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    Sportsmanship

    With the score tied with Florida and time running out, LSU was faced with 3rd and long. A quick pass to their tight end was not enough for a 1st down. But, as he was tackled, a Florida DB pulled his show off unintentionally. That should have ended the series, but the DB picked up the shoe and...
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    ACC Media Preseason Poll 2020-21

    ACC Preseason Poll, per release: 1. Virginia 2. Duke 3. Florida State 4. North Carolina 5. Louisville 6. Syracuse 7. Miami 8. NC State 9. Georgia Tech 10. Clemson 11. Virginia Tech 12. Notre Dame 13. Pitt 14. Boston College 15. Wake Forest
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    Ga Tech Basketball History

    As we approach the 2020-21 basketball season, Pastner's fifth at Tech, I thought it might serve us to think about the expectations our basketball past supports, or does not. All time, Ga Tech has a 52.7% winning record over 101 seasons. A lot of those years in the early 20th century...
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    ACC Expansion

    There was talk this summer about Notre Dame permanently joining the conference in football as a result of the ACC allowing them to compete as a member this season. If that were to happen the ACC will likely want another new member to join at the same time to balance the conference scheduling.
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    2009 ACC Championship

    Now that we know the NCAA is toothless when it comes to P5 football, why not put the 2009 trophy back on display? It's ours.
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    NCAA Tournament & COVID-19

    The Ivy League today canceled their conference tournament. The Governor of North Carolina declared a state of emergency in NC today. The SXSW festival, the largest music and technology event in the country, was canceled. This is getting everyone's attention. I would be surprised if the ACC...
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    Waffle House iPhone case

    I have not seen one for my Galaxy 8, but you guys with iPhones need to scoop this up. https://case-mate.com/throwback-menu-waffle-house-iphone-11-pro-max
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    New (?) NCAA Academic Reform (?)

    Disgusting: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/unc-scandal/article233693507.html
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    Brenton Cox

    The Ken is suggesting we might be the destination for Cox. At this late date he is sitting in 2019 wherever he transfers and transferring within the University System might be easier that going out of state...
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    Derrick Favors

    Utah is trying to decide whether to waive Favors to make cap space. The Hawks would like to get a center to share minutes for one season. It would be nice to see Favors in a Hawks uniform. He is only 27, so it might be a nice transition or maybe a way for Derrick to close out his career in...
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    UCLA to the ACC

    There are bad ideas and there's this... https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/ucla-to-the-acc-bruins-mega-booster-reportedly-advising-ucla-against-re-upping-with-pac-12/
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    John Havlicek is dead

    Hondo was a star on the 1960 Ohio State team that defeated Ga Tech in the quarterfinals of the NCAAT. That team had HOF players Jerry Lucas and Havlicek in addition to Larry Siegfried and Bobby Knight. Tech had Roger Kaiser, Dave Denton Wayne Richards, and Bobby Dews. You may remember Dews...
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    What if football went away?

    With all that's going on in the world, sports can be an escape for many of us. What would you do if football just went away? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/sports/colorado-football.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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    ACC Tournament

    Things could change this weekend, but our regular season is over. We could finish 10th, 11th, or 12th depending on the outcome of games this weekend. We need Miami and Boston College to lose. Miami is on the road at Virginia Tech and BC hosts NC State. VT and NC State will both be favored...
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    Butt Kicker did it again!!!

    3 1/2 mins & we’ll have our verdict unless it goes to OT. Between the mystery call on roughing the passer & the botched reviews the zebras are doing their damnest to get a Rams-Pats Super Bowl.
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    Starting five for the ACC season

    Here is my prediction for the starting five Saturday and throughout most of the ACC schedule: Jose Alvarado, Michael Devoe, Evan Cole, Khalid Moore, James Banks Three of those names are pretty much no-brainers. Moore and Cole give us a better flow and skill set on offense than Wright or...
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    Article Jackets Head to Evanston for ACC/B1G Challenge

    We will probably be 6-8 point underdogs in this game. And this will be our best chance this week. This is a pretty good article about the ACC/B1G Challenge. I would love for the writer to be wrong about our team...
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    ACC Football Thread

    After this weekend's games, here are some observations. Add yours. FSU- If Willie Taggart is not feeling a bit of heat in his desk chair I would be surprised. Several very strange decisions last night. The Noles never seemed to do anything to adjust. BC- I know it was UMass, but I did not...
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    Fears about the future of college football go beyond Larry Fedora

    "Michigan ... employed 253 people in its athletic department at an average salary of $73,382.64 in 2010-2011, per state records. Just seven years later, in 2017-18, there are 368 employees (up 31.3 percent) at an average salary of $99,310.58 (up 26.1 percent)."...
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    Ga Tech Lubricant Thread

    A number of us on the board (@Peacone36 ) are apt to imbibe a glass (or two) of Kentucky bourbon after a big win during football season. What is your favorite post game drink? Mine is Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon. This not to be opened in the same room with a bottle of unopened Coca...
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