Posted by Sam

Our buddy Sambo has occasionally penned posts for us in the past, and we’ve brought him in to do a new weekly piece. Sort of a new surprise mid-season. We present:

THE WEEKLY PICKS OF THE WEEK!!

Oh, hello there. Didn’t see you come in. Well, sit down and get comfy, because I am about to help you with something called gambling. Chili asked me if I wanted to write something for this awesome website, so I agreed, but only if that dirty Willy Mac didn’t know about it (shaking my fist at that dirty Willy Mac b/c I love him so much). So each week, I will pick games from all the ACC matchups, as well as, any other matchup I feel should be mentioned. Sound like fun? Well, here we go!

ACC GAMES

(Pick in Bold. Home team capitalized)

NC State v. FSU (-9)

-Wolves versus Indians. Tough choice, but since Indians have fire and spears, they make the logical pick. Plus, Christian Ponder is dreamy.

Miami (-7) v. WAKE FOREST

-If I were to make my own university, my school colors would be green and orange, and our mascot would be the Manbearpigs.

Duke v. VIRGINIA (-7)

-Are UVA fans trying to imitate Al Pacino’s character from Scent of a Woman? Well, they are doing it wrong.

Central Michigan v. BOSTON COLLEGE (-5.5)

-I like saying Chippewa!

Georgia Tech (-12) v. VANDERBILT

-Go Braves! I mean, go Atlanta based teams!

Coastal Carolina (off) v. CLEMSON

-Boobs.

OTHER GAMES OF INTEREST

Georgia v. Florida (-15)

-Do Tebow’s tears really cure cancer? Someone told me that once and no one has since confirmed nor denied it.

(The Real) USC (-3) v. OREGON

-A Duck versus a Trojan. Or a Duck versus a Condom? Which one sounds like more fun to witness in person? Exactly.

Texas (-9) v. OKLAHOMA STATE

-Cowboys literally own Longhorns. Literally.

Weekly Lock of the Week

Cocks v. TENNESSEE (-6)

-Do you hear that? Me neither, that must mean that the Cocks’ time has run out and their annual collapse is approaching fast.

I hope you enjoyed our visit today, and if you actually did enjoy it and are not just telling me that so that I won’t cry, then maybe we can do it again next week. Also, here is a hint as to who the Lock of the Week will be next weekend, it starts with an “A” and ends with an ”rkansas Razorbacks”.

Posted by Chili

Clemson continues its upswing under Coach Oliver Purnell. The ESPN/USA Today preseason top 25 was released this week, and Clemson came in at number 24. Additionally, Trevor Booker was one of 50 players named to the Preseason Naismith Trophy Watch List. In February the list will be cut to 30 players, then to four finalists in March.

Clemson’s first non-exhibition game is against Presbyterian College on Nov 13 at 8 PM.

Posted by Block-C Staff

This week, the ACC Blog Roundtable is being hosted by Joe Ovies, of, well… whatever the hell he does.

From Old Virginia | Testudo Times | College Game Balls
Jim Young, ACC Sports Journal | From the Rumble Seat | BCInterruption
Yet Another NCSU Blog | Joe Ovies | On the B.Rink

1.) Now that we’re in the home-stretch of college football, we have enough material to begin campaigns for ACC coach of the year and player of the year. Who ya got and why?

For coach of the year I think David Cutcliffe at Duke just edges out the tremendous job Paul Johnson is doing at GT. The Devils will likely not make a bowl game this year, but Coach Cut already guided Duke to two conference wins in a row (a massive step for them) and a frighteningly close game against the Virginia Tech Hokies. Duke may likely win the state championship this year in the Tar Heel State.

Player of the year is CJ Spiller. Christian Ponder is making a hell of a case as well and it may remain to be seen how the season turns out for each player, but we feel that to give it to anyone else is simply ignoring what an insane season Spiller has had. He leads the nation in all-purpose yardage and has notched touchdown plays of over 60 yards in each and every single contest this year. He’s got three rushing touchdowns, two receiving TDs, and three on kick return. All of this with every opposing team keying on shutting him down.

2.) Would your 2009 ACC coach of the year stand a chance in the SEC battlefields of recruiting and gameday management against the likes of Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, and Lane Kiffin?

