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I hope the ACC media voters are correct this year.
Well there aren't 7 better players in the ACC than Tyler Boyd so they got one thing wrong. But yeah, I'd pick Clemson to win the ACC too. All will depend on Watson of course.
Post by Dave Maynar on Jul 21, 2015 14:48:50 GMT -5
"It says a lot about Marcus Mariota that the Bucs had their choice of quarterbacks at the top of the draft, and still went with the alleged rapist and verified crab burglar that Mariota trashed in the Rose Bowl, instead of Mariota himself."
Post by Dave Maynar on Jul 22, 2015 9:01:38 GMT -5
"I have had that rule I think every year I've been at South Carolina, so 10 years, and we have lost two players. I tell the team when they first arrive on campus, all the freshman know right now, if you ever hit a girl, punch a girl, whatever, you're finished. You can go somewhere else, transfer somewhere else, but you're not going to be on our team.
That's just a rule I have, a personal rule. Some other coaches don't have it. They think they'll give a guy a second chance, but we don't have second chances for that." - Spurrier
Hate him if you want, but you got to admit he has this one right.
"I have had that rule I think every year I've been at South Carolina, so 10 years, and we have lost two players. I tell the team when they first arrive on campus, all the freshman know right now, if you ever hit a girl, punch a girl, whatever, you're finished. You can go somewhere else, transfer somewhere else, but you're not going to be on our team.
That's just a rule I have, a personal rule. Some other coaches don't have it. They think they'll give a guy a second chance, but we don't have second chances for that." - Spurrier
Hate him if you want, but you got to admit he has this one right.
"It says a lot about Marcus Mariota that the Bucs had their choice of quarterbacks at the top of the draft, and still went with the alleged rapist and verified crab burglar that Mariota trashed in the Rose Bowl, instead of Mariota himself."
I love Deadspin's NFL previews.
I got so damn excited when the Bucs article went up. Why Your Team Sucks is such an awesome feature. There's SO much schadenfreude to be had in the fan comments. It's beautiful.
1. Ohio State (62) 2. TCU (1) 3. Alabama (1) 4. Baylor 5. Oregon 6. Michigan State 7. Auburn 8. Florida State 9. Georgia 10. USC 11. Notre Dame 12. Clemson 13. LSU 14. UCLA 15. Ole Miss 16. Arizona State 17. Georgia Tech 18. Wisconsin 19. Oklahoma 20. Arkansas 21. Stanford 22. Arizona 23. Missouri 24. Boise State 25. Tennessee
I still don't buy Tennessee being a preseason top 25, but that's just my learned disappointment talking.
Who is everyone's bet for the top 10 team that won't be in the top 25 at the end of the season? I am going with USC.
Florida State. Cousin Jimbo and crew are a 9-3 team I think and won't finish in the top 10.
Oh yeah. FSU is almost certainly overrated this year. I think they still finish in the top 25 though because, as Sang pointed out earlier, the ACC doesn't havea lot of threats.
Florida State. Cousin Jimbo and crew are a 9-3 team I think and won't finish in the top 10.
Oh yeah. FSU is almost certainly overrated this year. I think they still finish in the top 25 though because, as Sang pointed out earlier, the ACC doesn't havea lot of threats.
I think they lose to GT, Clemson, and one other game (Miami, Louisville, or Florida) and then lose in their bowl game.
Interesting development regarding Von Pearson's status with the team. Whereas Johnson and Williams had an investigation with the authorities started soon after the allegations, Von Pearson's case seems to be going nowhere with no explanation. Curious to see how this develops.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Aug 3, 2015 13:09:19 GMT -5
Jim Harbaugh Huddles With the Supreme Court The unusual off-season for Michigan’s new football coach culminates with meeting five Justices; converting Justice Thomas on the Wolverines
By Ben Cohen And Jonathan Clegg Updated Aug. 3, 2015 1:44 p.m. ET
A software engineer named Nick Harris was visiting Washington, D.C. one morning in April when a stranger outside the Supreme Court asked him for directions to the White House. It was only a brief interaction, and yet Harris remembers it well.
