s perfect.” And more from the other side - The Baltimore Sun, which covers Navy. With Johnson heading to Atlanta, what is next for Duke? Virginia bounces back with ...
ACC names players of the week
2007-12-04 05:31:00 GREENSBORO , N.C. ? Clemson?s K.C. Rivers and North Carolina ?s Wayne Ellington were named Co-ACC Players of the Week while Duke?s Kyle Singler was tabbed as the ACC Rookie of the Week. Rivers averaged 21.0 points and 10.0 rebounds as the 18th-ranked Tigers posted a pair of non-conference home victories last week. The Charlotte, N.C., junior ... More About: Men , Hoops
Power Poll - Nov. 3
2007-12-03 19:54:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net Here’s the debut of the basketball power poll. It’s early and this will change a lot before the end of the season, but I still want your input. 12. Georgia Tech - Apparently Paul Hewitt was jealous of all the attention Chan Gailey got for being on the hot seat. 11. N.C. State - After ... More About: Power , Eagles , Tigers , North Carolina , Hurricanes
ACC-Big Ten Challenge preview
2007-11-21 22:56:00 Column by Will Ojanen Special to ACCNation.com We?re just days away from what is one of the best stretches of non-conference games in all of the non-conference season, the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Traditionally, the ACC and the Big Ten are two of the better conferences in all of college basketball, and this tends to determine which conference is the better ... More About: World , Eagles , Tigers , Minnesota , Illinois
Weekend Skinny
2007-11-21 13:30:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net Game of the Week: Virginia Tech at Virginia (ESPN2, noon) Have you voted in our poll? Call this game the ACC playoffs, part two. Last week Boston College beat Clemson in a game where the winner would take the Atlantic Division title. This week, Virginia Tech and Virginia play in Charlottesville, with the winner moving on ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
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2007-11-21 13:08:00 Florida State got back on the winning side last night. Carolina rolls over South Carolina State. Duke has a chance for another title in Hawaii. Virginia shakes off slump to beat Drexel. Maryland falls for the second night in a row. More About: Football , North Carolina , Boston College , Miami , Virginia Tech
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2007-11-13 13:04:00 Jon Scheyer leads Duke with 22 points as the Blue Devils improved to 2-0. Boston College squeaks past Florida Atlantic. Clemson rolls in opener. Isaiah Swann leads FSU to victory with 25 points. Maryland avoids upset. More About: Nation
Weekend Skinny
2007-11-08 16:00:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net I went 3-3 last week and am now 48-26 overall, and, if the message boards are to be believed, I’m on the hot seat. So, I understand how important this week is to my future. But I don’t think my contract has a buyout, so maybe I’m OK. On with the picks … Game ... More About: Eagles , Tigers , Football , North Carolina , Hurricanes
Winning ways
2007-11-08 13:30:00 Column by Patrick Hite accnationpatrick@comcast.net Biko Paris led his high-school team to state titles his final two seasons. Corey Raji’s team played in two state championship games, winning one. Rakim Sanders helped his team to a pair of titles, while Josh Southern’s high school won the state championship in his senior season. All winners in high school. All freshmen ... More About: Eagles , Boston College , Men , Hoops , Duke
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2007-11-08 12:56:00 One year later, Bryan Pata’s murder remains unsolved. Will Frank Beamer use two quarterbacks against FSU? The Tallahassee Democrat has a breaking story: Virginia Tech good on special teams. Defense key for Carolina hoops. More About: Nation
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More articles from this author:2007-11-07 13:00:00 James Gist and Landon Milbourne suspended for Maryland opener. He’s not fully healed, but Miami ’s Kyle Wright will start Saturday. The Washington Post has its predictions for the ACC basketball standings - should we be shocked that they have Maryland third? I think we missed this Sunday, but more preseason predictions from the Charlotte Observer. Tommy Bowden likes ... More About: Football , North Carolina , Boston College , Virginia Tech 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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