Seriously, you’re mentioning Kiffin? C’mon. David Cutcliffe has already shown that he is a more than capable recruiter and assistant coach in the SEC during his Tennessee and Ole Miss days. He recruited and coached both of the Mannings. That’s a shoe-in right there for his SEC coaching prowess. He also helped lead the Vols to two SEC championships and a Natty. In fact, rumors were that loud portion of Tennessee fans and donors wanted Cutcliffe over Kiffin when the coaching search was taking place. It probably would have been a better hire. It’d be a mistake to say that Duke isn’t taking steps to build a winning football attitude. Time will only tell if they are as committed as Cut is and give him a huge payday to keep it around.

3.) Getting away from the breathless week-to-week win/loss reactions such as “OMGZ!1!JUAN! WE WON, BCS NEXT!” or “WTF, WE’RE DA SUX. FIRE COACH!”, where is your head coach in 5 years. If no longer with your school, how does the exit go down?

I don’t know man. It’s his first year. There’s no way for us to really tell at this point. Would we like for Dabo to pan out and turn into a badass coach who actually gets us to championship games? Of course. If he doesn’t pan out he’ll go to another underling school, get them on the right path, and probably return to embarrass us in Death Valley.

4.) Coffee is for closers only. Which means plenty of ACC teams are walking around with empty cups after failing to finish off opponents or lock up divisions. As the worst offender, who gets the steak knives?

Uhhh, the worst offender gets fired. Come on Joe. If you’re gonna reference movies do it right. Second best gets the knives. First place gets the Cadillac El Dorado. The worst offenders, get sent packing. We think that it’s fitting that we give the distinction of most empty cup to Butch Davis and his North Carolina Tar Heels. They should just rename the position to the “Tommy Bowden memorial spot for teams unable to close on a division lead.” Coffee is for closers, only. You think I’m fucking with you? … I am not fucking with you.

5.) Bob Griese wants to take you and Juan Pablo Montoya out for tacos. Where’s the best joint in town?

Super Taco. We’ve never actually been there, but we’ve heard good things. Personally, we’ll just stick to the sketchy, nameless Mexican restaurants if we’re looking for tacos. Odds are, we’re not even looking for tacos. We’re looking for cheap, huge glasses of Central American booze to pour down our gullets and the tacos serve as a plus in the drunk food category.

Posted by Chili

Just weeks ago Dabo had slid down into the netherquadrants of the Dab-O-Meter. The more fickle fans were burning their ALL IN shirts and flinging their own excrement in shame, rage, and mild confusion. A solid victory over Wake seemed to right the ship a bit, but we’d have to wait to see if things took a Tommy Bowden plunge into bitchassness.

Thankfully they did not, though a careful nitpicking of the game proves that there were still a fair share of coaching and execution shortcomings to make one at least a bit cautious about the future and to suggest that perhaps you oughta hold off just for a couple weeks before buying your tickets to Tampa.

The fan base has always been quick to throw caution into the wind, and as the freshness started to wear off the Miami upset, fans were fumbling over their keyboards to type I’M ALL IN AGAIN and post it on Tigernet as fast as their gravy stained fingers could handle. Let’s look at where Dabo has moved this week. Remember, for whoever last week was whining about not being able to decipher the graph, we’ve got the Southern Folksy Charm rating along the x axis, represented by the Wal-Mart child slapper to Andy Griffith scale. Along the y axis is the scale of coaching prowess from Danny Ford to ham sandwich.



The Tigers left Landshark Stadium a burning husk filled with charred jorts and gold chains. Dabo Swinney rode out of South Beach (because that’s exactly where the stadium is, right on the beach! Really!) on the shoulders of giants in orange and white and surveyed his team’s magnificent stance as the top squad in the nationally respected, mighty, dog-eat-dog ACC Atlantic Division. Could this coach, in his first full year at the helm of the Tigers, really take the team to the ACCCG? Can Dabo do what Bowdendn’t? (feel free to put that on a shirt you guys). He certainly seems to have come full circle… err… sort of rhomboid back to near or slightly above where he was when hired.

Next week we’ll see what happens when the Tigers take on the Coastal Carolina Totally Rad Aquachickens in a matchup with little upside for the Dab-O-Meter. Win big and he barely moves up as it’s expected, a close game maybe nudges him down a bit, and a loss would precipitate a fall dangerously close to busting through the bottom of the chart where a malevolent Cerberus of coaching abominations (whose figure may be revealed in a future post) is chained, its maws glistening with slobber as it waits to gobble up a coaching failure. Let’s hope he doesn’t meet the three headed faildog. Until next time.

Posted by Willy Mac

Do what Clemson fans know how to do best. Click away.

Maybe this time we can beat Nebraska.