“It was very odd,” he said. “Like, why am I running into Jim Harbaugh at the Supreme Court?”
Then again: Why not?
The surreal off-season of Michigan’s new football coach has reached the point that there is no place on the planet where Harbaugh could show up and surprise anyone. He has popped into campus Ultimate Frisbee practices, played catch on Paris’s cobblestone streets and picked organic bananas in Peru. He also hung out with half of the Supreme Court of the United States.
On that April morning, Harbaugh had been strolling the halls of the nation’s highest court, where he says he scored meetings with five justices.
It was a tour that every law student dreams about. Harbaugh shook hands with Justice Anthony Kennedy. He snagged a picture with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Very dynamic speaker,” Harbaugh said in an interview last week.
He gave Justice Elena Kagan his heavily underlined book about legendary Alabama coach Bear Bryant. She then asked him to sign it. Harbaugh also sat down in the office of Chief Justice John Roberts. “He showed me the Declaration of Independence written in stone,” he said. “Very memorable.”
But he really hit it off with Justice Clarence Thomas. Harbaugh says he tried to sell Thomas, a noted Nebraska football fan who drives his RV to Huskers games, on adopting Michigan as his second-favorite team. “I got the feeling it would be a distant second,” Harbaugh said. (Thomas’s chambers did not respond to requests for comment.) Harbaugh, however, was smitten with the Supreme Court’s quietest justice.
“I’ve been around some enthusiastic people,” Harbaugh said of Thomas. “He’s one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met. It was a great thrill.”
Harbaugh already had a well-documented interest in the justice system. Earlier in the off-season, he revealed his admiration for another noted legal authority: Judge Judy. He’s such a fan of Judge Judy, whom he has unofficially nominated for a spot on the Supreme Court, that he has taken a trip to her courtroom and has a standing invitation to return.
“We played a little gin rummy,” she said. “He came in second. I’m up for a rematch.”
Harbaugh’s trip to the actual Supreme Court may have been even more memorable. “An amazing experience,” he said last week. “Just interested in our government and people that sit in the Supreme Court.”
It’s one of the many Harbaughisms—truly strange stories that wouldn’t make sense if anyone else were involved—that have shifted the center of the college-football universe to wherever in the world he happens to be. The off-season often feels like it’ll never end because nothing interesting ever happens. Not this year, though. This was the off-season that was hijacked by Harbaugh.
In his return from the NFL, Harbaugh has provided near-daily reminders that he isn’t like anyone else in college football. Everyone else in sports wants to meet the president. Harbaugh is the guy who goes to see the Supreme Court.
It seems like the only thing Harbaugh hasn’t done in maize and blue is coach a football game. Some of it is a savvy sales job. In college football, after all, a coach is never as popular as he is before he has coached a game, and few coaches are as popular as Harbaugh, who has already been hailed as the savior of Ann Arbor.
But the events of his first off-season—such as seeking out meetings at the supreme court and the justices agreeing to see him—aren’t part of some grand strategy to restore Michigan to glory. Harbaugh himself says he isn’t trying to be popular or build any more buzz around his team.
“He’s just being Jim Harbaugh,” said former Michigan athletic director Bill Martin.
The result is an excitement that couldn’t be more different from Michigan’s disastrous last season. The Wolverines finished with a losing record, fired Brady Hoke and, worst of all, watched Ohio State win the national championship. This season, the idea of taking the field with their rival should be giving Michigan fans night sweats, since the Buckeyes will start this season ranked No. 1 with a coach, Urban Meyer, who still hasn’t lost a Big Ten Conference regular-season game.
Harbaugh, though, has Michigan’s fans giddy without winning a single game. “It’s like the return of the Messiah or something,” Martin said.
