Follow @Ryan_Kantor We’re inching ever so close to football season, and Shakin the Southland has a huge day tentatively set for Monday, August 31st with dozens of Clemson Football Season Preview articles being published on that date. For my part, I have an in-depth season preview with input from bloggers across multiple SB Nation ACC … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor May 19th, 2014 Clemson football is a major brand name, especially across the South. As such, it’s no surprise that Clemson does so well pulling top rated recruits out of cities like Atlanta and Jacksonville. What draws lamentations though, is Clemson’s inability to do so in Charlotte, NC. Clemson’s campus is located a … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor After Notre Dame was upset by Pittsburgh, one of the newest ACC members, many were left jumping for joy. Many of these same people, will often comment that Notre Dame dodges a challenging schedule by refusing to join a conference. Below, I quickly dispel that myth. De Facto Conference Schedule For the indefinite … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor The Round of Eight is complete! We pitted the eight most hideous helmets in college football against one another and voters picked which were the ugliest. Thank you to the over 100 people who visited the site to register your votes. We’re now down to the four ugliest helmets in college football. Let’s … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor Let me begin by jokingly calling out Robert Reinhard, Wake Forest SB Nation blogger, for his #GoACC Power Rankings that have FSU ranked above Clemson. This comes despite Clemson’s win over UGA, which now looks like a top five team, while FSU’s best wins include a 14-point comeback win against Boston College last week … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor You may not remember, but in 2008, ESPN created the Helmet Clash, where they pitted some of college football’s best looking helmets against each other in tournament style polling. Florida State’s iconic gold helmet with the spear won out. Now, in “honor” of this week’s Thursday Night ACC matchup where Virginia Tech is … Continue reading
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
It’s always a good day to plunder the Big East The slow and gradual collapse of the Big East, which was caused in no small part by the misguided basketball-only schools who never realized that football must come first, leaves plenty for the plunder. 20 years ago, not realizing how much more important football would be … Continue reading
If Louisville joins the ACC as the conference’s replacement for Maryland, who left for the Big 10 out of financial desperation, it will not only be a quick and sufficient band-aid, it will be an immense upgrade from every conceivable angle. There’s a reason you haven’t heard many ACC fan’s lamenting about Maryland’s exit, and it’s because … Continue reading
The University of Notre Dame has joined the ACC in all sports except football, where it feels like they’ve halfway joined. As an alumnus of a ACC charter member Univeristy, I am excited to welcome the storied program to our proud conference. Notre Dame will be full conference members in basketball adding them to … Continue reading
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