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.