Butch Davis' body of work

You can count me among the group that thought Butch Davis would win big in Chapel Hill upon his hiring before the 2007 season.

Playing the "what if" game at UNC and USC

Stuff happens so quickly these days that, by now, I'm probably not going to present an opinion on the Butch Davis mess that you haven't already seen over and over since late yesterday afternoon when the news broke.

The fascination with Logan Thomas

Virginia Tech lost Tyrod Taylor and two stud running backs from last year's ACC title team, yet the Hokies are being labeled by some a Top 10 team entering 2011.

Poll position

Doesn't seem like long ago when sportswriters who covered the ACC spent the summer writing about Florida State's "veneer of supremacy" and wondering how many centuries it would take for the rest of the conference to chisel some chinks into it.

Losing a voice

Can't remember if we were at a football game, a basketball game or a baseball game, but a few years ago Ken Burger and I encountered a logjam of fans at the entrance to a stadium.

Believing the hype

In an interview with Tigerillustrated.com earlier this week, Tajh Boyd was talking and he mentioned "the freshmen."

The kicking question

Maybe I missed it, but through several hours of listening to Dabo Swinney on Monday night at his home for an off-the-record dinner with the media, and then much of Tuesday at his annual media golf outing, I never heard anyone ask him about the kicking game.