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Jagodzinski Discusses 2008 Season With ACC Media

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:38:40 UT

Second-year Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski took part in the 2008 ACC Football Kickoff on Monday along with the other 11 conference coaches. Members of the media talked to Jagodzinski at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, near Greensboro, Ga.

Tags: ACC Football Kickoff, Jeff Jagodzinski

Freshman Quarterback Review, Part One: ACC

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:38:05 UT

One of the regular assumptions here and elsewhere holds that, whatever a player's performance as a freshman, automatically add major gains to his sophomore projections. He had no idea what he was doing; now he does. Hence: he will be better. He'll probably be awesome, in fact, since who's good enough to start despite having no idea what he's doing? Someone awesome. WEB RUN

Tags: Durant, Rivers, Rix, Skinner, Weatherford

2008 ACC Football Preview

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:25:42 UT

When Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College hooked up with the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004, it was supposed to make for the greatest conference in football while crushing the Big East. Since that merger, the Big East has flourished while the ACC is 0-for in Bowl Championship Series games (Florida State '05 Orange Bowl, Wake Forest '06 Orange Bowl, Virginia Tech '07 Orange Bowl) and has produced the worst BCS team in terms of record since the system's inception (8-5 FSU, 2005). Is this the year things turn around? WEB RUN

Tags: BCS, Big East, Orange Bowl

Football Players Making a Difference Both On and Off the Field

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:12:56 UT

Three Wake Forest University football players are among a group of WFU students and faculty spending the next two weeks in Kenya and Tanzania, assisting with the Nyanya Project.

Founded by Mary Martin Niepold, the Nyanya Project helps grandmothers in Africa who are raising their grandchildren who have been orphaned by AIDS. The non-profit group helps these grandmothers learn skills and develop economic self-reliance through a program created by Niepold.

Worst Fans In The ACC

Joe Ovies — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:28:31 UT

“Which ACC fan base is the worst?” Former NC State punter Austin Herbert posed that question to AG yesterday. Here’s mine, again based on stereotypes associated with each school: 5.) NC State, 4.) Duke 3.) Clemson 2.) Miami 1.) Maryland - Crude, disgusting, and at times dangerous. Ask Carlos Boozer’s mom. WEBRUN

Tags: Austin Herbert, worst fans

Wake Forest Ranked 17th in Lindy's Preseason Poll

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:19:21 UT

Lindy's Sports Annals has ranked the Wake Forest football team No. 17 in its 2008 preseason national poll. The magazine, which hit newsstands this month, also projects the Demon Deacons to finish second overall in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Tags: Lindy's Sports Annals, Riley Skinner

ACC football coaches: Whose seat is hot?

Patrick Hite — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:25:38 UT

Now is as good a time as any to take a look at the conference coaches and just how hot their seats are in 2008. I should let you know that I don’t think any of the 12 are truly on the hot seat. Some are on warmer seats that others, but, short of some scandal, I don’t think we’ll see much change after this coming season. But I am predicting one coaching change after 2008. Keep reading to see which coach I think is gone. WEBRUN

Tags: Beamer, Bowden, Cutcliffe, Davis, Friedgen, Grobe, Groh, Jagodzinki, Johnson, O'Brien

RAWFS Complimented By "The Gray Lady"

Gene Galin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:53:41 UT

Congratulations to the Red and White from State blog for their mention in the New York Times.

Tags: NCSU, ny times, red and white from state

Judge agrees that Duke is Godawful

WEB RUN — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:54:54 UT

A Circuit Court judge in Kentucky has sided with Duke in a breach of contract lawsuit brought forth by Louisville. The Blue Devils backed out of a four-game series against the Cardinals with three dates remaining. The contract called for a penalty of $150,000 a game if a date with a "team of similar stature" could not be arranged. - WEBRUN

Tags: Blue Devils, Louisville Cardinal

UVA's Dombrowski, FSU's Simmons & NC State's Holtz Named to the College Football Hall of Fame

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:42:06 UT

From the national ballot of 75 candidates and a pool of hundreds of eligible nominees, Archie Manning, chairman of The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, announced the 2008 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) Class. The announcement includes three men with ACC ties. Virginia offensive tackle Jim Dombrowski and Florida State nose guard Ron Simmons were listed among the players tabbed, while one-time NC State head coach Lou Holtz was one of the two coaches selected.

Tags: FSU, Jim Dombrowski, Lou Holtz, NCSU, Ron Simmons, UVA

Atlantic Coast Conference announces 2008 Spring Sportsmanship Award recipients

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:19:36 UT

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the recipients of the 2008 Spring Sportsmanship Awards. Teams receiving the awards have conducted themselves with a high degree of character and good sportsmanship, as determined by a vote of the league’s players and coaches.

Tags: ACC, Sportsmanship award

Web

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:55:29 UT

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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:03:56 UT

Riley named to Blue Ribbon Preseason All-ACC Team

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:49:17 UT

The Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook announced its 2008 Preseason All-ACC Team with Duke wide receiver Eron Riley selected to the offensive team.

Tags: Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook, Duke, Preseason All-ACC Team

UVA

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:40:02 UT