Harbaugh has kept them busy trying to keep up with him. They have become accustomed to expecting the unpredictable coach anywhere and everywhere, whether it’s rescuing motorists from local car crashes, storming the beaches of Normandy or starting a shirts-and-skins football game in Alabama. (Harbaugh played on the skins team.)
But there are some places where he can still go unnoticed. One family that spotted Harbaugh outside the Supreme Court, Harris said, confused him with a look-alike with a little more reason to be there, considering he coaches the nearby Baltimore Ravens.
“Are you John Harbaugh?” he was asked.
Write to Ben Cohen at ben.cohen@wsj.com and Jonathan Clegg at jonathan.clegg@wsj.com
Jim Harbaugh Huddles With the Supreme Court The unusual off-season for Michigan’s new football coach culminates with meeting five Justices; converting Justice Thomas on the Wolverines
By Ben Cohen And Jonathan Clegg Updated Aug. 3, 2015 1:44 p.m. ET
A software engineer named Nick Harris was visiting Washington, D.C. one morning in April when a stranger outside the Supreme Court asked him for directions to the White House. It was only a brief interaction, and yet Harris remembers it well.
“It was very odd,” he said. “Like, why am I running into Jim Harbaugh at the Supreme Court?”
Then again: Why not?
The surreal off-season of Michigan’s new football coach has reached the point that there is no place on the planet where Harbaugh could show up and surprise anyone. He has popped into campus Ultimate Frisbee practices, played catch on Paris’s cobblestone streets and picked organic bananas in Peru. He also hung out with half of the Supreme Court of the United States.
On that April morning, Harbaugh had been strolling the halls of the nation’s highest court, where he says he scored meetings with five justices.
It was a tour that every law student dreams about. Harbaugh shook hands with Justice Anthony Kennedy. He snagged a picture with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Very dynamic speaker,” Harbaugh said in an interview last week.
He gave Justice Elena Kagan his heavily underlined book about legendary Alabama coach Bear Bryant. She then asked him to sign it. Harbaugh also sat down in the office of Chief Justice John Roberts. “He showed me the Declaration of Independence written in stone,” he said. “Very memorable.”
But he really hit it off with Justice Clarence Thomas. Harbaugh says he tried to sell Thomas, a noted Nebraska football fan who drives his RV to Huskers games, on adopting Michigan as his second-favorite team. “I got the feeling it would be a distant second,” Harbaugh said. (Thomas’s chambers did not respond to requests for comment.) Harbaugh, however, was smitten with the Supreme Court’s quietest justice.
“I’ve been around some enthusiastic people,” Harbaugh said of Thomas. “He’s one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met. It was a great thrill.”
Harbaugh already had a well-documented interest in the justice system. Earlier in the off-season, he revealed his admiration for another noted legal authority: Judge Judy. He’s such a fan of Judge Judy, whom he has unofficially nominated for a spot on the Supreme Court, that he has taken a trip to her courtroom and has a standing invitation to return.
“We played a little gin rummy,” she said. “He came in second. I’m up for a rematch.”
Harbaugh’s trip to the actual Supreme Court may have been even more memorable. “An amazing experience,” he said last week. “Just interested in our government and people that sit in the Supreme Court.”
It’s one of the many Harbaughisms—truly strange stories that wouldn’t make sense if anyone else were involved—that have shifted the center of the college-football universe to wherever in the world he happens to be. The off-season often feels like it’ll never end because nothing interesting ever happens. Not this year, though. This was the off-season that was hijacked by Harbaugh.
In his return from the NFL, Harbaugh has provided near-daily reminders that he isn’t like anyone else in college football. Everyone else in sports wants to meet the president. Harbaugh is the guy who goes to see the Supreme Court.
It seems like the only thing Harbaugh hasn’t done in maize and blue is coach a football game. Some of it is a savvy sales job. In college football, after all, a coach is never as popular as he is before he has coached a game, and few coaches are as popular as Harbaugh, who has already been hailed as the savior of Ann Arbor.
