The ACC School Mount Rushmores: North Carolina
Continuing with our Mount Rushmores… only two schools left. Today, we will go with North Carolina.
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Drew Allen or Terrell Hunt?
Today’s Syracuse-Penn State game is a huge transition game for the Syracuse program. Moving from Doug Marrone to Scott Shafer will hopefully signal moving forward and not backward. Since the game is being played in North Jersey it could have a major impact on both schools getting back into a key recruiting area. Penn State always had this area before Greg Schiano and Syracuse thrived in this area during the Paul Pasqualoni era. With Don Bosco Prep, Paramus Catholic, St Peter’s Prep, Bergen Catholic, and St Joseph Regional, just to name a few, all being within a 30 minute drive of MetLife Stadium a Syracuse win could help their recruiting profile in an area loaded with Division 1 players and just 4 hours from their campus. I think most assume Drew Allen will be named the starter just before game time. Syraucse fans should just hope the coach picks the guy who gives the team the best chance to win the game today. While I admit having an Oklahoma transfer QB gives the national media a reason to talk about the program, just getting the win with whoever is actually better will carry more clout in the long run. This is technically a Syracuse home game, but its going to be hard to out number the Penn State contingent in this area.
Clemson and FSU will set Reputation of ACC for 2013
I can hear the comments now from the four letter network’s talking heads: “The ACC loses more BCS conference match ups….” The presumption is that the ACC is a weak football conference if they lose lopsided match ups like unranked Virginia Tech vs. #1 Alabama. I’m not convinced. Conferences should not be judged by the performance of middle or bottom tier teams. Would an Illinois victory over Kentucky indicate that the Big 10 is a better conference than the SEC? No way.
The biggest game this weekend for the ACC is Clemson vs. Georgia. As a matter of fact, it is the only game that really matters on the national front.
A Clemson victory would likely catapult them into the Top 5, put them in the national title conversation, and set up a nationally relevant game against Florida State on October 18th. Florida State, the other ranked ACC team, has it’s own responsibility for carrying the ACC flag. The Noles need to win their games against inferior competition and continue their presence near the Top 10 for a majority of the season.
How many years has it been since an ACC football team has been in the national title conversation in November? It’s up to you Clemson and Florida State to buck the trend.
Non-Conference Schedule
How many non-conference ranked opponents will be played by conferences this year?
ACC: 11
Big 12: 2
Big 10: 4
Pac 12: 8
SEC: who cares
Winston Debut
As Florida State finishes up preparations for the Pittsburgh Panthers, most fans are eagerly anticipating the debut of freshman QB Jameis Winston. Winston has generated a significant amount of hype since his MVP winning Elite 11 camp in 2011. The hype reached epic proportions after Winston’s spring game performance highlighted by a 58 yd strike against All-ACC conference corner Lamarcus Joyner.
The 2013 Starts Tonight: Still Time to Sign-up Today for the Confidential’s Free Survivor League!
The Confidential is inviting you to join our private College Football Survivor Pool called THE CONFIDENTIAL SURVIVOR POOL. The pool is being hosted on a website called officefootballpool.com and this entry contains all the necessary information for joining. This is a free league, with a prize to the winner. But you need to sign up very soon–the season starts tomorrow!
It will be a double-elimination league, with the ability to re-pick a team for the second time after week 10. If you make it that far, of course.
Instructions for joining:
You need to be a member and logged in at OfficeFootballPool.com. If you aren’t a member already, you’ll need to register first. Click on the link below (or copy and paste it into your browser) and you will be guided through the process for joining this pool, including registering if you need to.
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The 2013 Starts Tomorrow Night: Sign-up Today for the Confidential’s Free Survivor League!
The Confidential is inviting you to join our private College Football Survivor Pool called THE CONFIDENTIAL SURVIVOR POOL. The pool is being hosted on a website called officefootballpool.com and this entry contains all the necessary information for joining. This is a free league, with a prize to the winner. But you need to sign up very soon–the season starts tomorrow!
It will be a double-elimination league, with the ability to re-pick a team for the second time after week 10. If you make it that far, of course.
Instructions for joining:
You need to be a member and logged in at OfficeFootballPool.com. If you aren’t a member already, you’ll need to register first. Click on the link below (or copy and paste it into your browser) and you will be guided through the process for joining this pool, including registering if you need to.
http://www.officefootballpool.com/pools.cfm?poolid=96660&p=2&pwd=x8r796
Pool ID Number: 96660
Pool Entry Code: x8r796
If you have any problems or questions joining the pool, please let us know. You can also contact the website manager for help (admin@officefootballpool.com).
The Confidential’s 2013 Football Preview
For long-time followers of the Confidential, you are familiar with our weekly polls. This year, we will not begin our poll until after the Week 1 games. This is something that we would like to see the major polls also do. Watch some games before deciding 1 to 25. But what we WILL do is provide our expectations regarding the tiers for the ACC teams (plus Notre Dame and Louisville).
