Category Archives: Opinion

What We Learned: Week 8

How did UNC lose to South Carolina?  After Thursday night’s win over Pitt, people wanted to know how this North Carolina team lost to that South Carolina team.  Short answer: South Carolina is better.  Their 3-5 record doesn’t look as … Continue reading

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ACC Bows to Howls of the Mob

So, the ACC has decided to suspend the officiating crew who blew the ending of the Miami Duke game.  After what I wrote earlier this week about officials and accountability, you might think I’m all for the suspensions.  You’d be … Continue reading

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Officiating Needs Transparency

Everyone saw the bizarre ending to the Miami Duke game on Saturday night.  Depending on your point of view, it was a wonderful example of how great college football can be or it was a travesty for which there is … Continue reading

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ACC Strong, indeed

Before the season we all knew that the ACC was Florida State, Clemson and 12 also-rans.  Little has happened on the field to change that, but some people want to imply that the conference is strong, resurgent and ready to … Continue reading

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What We Learned: Week 8

Think Twice Before Kicking that FG.  For years we’ve all known that in a tie game there’s virtually no downside to kicking a field goal as time expires.  If you make it, you win; if you don’t, there’s overtime. Auburn’s … Continue reading

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Chaos Theory: the What Ifs

During the BCS Era, the nightmare scenario was always 3 undefeated teams remaining for two spots.  In mid-October people would begin to speculate what was going to happen with all the undefeated teams.  Some people rooted for an unsolvable problem … Continue reading

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It’s Monday: What do we Know?

Jim McElwain is a Wizard.  In the waning years of the Will Muschamp era Florida was known as much for its dysfunctional offense as it was for its dominating defense.  The offense was so bad that it was assumed it … Continue reading

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What We Learned: Week 6

Dabo is sensitive about Clemsoning.  Clemson beat unranked Georgia Tech 43-24 Saturday.  Had they lost the game, it would have been classic Clemsoning, but they didn’t.  A reporter asked Coach Swinney after the game about Clemsoning.  He wanted to know … Continue reading

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The Pride and The Shame: Week 6

The Pride.  Michigan certainly looks different with Jim Harbaugh, don’t they?  The Wolverines weren’t supposed to be ranked this year; it was supposed to be the beginning of a rebuilding process.  Now Michigan is sky rocketing up the polls behind … Continue reading

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Alabama Holds Key to Georgia’s Rise

There’s no disputing Georgia’s place among the blue bloods of College Football.  They have the tradition: a national title and a Heisman trophy.  They have the fanbase, and they’ve been quite good for many, many years now.  They are clearly … Continue reading

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