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ACC Awards, Notre Dame

The media voted… Erik Green (Virginia Tech) as ACC Player of the Year (ACC.com). Oliver Hanlan (Boston College) as ACC Freshman of the Year (ACC.com). Inexplicably, TJ Warren only got 12 of 77 votes. Durand Scott (Miami) as ACC Defensive Player of the Year (ACC.com). Jim Larranaga (Miami) as ACC Coach of the Year (ACC.com). […]

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Sunday Expansion Thoughts

I’ve long-believed expansion/re-alignment wouldn’t end until there were four 14- or 16-team superconferences controlling the football universe, i.e., TV/BCS revenue. The proliferation of college football on TV over the past 20 years has shifted the landscape such that traditional cultural and geographical alliances simply don’t matter, and conference names have little to do with affiliated […]

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Expansion/Realignment (11pm Update)

So, just to recap, here’s where we stand: In a move I don’t necessarily like, but entirely understand (the cozy little basketball conference most of us grew up with is long gone), Syracuse and Pittsburgh are officially in the ACC, which doesn’t exactly thrill Jim Boeheim (ESPN): The Big East has held its tournament at […]

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