The Five best non-ranked match ups of week one
Everyone is excited for the return of college football. Week 0 gave the people a little taste but the real action begins Thursday night. Among the blockbuster games is Georgia traveling to Death Valle...
UNC to Hire Hubert Davis as New Head Coach
One of college basketball’s most prominent jobs was filled this past Monday Afternoon (April 5th) . North Carolina’s Board of Trustees met to approve the hire of assistant coach Hubert Dav...
Week 5 AAR: Let the Coaching Carou$el Begin
Week five is over? Happy Trails, Chris Ash Rutgers fired Chris Ash today. Tough to blame them after he posted a 3-26 record in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights’ only win this season came in the...
Week Four After Action Report: When Dubya Was in Office
Michigan Ded Wisconsin absolutely dominated Michigan en route to a 35-14 win in Madison. Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor is the first player to ever rush for 200 yards against Michigan. A stadium full of...
Week Four Points of Interest
The points of interest is back. This is essentially just me rambling about the things I’m most interested this week. He’s got a great personality! Clay Helton could be the nicest guy in th...
Week Three Points of Interest
I’m just gonna dive right into this thing. I don’t have anything interesting to open with this week. Actually, here’s a fun fact; if he had never scored a goal, Wayne Gretzky would s...
NCAA Week 1 After Action Report
College football is officially back. In my preview, I declared this particular iteration of games lackluster. On paper, it was pretty accurate, we only had one top-25 matchup. But college football has...
Week One Points of Interest
Week One is here. There’s plenty to be excited about in a seemingly lackluster opening stanza to the 150th season of college football....
NCAA Tournament: ACC has potential to get 9 teams in
March Madness is just around the corner, and the ACC is stacked as always. The league has nine teams currently in the mix for NCAA Tournament spots, three of which have a shot at a No. 1 seed. There a...
Will the real Syracuse Orange please stand up?
After a 69-49 drubbing of No. 18 Louisville on Wednesday night, Syracuse now sits at 18-8 overall and 9-4 in ACC play. They’re also tied for fourth place in the ACC standings with Florida State, tra...
North Carolina: Heels in good shape despite Virginia loss
The North Carolina Tar Heels are 19-5 and 9-2 in ACC play, tied for 2nd in the conference with Virginia The Bad News CHAPEL HILL, N.C.- For Tar Heel fans, it’s hard not to believe that Monday ni...
2018 Coaching Hire Grades
This college football season may be drawing to a close, but the head coaching hires that teams make this offseason will shape the sport for years to come. So far over a dozen programs have replaced th...
The Hangover, Week 13: Let’s Talk Playoff Scenarios
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I ...
#SU25 Basketball: Preseason
It’s that time of the year again! The college basketball season tips off tonight with the Champions Classic taking place in Indianapolis. The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Michigan State Spartans,...
College hoops AP poll released, basketball’s back, baby
In light of the college basketball preseason AP Poll being released, I would like to take this opportunity to say that it is officially basketball season. The NBA started last week, college football i...
The Buzzer-Beater, Fifth Edition: It’s Tournament Time
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from Birmingham, AL, wh...
My Argument against Xavier and Villanova
Listen, I like college basketball about the same as the next guy on this website. It’s exciting and March Madness is probably the most exciting time of all. However, when the brackets were relea...
The Buzzer-Beater, Fourth Edition: Oh, Hai Mark (Emmert)
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from Tuscaloosa, where...
10 Takeaways from The Shrine Bowl of the Carolina’s
The 81st annual Shrine Bowl was held at Wofford College this year. Its the main all-star game for high school football players from North Carolina and South Carolina. I have been attending the game si...
UNC Looks to Repeat Amid Frontcourt Concerns
It was expected that this season for the Tar Heels would turn out much like 2006 and 2010 in that it would be a rebuilding year. After back-to-back title game appearances and being crowned last year&#...