Games Start in Two Days: Sign-up Today for the Confidential’s Free Survivor League!
The Confidential is inviting you to join our private College Football Survivor Pool called THE CONFIDENTIAL SURVIVOR POOL. The pool is being hosted on a website called officefootballpool.com and this entry contains all the necessary information for joining. This is a free league, with a prize to the winner. But you need to sign up within the next 48 hours.
It will be a double-elimination league, with the ability to re-pick a team for the second time after week 10. If you make it that far, of course.
Instructions for joining:
You need to be a member and logged in at OfficeFootballPool.com. If you aren’t a member already, you’ll need to register first. Click on the link below (or copy and paste it into your browser) and you will be guided through the process for joining this pool, including registering if you need to.
http://www.officefootballpool.com/pools.cfm?poolid=96660&p=2&pwd=x8r796
Pool ID Number: 96660
Pool Entry Code: x8r796
If you have any problems or questions joining the pool, please let us know. You can also contact the website manager for help (admin@officefootballpool.com).
The Confidential’s Fantasy Football League: ACC Survivor League! Sign-up Today!
The Confidential is inviting you to join our private College Football Survivor Pool called THE CONFIDENTIAL SURVIVOR POOL. The pool is being hosted on a website called officefootballpool.com and this entry contains all the necessary information for joining.
It will be a double-elimination league, with the ability to re-pick a team for the second time after week 10. If you make it that far, of course.
Instructions for joining:
You need to be a member and logged in at OfficeFootballPool.com. If you aren’t a member already, you’ll need to register first. Click on the link below (or copy and paste it into your browser) and you will be guided through the process for joining this pool, including registering if you need to.
http://www.officefootballpool.com/pools.cfm?poolid=96660&p=2&pwd=x8r796
Pool ID Number: 96660
Pool Entry Code: x8r796
If you have any problems or questions joining the pool, please let us know. You can also contact the website manager for help (admin@officefootballpool.com).
Fantasy College Football… Last Call!
With only one week left until College Football storms back in… we’ve got to wrap up the plans for the Confidential’s Fantasy Football.
Subject to interest, the Confidential is going to have TWO different free fantasy football leagues:
League A: Will be a survivor pool league. [Note: for those who do not know what a survivor pool is…. wow… it’s awesome… each week a participant must pick one ACC team (current 14 ACC teams + Louisville or Notre Dame) to win. If that team wins, the participants moves on to the following week. However, a participant cannot pick the same team twice. The last participant standing wins the prize.]
League C: Will be a college fantasy football league based on individual player performance. More details to come.
If you are interested in either of these free… prize-offering…. leagues, please go here and enter your name and email address in the upper, right-hand corner. You will get periodic updates regarding the rules and details.
The ACC School Mount Rushmores: North Carolina State FINAL
The support for Everett Case was overwhelming. As someone from a distant era, we have to rely on historical information, rather than ESPN telecasts. So here is what the Raleigh Hall of Fame has to say about Case:
Born at the turn of the 20th century, Case, a legendary high school coach in Indiana, had a vision of what college basketball could be and he brought that vision to Raleigh. Where others saw a partially built Reynolds Coliseum, Case saw an arena that would hold 12,500 fans. While others saw football as the major college sport, Case saw arenas full of cheering, loyal, rabid basketball fans.
At first, Case recruited out-of-state basketball players who knew the nuances of the game. Even so, he spent many hours visiting North Carolina high schools and civic clubs, encouraging cities and towns to build better gymnasiums, so North Carolina lads could eventually compete for college basketball slots. He wanted to see hoops tacked up on pine trees, and backboards and baskets on almost every vacant lot. Within five or six years he did.
Case’s first 10 years at N.C. State have to be among the greatest of all time. His teams had 267 wins against 60 losses, six consecutive Southern Conference tournaments, three straight Atlantic Coast Conference tournaments. They won six of seven Dixie Classics. Tired of being doormats to N.C. State, the 1950s found nearby colleges hiring top caliber coaches, and recruiting quality players from around the country, eventually making college basketball “King” in North Carolina.
In addition to being a legendary coach, Case was a skilled promoter. The Dixie Classic, a Case brainchild, was the forerunner of today’s many popular holiday tournaments. Case introduced such practices as cutting down the nets after a championship and shining a spotlight on players as they were introduced. The installation of an applause meter in Reynolds Coliseum, the invitation to high school coaches for clinics, and his open-door policy to the media were other Case trademarks.
Case resigned from N.C. State in 1965 and died in 1966. He was the first basketball coach enshrined in the State of North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame and was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981.
The Naismith Hall of Fame adds that Case was “largely responsible for popularizing basketball in both the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and in North Carolina.”
There was some support for Tab Ramos, Phillip Rivers, and Roman Gabriel, among others. But Case was influential in North Carolina State developing into the basketball school that it is today.
The Final North Carolina State Mount Rushmore: David Thompson, Jim Valvano, Kay Yow, and Everett Case.
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