ACC bowl guesses

Always hard to get a precise read on reality during the dog-and-pony show that precedes bowl selections.

The bowl reps usually talk about how much they love a lot of different teams, and often they're deliberately vague so as not to tip their hands as to their plans.

Iowa basketball thoughts

Impressive showing on a number of fronts from Clemson in tonight's win at Iowa.

Some thoughts:

Ten thoughts from the weekend

1. How much of an appetite would there be for a Clemson-Auburn matchup in the Chick-fil-A Bowl?

If Clemson loses to Virginia Tech on Saturday night, the answer to that question could determine whether Clemson plummets all the way to Orlando for the Champs Sports Bowl.

Some basketball thoughts

A couple of weeks ago, Brad Brownell gathered with the media to discuss his team as it prepared for its opener against Gardner-Webb.

A proposal for the rivalry

Received a number of e-mails and tweets over the last few weeks alerting me to this proposal for the Clemson-Carolina football rivalry.

Ten thoughts from the weekend

1. Well so much for that rare Top 15 rivalry matchup we talked about last week.

With Clemson ranked No. 7 and South Carolina ranked No. 14, seemed the only thing that would preclude just the second Top 15 matchup in the rivalry's history was a Gamecocks meltdown against The Citadel.

Basketball thoughts, nuggets

(Photo courtesy of The Post and Courier)

Had a good time last night in the old stomping grounds of Charleston, first gathering with the good folks of the Charleston County Clemson Club and then watching the Tigers' 73-50 win over The Citadel at McAlister Field House.

The path of least resistance

Maybe the ACC's Atlantic Division should be subdivided into two entities called "Those who give a crap about football" and "Those who don't."

The State of N.C. State

Once upon a time, N.C. State was regarded as an emerging power with all sorts of nice facilities and a recruiting pipeline to Florida.

Ten thoughts from the weekend

VT-GT thoughts

(AP photo)

A few observations from last night's big game in Atlanta:

Putting Paterno to bed

There's something about the 24-hour news cycle that makes you feel dumber the more you watch.

The JoePa-calypse

Something about our society is broken.

The Georgia Tech hangover

A lot is made, and legitimately so, about the benefits of having extra time to prepare for Georgia Tech.

Ten thoughts from the weekend

Ten things learned while watching as much college football as possible on a guys' weekend in the mountains of North Carolina:

Thursday-night fun

Is it me, or has the appeal of ESPN's Thursday-night football programming decreased significantly this season?

ACC and the Top 5

The ACC's biggest problem in recent years, as everyone knows, has been an inability to produce elite teams.

Don't blame me, I voted for ...

So there's a guy out in L.A. who decided to vote Boise State No. 1 in his most recent AP ballot.