Dark side of the (ACC) moon

So the other night I settled in front of the TV with the halfhearted intention of watching the North Carolina-Virginia Tech game.

Basketball thoughts

A few impressions from last night's 76-73 defeat at Miami:

Learning on the fly

In the wake of Sunday's disappointing loss to Duke, Brad Brownell said the stage and the competition presented his five freshmen with quite a reality check.

Misery gets company

We're only a week removed from the big South Florida Seven-Zero, so not a lot is going to comfort Clemson fans right now.

The fine line

A few minutes after his team had been knocked silly by Alabama, Les Miles was talking like he was the one who took the punch.

Ding ... ding

First of all, a disclosure:

I'm jacked about tonight's BCS title game. It does have a feel of a heavyweight fight. As exciting as high-powered offenses can be to watch, sometimes it's just as fun to watch to physical, talented teams slugging it out.

Virginia Tech/ACC thoughts

Judging from the reaction on the message board I'm going to be vastly outnumbered when I say this, but I thought the replay official made the right call to overturn Danny Coale's touchdown catch.

Carrying the ACC banner

Dabo Swinney didn't attempt to spin or sugar-coat earlier today when he was asked about the SEC's dominance.

Sunshine ... and links

Impossible not to be in a good mood when you wake up every morning and it's sunny and 80 degrees ... in the winter.