Let’s not let a tough first weekend for the ACC fool us – except for in a few select instances. The new ACC certainly hasn’t proven to be the “powerhouse” football conference predicted several years ago when Miami and Virginia Tech finally joined. But it is a conference that will be very competitive nationally at [...]
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The Spread Offense: “All Your Base Are Belong To Us.”
It’s no secret that in college football over the past decade the spread offense has gone from obscurity to obsession. ESPN.com is reporting that 46 48 of the 120 teams in the FBS ran a spread-based offense or variation last season (at least 75% of the time), or plan to in 2009. Among them are [...]
Basketball in Florida: Six Degrees of Uncle Phil
To round out our tip-to-buzzer college basketball discussion this year (give us a break, NCAA Tournament Media Relations Department, we started in March), I can’t help but put a few words up about this year’s “coaching carousel”. We started by bringing to you very quickly, if not first, the news of Virginia’s new hire, Tony [...]