But the events of his first off-season—such as seeking out meetings at the supreme court and the justices agreeing to see him—aren’t part of some grand strategy to restore Michigan to glory. Harbaugh himself says he isn’t trying to be popular or build any more buzz around his team.
“He’s just being Jim Harbaugh,” said former Michigan athletic director Bill Martin.
The result is an excitement that couldn’t be more different from Michigan’s disastrous last season. The Wolverines finished with a losing record, fired Brady Hoke and, worst of all, watched Ohio State win the national championship. This season, the idea of taking the field with their rival should be giving Michigan fans night sweats, since the Buckeyes will start this season ranked No. 1 with a coach, Urban Meyer, who still hasn’t lost a Big Ten Conference regular-season game.
Harbaugh, though, has Michigan’s fans giddy without winning a single game. “It’s like the return of the Messiah or something,” Martin said.
Harbaugh has kept them busy trying to keep up with him. They have become accustomed to expecting the unpredictable coach anywhere and everywhere, whether it’s rescuing motorists from local car crashes, storming the beaches of Normandy or starting a shirts-and-skins football game in Alabama. (Harbaugh played on the skins team.)
But there are some places where he can still go unnoticed. One family that spotted Harbaugh outside the Supreme Court, Harris said, confused him with a look-alike with a little more reason to be there, considering he coaches the nearby Baltimore Ravens.
“Are you John Harbaugh?” he was asked.
Write to Ben Cohen at ben.cohen@wsj.com and Jonathan Clegg at jonathan.clegg@wsj.com
I'm ok not having Clarence Thomas be a fan of my team. Now if I could only get RBG to one of my tailgates...
To save all the Clemson people a click, “If Deshaun Watson comes back 100 percent, I think they’ll get back to being an explosive team offensively.”
“They spread you out and based on your numbers in the box, they’ll run it or throw it and try to isolate you in space with their playmakers and get you playing at their pace. They weren’t as successful at it last year because they struggled at quarterback when Watson was hurt and their running game was average, but I think they’ll be improved across the board.”
“It’s really tough to measure up to guys like Sammy Watkins and Martavis Bryant, but No. 7 (Mike Williams) was probably their best player and No. 3 (Artavis Scott) created a lot of big plays on the fly sweep and they’re both back. If (Charone) Peake is healthy, they’ll be as deep at receiver as they were a couple years ago.”
“They’ve never been great on the offensive line, but they’ve recruited some more talented players that should start to pay off for them.”
“They’re going to be talented on defense — I just don’t know how quickly they’re going to figure it out because of how much experience they lost.”
“Defensive line is probably the biggest question mark for them.”
I cannot wait for sang_xcx to drop some truth bombs about those comments.
To save all the Clemson people a click, “If Deshaun Watson comes back 100 percent, I think they’ll get back to being an explosive team offensively.”
“They spread you out and based on your numbers in the box, they’ll run it or throw it and try to isolate you in space with their playmakers and get you playing at their pace. They weren’t as successful at it last year because they struggled at quarterback when Watson was hurt and their running game was average, but I think they’ll be improved across the board.”
“It’s really tough to measure up to guys like Sammy Watkins and Martavis Bryant, but No. 7 (Mike Williams) was probably their best player and No. 3 (Artavis Scott) created a lot of big plays on the fly sweep and they’re both back. If (Charone) Peake is healthy, they’ll be as deep at receiver as they were a couple years ago.”
“They’ve never been great on the offensive line, but they’ve recruited some more talented players that should start to pay off for them.”
“They’re going to be talented on defense — I just don’t know how quickly they’re going to figure it out because of how much experience they lost.”
“Defensive line is probably the biggest question mark for them.”
I cannot wait for sang_xcx to drop some truth bombs about those comments.
I agree with all that. To me it all hinges on Watson staying healthy. I know Clemson lost a lot on defense, but there's a lot of talent still there. There's been talk about there being an adjustment on offensive play calling with Chad Morris gone, but I feel good about Scott/Elliott in that role. They've had several years to study; we all knew Morris would be moving up from the first season.
