September 9th, 9:15 pm: This entry originally posted earlier in the week, but got buried in the UNC scandal coverage. We’re going to bring it back to the top of the blog since we are getting so much traffic from various ACC blogs today. Please don’t miss out on the other big entries we’ve got […]
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D1SCOURSE: ACC AD’s Compensation
If you didn’t see VaWolf’s fantastic series on “Financing College Athletics” then you should click here to easily access the articles. Fantastic work that will interest a lot of people. Along those lines, of the best ACC Bloggers we know, D1SCOURSE, posted a great entry analyzing Debbie Yow’s compensation package at Maryland vs NC State […]
ACC AET Index (2006-2009)
The Age, Experience, & Talent (AET) Index is a quantifiable look at the each ACC team in 5 different categories: (1) Class Size (Percentage of team that are Jr/Sr) (2) Returning Starters (Percentage of starters that are returning from previous year(s)) (3) Returning Lettermen (Percentage of players who have received a Letter) (4) Depth Chart […]
Jim Young takes a closer look at the ACC/ESPN TV deal
While it was widely reported Monday that the ACC had reached a new TV deal with ESPN, many of the details of that deal (aside from the money part of the equation) were left somewhat up in the air. As more details of the deal begin to come out during the next few days and […]
It’s Time The ACC Admitted Its Mistake – Boston College Shouldn’t Be An ACC Team
The annual bowl rota of the ACC took a major nosedive this week when the conference refused to give the Gator Bowl flexibility in selecting an ACC team to play in their annual game. In place of the Gator Bowl, the Independence Bowl now takes its place. The Independence is in Shreveport, Louisiana, deep in […]
The State of State 2.0 – Championships
The new school year is upon us and I still have some summaries of the 2008-2009 season to share, better late than never I suppose. This entry will take a look at conference and national titles for both the 2008-2009 school year, for the 9 year tenure of Lee Fowler as AD and for the […]
Something Is Going On In The Big East…But What?
If you read between the lines, it looks like the Big East, which is still smarting from three of its members joining the ACC, is getting a little desperate when it comes to its position in the landscape of college football. And the reality of college sports is that it is football that drives change, […]
ACC Realignment on the Horizon?
Via Warchant.com and quite a number of other sites, word is filtering out around the web that the ACC may re-align its football divisions. This would presumably happen when the current ACC football schedule expires in 2015. Boston College and Maryland would be moving from the Atlantic to the Coastal with Miami and Georgia Tech […]
On the Cheap: NC State’s Athletic Budget vs. the ACC
Sometimes it helps to see things in black and white, spreadsheet style. From Forbes.com, here’s a listing of ACC school athletic department budgets and the salaries of each Athletic Director: ================= ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ================= ————————————————————— Athletic Yrs at No. of Dept. Guaranteed School Director School Teams Budget Base ————————————————————— Georgia Tech Dan Radakovich 3 […]
What If Our Athletics Were Graded By State’s Academic Standards? (11am Update)
I’ll make this short and sweet and let you add in your thoughts in the comments: What if NC State’s athletics were graded and a GPA built using essentially the same standards that each student at NC State faces in their classes? I think that overall, the Athletics Department’s GPA would hover around a 1.0 […]
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