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Ranking ACC Stadiums

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:29:17 PDT

Camp is just about three weeks away for most teams so we have some time to squeeze in a few more lists to get you through the Summer.When teams say a stadium is "tough to win in", the team they are playing usually has a good amount to do with the validity of that statement. Today, I am going to rank the toughest stadiums in the ACC using overall home records over the last eight seasons. 12.

STOP THE PRESSES!

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:37:27 PDT

Tony Barnhart, aka Mr College Football, tell us that the SEC had 3 unanimous selections by the coaches to first team all-conference - LSU T Ciron Black, Alabama WR Julio Jones, and Tennessee S Eric Berry. Oh ok. Nice info. Hey, wait a second. WHERE IS TEBOW? Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players so it wasn't Ole Miss' Houston Nutt voting for Jevan Snead.Here is my list of

Lucky 7 Links For Thursday

accsecblog@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:48:58 PDT

ACC NewsTommy Bowden did not step down on his own will?!? Shocking!. Next it will come out that Tommy Tuberville was fired at Auburn.State Fans Nation (one of the best NC State blogs out there) makes the case against Clemson in the Atlantic Division. And therefore, pumps up the Pack's chances in a wide open division.The Legacyx4 breaks down ACC teams are how many plays it took them to score a

10 Links For Tuesday: 5 ACC Stories, 5 SEC Stories

accsecblog@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:52:51 PDT

SEC NewsESPN has hired former Georgia greats Matt Stinchcomb and David Pollack for their expanded SEC coverage this season. I don't get the logic behind Pollack. He is on here in Atlanta doing a afternoon show and sounds very unpolished. Maybe ESPN was listening too much to his counterpart Mike Bell and has mistaken Pollack for being a genius in comparison.Orlando Sentinel back again with the

Thoughts on Early College Football Lines

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:46:19 PDT

The Golden Nugget has some early lines for the football season. Some observations on games of interest. Link1003 GEORGIA 1004 OKLAHOMA ST. -3 Okie St is basically getting the home field points in the opener. I am assuming Vegas knows Richt's road record?!?! 1007 VIRG. TECH @ATLANTA GA 1008 ALABAMA -4 People are going to jump all over Alabama at -4. No one outside the ACC respects the ACC

Links To Distract You From Work On A Friday

accsecblog@gmail.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:48:17 PDT

The Junkyard Blawg over at the AJC has a poll up asking UGA fans who the best player ever is. Is there even a question it is Herschel Walker?LinkThe GT Blog at the AJC takes a look at ACC Basketball after all the draft day decisions came in. Mark Bradley also chimes in with an early top 10 for next year appeasing some of his readers by putting GT at #10. Seems like just a throw in at #10.

Post College World Series Q&A

accsecblog@gmail.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:01:52 PDT

The College Baseball Blog was kind enough to do a final Q&A wrapping up the College Baseball Season. We talk about LSU's 2009 run, the Tigers' chances next year, and who will step in the ACC and SEC.Q: What was the difference for LSU in winning the College World Series?A: The difference between Texas and LSU was the pitching and the power hitting of the Tigers. They were killing the ball in Omaha

College World Series: LSU A Win Away From Title

accsecblog@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:33:28 PDT

LSU won game 1 of the College World Series Finals beating Texas in extra innings. The Tigers were down 6-4 in the 9th with 2 outs when they ripped a double to left field scoring two runs to tie the game. LSU later scored in extra innings to take a one run lead which they held behind freshman closer Matty Ott to win 7-6.I am getting this up late, but here is a good preview of the finale from The

SEC Football: Ten Questions for 2009

accsecblog@gmail.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:55:36 PDT

A few days ago, I pondered some questions for the ACC in 2009. Now it is the SEC's turn. Florida comes in as the clear favorite to win the conference, but the West looks like it is wide open. We have some new coaches too that will be looking to turn around once proud programs. 1. The rosters say ‘yes’, history says ‘no’; will the Gators repeat as national champs in 2009?2. Is Ole Miss for real

Ten Questions for ACC Football in 2009

accsecblog@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:38:00 PDT

College Gameballs did a “20 Questions for the ACC” recently, so I thought I would do one similar. Answering 20 questions kinda gave me a hand cramp, so I will limit it to 10. Add any of your own if you want.1. Will Virginia Tech stand up for the ACC and beat a national power from the SEC on opening weekend?2. Will Paul Johnson’s offense be even more successful in year two or will ACC defenses

College World Series Fun Facts & Odds

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:52:16 PDT

The College World Series starts today at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE where it has been played since 1950.The first winner of a Division I baseball title was Cal in 1947. Their Pac 10 brother, USC, leads all schools with 12 titles all time including five in a row from 1970-74. But the Trojans have not won since 1998.The ACC has two teams in the CWS this year, but has not won a title since

College World Series Preview

accsecblog@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:43:02 PDT

The College World Series starts this Saturday with four of the eight participants coming from the ACC and SEC – two from each. The CWS uses two brackets of four teams with double elimination, like the regionals, to set up a best of three championship series.Here is the scheduleThe ACC takes on the SEC on Saturday with the ACC Champion Virginia Cavaliers meeting the SEC Champion LSU Tigers. The

