June 6th marked the start of one of the most underrated drafts in professional sports, the MLB First-Year Player Draft. It brings the draftees more personally and emotionally into the fold, while the high school/college split creates an interesting dynamic. Additionally, the lack of certainty and familiarity with the player pool all but eliminates ugly … Continue reading
According to TigerNet.com, Clemson will play host to the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2014, dropping UVA after a trip to Charlottesville this season. In the past, the ACC has always played home-and-roads with opponents from the opposite division. The “crossover rival” remained constant every year with two other crossover games that featured same team two years … Continue reading
Baby steps people, baby steps. As I mentioned in a previous post, I believe NCAA football has a serious problem with steroid and drug use. One cause for this problem is the lack of standardized testing and discipline. Allowing individual teams to determine punishment for their own players who fail drug tests is like allowing … Continue reading
It was just a few months ago that Clemson’s basketball program appeared to be in utter disarray. At the season’s conclusion, Brad Brownell was clearly disappointed in the dedication of his team and specifically the graduating seniors. Despite their poor attitudes, departing Seniors Milton Jennings and Devin Booker were Clemson’s only semblance of a post … Continue reading
I recently wrote an article praising Brian Cashman for his ability to find all the right pieces to keep the Yankees highly competitive (and division leading) despite new taxes, enormous injuries, and shrinking payroll. Travis Hafner, Lyle Overbay, and Vernon Wells are just some of the players he’s turned to this season for bargain production. … Continue reading
With Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Louisville joining the ACC as full-members for baseball (and Maryland leaving), the best conference in the country will grow even bigger and stronger. The ACC currently plays a gimmicky round robin style tournament wherein only the top 8 teams in the conference make the event, forming two pools of four. … Continue reading
It was a long read, but well worth it. Coolidge by Amity Shlaes chronicles the life of the 30th President of the United States. He served in the time between World War I and the Great Depression (1923-1929) and thus is often forgotten in the annals of history. Nevertheless, he accomplished a great deal during the … Continue reading
Shortly after news of the Pittsburgh and Syracuse additions to the Atlantic Coast Conference, Commissioner John Swofford foolishly announced the conference’s intentions to move to a nine-game ACC schedule. Members with established out of conference rivalries (Clemson, GT, FSU, Wake Forest) balked at the idea of having no flexibility to schedule other major out of conference … Continue reading
College football fans are the most passionate sports fans in the nation. They’re engrossed in the emerging details of the new College Football Playoff, which is still nearly two years away. As its ramifications to the bowl system unfold, changes for ACC become clear, some good and some bad. Let’s start with the latter. The … Continue reading
Arthur Blank, the venerable owner of the Atlanta Falcons, has thoroughly expressed his desire for a new retractable roof stadium as a new home for his franchise. The Georgia Dome, bland as can be, is 20-years-old. In negotiating with the city for a new stadium, he found leverage anywhere he could, including threatening to move the Falcons … Continue reading
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