Tag: college football


Ben Swain

Hoping to cut his journalistic teeth on the Iraq war, Swain was instead mistakenly assigned the North Carolina sports beat as an intern out of college. He threw himself into the work with the same fervor he anticipated taking to the front lines and has become one of the most respected voices in modern sports media. He’s also a Duke fan from Durham County who went State. And Guilford.
Football

Who You Need to Cheer Against This Weekend: November 14th

Duke Coastal chances are slim, but still alive. For Duke to win the division, North Carolina has to lose to Miami, Virginia Tech, and NC State. While completely unnatural and counterintuitive for Duke fans, you really want UNC to lose. I know, crazy. The biggest focus at this point is the bowl picture, which is… Read more »

ACC

ACC Gametimes 11/28: The art of scheduling games on TV in 2015

Sports

Usually this is the space where we predict the gametimes for the Thanksgiving set of ACC games. That week features a ton of rivalry games: BC/Syracuse NC State/UNC Wake Forest/Duke Virginia Tech/Virginia Florida State/Florida Georgia Tech/Georgia Louisville/Kentucky Clemson/South Carolina Miami/Pittsburgh Coincidentally this week features the ACC battling SEC schools in 4 games. This may actually… Read more »

UNC

Where Should UNC be Ranked?

SportsChannel8 was the first to call Clemson the best team in the country, so we’re firing up the hype machine once again to be the first on the #UNC4CFP bandwagon. Let’s look at the criteria generally used for selection into the top four teams picked to compete for the national championship: Play in a power… Read more »

Duke

[VIDEO] Headphone Bling: Drake on the Miami-Duke Ref Debacle

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  We all know Drake likes a winner, and last time we checked the refs are still undefeated–even the suspended ones. It’s no wonder, then, that Drake has taken up the plight of the on-field officials. He even wonders out loud if we’d be better off without replay review of calls.

Football

#DukeUNC4Gameday: What to Root For

Sports

Still holding out hope for #DukeUNC4Gameday in Chapel Hill on Saturday November 7th? While it appears to be a pipe dream after Duke/UNC was given a 12/12:30 start time, here are some things you should be rooting for this week to give it a shot: Hope the game starts at 12:30 on ESPN. Not that… Read more »

ACC Bowl Projections

ACC Bowl Projections: Week 8

Articles, Sports

Pool 1 Bowls include the Sun, Pinstripe, Belk, and Music City/TaxSlayer Bowls (in no order). Notre Dame can replace any ACC team in the Russell Athletic Bowl, Pool 1, or lower provided the Irish are not more than two games behind the team they’d replace. Should the ACC place a team in the Playoff, the 2nd… Read more »

ACC Bowl Projections

ACC Bowl Projections: Week 7 – CORRECTION

Pool 1 Bowls include the Sun, Pinstripe, Belk, and Music City/TaxSlayer Bowls (in no order). Notre Dame can replace any ACC team in the Russell Athletic Bowl, Pool 1, or lower provided the Irish are not more than two games behind the team they’d replace. Should the ACC place a team in the Playoff, the… Read more »