Regional Review and Super Regionals Preview

accsecblog@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:02:18 PDT

The College Baseball Blog was kind enough to do another Q & A looking back at the Regionals from this past weekend and forward to the Super Regionals this weekend.We talk about the two ACC vs SEC Super Regional matchups, what went wrong for Georgia and Georgia Tech this year, and if LSU and UNC are still their favorites.Q: What Regional winner surprised you the most?A: The obvious answer would be

Chat With The College Baseball Blog

accsecblog@gmail.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:53:36 PDT

The College Baseball Blog is hosting a chat at 1PM today to talk about the Regionals just finished and the Super Regionals this weekend.MY HOME PAGEa2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl=location.href;Follow Me On Twitter

Best Coach in the ACC? Well That Depends

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sun, 31 May 2009 09:21:04 PDT

Who is the best football coach in the ACC? A few weeks back, I did a ranking of SEC Coaches based purely on statistics like record, championships, and recruiting; so now it's the ACC's turn.One of my biggest complaints (and readers too) was not taking a coaches recent record (last four seasons) more into account - it counted the same as everything else. Another one was comparing recruiting

NCAA Baseball Regionals Updates:ACC and SEC Looking Strong

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:35:36 PDT

The NCAA has a great site to track how all the Regionals are going. You can check out the entire bracket, in progress games, and results by conference. The ACC went undefeated on Day 1, including Virginia's 5-1 win over San Diego State and previously unbeaten and likely #1 draft choice P Stephen Strasburg. Only Alabama and Vanderbilt lost in the first game from the SEC. The Tide are currently

NCAA Baseball Tournament Regional Previews

accsecblog@gmail.com — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:28:19 PDT

The road to the College World Series kicks off today with Regional action at 16 sites around the country. The College Baseball Blog has done a very informative preview for each of the Regionals. If you remember our interview with the College Baseball Blog earlier this week, they told us that they thought the Irvine Regional with #1 seed UC-Irvine and ACC Tournament Champion and #2 seed Virginia

NCAA Baseball Tournament Preview: Q&A With The College Baseball Blog

accsecblog@gmail.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:46:26 PDT

The NCAA Baseball Tournament field is set and our friends over at The College Baseball Blog allowed us to do a short question and answer with them to give more insight into the Tournament field and how they see it shaking out.Q:What jumped out to you first when reading over the bracket?A:Virginia getting screwed by having to go to UC-Irvine. They will have to face Stephen Strasburg in the first

Notre Dame Minimizes The Truth

accsecblog@gmail.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:25:08 PDT

Notre Dame has been conveniently leaving out Charlie Weis' losing seasons out of their media guides. Evidently they have been doing this since Weis was hired in 2005.The decision to omit those records goes back to when Weis was hired in 2005 without any prior head coaching experience. Notre Dame’s media relations department said Monday that it treated his coaching history like that of an

College Baseball Regional Projections and Tournament Links

accsecblog@gmail.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:25:44 PDT

The ACC and SEC Baseball Tournaments are under way in Durham, NC and Hoover, AL. Both conferences take just the top eight for their tournaments. The ACC uses a pod system, round-robin format with the two pod winners playing for the championship. The SEC uses seeding and double elimination for their winner.UPDATED 5/21: The College Baseball Blog has updated projections here. LSU remains their

SEC Coaches Rankings: A Statistical Look

accsecblog@gmail.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:18:37 PDT

Everyone has a coaches ranking so I figure why not have one myself? But I thought it would be good to look at statistics only to rank the coaches instead of the typical ranking off the top of your head model.To rank the SEC coaches, I used four major criteria: record, championships, recruiting, and "what have you done for me lately". With this criteria, I could not include recent hires Lane

ACC vs SEC in 2009: An Early Look

accsecblog@gmail.com — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:01:37 PDT

It’s May and not a whole lot is going on right now with Spring Practice over (if there is news this time of year, it is usually bad) so I thought we could take a look ahead to the ACC vs SEC matchups in 2009.Alabama vs Virginia Tech September 5th Atlanta, GAEarly Lean: Alabama 65.4% Chance of WinningWhy? The Tide returns nearly their entire defense from a unit that ranked top 5 nationally last

SEC Spring Football Rankings

accsecblog@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:46:09 PDT

Nobody takes spring football as seriously as the folks in the SEC do. With eleven of the twelve teams having played their spring game, lets take an early look at the SEC in 2009. In case you were wondering who is still out there, its Kentucky, and football is in the trunk right now compared to basketball with the hiring of John Calipari. SEC West1. Alabama The Tide surprised everyone in 2008 by

ACC Spring Football Rankings

accsecblog@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:46:28 PDT

ACC Teams have largely finished up their Spring practices (VT, BC, and Maryland Spring Games are April 25), so now is a good time to take a look at the conference and some early projections for 2009. We'll check back in the Summer with some in depth projections also taking a look at the oh so important schedules.1. Georgia TechPaul Johnson enters year two in Atlanta coming off a surprising 9-4

ACC Spring Football Update: Tech's Johnson Confident In Offense

accsecblog@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:30:18 PDT

Back with more from Barnhart who this time travels around some of the heavy weights in the ACC as they wrap up their Spring Practice.Four ACC teams have already concluded practice and five more take to the field for the final time on Saturday, including Georgia Tech.Tony writes that Tech head coach Paul Johnson is not concerned about teams catching up to his offense in year two.“When we were at