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ACC Predictions: North Carolina Tar Heels
This is part 10 of a 12 piece series examining all 12 ACC school’s 2012 schedule and making predictions based on returning players and incoming talent. Today we focus on the North Carolina Tar Heels. UNC has had its fair share of off the field issues in recent years. The Tar Heels have had to [...]
TweetClemson Tigers Suspend Sammy Watkins
Clemson Tigers receiver Sammy Watkins won’t compete in the first two games this season for the projected ACC power. He has been suspended by the school due to his arrest in May for drug charges. The school announced the penalty for Watkins on Friday. In a statement by head coach Dabo Swinney, the reasoning and [...]
TweetIMG College: Quiet College Football Devil
Welcome to Tin Foil Cap Corner, where today we’ll discuss incredibly coincidental events that may or may not be nominees for “World’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories Lifetime Achievement Award.” Today, we dig into this thesis. “ESPN, in conjunction with IMG, wanted superconferences, and has done everything possible to make them a reality.” Ready? Consider these cobbled-together [...]
TweetVirginia Tech Football: How Will Logan Thomas Fare in 2012?
Virginia Tech is coming off a very good season in which they had 11 wins. This came despite the fact that the defense dealt with a rash of injuries throughout the season. This often left the offense on its own. It was up to quarterback Logan Thomas and running back David Wilson to take care [...]
TweetThe 25 Questions of the 2012 College Football Top 25 Rankings
Thursday morning was one of the many signs that College Football Season is fast approaching as the annual USA Today Coaches Poll, a list of the 2012 College Football Top 25 Rankings as voted by the coaches was released. Here is a look at the biggest question marks for those teams that may mean the [...]
TweetRant Sports Preseason All American Team: Special Teams
We come to the end of our Rant Sports Preseason All American Team with our special teams performers. Let’s jump right into it with our All American punter. Brad Wing, Punter, LSU: Wing burst onto the national scene as he averaged 44 yards per punt and that was as a redshirt freshman. Wing has a [...]
TweetACC Predictions: Miami Hurricanes
This is part nine of a 12 piece series examining all 12 ACC school’s 2012 schedule and making predictions based on returning players and incoming talent. Today we focus on the Miami Hurricanes. Miami is entering its second season with Al Golden as their head coach. Last season was a disappointment by Hurricane standards, the [...]
TweetACC Predictions: Georgia Tech
This is part eight of a 12 piece series examining all 12 ACC school’s 2012 schedule and making predictions based on returning players and incoming talent. Today we focus on two time Coastal Division champion Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets had a solid season in 2011. They finished in a tie for second in the [...]
TweetClemson Suspends Sammy Watkins for 2 Games
Discipline has been the name of the game in ACC football this past week. A few days ago Florida State starting cornerback Greg Reid was dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules and today star Clemson wideout Sammy Watkins has been suspended for the first two games of the season. Watkins is [...]
TweetFlorida Receivers Coach Aubrey Hill Resigns
Florida‘s Aubrey Hill has abruptly resigned from his duties as the Gators’ wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, just one day after the team started preseason camp. Hill, who resigned for “personal reasons,” has been linked to imprisoned Miami Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro, who is at the center of an ongoing NCAA investigation into impermissible benefits and flagrant recruiting [...]
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