I am so ready for football to get started back. My youngest is playing rec football this season, and in his words he's going to beast them all. His words, not mine. He's got his first scrimmage tonight & the kid was wishing the weekend away so Monday would hurry up & get here.
To save all the Clemson people a click, “If Deshaun Watson comes back 100 percent, I think they’ll get back to being an explosive team offensively.”
“They spread you out and based on your numbers in the box, they’ll run it or throw it and try to isolate you in space with their playmakers and get you playing at their pace. They weren’t as successful at it last year because they struggled at quarterback when Watson was hurt and their running game was average, but I think they’ll be improved across the board.”
“It’s really tough to measure up to guys like Sammy Watkins and Martavis Bryant, but No. 7 (Mike Williams) was probably their best player and No. 3 (Artavis Scott) created a lot of big plays on the fly sweep and they’re both back. If (Charone) Peake is healthy, they’ll be as deep at receiver as they were a couple years ago.”
“They’ve never been great on the offensive line, but they’ve recruited some more talented players that should start to pay off for them.”
“They’re going to be talented on defense — I just don’t know how quickly they’re going to figure it out because of how much experience they lost.”
“Defensive line is probably the biggest question mark for them.”
I cannot wait for sang_xcx to drop some truth bombs about those comments.
I agree with all that. To me it all hinges on Watson staying healthy. I know Clemson lost a lot on defense, but there's a lot of talent still there. There's been talk about there being an adjustment on offensive play calling with Chad Morris gone, but I feel good about Scott/Elliott in that role. They've had several years to study; we all knew Morris would be moving up from the first season.
I am so ready for football to get started back. My youngest is playing rec football this season, and in his words he's going to beast them all. His words, not mine. He's got his first scrimmage tonight & the kid was wishing the weekend away so Monday would hurry up & get here.
Once again, you are reasonable. Sang is not. This is why he is the best/worst poster for me to read in here.
Also, don't get arrested. I know how you get. It's just a kids rec game. God help everyone if my youngest ever played football. Injuries would occur.
I'd be surprised if any ACC team has a realistic shot at making the CFB playoff when Conference Championship Saturday comes around. Clemson has the best odds, and Vegas still has them outside the top 8.
I'll be at the VT/OSU game on Labor Day (and prob a few more games in Blacksburg this year)...my brother really thinks we have good chance to knock off the Buckeyes, but even with the suspensions I can't see it. It will either be a one possession game or OSU will win by 20+.
To save all the Clemson people a click, “If Deshaun Watson comes back 100 percent, I think they’ll get back to being an explosive team offensively.”
“They spread you out and based on your numbers in the box, they’ll run it or throw it and try to isolate you in space with their playmakers and get you playing at their pace. They weren’t as successful at it last year because they struggled at quarterback when Watson was hurt and their running game was average, but I think they’ll be improved across the board.”
“It’s really tough to measure up to guys like Sammy Watkins and Martavis Bryant, but No. 7 (Mike Williams) was probably their best player and No. 3 (Artavis Scott) created a lot of big plays on the fly sweep and they’re both back. If (Charone) Peake is healthy, they’ll be as deep at receiver as they were a couple years ago.”
“They’ve never been great on the offensive line, but they’ve recruited some more talented players that should start to pay off for them.”
“They’re going to be talented on defense — I just don’t know how quickly they’re going to figure it out because of how much experience they lost.”
“Defensive line is probably the biggest question mark for them.”
I cannot wait for sang_xcx to drop some truth bombs about those comments.
I agree with all except the defensive line. We're good there. The biggest question mark is offensive line. They're young and supposed to be really talented, but they'll have to prove it.
Interesting development regarding Von Pearson's status with the team. Whereas Johnson and Williams had an investigation with the authorities started soon after the allegations, Von Pearson's case seems to be going nowhere with no explanation. Curious to see how this develops.