Virginia: You may have heard UNC hasn’t won on Thomas Jefferson’s Grounds since 1981.
Newsflash — the Tar Heels aren’t the only team that has walked out of Big Donor III Center at Bigger Donor Field at Scott Stadium without a “W.”
The power of orange has the Hoos 38-11 under Al Groh at home. That’s the best home-field advantage in the ACC.
It’s gotta be the sweatshirt.
Texas: Look out, Ol’ Mack is back. The Horns’ win over Oklahoma looked like an aberration, like Jimmy Fallon actually being funny on the “The Barry Gibb Talk Show.”
Then Texas backed up the Sooners surprise with a whipping of Mizzou, hangin’ 56 on the Tigers without breaking a sweat.
Is a second title, then a return to the ACC, in Mack’s future?
Virginia Tech: The Hokies have serious issues on offense. The ground game’s unimaginative, and the passing game is nonexistent. Thanks to Chris Crane, the defense scored twice, but the World’s Greatest Special Teams coughed up another score.
Still, Hokie Hi, Saturday wasn’t a total disaster. Losing to BC — not good. Another year of Al Groh — great.
BYU: So sad, the Cougs had dreams of an ’84 reprise, all of the big boys fall and they step into the void for a national title.
Then they played an actual team, and there was no bogus celebration penalty to save the day. The truth is, all is not lost with the TCU loss. The Mountain West champion, whoever it ends up being, deserves a BCS bid, even with one loss.
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Bowden in ‘12
Unburdened by having to win a title in an inferior league with superior talent, former Clemson coach Tommy Bowden can use his superpowers for good, like saving the economy.
Forget Suze Orman or Warren Buffett, what America needs is Tommy Bowden for President in 2012. Anyone who can finagle a $3.5 million buyout out of their boss — after almost getting fired for four straight years — clearly has the financial acumen, and persuasive je ne sais quoi, to bail out Wall Street, maybe even lower gas prices.
Tommy wouldn’t even have to leave the family to fill out the party ticket. Little brother Jeff gets paid $107,500 a year (until 2012) by Florida State to not coach, which in fairness to FSU is cheaper than paying him to actually coach.
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Coachspeak-to-English translation
“You go in there and start praying.”
— Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, at the half of the Seminoles’ 26-17 win over N.C. State, on how to cut down on penalties.
Translation: Our Father, no more holding calls, and while I’m at it, let me win more games than JoePa.
Comments
Quite your whining. The
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 11:41 — Mike in Charlottesville (not verified)Quite your whining. The Heels are over-rated and over-achieving. You don't have a deep-enough bench to be a top-25 team. Scott Stadium didn't beat the Tar Heels, the Cavs did. I think the game was about even until the Cavs got the ball in over-time, and then the offense beat the Tar Heel defense like a red-haired step-child. Noise? That hell-hole you play your home games in makes a sold-out Scott Stadium seem like a day-care center at nap time. Great that you beat ND, though .
Sally Hemmings' baby daddy
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 17:51 — Virtuous Yeoman (not verified)Sally Hemmings' baby daddy did it to us again...or at least his ghost did.
Happy New Year, orange bow-tied frat boys!
I Hate Virginia
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 16:43 — elwoodGT (not verified)I hate the stinkin' Hoos. Every year they do this - lose to some crappy out-of-conference team (Wyoming? HELLO!?), then just about the time you think they're finally going to truly stink up the place, they pull a win out of nowhere and ruin a decent team's season in conference. They've done it to my Yellow Jackets more times than I care to remember - we haven't won in C-ville since 1990.
Seriously, they are a net loss on the conference. Terrible losses out of conference, big upset wins in conference. Never do they reverse it, say, by actually beating USC or Auburn or whoever. No, they have to get destroyed by UConn, then beat Maryland and UNC.
Jerks.
Loosing in Hoo-ville
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 15:41 — Anonymous (not verified)I think they lull the opposition to sleep with the swaying and the singing after they score.
retarded
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 20:33 — gvillegatryea. this was stupid. but it is what they do so i guess they prolly dont think it is stupid. whatever.
I don't know. Recall, also,
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 14:44 — JamesinWillowSpringsI don't know.
Recall, also, that Florida State lost their first ACC conference game in Charlottesville.
It's a neat stadium, that seats a ton of people close to the field. I've never thought of the fans as being all that special, but because of its enclosed nature, it can get pretty loud in there.
Everybody makes a big deal
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 09:40 — JamesinWillowSpringsEverybody makes a big deal out of Philip Rivers' 0-4 mark against Maryland (and they should--it sucks), but he was also 0-2 against the Hoos in Charlottesville.
Say what you will about their fans or their team, but Scott stadium is a DAMN tough place to play.
Not a tough place for
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 21:06 — Anonymous (not verified)Not a tough place for Virginia Tech! They are actually pretty successful there. Its like their third home field, after Blacksburg and Kenan stadium...
but why?
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 10:47 — izzykareemits one of the few i never got a chance to visit. What makes it hard. Unless there's something in the water that make coaches take a knee with 47 seconds left, then in overtime, be damned determine to not utilize Hakeem Nicks and even more determined to let Greg Little prove that he is irrelevant.
joke
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 18:13 — Anonymous (not verified)amen izzy. little is a little joke.