The end is near

You'll never hear me complain about my job.

Preseason polls: Should we even pay attention?

On Monday morning in Greensboro, the ACC media anxiously awaited the release of the preseason media poll predicting where the conference's 12 teams would finish in 2010.

Open dates: How important are they?

Sat for a lengthy period of time and listened to Paul Johnson hold court earlier this week at the ACC Football Kickoff, and let's just say an ACC title hasn't exactly diminished his perceived arrogance and impatience with criticisms of his system.

Sorting out the Coastal Division

No real surprise that media covering this week's ACC Football Kickoff picked Virginia Tech to win the Coastal Division.

DMac's long road

A great songwriter once penned the words:

They say it takes hardship, boy, to let you love the rest.

Sometimes underneath the load is where I show my best.

Robbie Caldwell for president

"Am I really about to turn on my television to watch a replay of one of the most meaningless exercises in existence?"

That's the question I asked myself as the thumb reluctantly hit the power button on the remote control. It was 11 p.m., and there were plenty of better things to do than watch SEC Media Days.

Paul Johnson: The new evil genius?

In five years at South Carolina, Steve Spurrier has pretty much been a shell of what he was at Florida.

The Visored One certainly hasn't done a bad job in Columbia. But the Gamecocks' mediocrity, largely brought on by an offense that has not come close to resembling his Fun 'n' Gun juggernauts in Gainesville, has watered down the old Spurrier mystique.

Chickens on the front burner

Was doing my weekly interview segment last week with the fine folks at ESPN-1400 in Spartanburg when a question arose:

What's Clemson's most important game on the 2010 schedule?

Partial disclosure in Chapel Hill

So North Carolina's athletics department is getting investigated by the NCAA and ... that's about all we know.

Wearing out your welcome

Let's rattle off a list of impressive things Bobby Johnson did while coaching at Vanderbilt:

Cold feet on the Heels

Looking at what North Carolina's football team has coming back this season, one would get the impression that the Tar Heels should treat the rest of the ACC like Danny Green treated Greg Paulus in the above picture.

The ACC's offensive resurgence: Will it continue?

Rivals' own Dr. Saturday (a.k.a. Matt Hinton) is training his magnifying glass on the ACC this week, and in this installment he ponders the conference's offense.

Fit to commit

Yesterday's big news involving Cortez Davis, broken by our man Ryan Bartow, got me thinking about the term "commitment" and all the loose interpretations given it by hotshot recruits.

LeBron and his celebration of himself: Should we be surprised?

There's good and bad to this whole Facebook and Twitter thing (and whatever other social media platforms are out there I've yet to hear of).

Leggett going soft? Nah.

Reading Jack Leggett's reflections on the 2010 season, one might wonder whether the man has gone all hippy on us.

Policing the Skype machine

The NCAA hasn't exactly distinguished itself as a visionary when it comes to the rules it's enacted over the years.

Paying the price

While I was away, our friends at The Greenville News made an announcement that made me laugh.

Talking ACC player of the year

Been playing a lot of catchup lately trying to catch stuff I missed over the last two weeks, and noticed Heather Dinich's attempt to rank the ACC's top 25 players.

Back by unpopular demand

It's time for me to announce my intentions:

After a two-week trip to Hawaii to partake in contract negotiations to become a professional surfer, I have decided to stay in Clemson for another year and remain with Tigerillustrated.