North Carolina Somehow Avoids Penalty from NCAA
Today, the NCAA reported that they found no violations in the UNC academic fraud investigation. A three year investigation has provided no clear answer to what was seemingly a major fraudulent network...
NCAA Investigation Clears UNC of Charges
After a seven year-long investigation into an academic fraud scandal, the NCAA has cleared the University of North Carolina from any NCAA sanctions. While everyone may jump to the conclusion that UNC ...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 2
Well, college football is back in full swing and that means the return of the video game stat lines of the week (yes, I know it is week two, cut me some slack). Through the first two weeks we have see...
ACC Coastal Preview
In recent memory, the Atlantic Division of the ACC has dominated the conference championships. That looks like it will hold true this year as there are about three teams that have a legitimate chance ...
Previewing the NCAA Baseball Tournament
Selection Sunday was pushed back one day due to rain on the East Coast Friday, but the NCAA Baseball Tournament field was announced Monday afternoon. Missing from the field of 64 for the first time si...
Individual Matchups to Look Out for in Tonight’s Final
The conclusion of the greatest tournament in American sports is finally upon us. Tonight, UNC will look to avenge their heart-wrenching loss in the final of last season against Villanova. This year, t...
UNC Sweet Sixteen Preview
After barely getting by the Razorbacks of Arkansas in the Round of 32, the Tar Heels head to Memphis for the Sweet Sixteen, just two games away from another Final Four berth. First though, they...
Year of the 16 Seed?
A 16 seed has NEVER beat a 1. That is not a typo, and it is also not surprising. But should it be? There have been a handful of two seeds to get canned in the first round, including a championship fav...
March Madness Preview: ACC
After seeing the fifth seeded Duke Blue Devils take home the ACC Tournament crown last weekend, this conference looks as stacked as ever. While they may not be able to replicate the success the confer...
ACC Weekly Roundup: February 27th
Not too much has changed going into the last week of the regular season; Duke is not back, Carolina takes the crown, and Boston College still sucks. Besides that, we’re all just looking forward ...
Locks of the Week: February 25th
Record to Date:14-16 Had a solid week last week at 3-2. Two more weeks until tournament picks. #8 North Carolina (-8) at Pittsburgh Coming off one of their most impressive wins of the season ag...
ACC Weekly Roundup: February 20th
This was quite the week in the best conference in college basketball. First off, RIP to Buzz Williams’ shirt. The most surprising news came when Mark Gottfried became Mark Got-fired after a 24-p...
ACC Weekly Roundup: February 13th
The Top 5 1. North Carolina 21-5 (9-3) Thought for sure that this would be the week I’d knock Carolina down, but still not so. Falling in a close game on the road against Duke doesn’t change my op...
F*** Duke
I’m not sure if my love of Carolina basketball arose from the Heels themselves or from my burning hatred of Duke and all they stand for. I’m going to lean towards a mixture of the two. Along with ...
ACC Weekly Roundup: February 6th
The Top 5 North Carolina 21-4 (9-2) For the fourth week in a row, I have Carolina in the top spot. This past week involved an odd situation as UNC had to leave campus and take on Notre Dame in ...
ACC Weekly Roundup: January 30th
The Top 5 North Carolina (LW:1) 19-4 (7-2) This feels so wrong and I’ll probably get accused of playing favorites for doing this, but I don’t care if you like it or not. Miami is a tough place to ...
ACC Weekly Roundup: January 23rd
The Top 5 North Carolina (LW:1) 18-3 (6-1) The Tar Heels will likely remain atop this list for the next few weeks, barring a major upset. They don’t play another ranked team until February 3rd. This...
ACC Weekly Roundup (January 16th)
The Top 5 North Carolina: 16-3 (4-1) Despite a random stinker against Georgia Tech, I believe UNC is the team to beat in the ACC right now (until Duke gets going at least). The Heels were able to pull...
ACC Power Rankings
This year’s ACC is definitely the best conference in college basketball, and it may be the deepest as well. Through the first week in the season we’ve learned a little about some teams and nothing...
